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The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair since 1987 has been the premier Pacific Northwest rare bok event. The International Book Fair features thousands of rare books, prints, maps, and photographs for sale. The fair is held at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, located on the north side of Seattle Center on Mercer St just east of 3rd Ave N (Google map). Tickets are $5.00 at the door and are good both days; under 12 admitted free.
2011 Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
- Saturday October 8th – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Sunday October 9th – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Family-friendly Northwest Bookfest 2011 in Kirkland features over fifty author panels, hundreds of authors, writing and publishing workshops, family programs and more! The book fair runs October 1 and 2, 2011 from 10am – 6pm. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland, WA 98033 (Google map). Located in Peter Kirk Park in downtown Kirkland, adjacent to the Kirkland Senior Center and Park Place.
The event is free, with a suggested donation of $5 per person or $10 per family.
Northwest Bookfest 2011 Highlights
- Over 150 exhibitors plus a dozen food vendors will be on hand.
- Kirkland wine shops are hosting a progressive wine party on Saturday evening. Wine and Words will have a guest celebrity author in each shop to visit with patrons.
- The youngest fair-goers will delight in an appearance by Caspar Baby Pants, puppetry, live music, and world-class storytelling in several languages.
- The Kirkland Teen Center (map/directions, KTUB on facebook) will be rockin’ with miscellaneous games presented by Microsoft, more music, and a special appearance on Sunday by the Smart Chicks, a group of YA authors on national tour.
- Kirkland’s Park Place Books will be the anchor bookstore supplying the books of celebrity authors/exhibitors in attendance for this giant book-signing event. With Christmas right around the corner, this will no doubt be one of the most popular features of Northwest BookFest.
BrickCon is a four-day convention for adult fans, collectors, and builders of LEGO® held every October Seattle, WA with attendees from around the country and around the world. BrickCon is the longest running LEGO® convention in a single location. If you are interested in LEGO® at all, you should come to BrickCon and see the amazing things made with LEGO® elements and meet the awesome people who build them. There will be vendors selling LEGO® related items like T-shirts, individual parts and sets (including many older, discontinued sets), and many custom items. Most BrickCon vendors only accept cash.
BrickCon 2001 takes place October 1-2, 2011 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, located on the north side of Seattle Center on Mercer St just east of 3rd Ave N (Google map). The Exhibition runs Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm and Sunday from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Admission price is $9 per Individual each day or $30 per Family of 4 (children under 5 are free). Purchase tickets online or at the Exhibition Hall ticket booth (cash/check only) beginning at 9:00am on Saturday and 8:00am Sunday.
Fremont Oktoberfest is Seattle’s Fall Tradition in the “Center of the Universe” Fremont, Washington. Voted by USA Today and Orbitz.com as one of the top places to toast Oktoberfest, this three-day festival features a Tasting Garden, live music, Kids Area, a 5K Run, and plenty of other activities. The festival runs September 23-25, 2011. Save $5 when you purchase tickets online or at one of the advance ticket outlets in Seattle, Bellevue, and Federal Way.
Tickets
- $20ADV/$25DOOR general admission ticket, includes a 5 oz. commemorative glass and five beer/wine tasting tokens.
- $15 Non-Drinking admission available at the door, includes four tickets good for water or soda redeemable at the Hop Stop booth.
The free Fishermen’s Fall Festival is a day of celebration and fishing-related family fun, and live musical all day long. There will be a Salmon/Halibut Fillet Demonstration, Lutefisk Eating Contest, Oyster Slurp Contest. The USCG always makes waves with their dramatic demonstration of an at-sea rescue. Food is available for $5-10 per serving and includes a salmon barbecue, other seafood selections or hot dogs. For visitors 21 and older, the Beer & Wine Tasting Garden features a selection of local brews.
Fishermen’s Fall Festival is Saturday, September 17th, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Fishermen’s Terminal, 1900 W. Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA 98119 (Google map).
Performance highlights
- 11:00 – Inochi Taiko. Taiko, otherwise known as Wadaiko is a drumming style of Japanese origin. Literally, taiko means “fat drum.” Taiko has become a dynamic and spectacular art form heard at festivals and in concert halls throughout the world. For Inochi Taiko, it has been the life force or “spirit” that has helped each member develop leadership skills, artistic expression and other personal aspects of their lives. The members of Inochi Taiko strive to not only play at a high caliber to entertain audiences, but also try to push each other creatively to form a uniquely distinct sound. This is a performance not to be missed!
- 12:00 – JP Patches in his Farewell Performance: Beloved Seattle icon and long-time philanthropist JP Patches has been entertaining young and old alike since 1958. The Emmy-award winning J.P. Patches Show aired for 23 years on KIRO-TV and at one time had an audience of over 100,000. When it 1left the air in 1981, it was the longest running, locally produced children’s program in the country. Don’t miss his final performance on the Main Stage!
- 1:00 – The Reptile Man: Scott Petersen has performed for over 800 schools in the Northwest. Corporations such as Microsoft, Boeing, and Eddie Bauer have found this program to be exciting for all ages. You can see Scott on Disney’s nationally televised Bill Nye – The Science Guy. Scott’s performance creates an interest in the natural sciences and teach students about the importance of all animals in the balance of nature
Get advance tickets to Bumbershoot and save money. Advance tickets cost less than gate prices; buy advance tickets online or call 206.701.1482. Gate prices take effect on the first day of Bumbershoot.
- Bumbershoot Tickets are $35+fees/online per day ($45 at the door, if available). The Bumbershoot Mainstage has a set capacity, which means only a limited number of tickets can be sold. To avoid fees, advance tickets may be purchased at the Next Fifty Gift Shop at Seattle Center, located between the Space Needle and the Monorail; open 10 am – 8 pm daily. Advance sales end the day before Bumbershoot (Friday) and are cash only.
- Accompanied children 10 and under do not need a ticket, making Bumbershoot more affordable for young families. (Free kids admission does not include Mainstage access.)
Note: BumberFans have “Insider” access to a limited number of single ticket and 3-Day passes. The 2011 Insider Deal has SOLD OUT. Sign up to become a BumberFan Iit’s free!) for next year to be first in line for next year’s BumberFan Insider Deal.
Each year, BumberFans have the FIRST opportunity to buy tickets to Bumbershoot and get exclusive “Insider Deals” not available to the public, which are even cheaper than “advance” tickets. These insider deals and discount tickets are not publicized to anyone except BumberFans.
Sign up now to be a BumberFan and to hear about Insider Deals like the BumberFan Exclusive Pass (not available to the public and extremely limited), Advance 3-Day Passes and Platinum/Gold Passes that typcially go on sale in early spring.
Every year, spectators line the beaches of Lake Washington, soak in the Northwest sun and catch Seafair, a specatular show on the water with the Albert Lee Cup featuring the world’s fastest boats, the Unlimited Hydroplanes. In addition, the Boeing Air Show marks the culmination of the six-week festival and features the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
- FREE General Admission is available on Friday, August 5, 2011
to see the Albert Lee Cup qualifying Hydroplane Races and the Boeing Air Show.
2011 Seafair ticket prices
- Friday, August 5 – FREE General Admission. Guided pit tours are also free on Friday and Saturday with your $10 paid pit pass from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Saturday, August 6 – General Admission tickets $10-30: Seniors $10, Adult $20 Advance/$30 Gate, Youth $10 Advance/Gate, Military with ID FREE and Military Family Member with ID $10, Group $15 (must include a group of 10+ and only available online, advance). Guided pit tours are also free on Friday and Saturday with your $10 paid pit pass from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Sunday, August 7 – SEAFAIR SUNDAY – CHAMPIONSHIP General Admission tickets $10-30. Seniors $10, Adult $25 Advance/$30 Gate, Youth $10 Advance/Gate, Military with ID FREE and Military Family Member with ID $10, Group $15 (must include a group of 10+ and only available online, advance), Group $20 (must include a group of 10+ and only available online/in advance)
- PIT PASSES & TOURS, Friday, Saturday and Sunday – $10 Pit Pass. Guided pit tours are free (with $10 paid pit pass) and available on Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
PARKING & TRANSPORTATION. There is very limited parking at the race park site. Advance purchase parking passes are $30. Parking will sell out early. It is recommended that attendees park off site at one of the designated locations (Airport, Qwest Field, Downtown), and then take light rail into the Othello Station. A shuttle will be available from the Othello Station to the site. For more details about parking and transportation, visit the Seafair site: http://www.seafair.com/AnEvent.aspx?ID=16&SecID=966.
Blue Angels show schedule
- Thursday, August 4 – 10am to Noon and 1:30pm-2:30pm PRACTICE
- Friday, 8/5/2011 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – US Navy Blue Angels Performance
- Saturday, 8/6/2011 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – US Navy Blue Angels Performance
- Sunday, 8/7/2011 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – US Navy Blue Angels Performance
Note: The Washington State Department of Transportation will close all lanes of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington several times from Thursday, August 4 -Sunday, August 7, to accommodate air show practices and performances by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels for this year’s Seafair festivities.
The Boeing Air Show at Seafair is a must see for all families, thrill seekers, Seattlites and guests. For many across the Pacific Northwest, summer and Seafair reach their pinnacle as the pilots behind the yokes of the “Blue” Boeing F/A-18 Hornets make their thunderous and spectacular appearance! The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will amaze the Seafair audience with their knife-edge passes and dynamic maneuvers directly overhead of boaters on Lake Washington. The F/A-18 can reach speeds just under Mach 2, almost twice the speed of sound or about 1,400 MPH.
Blue Angels 2011 Seafair show schedule
- Thursday, August 4 – 10am to Noon and 1:30pm-2:30pm PRACTICE
- Friday, 8/5/2011 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – US Navy Blue Angels Performance
- Saturday, 8/6/2011 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – US Navy Blue Angels Performance
- Sunday, 8/7/2011 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – US Navy Blue Angels Performance
Note: The Washington State Department of Transportation will close all lanes of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington several times from Thursday, August 4 -Sunday, August 7, to accommodate air show practices and performances by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels for this year’s Seafair festivities.
Places to watch the Blue Angels for free
- FREE admission is available on Friday to 2011 Seafair Albert Lee Cup Hydroplane Races and the Boeing Air Show.
- The Museum of Flight is again Blue Angels’ headquarters during the team’s entire Seafair stay. Blue Angels Week features family activities with events inside and outside of the Museum. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Friday Aug. 5 through Sunday, August 7. Museum visitors will be able see the jets up close. Activities include the team’s precise pre-flight walkdowns, thrilling formation takeoffs and the chance to meet some of the Navy’s finest pilots as they return from their practice sessions and show performances. For more information, visit http://www.museumofflight.org/blueangels. The Museum of Flight is located South of downtown Seattle, at the south end of Boeing Field / King County Airport; Exit 158 off Interstate 5, 9404 East Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 98108 (Google map). Free Parking adjacent to the Museum and Airpark. Metro Bus Route #124.
- A lot of people walk out into I-90 while it is closed (see bridge closure schedule). Note that you cannot drive onto I-90.
- Parks along Lake Washington north of the Seafair entrance at Mount Baker Park or south of the Seafair entrance at 49th Ave S and Lk Wash Blvd S:
Mt Baker Ridge Viewpoint, 1403 31st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144, map
Mount Baker Park Bathing Beach, 2521 Lake Park Dr. S, Seattle, WA 98144, map
East Portal Viewpoint, 1400 Lake Washington Blvd. S, map
Day Street Boat Ramp, 1402 Lakeside Ave. S, map
Colman Park, 1800 Lake Washington Blvd. S, map
Seward Park is closed during Blue Angels performances, 5895 Lake Washington Blvd. S, map
Pritchard Island Beach, 8400 55th Ave. S, map
- Parks on Mercer Island
Park on the Lid, 2030 72ND AVE SE, Mercer Island, Washington 98040, map
Groveland Park, 7740 SE 58TH ST, Mercer Island, map
Slater Park, 2835 60TH AVE SE, Mercer Island, map
Every year, spectators line the beaches of Lake Washington, soak in the Northwest sun and catch Seafair, a specatular show on the water with the Albert Lee Cup featuring the world’s fastest boats, the Unlimited Hydroplanes. In addition, the Boeing Air Show marks the culmination of the six-week festival and features the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
Seafair Weekend provides long-time residents and visiting guests with an unforgettable experience that simply defines what summer in Seattle is all about. Come be a part of the action on Lake Washington.
- Friday, August 5 – FREE General Admission. Guided pit tours are also free on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- PARKING & TRANSPORTATION. There is very limited parking at the race park site. Advance purchase parking passes are $30. Parking will sell out early. It is recommended that attendees park off site at one of the designated locations (Airport, Qwest Field, Downtown), and then take light rail into the Othello Station. A shuttle will be available from the Othello Station to the site. For more details about parking and transportation, visit the Seafair site: http://www.seafair.com/AnEvent.aspx?ID=16&SecID=966
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