Do you like seafood? Do you like sidewalk sales? Do you like visiting Ballard? If so, then this is your lucky weekend. The Ballard Seafood Fest takes place Saturday and Sunday.

Come feed your inner Viking with the Alder Smoked Salmon Barbecue ($8 pp, $7 pp for seniors). At La Senoritas Beer Garden you can partake of Maritime Pacific’s varieties, brewed right in Ballard. If wine is more up your alley (or down your throat as the case may be), the Ballard Rotary has a Wine Garden. Sample wines from Apex/Bridgman, Kana, Saint Laurent, Silverlake, and Sleeping Dog among others.

If it’s entertainment you want, then entertainment you will find on the Main Stage. Come listen to Brave Combo or the Duffy Bishop Band or take in Wylie and the Wile West Show.

There’s fun for the kids too with giant inflatables, carnival games, and a toy boat workshop. It wouldn’t be summer without watermelon and Ballard Market is sponsoring a watermelon eating contest just for the kids. Sorry parents, you’ll need to purchase your own melon and eat it without the incentive of prizes. The kids however, will be in the running to wine a bike!

Lastly, there’s shopping. The ‘Biggest and Oldest Sidewalk Sale in Seattle’ started yesterday on Market Street and Ballard Avenue. There are plenty of deals to be had (I got a great shirt for my boyfriend yesterday at 60% off).

As a bonus, the Ballard Seafood Fest is going carbon neutral with the help of Native Energy and Sustainable Ballard. So when you’re contemplating how to get to the event, give the METRO serious consideration.