If you’re having trouble keeping your New Year’s resolutions, you get a second chance with the Lunar New Year coming up! Why not join in the Chinese and Vietnamese celebrations being held this weekend in the Chinatown/International District and at the Seattle Center, respectively. If boats are on your wish list for real or in your dreams – you can take in the latest at the Seattle Boat Show which gets underway Friday, January 24 and runs through February 1. For more information about these activities, please see schedule below.
Friday – Monday, January 24 – February 1
Seattle Boat Show:
CenturyLink Field and Chandler’s Cove at South Lake Union
500 – 3,000 per day
Expect heavier traffic in the vicinity of the parking lots adjacent to the stadiums in SODO district and at the south end of Lake Union and plan accordingly. For more info please see: http://www.seattleboatshow.com/
Saturday, January 25
Wing Luke Museum Lunar New Year Lion Dance: 11a.m. – 1 p.m.
King Street at between Seventh and Eighth avenues
325 attending
Streets closed from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.: S King Street between Seventh Avenue S and Eighth Avenue S. For more details please see: http://wingluke.org/events/upcoming.htm
Seattle Opera’s Opening Performance of Rigoletto: 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
McCaw Hall, Seattle Center
2,900 attending
Motorists should keep in mind that beginning the morning of Saturday, January 25 at 4 a.m. through Monday, January 27 at 5 a.m., northbound Fifth Avenue N (on the eastside of the Seattle Center) between Republican and Mercer streets will be fully closed to traffic to accommodate work beneath the roadway. Detours will be in place; allow for extra travel time.
Saturday and Sunday, January 25 – 26
Vietnamese Lunar New Year: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Armory – Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center
3,000 expected each day
Motorists should keep in mind that beginning the morning of Saturday, January 25 at 4 a.m. through Monday, January 27 at 5 a.m., northbound Fifth Avenue N(on the eastside of the Seattle Center) between Republican and Mercer streets will be fully closed to traffic to accommodate work beneath the roadway. Detours will be in place; allow for extra travel time.
