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There’s an old saying around here that says summer doesn’t begin until July 4. <\/p>\n

That might not be true this year (we already had a great head start in June!) but July is typically a safer bet when planning for outdoor fun. <\/p>\n

Looking for where can you find the festivities and big booms celebrating America’s 250th birthday? You’ll find our list here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

As for the rest of July, you’ll find air shows, art shows, live music, outdoor movies, food fest, community festivals and a little (ok, major) thing called Seafair<\/a>. Pack up the sunscreen and enjoy!<\/p>\n

Games People Play<\/h2>\n

Sure, it’s a bit of a jaunt to get to, but the sand-sculptures at Long Beach’s Sandsations are incredible. Need inspiration to get out and get active? Consider the Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival or participate in the Run for Beer fun run. Rather watch than run? Show your support at the Seafair Triathalon and\/or the Torchlight Run.<\/p>\n

Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 10-12 \/ Various Locations, Bellingham<\/p>\n

Chase the Rainbow Run<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11 \/ Chambers Creek Regional Park, Seattle<\/p>\n

Pacific Northwest Reptile and Exotic Animal Show<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11-12 \/ Washington State Fair Events Center, Puyallup<\/p>\n

Run for Beer<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11 & 18 \/ Redmond and Selah<\/p>\n

Sandsations<\/a>
<\/strong>July 15-19 \/ Long Beach<\/p>\n

Geek Fest West<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ Lynnwood Event Center Complex, Lynnwood<\/p>\n

Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18-August 16 \/ 18601 Sky Meadows Lane, Snohomish<\/p>\n

Float Dodger 5K<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18 \/ Hiawatha Play Field, Seattle<\/p>\n

Camlann Commotion: Sword & Buckler Tournament<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18 \/ Camlann Medieval Village, Carnation<\/p>\n

Seafair Triathlon<\/a>
<\/strong>July 19 \/ Seward Park, Seattle<\/p>\n

St. James Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 25 \/ Camlann Medieval Village, Carnation<\/p>\n

Seafair Torchlight Run<\/a>
<\/strong>July 25 \/ Pier 62, Seattle<\/p>\n

Community Celebrations and Festivals<\/h2>\n

This is where cities and communities within cities come together and shine. From Kent’s Cornucopia Days to the Vashon Island Strawberry Festival to Kla Ha Ya Days in Snohomish, there’s something going on near where you live. Are you parade watcher? Come on out to Wallingford, West Seattle, and the mother-of-all-parades, the Seafair Torchlight Parade. <\/p>\n

West Seattle Summer Fest<\/a>
<\/strong>July 10-12 \/ The Junction, Seattle<\/p>\n

Kent Cornucopia Days<\/a>
<\/strong>July 10-12 \/ Various Locations, Kent<\/p>\n

Beacon Arts Street Fairs<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11 \/ Beacon Hill<\/p>\n

Wallingford Parade<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11 \/ Downtown Wallingford<\/p>\n

Mill Creek Festival and Street Fair<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11-12 \/ Various Locations, Mill Creek<\/p>\n

Capital Lakefair<\/a>
<\/strong>July 15-19 \/ Heritage Park, Olympia<\/p>\n

King County Fair<\/a>
<\/strong>July 16-19 \/ Enumclaw Expo Center, Enumclaw<\/p>\n

Kla Ha Ya Days<\/a>
<\/strong>July 15-19 \/ Various Locations, Snohomish<\/p>\n

GeekFest West Game Expo<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ Lynnwood Event Center, Lynnwood<\/p>\n

Sequim Lavender Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ Carrie Blake Park, Sequim<\/p>\n

Vashon Island Strawberry Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ Various Locations, Vashon Island<\/p>\n

Northbend Block Party<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18 \/ North Bend Downtown<\/p>\n

West Seattle Grand Parade<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18 \/ West Seattle<\/p>\n

Redmond Derby Days<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-25 \/ Various Locations, Redmond<\/p>\n

Northwest Balboa Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-26 \/ Various Locations, Seattle<\/p>\n

Renton River Days<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-26 \/ Various Locations, Renton<\/p>\n

Seafair Torchlight Parade<\/a>
<\/strong>July 25 \/ Downtown Seattle<\/p>\n

Magnolia Summerfest<\/a>
<\/strong>July 31-August 2 \/ Magnolia Playfield, Seattle<\/p>\n

Music, Film and Theater<\/h2>\n

‘Tis the season to bring out the blankets and pack up the picnic basket for outdoor performances of Shakespeare plays, music festivals and movies playing in local parks. Lots to choose from this year.<\/p>\n

Dancing til Dusk<\/a>
<\/strong>July 7-August 30 \/ Various Locations, Seattle<\/p>\n

Movies in the Park<\/a>
<\/strong>July 8-August 28 \/ Various Parks, Seattle<\/p>\n

Shakespeare in the Park: Wooden O<\/a>
<\/strong>July 9-August 16 \/ Various Locations in the Greater Puget Sound area<\/p>\n

BrodieNation Music Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 9-12 \/ 7330 Tolt River Road, Carnation<\/p>\n

Ballard Music & Seafoodfest<\/a>
<\/strong>July 10-12 \/ Various Locations, Ballard<\/p>\n

Bluegrass from the Forest Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 10-12 \/ Mason County Rec., Shelton<\/p>\n

The 48-Hour Film Project<\/a>
<\/strong>July 10-12 \/ Various Locations, Seattle<\/p>\n

Porchfest Edmonds<\/a>
<\/strong>July 12 \/ Various Locations, Edmonds<\/p>\n

Shakespeare in the Park: GreenStage<\/a>
<\/strong>July 10 \u2013 August 15 \/ Various Parks in the Greater Pacific Northwest<\/p>\n

Summer Outdoor Movies<\/a>
<\/strong>July 14-August 27 \/ Various Parks, Bellevue and Kirkland<\/p>\n

Darrington Bluegrass Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ 42501 State Rte 530 NE, Darrington<\/p>\n

The Hoot Music and Arts Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ 7005 126th St. NW, Tulalip<\/p>\n

Blastfest<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18 \/ Seattle Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

Red Fellow Music Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18 \/ Starlight Meadows, Bothell<\/p>\n

Tacoma Porch Fest<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18-19 \/ 6th Avenue, Tacoma<\/p>\n

Timber! Outdoor Music Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 23-25 \/ Tolt-MacDonald Park, Carnation<\/p>\n

Derby Days<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-25 \/ Various Locations, Redmond<\/p>\n

Movies at the Mural<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-August 21 \/ Seattle Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

Day Trip Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 25 \/ Gas Works Park, Seattle<\/p>\n

Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 25-26 \/ Volunteer Park, Seattle<\/p>\n

Planes, Trains and Automobiles<\/h2>\n

Seafair’s Fleet Week, hydroplane races and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels dominate this month, but don’t forget about the Bremerton Airshow and the various car shows happening this July.<\/p>\n

Bremerton Airshow<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11-12 \/ Bremerton National Airport, Bremerton<\/p>\n

Avants Classics on the Green<\/a>
<\/strong>July 13 \/ Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville<\/p>\n

Seafair Fleet Week<\/a>
<\/strong>July 21-24 \/ Various Locations, Seattle<\/p>\n

NHRA Northwest Nationals<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-26 \/ 31001 144th Ave. SE, Kent<\/p>\n

Griot\u2019s Garage Pacific Northwest Nationals<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-26 \/ Washington State Fair Events Center, Puyallup<\/p>\n

Wekfest<\/a>
<\/strong>July 26 \/ Seattle Convention Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

Boeing Hydroplanes and Seafair Air Show<\/a>
<\/strong>July 31-August 2 \/ Lake Washington, Seattle<\/p>\n

Food and Drink<\/h2>\n

For over 42 years, we’ve been enjoying the Bite of Seattle. It’s a big deal. It’s been a while now, but it was voted “Best Food Festival” in the United States in 2016 and 2017. Our advice? Go early. When it comes to “Drinks,” there are four big beverage events happening this month.<\/p>\n

SipFest<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11 \/ Railroad Park, Snoqualmie<\/p>\n

Kirkland Uncorked<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ Kirkland Marina Park, Kirkland<\/p>\n

PNA Summer Beer Taste<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18 \/ Phinney Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

Bite of Seattle<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-26 \/ Seattle Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

Summer School Brewfest<\/a>
<\/strong>July 25 \/ Anderson School, Bothell<\/p>\n

Getting Crafty<\/h2>\n

Need a new hobby? Come get inspired at the various art fairs and shows happening this month in Seattle, Gig Harbor, Bellevue and Redmond.<\/p>\n

Alki Art Fair<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ Alki Beach Park, Seattle<\/p>\n

Summer Art Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18-19 \/ Sehmel Homestead Park, Gig Harbor<\/p>\n

Seattle Art Fair<\/a>
<\/strong>July 23-26 \/ Lumen Field Event Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

Bellevue Arts Fair Weekend<\/a>
<\/strong>July 24-26 \/ Bellevue Arts Museum<\/p>\n

Urban Craft Uprising Summer Show<\/a>
<\/strong>July 25-26 \/ Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Seattle<\/p>\n

Redmond Arts Festival<\/a>
<\/strong>July 31-August 2 \/ Redmond Town Center, Redmond<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Small World<\/h2>\n

With all of the hoopla happening during Independence Day, there is one event that is bound to get overshadowed but even more meaningful to over 250 candidates who will be sworn in as new citizens of the United States in Seattle. On July 4, the Seattle Centers hosts the 41st Annual Naturalization Ceremony from noon to 1 p.m. Plenty of time to get to that family picnic afterward. This month we’re also celebrating people with Scottish, Polish, Indian, Chinese heritages among others.<\/p>\n

Naturalization Ceremony<\/a>
<\/strong>July 4 \/ Seattle Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

Polish Festival Seattle<\/a>
<\/strong>July 11 \/ Seattle Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

Skagit Valley Highland Games & Celtic Festival<\/strong><\/a>
July 11-12 \/ Skagit County Fairgrounds<\/p>\n

READ MORE | Skagit Valley Highland Games celebrate 30 years of bagpipes, tartans, and tradition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seafair Indian Days<\/a>
<\/strong>July 17-19 \/ Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Seattle<\/p>\n

CID Celebration<\/a>
<\/strong>July 18 \/ Hing Hay Park, Seattle<\/p>\n

Chinatown Seafair Parade<\/a>
<\/strong>July 19 \/ Chinatown, Seattle<\/p>\n

Pacific NW Scottish Highlands Games & Clan Gathering<\/a>
<\/strong>July 25-26 \/ Enumclaw Expo Center, Enumclaw<\/p>\n

Pista Nayon Seattle<\/a>
<\/strong>July 26 \/ Seward Park, Seattle<\/p>\n

Have a safe BLAST this July! <\/h2>\n

Jeff Totey is a freelance contributor for Seattle Refined. Follow more of his work here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

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