Submitted by The City of Olympia
Olympia’s annual Lakefair festival starts this Wednesday. The City of Olympia is proud to support Lakefair with variety of safety, crowd control, and public works services. For a schedule of Lakefair activities, check the event website: http://www.lakefair.org/
To safely accommodate festival activities, several streets will close at various times. Please plan ahead and enjoy your Lakefair visit.
Main Event Area: Water Street from Fifth Avenue to Columbia and Legion between Columbia and Water are closed through Monday, July 21. During Lakefair, customers to Olympia Supply can access that business’s parking lot from Columbia Street.
Deschutes Parkway Closed for Car Show on Friday: Deschutes Parkway is closed from 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm on Friday, July 18 for the Lakefair Car Show at Marathon Park.
Capital Lakefair Grand Parade, Saturday, July 19: The parade starts on Capitol Way at 20th Ave and ends on 5th Ave at Simmons St. Pre-parade activities begin at 4:45 pm to get the crowd warmed up for the main event, which officially begins at 5 pm. The parade is televised live on TCTV, Olympia cable channel 77.
To allow for parade staging, Olympia city crews close Capitol Way in three stages:
- 1:00 pm – 19th Avenue south to Carlyon
- 3:00 pm – Union south to 19th
- 4:00 pm – rest of parade route through downtown Olympia
Kids Day at Sylvester Park: Also on Saturday, Legion Way and Washington Street next to Sylvester Park are closed all day for Lakefair’s Kids Day at the Park.
Lakefair Marathon and Walk/Run: The marathon and walk/run sponsored by On The Run Events is Saturday morning, July 19. There may be temporary road closures or closed portions of roads along the route. Please be courteous to participants. Route map is posted on the Run’s website: http://ontherunevents.com/lakefair/.
Grand Finale Fireworks on Sunday, July 20: For safety, 5th Avenue from Deschutes to Columbia is closed from about 6pm until the Fireworks are over.
