Friday through Sunday is the Fremont Solstice Fair (Friday is just main stage music). The parade starts at 3 on Saturday, which means that being down at Stone and Northlake Way at 4 is a good solution for seeing the good stuff. If you come at 3, expect to be watching naked bikers for over an hour (it does get old). Beyond that, a few things jump out:
- There’s a dog parade on Sunday starting at 2:30 plus you can take your dog into the beer gardens on Sunday. Sunday is your day if you prefer domesticated wolves to hairless apes.
- Free disaster preparedness kits at the ‘Good and Ready’ booth, located on 35th Street between Phinney and 1st Ave, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m Saturday. Each kit includes first aid supplies, a flashlight, a water bottle and other items.
- Starting at 11 AM Saturday and Sunday there is free music at the The Solstice Music Festival’s Waterfront Stage plus a beer garden (not free).
- The music main stage features Deltron 3030 on Friday and Presidents of the USA on Saturday. Deltron 3030 is worth a listen if you haven’t heard them- pure fun rap.
- For the kids there’s art cars and a crafts area.
I’m not going to pretend anything else comes close on the calendar, but here’s a few other events this week:
- 7 PM Friday the Meaningful Movies looks at people and methods for restoring oceans
- 8 PM Friday and Saturday night there is sonic noodling in the Good Shepherd Center chapel
- 10 AM Saturday at Meridian Playground City Fruit is offering free food and cider, plus informational sessions on caring for your fruit trees during the summer season
- 6 PM Saturday there’s the previously covered A Night in Spain! – Paella Dinner at the WCSC
- 3:30 to 7 PM Wednesday is the Wallingford Farmer’s Market, which is doing bang up business this year
Get out there and enjoy!
Hi Eric, it looks like the posted Solstice map/schedule image has the incorrect line-up and dates. I am thinking it might be last year’s?
I don’t know how to contact Eric directly, so I’ll post here and hope it gets noticed. I was at 37th and Densmore today and noticed a contractor installing fiber on the utility poles. Perhaps centurylink is finally going to provide fiber broadband to our neighborhood.
Mike, we noticed the same thing earlier this week at 48th and Burke. Let’s hope!!
There is also free solstice yoga on Sunday at 10:30 at Fremont Fair grounds.. it gets about 80 in cool weather.. a nice interlude.. Bold Hat produces thsis andKIND Bars and Seattle Yoga News will be there
Thanks Heidi, sorry for the old map, the new map was low resolution so I used the old one unwittingly. No point fixing now!
Regarding centurylink, I chatted with Mike and CenturyLink is saying nothing about Wallingford or Fremont at present. I’ll post what I (didn’t) learn later this week…