SURVEY: What do you want to tell the West Seattle Junction Association about Summer Fest 2026?

(Part of the Saturday night crowd – aerial photo by Paul Weatherman)

West Seattle’s biggest party of the year is over – and it won’t be long until the planning for next year’s Summer Fest begins. First, the West Seattle Junction Association – which presents the festival (and so many other events!) – wants your feedback on this year’s festival, so it’s launched a survey – you can answer it here

One more look at our as-it-happened coverage, with video and photos, from our 24 total hours (and then some):

Day 1, first report (Friday afternoon)
Day 1, second report (Friday evening)
Day 2, first report (Saturday morning/afternoon)
Day 2, second report (Saturday afternoon/evening)
Day 3 (Sunday morning/afternoon)

P.S. The Junction Association also is offering Summer Fest 2026 merch at a discount, so if you regret not buying some, you have another chance!

Thanks for the mess! July 15, 2026 (9:41 am)

As a junction resident, I’m sure enjoying all the mess everyone left behind. Overflowing, smelly dumpsters. Garbage and food waste everywhere. Wish Summer Fest took more of an outback camping perspective into events like this and would attempt to leave things as you found them.

WSB July 15, 2026 (10:50 am)

There were so many receptacles, not to mention the “zero waste” initiative with vendors serving in reusables – but if you’re seeing a spot that hasn’t been cleaned up – please call or message the Junction Association as I’m sure they’d want to get that addressed quickly.

206-502-8824
info@wsjunction.org

Matt Vaughan July 15, 2026 (3:00 pm)

The food court was spacious w great variety and excellent food. W two kids I’ve always enjoyed having a place for them, Kids Zone, but also as an adult, I appreciated how it was out of the way and easier to move around this year. Kids definitely had their own zone. The busker stage was fantastic! The stage crew, tent crew, cleanup crew…they did such a great job getting us back to normal for Monday morning! Luv that we were still able to do Farmers Market on Sunday,

Scarlett July 19, 2026 (6:02 pm)

Tell your food vendors to stop the ridiculous, insulting price gouging? It’s a real vibe killer. Not everyone who lives here, at least in West Seattle, has money to burn.

pjmanley July 21, 2026 (5:38 pm)

Not enough room between parklet fences and booths, especially on the West side of the street. Walking areas were too tight to walk freely through, especially with dogs & strollers. First time I’ve ever seen the walkways pinched so tight in the 30 years I’ve been here.

AMD July 21, 2026 (6:25 pm)

I left them feedback about that too. Fun vibes, but not mobility-friendly. I had to go to the Nucor booth myself to get our kiddo’s steel recycling book for her because it was too hard to try and get her mobility device over the various cable ramps plus random tree roots, and through the narrow walkways while also moving past and around people. Ran into spaces that were hard to access throughout, but the kids area in particular seemed to have ZERO consideration for mobility challenges. Not all kids can walk and step over things.

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