COUNTDOWN! What’s new at West Seattle Summer Fest 2018

(SDOT cam image captured during 2017 West Seattle Summer Fest)

Now that the 4th of July is past – we’re stepping up the countdown for West Seattle Summer Fest, the peninsula’s biggest party of the year, now just eight days away! (Seven, if you are starting with Summer Fest Eve, the Thursday night pre-festival fun – here’s our newest info on that.) We talked with Lora Swift of the West Seattle Junction Association – the merchants’ organization that presents Summer Fest (with co-sponsors including WSB) – to see what’s new this year. Here’s a taste:

-More local restaurants/bars with outdoor cafés – at least 26 at last count, Lora told us! – so the focus is on local food/beverages, with fewer outside vendors
-More activities for teens and tweens
-Giant games
-More signage to point you to the basics, like restrooms
-The music stage will be a bit further north, still on California between Genesee and Oregon
-Shade tents set up around the festival if you need to take a break from the sun ‘n’ fun

Lots more info to roll out, but we’ll start with this. Festival hours are Friday (July 13th) and Saturday (July 14th), 10 am-6 pm, with music and beer garden running into the late evening, plus Sunday (July 15th), 11 am-5 pm. Since the festival takes over California from Genesee to Edmunds, the West Seattle Farmers’ Market on Summer Fest Sunday will be back in the 44th/Alaska parking lot where it got its start (usual hours, 10 am-2 pm). Music lineup is here; pricing and hours for the kids’ rides is here; other info soon!

zephyr July 5, 2018 (1:00 pm)

Their graphic design this year is unbelievable! When I click on your link in the upper right, I see several “poster-type” images that cycle through. The very first one of that Bird portal into the Sound with the ferry and The Brothers and Olympics in the background, framed by the trees is outstanding. The wings to trees is clever. The whole thing is just plain magical. Great creativity and beautiful work.I would love to have a poster like this framed. It’s the essence of West Seattle. Do you know if they have posters like this for sale? It would be a great souvenir of West Seattle during this time. Thanks.

WSB July 5, 2018 (1:39 pm)

I asked Lora. They printed some extra posters that will be available at the Info Booth (California/Alaska, where we’ll be hanging out again this year) while supplies last, free. So get there earlier rather than later on Friday!