📆 Friday, August 2nd – Sunday, August 4th
⏰ All day
📍 Lake Washington
🎟️ $300 – $925 for boats | More info here
“Seafair” has a magical ring to it. To newbies, it might sound like Seafair involves carnivals on Puget Sound or clowns juggling on jet skis. That’s not exactly what Seafair is—although it’s not far from that.
Seafair Weekend happens yearly in Seattle (except for the pandemic years when it didn’t). It’s older than the Space Needle, and it’s become a collection of citywide parties that celebrate Seattle and its “seas,” AKA Lake Washington and Elliott Bay. The fest is technically ten weeks long, with events throughout the summer—but when many people say “Seafair,” they’re referring to the roaring Blue Angels and racing hydroplanes and docked Navy ships. All of that goes down the first weekend of August.
Of special importance: the yearly Seafair Weekend Festival. It’s a multifaceted fest that happens around Lake Washington and Seattle’s Genesee Park from Friday to Sunday, August 2nd through 4th. Core events include hydroplane racing and the Seafair airshow, but Seafair Weekend also includes an annual giant boat party, fondly referred to as a log boom. (Think this but with people.) The fest calls it the “largest floating party in 2024,” and boaters can register at Seafair’s site. Sections sell out fast, so vroom vroom, or whatever sounds boats make.
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