This years Torchlight Run has been substantially detoured, with a new start/finish area near South Lake Union Park. Still, as in past years, runners and walkers will travel a section of Fourth Avenue, where onlookers gather for the following parade. (The 5K and 8K runs begin at 6:30 p.m.; registration $25-$30.) The 61st Torchlight Parade follows its traditional route, meaning clowns and pirates, marching bands and vintage cars, drill teams and horses, civic groups and politicians. (Will Mayor Mike McGinn ride his bike or walk? And will he join he clowns or pirates?) The parade will pass by Westlake Park, where Miss Seafair is to be crownedand dont call her a mere beauty queen, since at least one past Miss Seafair we know went on to be a doctor. BRIAN MILLER
Sat., July 31, 7:30 p.m., 2010
