WEEKEND PREVIEW: Alki Beach Pride on Saturday, including street party

(Sunday photo by Dave Gershgorn for WSB)

Last weekend’s unfurling of giant flags on Alki Beach was just the prelude to tomorrow’s 11th annual Alki Beach Pride, founded and organized by local residents Stacy and Jolie Bass-Walden. As first announced back in June, Alki Avenue will be closed to through traffic from 57th to 61st as part of the festivities, which will include performances, DJs, vendors, and health and wellness providers. Most of the celebrating happens noon-8 pm on Saturday. Here’s the entertainment lineup:

Immediately afterward, at 8 pm, there’ll be a free outdoor movie at Whale Tail Park/Alki Playground, “Bottoms.”

Holly Bennett August 16, 2025 (2:20 pm)

WSB August 16, 2025 (2:30 pm)

Thanks! Where along the beach is that? I just spent an hour trying to leave my car somewhere within two miles so I could go take photos … futile. I have a Plan B for going back (anyone who’s going – walk, bicycle, take transit) but it’ll take a while as we are based here at the other end of the peninsula.
ANDREA LISTER-PIERCE August 17, 2025 (12:05 am)

That one was by where pirates land just East of the bathhouse. And a little ways more East and on the sidewalk there was also a Heart one in the trans color logo scheme white pink light blue. Cool signage similar to the ones in pacific place at times.

ANDREA LISTER-PIERCE August 17, 2025 (12:03 am)

The closing of Alki Avenue for this means less people come down to spend money at booths or businesses. They need to do food trucks West of the Bathhouse and Booths East of the Bathhouse and a stage at either end. Also have venders drop off their stuff and have a designated lot with the port with security guard so that people can drive down alki and park and visit. I saw a lot of disabled people exhausted bc they had to walk/wheel so far. I frequently am at the beach for this event over the years and vendors always say it is slower than it should be. If people can drive by then they can see the fun and go park and visit the booths and vendors, stages, businesses, etc. people walking around doesn’t mean they are spending money.

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