Welcome to the weekend and there is plenty to do in and around Ballard! Enjoy!
Friday, October 24
- Irish Reels Film Festival at SIFF Center (in Seattle Center near the corner of Warren Ave & Republican St) from 6 p.m. The Irish Reels Film Festival, a forum for features, shorts, and documentaries by independent Irish filmmakers. Tickets start at $8, full festival pass $75. Click here to purchase tickets.
- Loyal Heights Halloween Carnival at Loyal Heights Community Center (2101 NW 77th St) from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Festivities include carnival games, crafts, mini pumpkin decorating, cake walk and ghastly prizes. Game tickets are 50 cents or you can purchase an unlimited wristband for $12.
- Live music at Conor Byrne Pub (5140 Ballard Ave NW) at 9 p.m. Featuring Two Man Gentlemen Band and Gus Clark (Puddlestompers). Tickets $10. Click here to purchase tickets and for more information.
- Live Music at Tractor Tavern (5213 Ballard Ave NW) at 9 p.m. Featuring Wild Feathers, The Apache Relay and Desert Noises. Tickets $16. Click here to purchase tickets and for more information.
Saturday, October 25
- Reiki 2 Class w/ Symbols for Distance Healing at Ballard Healing Arts (8314 8th Ave NW) all day. This form of Reiki is especially beneficial to therapists, counselors, or teachers who want to bring healing into their work, but touch is not within their scope of practice. Click here to find out more.
- Free SAT Diagnostics Test at Sylvan Learning (2232 Northwest Market Street #8) from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Find out how ready you are for the big test. Please RSVP first though at (206) 297-4595.
- Simple Home Remedies: How to Make Your Own Herbal Medicine at Dandelion Botanical Co (5424 Ballard Ave) from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Join class three of a 5 week course designed to teach you how to make your own herbal, medicinal products. Learn how to make your own wound salve (aka: neosporin), your own tiger balm for sore muscles, your own vapor rub for coughs and colds, and your own lip loving treatment (your own chemical free lipstick!). Cost is $40.
- Irish Reels Film Festival at SIFF Center (in Seattle Center near the corner of Warren Ave & Republican St) from 1 p.m. The Irish Reels Film Festival, a forum for features, shorts, and documentaries by independent Irish filmmakers. Tickets start at $8, full festival pass $75. Click here to purchase tickets.
- Motown Dance Party at Sunset Hill Community Center at Sunset Hill Community Clubhouse (3003 NW 66th St) from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Tickets $15/member or $28/member couple. Click here to learn more.
- Phantom of the Opera movie screening at St. John United Lutheran Church (5515 Phinney Ave N) at 7:30 p.m. 1925 silent film classic “Phantom of the Opera” accompanied by Nathan Jensen on the pipe organ. Suggested donation $10.
- Live music at Conor Byrne Pub (5140 Ballard Ave NW) at 9 p.m. Featuring Colonels of Truth, Patchy Sanders and Betty & the Boy. Tickets $8. Click here to purchase tickets and for more information.
- Live Music at Tractor Tavern (5213 Ballard Ave NW) at 8:45 p.m. Featuring Dry the River, Nathaniel Rateliff and Kris Orlowski. Tickets $13. Click here to purchase tickets and for more information.
Sunday, October 26
- Ballard Farmers Market along Ballard Ave from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Click here to see this week’s specials.
- Weekend Brunch at Hilliard’s Beer (1550 NW 49th St) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brunch will be provided by The Biscuit Box, with coffee from new Ballard-based pop-up Mmmhmm Coffee. Click here for more details.
- Seattle Heritage Tree Dedication at 1525 NW 59th St at 12 p.m. This Seattle Heritage Tree Dedication Ceremony will honor the Giant Sequoia in the back yard of Ballard resident, Jeannie Rae.
- Irish Reels Film Festival at SIFF Center (in Seattle Center near the corner of Warren Ave & Republican St) from 1 p.m. The Irish Reels Film Festival, a forum for features, shorts, and documentaries by independent Irish filmmakers. Tickets start at $8, full festival pass $75. Click here to purchase tickets.
- Halloween on Holman at Carkeek Plaza and Holman Road Square Shopping Centers from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Ghosts, ghouls and goblins of all ages are invited to “trick or treat” at the 5th annual event for kids in costume accompanied by an adult. The event is also a food drive for the Greenwood and Ballard Food Banks.
- Open Mic at Conor Byrne Pub (5140 Ballard Ave NW) at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome. For more information click here.
- Live Music at Tractor Tavern (5213 Ballard Ave NW) at 8:45 p.m. Featuring Xylouris White. Tickets $12. Click here to purchase tickets and for more information.
