West Seattle Sunday: Summer Fest, day 3; Farmers’ Market; ‘Mini STP’ ride; more

Our calendar highlights start with one more day to jump into the biggest West Seattle party of the year:
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(Thanks to Sarah for sharing that photo of Truman at West Seattle Summer Fest)

WEST SEATTLE SUMMER FEST, DAY 3: Today’s festival hours are 11 am-5 pm, and this is the one day that everything does end at the official closing time, so if you’re coming to the festival, don’t procrastinate!

Music lineup (main stage at north end of festival zone, California south of Genesee, first band Featherbones @ 1 pm, last band The Dusty 45s @ 4 pm)
Vendor list
Food info
Kids’ area (free AND fee activities – rides are open until 5 pm, they cost 1-5 tickets at $1.25/ticket or [updated] $18/day pass)
GreenLife (south end of festival zone, California/Edmunds)
Southwest Seattle Historical Society group photos (top of each hour, noon-5 pm) and walking tours (12:15, 2:15, 3:15 pm) activities

At Summer Fest and need info/help/directions/etc.? Come see us and community-group volunteers in the Info Tent, center of California/Alaska, headquarters for our as-it-happens festival coverage.

STREETS CLOSED: The closure zone is on California Avenue SW between SW Edmunds and SW Genesee (with SW Oregon remaining open to east/west traffic), and SW Alaska between 42nd and 44th.

BUS REROUTES: From the Metro “alerts and updates” page, which will be in effect until late tonight (after the festival closes at 5 pm Sunday, breakdown and cleanup usually take several hours):

C Linehere
Route 22here
Route 37here
Route 50here
Route 55here
Route 57here
Route 128here
Route 773 Water Taxi Shuttlehere

Also in West Seattle today:

MINI-STP BIKE RIDE: This is one way to get to the festival – or just to have a fun bicycle ride. West Seattle Bike Connections‘ “Mini-STP” ride – Seattle (Street) to Portland (Street), and then on to Summer Fest. Meet at 9:15 am at Hamilton Viewpoint Park in North Admiral – more info in our calendar listing.

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: Yes, the market DOES happen during Summer Fest – back in its old location in the lot behind KeyBank, just for one day. 10 am-2 pm. (44th SW/SW Alaska)

WSUU RUMMAGE SALE: 10 am-3 pm are the hours for the second and final day of this legendary rummage sale presented annually by the West Seattle Unitarian Universalists. (7141 California SW)

COLMAN POOL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN: This weekend’s swim-meet closures are over (until next Friday-Saturday) and the regular Colman Pool schedule resumes, noon-7 pm.

CAT ADOPTIONS: Kitty Harbor is open noon-4 pm today with 47 kittens and 11 adults available for adoption. (3422 Harbor SW)

ALKI LIGHTHOUSE TOURS: 1-4 pm, your next round of chances to tour the Alki Point Lighthouse free – be there no later than 3:40 pm. Details in our calendar listing. (3201 Alki SW)

SEATTLE OPERA PREVIEW: Lecture previewing Seattle Opera‘s “Count Ory,” 2 pm at West Seattle (Admiral) Library. Free. More info here. (2306 42nd SW)

6 Replies to "West Seattle Sunday: Summer Fest, day 3; Farmers' Market; 'Mini STP' ride; more"

  • Sarah Zeller July 10, 2016 (10:16 am)

    That’s my son Truman not Baxter! :)

    He had a blast jumping though and thanks for sharing!

    • WSB July 10, 2016 (10:23 am)

      Fixing, sorry!

  • Sunday driver July 10, 2016 (10:36 am)

    Road work on EB West Seattle Freeway. Big back ups.

    • WSB July 10, 2016 (10:54 am)

      Ah, that explains it – someone texted that there was a problem but I couldn’t find any evidence of a crash. Unannounced road work, at that, and nothing on SDOT twitter.

  • Anne July 10, 2016 (11:59 am)

    They’re painting the EB lanes on the Spokane viaduct, everything funnels into one lane then opens up again by 1st ave exit,  Nothing posted anywhere. I looked on all the blog traffic links, you can sort of see a back up on a camera, but no notices posted.  If the blog knew, it would up on the site, that’s for sure.

    • WSB July 10, 2016 (12:07 pm)

      Anne, sorry, there was no warning. I suspect they’re painting – as happens on multiple occasions during the summer – because the weather was better than expected; we were watching the forecasts very closely since we’re at the festival on site all weekend and believe me, the forecast was much rainier than it turned out to be. Still, SDOT could have tweeted something this morning or otherwise sent an advisory. If they tell us how much longer it will last, we’ll publish something separate…

      Update: Still no SDOT reply, so we’ve just given up and published something:

      https://westseattleblog.com/2016/07/traffic-alert-painting-on-eastbound-west-seattle-bridge/

      and I’m watching the video camera for West Seattle Bridge Deck linked from lower right at http://web6.seattle.gov/travelers/ (sorry, still no direct linking possible that I’ve been able to figure out)

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