Mark your calendars - Ballard SeafoodFest JULY 13-15, 2018
Ballard SeafoodFest 2018 is going to rock your world with amazing free concerts, an incredible variety of fresh seafood, a craft beer and cocktail garden flowing with local favorite beers + spirits and activities for the whole family!
This iconic event is celebrating 44 years of fish, fun and our charming Ballard community in 2018. Kicking off the weekend on the Gravity Payments MainStage is the free all-ages concert featuring NITEWAVE and #ALL4DORAS. The beer + cocktail garden, as well as local food trucks will be serving up food and drinks so you can dance all night on Friday, July 13, 2018. The festival will continue on July 14-15 with wide assortment of delicious seafood offerings, such as our famous Alder-smoked Trident Seafoods salmon barbecue, steamed mussels in a butter wine broth, barbecued oysters, Alaskan crab legs and more local craft beverages. Stroll through our rows of hand-crafted arts & crafts booths and find some one-of-a-kind treasures. And don't miss a concert on the Gravity Payments MainStage because this year's lineup is stacked! Featuring bands: Blitzen Trapper, All Them Witches, The Dead South, The Grizzled Mighty, Whiskey Shivers, Smokey Brights, Purple Mane and More!
Forty-four years ago some wonderful folks in Ballard decided to get together and throw a salmon barbecue to celebrate the community's strong ties to the maritime industry and love of seafood. Our neighborhood will honor that tradition and produce another great event in 2018! Check out our SeafoodFest tab for more information about this iconic festival in 2018! A special thanks to all of our new and returning Sponsors! Your generous support of this festival helps the Ballard community year-round.
Home of the North Pacific Fishing Fleet for more than 100 years, the Seattle Fishermen's Terminal is not only for fishermen. Explore waterfront dining options, a view of Ballard proper and of course the world famous fishing boats dockside during the off-season.
Discover Treasures Around Every Corner of the Neighborhood
Ballard offers visitors and residents a diverse and abundant shopping experience. Whether you are taking a stroll through the Ballard Avenue Historic district or window shopping along Market Street, unique boutique stores with charm and character await you in Ballard.
Ballard was put on the map as an industrial maritime and lumber hub more than a century ago. This waterfront neighborhood has evolved into a bustling dining and shopping district. Throughout the past decade, our award-winning craft breweries have created an industrial revival of the southeast corner of the neighborhood. In addition to great shops and restaurants, Ballard has become the preferred destination for beer enthusiasts and the epicenter of the Seattle brewery scene.
New Children's Play Area Proposed for Ballard Commons Park
The Ballard Alliance is working with the Ballard community to create a new play area in the Ballard Commons Park.* Our vision is to provide a new opportunity for year-round, active play for young children and their families. By creating new play space, we anticipate creating a refreshed park environment that increases the use and enjoyment of this beautiful urban park.
*This project has not been funded for construction. What features would you like the play area to feature? Please share your ideas us!
Ballard Rises to the Top of the Seattle Food Scene
With chefs and restauranteurs like Renee Erikson, Maria Hines, Ethan Stowell, Jason Stoneburner and Autumn Martin, Ballard has its mark on the national and international food scene. Ballard is a blank canvas for creative culinary concepts and has quickly become a destination for hungry and thirsty visitors to the Seattle area and beloved institutions by locals.
