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Fremont Solstice Fair Lands at Reopened Gasworks Park

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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.

fremont festival map

I’m not going to pretend anything else comes close on the calendar, but here’s a few other events this week:

Get out there and enjoy!

 

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Eric

I've lived here since 1998. I spent 13 years at Microsoft as a developer and manager, concurrent with Ballmer's reign. I quit after seeing my third consecutive project cancelled, while my parents needed help, and my wife was getting stressed working at Seattle Public Schools. Since then, I have helped family and community while taking on side projects and volunteer work. I led the renovation of Meridian Playground, helped moderate the South Transfer Station design, helped advance the Green Lake Way road diet, and have guided several transportation and parks projects through neighborhood involvement. I wrote for Wallyhood for a while and was president of the Wallingford Community Council during the great recession, where thankfully, land use was not an issue. I'm an impatient moderate vegetarian who believes in practical win-win solutions.

This Post Has 5 Comments

  1. Heidi June 19, 2015

    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?

  2. Mike Meyer June 19, 2015

    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.

  3. Holly June 19, 2015

    Mike, we noticed the same thing earlier this week at 48th and Burke. Let’s hope!!

  4. cocoloco June 19, 2015

    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

  5. Eric June 22, 2015

    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…

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