Summer Streets

Rainier Valley Seattle Summer Streets: Enjoy Your Street to the Fullest

Walk. Bike. Shop. Play. Breathe. On Saturday, August 8 Rainier Avenue S from S Orcas to Alaska Street is opening up between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the city to make this a great event.

What’s Happening

The Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting Seattle Summer Streets with its annual Rainier Heritage Parade. The parade begins at 11 a.m. and lasts about an hour. After that, each block through Columbia and Hillman cities will have a different theme from music to healthy activities for people to enjoy.

Be sure to stop by our music stage to hear:
12:00 - 12:30 Abrace
12:35 - 1:15 Correo Aereo
1:25 - 1:55 ONE up TWO down
2:00 - 2:15 Etiquette
2:20 - 3:00 Gabriel Toredos

During the event, buses normally using Rainier Avenue are being detoured to Martin Luther King at S Orcas and S Alaska streets.

Draw or color what you like best about Rainier Valley—enter a contest and win prizes! Download this coloring sheet, or stop by Art Street during Summer Streets. Submissions are due Thursday, August 6 and all drawings will be on display at Rainier Chamber of Commerce from August 7–21. Submit yours today!

Traffic Impacts

Please plan ahead and observe the following restrictions. Thank you in advance for your patience.

• Rainier Avenue S: Street closed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with no parking from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. between S Alaska and S Orcas streets.
• S Hudson Street: Street closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with no parking during the same hours between Rainier Avenue S and 39th S Avenue.
• 42nd Avenue S: Street closed from 8 a.m. to noon with no parking during the same hours between Rainier Avenue S and S Ferdinand Street.

Getting There

Please make your trip to this Summer Streets event car-free. Take light rail to the Columbia City station and walk 3 blocks east on S Edmunds Street, or ride Metro's bus route 7 and exit at S Alaska or S Orcas street to join the fun.