Here’s a comprehensive guide for potential Memorial Weekend celebrations. If you’re staying in the Seattle area, there’s a little something for everyone. Enjoy some cannabis, step out of your comfort zone and learn something new about Mexican culture, listen to some jazz or check out a foreign documentary. Or just go to Sasquatch and get turnt for the weekend with Vince Staples and Tyler the Creator, like I said, a little something for everyone.
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
This festival is already going on and doesn’t end until June 10, so if you’re leaving over the weekend, don’t worry. This festival is now in its 44th year and is one of the largest foreign film festivals in the entire world. During a 25 day span, 400 films from 90 different countries will be shown for over 145,000 attendees. If you’re a film buff who is constantly complaining about remakes and superhero movies, this might be your opportunity to get some more culture out of your movie-going experience.
SIFF is also featuring a virtual reality exhibit where you can experience third-dimensional storytelling.
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May 17 – June 10, 2018, | Bellevue, WA | Tickets On Sale Now!
Northwest Folklife Festival
The 47th annual Northwest Folklife Festival will again be held in the Seattle Center over 2018 Memorial Day weekend. The event is sponsored by the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. The Northwest Folklife Festival is a staple event in Seattle, it’s an entire weekend dedicated to exploring, expressing, and celebrating all of the diversity in the Pacific Northwest.
Each year, the Northwest Folklife Festival focuses on a central theme to deep dive and explore. In 2016, the theme was “The Power of The Human Voice Through Song,” in 2017, it was Festal Turns 20. The theme in 2018 will be “Echoes of Aztlán and Beyond: Mexican American and Chicana/o Roots in the Northwest.” If you’re going to be in the Seattle area, spend Memorial Day Weekend learning about the Mexican roots in the Pacific Northwest, this area has been a consistent immigration path for Mexican immigrants since the 1700’s. Or if you hate learning about interesting people and cultures, then just enjoy all of the amazing music and food with the money you save from free admission.
“The goal of this Cultural Focus will be to showcase, preserve and recognize traditional and popular arts and culture in Mexican American and Chicana/o communities in our region. This program will explore what it means to
be Mexican and Chicana/o, starting with indigenous roots in America, and moving to
immigration, the building of communities, and a vision of the future” Press Release
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May 25 – 28 | Seattle Center | 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109 | 11 A.M. – 10 P.M
Memorial Weekend Boat Party
Party like you’re an extra in an early 2000’s Will Ferrell movie! The boat starts boarding at 9:30 and leaves at 10:30 with or without you, so show up early and get that pre-funk rocking. The boat in question is a yacht that features two dance floors. There’s a fully licensed bar and there is smoking permitted on the deck. Oceanic Entertainment is bringing Dj’s that will be playing you throwback hits, hip-hop, R&B, reggae, EDM mash-ups and your personal requests! After a cruise through Lake Union and Lake Washington, the boat will return at 1:30 am. There are only 212 spots available, so there’s a good chance this fills up quickly!
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Sat, May 26, 2018, 9:30 PM – 1:30 AM | The Islander Champagne Cruises | 1611 Fairview Ave E Seattle, WA 98102 | Dress code: American there, red, white and blue
Bellevue Jazz Festival
Now in its 10th year, the Bellevue Jazz and Blues festival draws national headlining musicians and features top-notch regional level talent. This year’s headliners include Deva Mahal Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio. Liven up your Memorial Weekend with some smooth cocktails and sultry sounds in venues like Resonance at SOMA Towers and Bakes’s Bar and bistro.
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May 30 – June 3rd, 2018
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Adults 21 and over can purchase up to one ounce of usable cannabis flower, 16 ounces of cannabis-infused edibles in solid form, 72 ounces of cannabis drinkables, and 7 grams of cannabis concentrates.
If you’re a registered medical cannabis patient, the limits are:
Three ounces of usable cannabis flower, forty-eight ounces of cannabis-infused edibles in solid form, two hundred sixteen ounces of cannabis drinkables, and twenty-one grams of cannabis concentrates, per the Washington State Department of Health.
