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Beaches:

The following beaches will be guarded daily from 12 P.M. -7 P.M. on weekdays, and 11 A.M. -7 P.M. on weekends. We encourage all Seattleites and visitors to come out to these beaches for a safe and fun swim experience.  

• Madison Beach, 1900 43^rd Ave. E 
• Madrona Beach, 853 Lake Washington Blvd. 
• Magnuson Beach, park entrance at NE 65^th and Sand Point Way NE 
• Mt. Baker Beach, 2301 Lake Washington Blvd. S 
• Pritchard Beach, 8400 55^th Ave. S 
• West Green Lake Beach, 7312 W Green Lake Dr. 

The following beaches will remain CLOSED this summer: 

• Matthews Beach 
• Seward Park Beach 
• East Green Lake Beach 

Wading Pools:

Wading Pools are open on sunny days when the temperature is forecast to be 70 degrees or above. Please call the Wading Pool Hotline to verify hours and open/closed status the day of your visit: 206-684-7796.

Wading Pool	Address	Area	Dates	Days	Hours
Beacon Hill	1902 13th Ave. S	CE	6/29-8/18	Wed/Thurs	12pm-7pm
Bitter Lake Community Center	13035 Linden Ave. N	NW	6/29-8/19	Wed/Thurs/Fri	12pm-7pm
Dahl Playfield	7700 25th Ave. NE	NE	6/28-8/18	Tue/Wed/Thurs	12pm-7pm
Delridge Community Center	4501 Delridge Way SW	SW	6/29-8/19	Wed/Thurs/Fri	12pm-5:30pm
E Queen Anne Playground	160 Howe Street	CW	6/27-8/21	Mon/Tue/Sun	12pm-7pm
E.C. Hughes Playground	2805 SW Holden St.	SW	6/27-8/21	Mon/Tue/Sun	12pm-7pm
Gilman Playground	923 NW 54th St.	NW	7/1-8/20	Fri/Sat	12pm-6pm
Green Lake Park	N 73rd St. & W Green Lake Dr. N	NW	6/25-9/5	Daily	12pm-7pm
Lincoln Park	8600 Fauntleroy Way SW	SW	6/25-9/5	Daily	12pm-7pm
Magnuson Park	7400 Sand Point Way NE	NE	7/21-9/5	Daily	12:15pm-6:30pm
Peppi’s Playground	3233 E Spruce St.	CE	6/27-8/16	Mon/Tue	12pm-7pm
Powell Barnett Park	352 Martin Luther King Way	CE	6/29-8/21	Wed-Sun	12pm-7pm
Ravenna Park	5520 Ravenna Ave. NE	NE	7/1-8/20	Fri/Sat	12pm-7pm
Sandel Playground	9053 1st Ave. NW	NW	6/28-8/17	Tue/Wed	12pm-6:30pm
Soundview Playfield	1590 NW 90th St.	NW	6/27-8/21	Mon/Sat/Sun	12pm-7pm
South Park Community Center	8319 8th Ave. S	SW	6/27-8/17	Mon/Tue/Wed	12pm-7pm
Van Asselt Community Center	2820 S Myrtle St.	SE	6/25-9/5	Daily	12pm-7pm
View Ridge Playfield	4408 NE 70th St.	NE	6/27-8/21	Mon/Sun	12pm-7pm
Volunteer Park	1400 E Galer St.	CE	6/25-9/5	Daily	12pm-7pm
Wallingford Playfield	4219 Wallingford Ave. N	NW	6/30-8/20	Thurs/Fri/Sat	12pm-7pm

Sprayparks:

These sprayparks will be open from 11 am to 8 pm each day of the week until Labor Day:

• Beacon Mountain in Jefferson Park
• Georgetown Playfield
• Highland Park
• Judkins Park
• Miller Community Center/Playfield
• Northacres Park
• South Lake Union Park (the west spray pad is open; the east spray pad is closed due to damage)
• Yesler Terrace Park
• John C. Little Park
• Pratt Playground Spraypark

Not opening this year:

• Ballard Commons Spraypark is not opening this year as the park is currently closed.

Outdoor Pools:

Open daily through Labor Day.

• Lowery C. “Pop” Mounger Pool, 2535 32nd Ave. W, 206-684-4708. View the full schedule here.
• Colman Pool, 8603 Fauntleroy Way SW, 206-684-7494. View the full schedule here. The pool will be closed July 7 through 9 and July 15 and 16 for swim meets. 

Indoor Pools:

The following indoor pools are currently open and will remain open through the summer.

• Rainier Beach Pool, 8825 Rainier Ave. S
• Ballard Pool, 1471 NW 67^th
• Meadowbrook Pool, 10515 35^th NE
• Madison Pool, 13401 Meridian Ave. N
• Southwest Pool, 2801 SW Thistle St. (limited summer operations)

Medgar Evers, Evans, and Queen Anne pools will remain closed this summer.

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The Southend Connection presents the Othello Marketplace, every Sunday from 11am to 4 p.m through August 28th, 2022 at Othello Park (4351 S Othello St.). The Marketplace features food, live music, kids corner, vendors, and more!

Visit southendconnection.com for more informaition, or email southendconnection1@gmail.com.

Event: YES FEST 
Organizer: Bureau of Fearless Ideas 
Date(s) and Time(s): July 1 and July 29, 4:00 – 6:00 pm 
Event Location: Yesler Terrace Park
Event Description: YES FEST is a community festival, bringing together youth, families, and residents of Yesler Terrace to be together and celebrate. Each YES FEST includes booths from community organizations, a range of hands-on activities, food, and fellowship. 

Event: Massive Monkees: Fresh Air open dance sessions
Organizer: Extraordinary Futures
Date(s) and Time(s): July 1,5,8,12,15,19,23,26,30, 6-9PM
Event Location:  Fridays: Pratt Park Basketball Courts & Tuesdays: Jefferson Park Shelter #3
Event Description: Drop in Breakdance sessions facilitated by coaches from the Massive Monkees. Participants will learn basic breakdance moves and be able to practice them in a fun and interactive setting.
Event Facebook: www.facebook.com/massivemonkees

Event: Blessed Hearts Fitness 
Organizer: Noel Montgomery 
Date(s) and Time(s): Tuesdays: July 5,12,19,26, 5:30-6:30PM, Thursdays: July 7,14,21,28, 6-7PM
Event Location: Garfield community center, Tuesdays & Rainier Beach community center, Thursdays 
Event Description: Blessed Hearts Fitness is to educate, demonstrate and motivate healthier options and productive movement.
Event Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/835254086570267/
Event Website: https://m.facebook.com/835254086570267/

Event: Hit Workouts
Organizer: Free Flo Fit 
Date(s) and Time(s): July 2, 16, 30, no class July 9^th or 23^rd, 12:15-1:15PM
Event Location: Columbia City Fitness (2609 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98144).
Event Description: Free Saturday classes from 12:15-1:15pm in the group fitness room all are welcome. Held every Saturday except for July 9^th and July 23^rd.
Event Facebook: facebook.com/freeflofit6 
Event Website: www.freeflofit.com  

Event: Summer Saturdays – Free African Dance for All Ages! 
Organizer: ADEFUA Cultural Education Workshop 
Date(s) and Time(s): July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Each date the time is 10:00am-2:00pm. 
Event Location:: Columbia Park  
Event Description: This project will provide weekly cultural dance classes for youth and adults. Join us for learning the history and rhythms of the dance movements being learned. Live drumming weekly will play for our dancing pleasure. Youth – 10:00am-11:50am, Adult – 12:00pm-2:00pm. 
Event Facebook: www.facebook.com/AdefuaCenter/
Event Website: www.adefuacenter.org 

Event: Back 2 Basics Pt. 2 
Organizer: 219 Solutions 
Date(s) and Time(s): Thursday’s, July 7,14,21,28, 3:30-6:30PM
Event Location: Concord International Elementary Playfield 
Event Description: Back to Basics is a platform for kids to come play organized games, be creative through art projects, socialize with each other, and be physically active in a safe environment.

Event Fit Melanin Summer 2022 
Organizer: Free Flo Fit 
Date(s) and Time(s): July 9th, 2022 from 2pm-7pm. 
Event Location: Judkins Park  
Event Description: It’s that time of the year again, and Free Flo Fit is going all out with our Fit Melanin Summer event for 2022. Meet new and returning black and brown vendors while enjoying fun, high-energy workouts, performers, and much more!   
Event Facebook: facebook.com/freeflofit6 
Event Website: www.freeflofit.com  

Event: Puerto Rican Bomba y Plena en la Huerta 2022 
Organizer: Center for Linguistic and Cultural Democracy 
Date(s) and Time(s): July 10,17, 24, 6:30-8:30PM
Event Location: Martha Washington Park 
Event Description: Bomba en La Huerta brings traditional and expressive Puerto Rican Bomba drumming, singing, and dancing into a Parks Department Orchard Space in order to bring together families and community members to share, engage, create, let go, and build unity.​ 
Event Facebook: https://fb.me/e/1THybHFHC 
Note: If the weather is bad for any of these sessions, we will switch to ZOOM. https://antioch.zoom.us/j/91302296657  ID: 913 0229 6657  Join by phone: 253 215-8782  

Event: ‘Dance Is Where We Heal’   
Organizer: Franchesska Berry 
Date(s) and Time(s): Wednesdays 7:00 – 9:00 pm & Saturday 12:00 – 2:00 pm. Wednesdays, July 13, 20,27. Saturdays 16, 23.
Event Location: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center  
Event Description: Franchesska Berry specializes in teaching traditional storytelling, dances, drums, and the language of West Africa within the Feminine Essence. We resolves identified problems for participants holistically through dance and oneness. We shift the energy honoring who and whose we are. This teaching style consistently enhances students’ mental well-being, stamina, rhythm, timing, and energy from dancing. We evoke Spiritual self-love initiations and transmute struggle into miracles. 
Event Website: https://www.thefeminineessence.com/ 

Event: Jefferson Jumpstart 
Organizer : Beacon Arts 
Date(s) and Time(s): 7pm July 14, 21,28
Event Location: Jefferson Park Amphitheater

​Event Description: Beacon Arts returns to Jefferson Park Amphitheater with Free Jefferson Jumpstart Concert to get a jumpstart on your weekend! Join us for free contemporary music by: 7/14 The Whags – funky prog indie 7/21 Talaya – existential soul 7/28 Tomo Nakayama Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Washington, Tomo Nakayama is an artist whose melodic, complex and emotionally compelling music has been praised by NPR, New York Times.
Event Facebook: https://fb.me/e/nePgV2RRf 
Event Website: https://www.beacon-arts.org/ 

Event: Alafia: Sacred Drum and Dance 
Organizer: Griot Girlz 
Date(s) and Time(s): Saturdays July 16, 23, 30, 12-2 pm 
Event Location: Judkins Park @ Norman st​ 
Event Description: African Drum and Dance sessions open to all ages, stages and walks of life.  
Event Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/746783473417147 
Event Website: www.griotgirlz.org 

Event: Walk for Change
Organizer: Fathers and Sons Together FAST
Date(s) and Time(s): July 16, 2022, 11AM-3PM
Event Location: Rainier Beach CC Plaza
Event Description: The Walk for Change will celebrate our fathers as we encourage, provoke and inspire them to view fatherhood as a powerful entity that is strong enough to invoke change. Our focus is on strengthening the relationships between fathers and sons.
Event Website: www.fastfathersandsonstogether.org/events.html

Event: Healthy Aging 
Organizer: Lao Women Association of Washington 
Date(s) and Time(s): July 17,2022, 12-3PM
Event Location: Wat Lao Mixayaram 
Event Description: Dance: Lomvong, Basalop, Cha Cha and Aerobic Exercises-Boon Khaophansa
Event Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/1637897489858587

Event: Lao Women Association of Washington Annual Picnic 
Organizer: Lao Women Association of Washington 
Date(s) and Time(s): July 24,2022, 12-4:00PM
Event Location: Seward Park​ 
Event Description: To celebrate our 2022 Welcome Back Seattle program as well as gathering our members to celebrate summer, we will hold an annual picnic at Seward Park. 
Event Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1637897489858587 

Explore the intertidal zone with Seattle Urban Nature Guides on Discovery Park’s sandy South Beach. Touch sea anemones, experience a clam squirt, search for sea stars and enjoy this unique Salish Sea event. Be sure to wear shoes that can get wet. Register today for only $10 per person (all program participants must be registered).

Call 206-386-4236 or click here to register for $10 per person (ages 8 and older).

Dates and Times:

Sat. 7/16 1pm-2:30pm

Sat. 8/13 12pm-1:30pm

Seattle Parks and Recreation awarded the construction contract for the Miller Playfield Turf Replacement project to Coast to Coast Turf.  They will mobilize on site the week of July 5th. During construction pedestrian traffic will be re-routed and the basketball court will be closed.  Miller Playfield is located on Capitol Hill at 330 19^th Ave E.

This project will replace 89,740 sq.ft. of aging synthetic turf at Miller Playfield. This will include the removal of the old ‘worn out’ synthetic turf and address any structural repairs to curbing, sub-subsurface, and drainage. 2022 synthetic turf systems will be installed for recreational play. Girls and boys Lacrosse will be changed to Unified Lacrosse, and the soccer and Little League markings will remain unchanged except for the removal of the 65-foot pitching distance. We anticipate the project will be completed in the fall of 2022.

To stay up to date on the project please visit https://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/miller-playfield or contact Michelle Whitefield at michelle.whitfield@seattle.gov or 206-465-8492. 

Participate in-person at Rainier Playfield and online with games, live performances, food, a vendor fair with community and wellness opportunities, and more.

Big Day of Play is a celebration of our city’s diversity, and it encourages neighbors, communities, and families to have fun, build relationships and be active together.

Big Day of Play will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2022 from 12 to 6 p.m. at Rainier Playfield and online. The event is completely free and includes activities for all ages and abilities. The event will showcase a wellness fair, in-person and virtual programs, and live performances. Look for fitness instruction, games, and competitions, and get ready to have fun with your community as we come together at Rainier Playfield and online.

The Big Day of Play is presented by SPR’s Get Moving Initiative, which supports local groups in offering innovative and culturally relevant events and projects to increase participation in community sports, recreation and physical fitness activities that serve under-resourced communities. Funding for the Get Moving Initiative is provided by the Seattle Park District.

This year’s Big Day of Play sponsors include the Associated Recreation Council, Seattle Department of Transportation, #SeattleTogether, Seattle Children’s Hospital, BECU, Community Health Plan of Washington, Seattle Mariners, and Seattle Seahawks.

If you’re interested in volunteering or participating as a vendor at Big Day of Play, click here.

More information can be found at www.bigdayofplay.org/ and on the event’s Facebook page.

Follow us on: Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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This summer, we’re offering a variety of FREE movie nights in parks. See more City Center (downtown parks) summer activities here.

Movies at Cascade Playground & Hing Hay Park

Pre-movie activities at the following locations start at 7 p.m. and the movies begin at dusk.

Fri., July 8 Cascade Playground
Forbidden Planet (Rated G)

Fri., July 22 Cascade Playground
King Richard (Rated PG-13)

Sat., Aug. 6 Hing Hay Park
Yellow Rose (Rated PG-13)

Sat., Aug. 13 Hing Hay Park
Big Hero 6 (Rated PG)

Sat., Aug. 20 Hing Hay Park
Monster Hunt (Mandarin with
English Subtitles) (Rated PG-13)

Sat., Aug. 27 Hing Hay Park
Maika (Vietnamese with
English Subtitles) (Rated PG)

Movies at Freeway Park:

Pre-movie activities start at 7:30 p.m. and the movie begins at dusk.

Fri., Aug. 5 Freeway Park
Raya and the Last Dragon (Rated PG-13)

Fri., Aug. 12 Freeway Park
Spider Man: No Way Home (Rated PG-13)

Fri., Aug. 19 Freeway Park
The Big Lebowski (Rated R)

Fri., Aug. 26 Freeway Park
In the Heights (Rated PG-13)

Seattle Parks and Recreation will turn on field lighting on ballfields throughout the city on the evening of Saturday, July 2; Sunday, July 3 and Monday, July 4 to protect the surfaces. The ballfield lights will be turned on at approximately 8:30 p.m. and most will be turned off at either 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., depending on the field.

The lights will be turned on to discourage the use of fireworks. Fireworks are illegal in the city of Seattle and will destroy the artificial turf on the fields or surrounding facilities. The approximate replacement cost for the synthetic surface based on per average full-size field (110,000 square feet) is $1.2 million. All the fields have been renovated in the past several years and benefit field users including players of soccer, football, baseball, Ultimate Frisbee and lacrosse.    

The fields will be monitored from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Lights at the following fields will be turned off at 11 p.m.:

• Bobby Morris at Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave
• Dahl Playfield, 7700 25th Ave NE
• Delridge Playfield, 4458 Delridge Way SW
• Garfield #1, E Cherry St & 23rd Ave
• Genesee Upper and Lower Playfield, 4316 S Genesee St.
• Georgetown Playfield, 750 S Homer St.
• Hiawatha Playfield, 2700 California Ave. SW
• Interbay Athletic Complex, 3027 17th Ave W
• Jefferson Playfield, 4165 16th Ave. S
• Lower Woodland Playfield #2 and #7, 5201 Green Lake Way North
• Walt Hundley Playfield, 6920 34th Avenue SW
• Washington Park Playfield, 2500 Lake Washington Blvd. E
• West Seattle Stadium, 4432 35th Ave. SW

Lights at the following fields will turned off at 10 p.m.:

• Loyal Heights Playfield, 2101 NW 77th St
• Mickey Merriam Athletic field complex, Magnuson #5 (Rugby), #6, #7, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E.
• Miller Playfield, 330 19th Ave. E
• Brighton Playfield, 6000 39^th Ave S.

Lights will be turned off at the following grass fields at 11 p.m.

• Ballard Playfield, 2644 NW 60th St.
• Rainier Playfield, 3700 S Alaska St.
• W Queen Anne Playfield, 150 W Blaine St.

Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is offering a variety of free drop-in activities for youth ages 11-14 at the South Park Community Center this summer through SPR’s Summer of Safety program. Regular SOS activities will include field trips, arts and craft, as well as sports and athletics. Click here to see a calendar of activities or see the schedule below.  

Summer of Safety activities at South Park Community Center will run from July 5 through August 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays. Free lunch provided by the City’s Summer Food Service Program will be served daily at noon to all participants.

While the community center building is closed for the South Park Community Center Sitewide Renovation, most activities will take place outside in the field area, or to the side of the facility where the wading pool is (once you arrive at the center, staff at the front of the building can help direct you). Please provide your child with sunscreen.

The program will operate rain or shine and no sign up is required; youth can drop in on any day and at any time during the program’s regular hours. E-13/concussion forms are required for all programs. You can pick up forms at any SPR community center (South Park staff are available the week before SOS programming starts from noon to 1pm, and during regular SOS hours once the program starts on July 5). You can also download the form here.

Soccer Camps will be held at Highland Park Field. Transportation to and from South Park will be provided. Participants will depart South Park at 8:45 a.m. and return to South Park at 2:15 p.m.

Questions about Summer of Safety at South Park Community Center? Call the center at (206) 684-7451 or email paula.pablo@seattle.gov.

July 2022 Summer of Safety Schedule at South Park

Fridays, all of July: Late Night 6:30-10:30pm

Saturdays, all of July: Tween Late Night 4-8pm

Monday, July 4: CLOSED

Tuesday, July 5:

• 10-11a.m. Badminton & V-ball
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Board Games

Wednesday, July 6:

• 10-11a.m. Badminton & V-ball
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Knitting

Thursday, July 7:

• 10-11a.m. Badminton & V-ball
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Arts in the park

Monday, July 11:

• 9-2pm All Sports Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Sea Pal Activities

Tuesday, July 12:

• 9-2pm All Sports Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Board Games

Wednesday, July 13:

• 9-2pm All Sports Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 10-12pm Kraken Street Hockey
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Board Games

Thursday, July 14:

• 10-12pm Board Games
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Arts in the park

Monday, July 18:

• 9-1pm Soccer Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 10-12pm Volleyball Camp
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Sea Pal Activities

Tuesday, July 19:

• 9-1pm Soccer Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 10-12pm Volleyball Camp
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Board Games

Wednesday, July 20:

• 9-1pm Soccer Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 10-12pm Volleyball Camp
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Knitting

Thursday, July 21:

• 9-1pm Soccer Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Arts in the park

Monday, July 25:

• 9-1pm Soccer Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Sea Pal Activities

Tuesday, July 26:

• 9-1pm Soccer Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Board Games

Wednesday, July 27:

• 9-1pm Soccer Camp
• 10-12pm Kraken Street Hockey
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Knitting

Thursday, July 28:

• 9-1pm Soccer Camp
• 10-12pm Board Games
• 12-1pm LUNCH
• 1-3pm Arts in the park