Wondering when West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day is happening this year? May 9th – only 3 months away!

(WSB photo from 2014 West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day)
Even Spider-Man shops West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day! This year’s edition is now officially less than three months away – coming up ****May 9th****. We’re starting to get our first “when is it happening?” questions of the year, and that’s a sure sign the end of winter is in sight. In case you’re new to West Seattle, or haven’t participated before, WSCGSD is not one big sale but rather one big day of hundreds of sales around the peninsula with thousands of shoppers – we promote it regionally and people come from all over (we’ve even heard of people driving from Eastern Washington), but ultimately, at the heart of WSCGSD is an opportunity to meet your neighbors and “recycle” some things you no longer need. We’ll open registration in early April as usual, so you still have lots of time to decide whether you’ll be a seller or shopper this time.

BACKSTORY: West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day is now in its second decade, launched in 2005 by a group of community connectors who called themselves Megawatt (they also created the Gathering of Neighbors). In late 2007, they decided to close up and move on; we didn’t want to see WSCGSD go away and proposed taking it over – they agreed, and so this year will be the 11th annual WSCGSD, eighth one coordinated by WSB. You can look at past years’ coverage and information at westseattlegaragesale.com. Watch for more updates here as it gets closer!

Heidi February 10, 2015 (4:24 pm)

I’m super excited for this, as we have a lot of stuff we like to find new homes for. I’m a WS newbie and it’s not clear to me whether it’s a day when everyone has a sale at their house/garage, or if there are dedicated locations where sales congregate. I think the “registration” part is throwing me off. Is anyone willing to clue me in? Thanks in advance!

sam-c February 10, 2015 (7:40 pm)

I am sure WSB is probably typing up a response at the same time, but:
there are centralized locations where you can donate stuff to sell/ sell stuff.

But mostly its individual sales at individual houses. Registration means you get added the list that WSB publishes (PDF and electronic form), and you can list your address, your hours and type of stuff you plan to sell.

it’s fun and we’ve found great stuff over the years, but it’s also kinda crazy, people driving around, looking at maps, trying to park, pedestrians!

S February 11, 2015 (8:12 am)

More important is the biggest garage sale in West Seattle, which is coming up on March 13th and 14th at West Side Presbyterian Church.

WSB February 11, 2015 (8:20 am)

Hadn’t received word of that date yet (if you have any affiliation with WSPC, please tell them to send something so we can get it in the calendar – people search for annual-event info EARLY!) – but we always enthusiastically promote the big church rummage sales too.

Sue February 11, 2015 (8:48 am)

Heidi, just as an FYI, this is the list that was created for last year’s garage sale, to give you an idea of what sam-c was talking about: http://cloud1.wsbcdn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2014GARAGESALEDAYprintablePDFV1.pdf

LStephens February 11, 2015 (9:40 am)

@ S, What makes you think your sale is “more important”? Makes me not want to go and I love going to sales. WSB invests quite a large amount of time putting the information together for the May event and your comment comes off as not very nice and petty.

Katie Stemp February 15, 2015 (4:29 pm)

Seattle Farm School will be participating in West Seattle Garage Sale Day and accepting donations to sell to raise money for scholarships, supplies and to donate to the American Legion. Stay tuned to our website or facebook page for more info in the months to come!

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