Another holiday is just days away, bringing both closures and festivities to ring in the New Year. For special New Year’s Eve gastronomic celebrations, be sure to book your reservations at local Queen Anne restaurants asap – Betty, Book Bindery, Crow, How to Cook a Wolf, LloydMartin, The Melting Pot, Ponti Seafood Grill, Ten Mercer, Toulouse Petit all have special New Year’s Eve menus. Contact us if there are others that we’ve missed!
Here are the closures and events for the holiday week:
Holiday Closures:
- Seattle Public Library – closes at 6pm Monday, Dec 31; closed on Tuesday, Jan 1
- City of Seattle – offices closed Tuesday, Jan 1
- Free Parking Days – Tuesday, Jan 1 is a Free Parking day in Seattle
- Garbage & Recycling – no collection on Tuesday, Jan 1, if your pickup day is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, collections will be one day later
Traffic Impacts:
- Aurora Bridge: Bridge reduced to one lane in each direction 9pm-5am Sunday, Dec 30, Jan 2 and 3; Fremont Way N southbound on-ramp to the Aurora Bridge will be closed 9pm-5am Sunday, Dec 30, Jan 2 and 3
Multi-Day Events:
- Winterfest, Seattle Center, through Jan 6
- Pacific Northwest Ballet Nutcracker, through Dec 29
Friday, December 28
- SIFF Uptown New & Continuing Films: Barbara, Les Miserables, Django Unchained
Saturday, December 29
- Canoe Steaming Ceremony, Lake Union Park, 5:30am-5:30pm, FREE
- MOHAI Public Grand Opening, SLU, 10am-8pm, FREE with reservation (note: all tickets have been reserved, but a limited number of walk-up tickets will be available every half hour)
- Gates Foundation Give Effect Visitor Center Family Day, 10:30am-3:30pm FREE
Sunday, December 30
- MOHAI Grand Opening Continues, SLU, 10am-8pm Paid Tickets only
- Seahawks vs. Rams, CenturyLink Field, 1:25pm
Monday, December 31 (aka New Year’s Eve)
- New Year’s Around the Globe, Seattle Children’s Museum, 10am-5pm
- Indulgence New Year’s Eve Bash, EMP, 21+ only, 8pm
- Winterfest New Year’s Eve with The Rhythm Nation, Seattle Center Armory, 8:15pm, FREE
- New Year’s at the Needle, Seattle Center, 11:30pm, FREE
Tuesday, January 1
- Polar Bear Plunge, Matthews Beach, registration at 11am, plunge at noon
- Polar Bear Plunge, Golden Gardens, 11am
Have an event that you would like us to report on? Drop us an email at tips@queenanneview.com