Perhaps it’s a sign of the end of summer or just a coincidence, but our list of events around Queen Anne is fairly short this week — but the traffic impacts are long and complicated! Only the Sounders are at home this week, the Seahawks and Huskies are away, and the Mariners and Storm wrapped their seasons earlier this week. While there are fewer sports events to slow things down, there will surely be traffic headaches with the Viaduct closed and the Aurora Bridge down to one lane in each direction.
Weekend Traffic Impacts:
Mercer: Thursday, October 4th – Thursday, October 11 (estimated), 7:30pm to 6:00am (no work on the weekend)
Intermittent weeknight single-lane closures on I-5 on- and off-ramps
Viaduct Closed: 6am Saturday, October 6 – 4pm Sunday, October 7
Both directions of the Alaskan Way Viaduct will be closed from just north of the Battery Street Tunnel to the West Seattle Bridge for semi-annual maintenance.
Aurora Bridge: 9pm Friday, October 5 – 2pm Sunday, October 7
Traffic reduced to one lane in each direction.
Beginning at 2pm Sunday, October 7, lane closures will be adjusted to accommodate Sounders traffic as follows:
– 2pm-3pm: Two southbound lanes and one northbound lane will be open
– 3pm-7pm: All southbound lanes and one northbound lane will be open
– 7pm-10pm: One southbound lane and all northbound lanes will be open
– 10pm Sunday, October 7 – 5am Monday, October 8: One northbound and one southbound lane will be open
– All lanes reopen 5am Monday, October 8
Aurora Bridge: Monday, October 8 – Friday, October 12, 10pm-5am
Fremont Way N southbound on-ramp to the Aurora Bridge will be closed nightly
Multi-Day Events:
Seattle Home Show, CenturyLink, Friday, October 5 – Sunday, October 7
BrickCon LEGO Hobbyist Event, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Saturday, October 6 (10am-4pm) & Sunday, October 7 (9am-3pm)
Northwest Tea Festival, Seattle Center Fisher Pavillion, Saturday, October 6 (10am-6pm) & Sunday, October 7 (10am-4pm) FREE (suggested $10 donation)
Daily Weekend Events:
Friday, October 5
The Late Now, Avant-Variety Talk Show, West of Lenin (Fremont), 8pm
SIFF Uptown New & Continuing Films: Liberal Arts, Keep the Lights On, Arbitrage
SIFF Uptown (one night only): The Human Race, Mon Ami, Meu País/My Country
Saturday, October 6
CroatiaFest, DanceParty at Seattle Russian Community Center, 704 19th Ave. E, $5 admission, 7pm-midnight)
Carrie Underwood Concert, KeyArena, 7:30pm
SIFF Uptown (one day/night only): Ivan’s Dream/El sueño de Ivan, Día naranja/A Day in Orange, Aqui entre nos/Between Us, Mariachi Gringo, America, Lloyd the Conqueror
SIFF Uptown $4 Families4Film Matinee: Rabbit Fever
Sunday, October 7
Magnolia 12k/5k Run the Bluff, Magnolia Playfield, 8:30am
Swedish Cultural Center Pancake Breakfast, 8am – features author Vaughn Sherman
CroatiaFest, Seattle Center Armory, noon-8pm, FREE
Sounders vs. Portland Timbers, CenturyLink Field, 6pm
SIFF Uptown (one day/night only): El secreto del medallon de Jade, SLFF Short Films, Capsulas, Father’s Chair/A Cadeira do Pai, Salsa Tel Aviv, Drama
Monday, October 8
Queen Anne Books Monthly Book Club, “The Absolutist”, 7pm (also on Wednesday, October 10, 7pm) – voting for the next 3 books too! FREE
SIFF Uptown (one night only): The Beautiful Game, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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