It’s going to be a busy weekend around Queen Anne, especially Saturday when the day kicks off bright and early with the Rock ’n’Roll Marathon and an expected crowd of 25,000 at and around the Seattle Center. It’s so big, the Fremont Solstice Parade has a new start time this year, 3pm – and an equally large crowd is expected to our north (and parking will be tight on the north side of Queen Anne). The Fremont celebration will continue on Sunday, so plan on getting to Fremont via foot or bike!
Traffic:
- Rock‘n’Roll Marathon: Streets near the Seattle Center, including Mercer and 5th Ave, will be closed starting midnight Friday. Northbound 99/Viaduct will be closed between S Hudson St and Roy St from 5am to 3:30pm on Saturday. From Saturday morning into early afternoon, other closures include: I-5 and I-90 ramps at Columbia, Dearborn and Rainier; I-90 express lanes; Broad Street; the downtown core area from 2nd Ave to 5th Ave; Rainer Ave S and Lake Washington Boulevard – course map
- Fremont Fair: Streets closed 1pm Friday through 11:59pm Sunday within the following boundaries: 1st Ave NW; N 36th St; Fremont Ave N; N 34th St /N Canal Street
- Fremont Solstice Parade: Parade route closures start at 2:30pm: Starts at NW 36th St and Leary Way NW; moves east on 36th to Fremont Place N; south on Fremont Place to Fremont Avenue N; south on Fremont Avenue to N 34th Street; east on 34th to Stone Way N; south on Stone to N Northlake Way; east on Northlake into Gas Works Park – map
- Metro: 42 metro bus routes will be affected by the Rock’n’Roll Marathon and Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade
Multi-Day Events:
- Friends of SPL June Book Sale, North Seattle Community College, June 22-23
- King’s Wish with Caspar Babypants, Teatro Zinzanni, June 1-30 (weekends)
- Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s MacBeth, Center Theatre, Seattle Center Armory, June 6-23
- Concerts at the Locks, Ballard Locks, FREE June 1-Sept 2 (Sat & Sun, 2pm)
- Imaginate, Pacific Science Center, June 1 – Sept 2
Friday, June 21
- Rock’n’Roll Marathon & Half Marathon Expo, CenturyLink, 10am-7pm
- Fremont Fair Friday Night Pre-Party, 4-11pm FREE
- Honk! Fest West, Georgetown, 6-10pm FREE
- School of Rock Plays: Pearl Jam Ten, The Vera Project, 7pm
- Mariners vs A’s, Safeco, 7:10pm
- SIFF Uptown New & Continuing Films: This is the End, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, The Bling Ring, Paradise: Love
Saturday, June 22
- Rock’n’Roll Marathon & Half Marathon, Seattle Center, 7am-2:30pm
- 12 & Under Skate Clinic with Skate Like a Girl, Seattle Center SkatePark, 10am FREE
- 21st Annual QAHS Mt Pleasant Cemetery Tour, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, 10am FREE
- The RE Store Customer Appreciation & 20th Anniversary Celebration, Ballard, 11am-3pm
- Arts+Crafts Open House, Red Square Yoga, noon-5pm, FREE
- Fremont Fair, Fremont, 10am-11pm, FREE
- Fremont Solstice Parade, Fremont, 3pm – map – FREE
- Fremont Solstice Celebration Festival, Gas Works, 3-9pm, FREE
- Heather Christo Book Signing, Met Market Uptown, 4-6pm, FREE
- Deconstructing the Beatles: Looking Through a Glass Onion, SIFF Uptown, 4:30pm
- Mariners vs A’s, Safeco, 7:10pm
- KnowMads, The Vera Project, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 23
- Fremont Fair, Fremont, 11am-6pm, FREE
- Deconstructing the Beatles: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!, SIFF Uptown, 12:30pm
- Mariners vs A’s, Safeco, 1:10pm
- Deconstructing the Beatles: Tomorrow Never Knows, SIFF Uptown, 4:30pm
- Geoff Rickly of Thursday, The Vera Project, 6pm
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