Mountlake Terrace is celebrating summer with its 14th Tour de Terrace festivities, on now through Sunday, July 29.
The Seafair-sanctioned event features all the summer festival favorites: a carnival, street fair, beer garden, live entertainment, pancake breakfast, fireworks, car show and a Friday evening parade through the city center of Mountlake Terrace.
Most events take place at Evergreen Playfield, located at 56th Avenue W. and 224th Street.
The festival carnival at Evergreen Playfield continues throughout the weekend. Carnival hours are 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, July 27 and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29. The street fair’s craft and food booths are open for 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The beer garden will also open at 4 p.m. Friday, and will continue service through 11 p.m., with weekend hours from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
The Tour de Terrace Parade officially kicks off the celebration at 7 p.m. Friday, July 27, preceded at 6:45 p.m. with a return performance of the Seattle Police Motorcyle Drill Team. Musical entertainment kicks off at 8:30 p.m. Friday with a performance by classic rock band TimeSlip; entertainment runs continuously from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. sunday. Don’t miss hometown heroes Little Bill and the Bluenotes at noon Sunday.
The Lions Club Pancake Breakfast gets the weekend’s activities off to an early start from 8 a.m. to noon both Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, July 13 at Evergreen Playfield. The 14th Annual Tour de Terrace Car, Truck and Cycle Show takes place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free to festival-goers who are invited to view the vehicles on display and vote for the People’s Choice Award; a $15 registration fee is required for show participants. Trophies will be awarded in 16 classes. For information on the car show, call 425-776-7331.
The annual fireworks display starts at 10 p.m. Saturday.
Sunday’s events also feature a “Community in Unity” church service from 10:30 a.m. to noon and an afternoon of music.
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