The coming holiday weekend gets underway tomorrow with a Green Day concert and a midnight race, the Firecracker 5000. Both are likely to impact traffic late in the evening around the Seattle Center. Saturday features two major events which will draw enormous crowds on opposite ends of Lake Union: the Wooden Boat Festival on the south end and the Chase Fourth of July Fireworks at the north end. In addition, there are many other activities taking place elsewhere in the city that promise attendance in the thousands.

Below is a schedule of weekend events

Friday, July 3

Green Day Concert: 7 – 11 p.m.

Seattle Center-Key Arena

10,000 people expected

Firecracker 5000 race:  11:55 p.m. – 1 a.m. (July 4)

1, 250 participants

Starts at the Memorial Stadium in the Seattle Center

Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival: noon – 9 p.m.

Judkins Park

4,800 expected

Saturday, July 4

Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Lake Union Center for Wooden Boats)

15, 000 spectators

Admiral Fourth of July Kids Parade: 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

West Seattle Streets and Hamilton Viewpoint Park

Chase Family Fourth: 12 Noon – 11 p.m. (traffic delays possibly up to midnight)

Lake Union-Gas Works Park

50,000 spectators

From 12 noon to 6 p.m., Seattle Police will set up a perimeter restricting traffic to “local access only” between Sunnyside Avenue North on the east, Interlake Avenue North on the west, North 39th Street on the north and North Northlake Way/GasWorks Park on the south.  

From 6 p.m. 11:30 p.m., the restricted traffic access perimeter will be enlarged to I-5 on the east, Stone Way North on the west, North 40th Street on the north and North Northlake Way/ Lake Union/Gas Works Park on the south. After the fireworks, the Fremont Bridge will not re-open to marine traffic until 12:30 a.m. July 5, the Ballard and University Bridge will not re-open for marine traffic until 1:30 a.m. July 5.

Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival: 12 noon – 9 p.m.

Judkins Park

4,800 expected

Sunday, July 5

Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Lake Union Center for Wooden Boats)

15,000 spectators

Summer Sundays on Pike Place: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

1,000 attending

Streets closed:  Pike, Pine and Stewart streets between First Avenue and Pike Place and Pike Place (adjacent to the market).

Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival: noon – 9 p.m.

Judkins Park

4,800 expected