Friends of Third Place Commons

COMMUNITY EVENTS: Third Place Commons hosts hundreds of free community events each year including performances by local school bands/orchestras, music and dance studios, and community groups. Events also include community fairs (e.g., green fairs, safety and preparedness, etc.), crafts fairs, informational and educational forums (e.g., candidate forums, social issues, etc.), and other unique offerings. Events held both in-person and virtually via Zoom. Weekly and monthly programs included foreign language conversation groups, book and movie clubs, art-ins, and more. All events at the Commons are free of charge.

WEEKEND MUSIC: Friends of Third Place Commons hosts free live music onstage with an open dance floor every Friday and Saturday night. Local and regional acts bring jazz, swing, big band, blues, funk, soul, country, zydeco and more to local audiences from throughout Seattle and north King County, while a large dance floor gives dancers plenty of space to rock and swing to the nights offerings.

FARMERS MARKET: The Lake Forest Park Farmers Market is a weekly Sunday market from Mothers Day through mid-October annually. The market, which is food and plant focused, features dozens of vendors of produce, meat, fish,eggs,flowers and locally produced specialty items, and welcomes thousands of weekly shoppers.