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Seattle weekend events: Bye, State Fair and hello, Oktoberfest

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September 20, 2024

Seattle weekend events: Bye, State Fair and hello, Oktoberfest

Happy Friday and welcome back to the weekend. There are loads of events to check out in and around Seattle in the coming days.

Fall is in the air and, to celebrate, you can head to Green Lake in Seattle for a parade. The Luminata is Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. and features a short walk and tons of custom lanterns. There have been workshops throughout the month for folks to make their own lanterns for the event, but if you missed out on those, the lantern workshop will open at 5:30 p.m. The workshop and starting point of the parade will be right around the Green Lake Boathouse.

It’s the final weekend of the Washington State Fair in Puyallup. So, this is the last chance for fans to eat all your favorite fair food and ride your favorite rides. Get tickets and details of what’s going on the weekend events at the fairgrounds at its website.

Who needs to wait for October for Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest has arrived in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood this weekend for what they call on their website Seattle’s biggest beer festival. More than 100 different types of beer will be available to try, as well as live music, food and a couple of friendly competitions. See how strong you are during the stein-hoisting contest or watch chainsaw-wielding pumpkin carvers create one-of-a-kind pumpkin art. Fremont Oktoberfest runs Friday through Sunday, and if you have a four-legged friend who wants to join in on the fun, Sunday is Dogtoberfest!

Does Oktoberfest get you in the mood for brats? What about brats for a cause? The Great Wallingford Bratwurst Festival is Friday and Saturday at St. Benedict School in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood. This will have all your festival favorites, live music from local bands and a beer garden.

It’s still a family event, so that means bouncy houses, games at the Fun Zone, a shop for sweets and more are also available. Get more details by searching Wallingford Bratwurst Festival on Facebook.

Rainer hosting R Day, Farm Fest

Few things are better on the weekend than an ice-cold Rainer, at least for me. It’s more than just an adult beverage for some, it’s a lifestyle and that is on full display during R Day. The lineup includes live music, your chance to find and buy cool Rainer merch — both new and vintage — and there’s even an arcade. This takes place on Saturday in Georgetown, and no ticket is required.

Head out with the kids and learn about the world of urban agriculture at the Farm Fest at Rainer Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands. This informative event will teach people about urban agriculture, offer a variety of crafts to make and food and cooking classes. This event is free and open to the public. Check out their website for more details.

Even more weekend events from listeners and readers

Support heart health this weekend at the Puget Sound Heart and Stroke Walk. This is happening this Saturday at the Seattle Center and will feature a non-competitive walk with 1-mile or 5K options. Proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association and it also offers quick CPR lessons as well. Get more details on Puget Sound Heart & Stroke Walk’s website.

The Chinatown-International District (CID) Night Market Returns at Hing Hay Park on Saturday. The free event offers an open-air market experience with dozens of food offerings, arts and crafts, cultural performances and lots more. Things get started at 1 p.m. Saturday and last until 9 p.m. Get more details here.

There’s also a night market going on at 37th Ave. S and Hudson Street from 6-10 p.m. Saturday. This is the Columbia City Night Market and there will be live music and plenty more to do.

Paul Holden produces the Seattle weekend events calendar for KIRO Newsradio and a weekly story for MyNorthwest. He also appears regularly on KIRO Newsradio’s “Seattle’s Morning News.” If you know of even more cool things going on in the area, let him know at PaulH@kiroradio.com.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba Wins AP Offensive Player Of The Year

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February 6, 2026

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba Wins AP Offensive Player Of The Year

Seattle Seahawks third-year receiver, Jaxon Smith-Njigba was named the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year, for a season campaign that included 1,793 receiving yards, which led the NFL, on 119 receptions and 10 touchdowns.

“What an honor,” Smith-Njigba said on receiving the award. “I want to first give all the glory to God. Second, I want to give it to my teammates. I want to thank y’all. I love y’all. Y’all are who I do it for each and every week. I want to give this award to my father. Going into my last year [of college], he told me to pray for wisdom, and I did. Before going into that season, I wanted to be a Top 5 draft choice, I wanted to be a Heisman candidate, a bunch of things, and ultimately, I wasn’t able to play and I think with that time, I grew wise and figured out a lot about myself, and who I wanted to be and who I wanted to do it for. Ultimately dropping to the 20^th draft pick where I was selected by the Seattle Seahawks and I can’t thank everyone involved enough.”

Smith-Njigba’s third season was filled with breaking records while helping to make Seattle’s offense the No. 3 scoring offense this season (483 total points, 29.2 points per game).

Along with leading the NFL in receiving yards, he became the first player in NFL history with at least 75 receiving yards in each of his first 11 games of a season. He had nine 100+ yard games this season, with a season best of 167 yards in Week 12. He also had nine 100-yard games this season, the most in the NFL, and the most in a single season in franchise history. Along with that, Smith-Njigba set multiple franchise records and did enough to put his name next to NFL greats in the league record books.

This season he also became the third player in NFL history 23 years old or younger with at least 1,700 receiving yards in a single season and set the franchise record for most receptions in a single season with a career-high 119.

“There’s a lot of great receivers in this league who don’t have as diverse of a skill set as he does,” head coach Mike Macdonald said. “Anywhere from an intermediate route tree, catch-and-run stuff at the line of scrimmage, and then we’ve seen his ability to track the ball at the third level and keep his body position, all that kind of stuff.”

Smith-Njigba also won the Air and Ground Player of the Year award that was announced at NFL Honors.

He is just the second Seahawks player to win this award ever after Shaun Alexander won the award in 2005. Kenny Easley and Cortez Kennedy both won the Defensive Player of the Year awards in 1984 and 1992, respectively.

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The Seattle Mariners are likely done dealing… at least for now

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February 5, 2026

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The Seattle Mariners are likely done dealing… at least for now

In what turned out to be a an offseason of highs and lows for Mariners general manager Justin Hollander and team president Jerry Dipoto. However, they were able to cap off a frustrating few weeks by acquiring infielder and 2024 All-Star, Brendan Donovan.

Wile the club saw last year’s second baseman, Jorge Polanco, and third baseman, Eugenio Suarez depart, Donovan may be a better fit for the club. He doesn’t hit with anywhere near the power of those two former Mariners, but he’s much more consistent. He ranks among MLB’s best in on-base percentage over his for years in the big leagues, and he’s a skilled defender who won a GoldGlove in his rookie season.

A career .282 hitter, Donnie gives the M’s a lot of options in the batting order and fills one of the two vacancies in the Seattle infield. The other spot seems to come down to a comperition between young players, with top prospects Colt Emerson and Cole Young battling it out with second-year man Leo Rivas during Spring Training. The most likely scenario would involve a platoon or a rotating system among at least two of them.

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The Mariners have certainly re-loaded with enough ammo to repeat as the division champs in 2026, but are they still looking to pull off an 11th hour deal as pitchers and catchers will begin reporting to Arizona? COuld there be one more deal up the sleeve of the team’s fantastic front office?

The Mariners seem content with what they have

Heading into the new season, Seattle seems set as they look to repeat as American League West Division Champions. Although you can never put anything past the dealing duo of Hollander and Dipoto, the team can win with the cards they’ve already been dealt.

But as Spring Training unfolds and the cleats hit the field, the team will have a bird’s-eye view of what they’re working with. If management feels like they’re faltering because they’re relying on players like Emerson too much and too fast, look for them to try to bring in a stopgap veteran. Otherwise? There’s no reason to mess with this roster until at least mid-May.

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UFC Seattle Lineup Nearly Complete with 11 Confirmed Bouts

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February 5, 2026

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UFC Seattle Lineup Nearly Complete with 11 Confirmed Bouts

Israel Adesanya will be a featured attraction at UFC Seattle. |
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The card for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s upcoming trip to the Emerald
City is close to being finalized.

The Las Vegas-based promotion on Wednesday confirmed 11 bouts for

UFC Seattle, many of which had already been reported. UFC
Seattle — also known as UFC Fight Night 271 — takes place on March
28 at Climate Pledge Arena and is headlined by a middleweight
showdown pitting Israel
Adesanya against Joe Pyfer. In
the co-main event, ex-flyweight queen Alexa
Grasso will square off against Maycee
Barber at 125 pounds. The card will air in its entirety on
Paramount+.

Adesanya has lost four of his last five Octagon appearances dating
back to November 2022. In his lone appearance of 2025, “The Last
Stylebender” suffered a second-round technical knockout defeat to
Nassourdine
Imavov in the UFC Saudi Arabia headliner last February.
Adesanya captured 185-pound gold in October 2019 and authored five
successful title defenses before relinquishing the belt to
kickboxing rival Alex
Pereira at UFC 281.

A two-time competitor on
Dana White’s Contender Series, Pyfer has gone 6-1 in the
promotion since earning a UFC contract in 2022. After suffering his
lone career Octagon defeat to Jack
Hermansson in the UFC Fight Night 236 main event, “Bodybagz”
has rebounded to post successive triumphs against Marc-Andre
Barriault, Kelvin
Gastelum and Abusupiyan
Magomedov.

UFC Seattle Card

Israel
Adesanya vs. Joe Pyfer
Alexa
Grasso vs. Maycee
Barber
Marcin
Tybura vs. Valter
Walker
Chase
Hooper vs. Lance
Gibson Jr.
Michael
Chiesa vs. Carlston
Harris
Navajo
Stirling vs. Bruno
Lopes
Mansur
Abdul-Malik vs. Yousri
Belgaroui
Casey
O’Neill vs. Gabriella
Fernandes
Julian
Erosa vs. Lerryan
Douglas
Kangjie
Zhu vs. Marcio
Barbosa
Carol
Foro vs. Stephanie
Luciano