Blue Angels to return for Seafair Festival in 2022
Dec 7, 2021, 5:28 PM
The Blue Angels during a performance in 2021. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
A Seattle summer tradition will return next year: The Blue Angels will be back at Seafair.
On Tuesday, the Seafair Festival announced that the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron will return in 2022. The air show over Lake Washington was canceled the last two summers — in 2020 and 2021 — due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To extend the good news, the Blue Angels said they will also be back in 2023.
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR SEAFAIR AND SEATTLE.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron announced today that they will return to the 2022 Boeing Seafair Air Show and again in 2023.
Grab your tickets here: https://t.co/6B2A6o4hi3 pic.twitter.com/7ZDZCj3KAh— Seafair Festival (@SeafairFestival) December 7, 2021
Seafair to go virtual again in 2021 over ‘challenges with social distancing requirements’
In the past two years, Seafair took place in a virtual format that included online activities and at-home contests. The festival did hold some hybrid in-person events in 2021, including the Seafair Triathlon and the Torchlight 5K run, as well as a caravan of clowns, pirates, and parade marshals that visited select neighborhoods to bring the parade to the people.
Tickets are available now for some of Seafair’s events for 2022, and all events will be available for purchase in February. There are tickets available for reserved seats at the Seafair Summer 4th at Gas Works Park on July 4, and reserved seats for the Alaska Airlines Torchlight Parade on July 30. You can also find one-day and three-day general admission passes on sale for the Seafair Weekend Festival.
The KIRO Radio Newsdesk contributed to this report.
