For 18 months, the drive from the Boulevard Bluffs side of town to Lighthouse Park meant a detour. That detour is now gone. The new Edgewater Bridge opened to traffic on April 28, 2026, after a year and a half of closure, and construction wrapped on June 4, 2026. This is the first late summer since 2024 where the whole town gets to move around it the way it used to, which changes how a Mukilteo weekend actually feels.
The next six weeks are packed. There is one concert left in the Chamber's summer series, a fun run, a farmers market that keeps going into August, and then the three-day festival that closes the season. Here is how it all lines up, and where to eat around it.
The Bridge Changes The Map
The old Edgewater Bridge was built in 1946, and before it closed roughly 6,000 vehicles crossed it every day. When it went down in October 2024, businesses like Soundview Deli & Grocery struggled and the route to the Mukilteo Ferry changed for many. If you live on the west side of Mukilteo Boulevard, you already know the workaround commute the closure forced.
What is different now is not just the reopening. The replacement is a wider, safer structure. The new bridge has 12-foot lanes in each direction, 6.5-foot sidewalks on each side, and 5-foot bike lanes, funded largely through a $34.9 million project, largely funded by federal dollars. For a resident who used to bike or walk to the waterfront and gave that up during construction, the sidewalks and bike lanes are the real story. The route to Lighthouse Park and the ferry terminal is quicker and calmer than it has been in years, and it is going to matter for every event on this list.
One caveat worth holding onto: the Merrill and Ring Bridge, also located on Mukilteo Boulevard west of the Edgewater Bridge, will be under construction in the coming years, possibly beginning in 2028 or 2029. Enjoy the smooth version of this drive while you have it.
Friday, August 28: The Last Music At The Beach
The Chamber's summer concert series is short and specific. The Mukilteo Chamber of Commerce presents Music at the Beach on three Friday evenings this summer at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park, June 26, July 24, and August 28, with gates opening at 4:30 pm and music starting at 6 pm. The August 28 concert is the last one, and it is the natural anchor for a Friday plan.
A few things to know if you have not been to one of these:
- It is an all-ages event with a 21+ beer and wine garden. The concert features a 21+ beer/wine garden, so plan around IDs if your group is mixed.
- The setting does the heavy lifting. You are on the sand with the lighthouse behind you and the ferry crossing in front, which is why locals treat these as a picnic more than a concert.
- Parking at Lighthouse Park fills up fast on concert nights. The reopened Edgewater Bridge is what makes walking or biking down from the bluff realistic again.
For dinner before or after, the waterfront cluster around Front Street is your shortest walk:
- Ivar's Mukilteo Landing at 710 Front Street has a lively bar in the Boathouse II Lounge, waterfront deck dining open during the summer, plus the outdoor Fish Bar for takeout. The Fish Bar is the move if you want a concert-adjacent chowder and to keep your seat on the beach.
- Hook & Cleaver sits close enough that regulars have been folding it into their post-bridge routine already. Guests have noted the reopened Edgewater Bridge in reviews after happy hour dinners in the H&C bar.
- John's Grill is the sit-down option. It was established Labor Day 2005 and known for steaks and seafood; John and Lisa Alden retired in 2020, and Chris Shirley, owner and executive chef of Trails End Taphouse & Restaurant, took over. Reservations matter on a Friday.
- Diamond Knot Brewery & Alehouse stays on the list of waterfront regulars for a reason. It is on the Yelp late-2026 top waterfront restaurants list alongside Ivar's Mukilteo Landing, Hook & Cleaver, and John's Grill.
The Saturday Before: Run-A-Muk And The Wednesday Market
Two things bracket that final concert weekend.
The first is Run-a-Muk, the fun run that has been the community warm-up to festival season. The 5K or 10K run/walk is Saturday, August 22, 2026, at 9 am, starting from Rosehill Community Center. It is a Heroes vs. Villains theme this year, so the costume level runs high.
The second is the Mukilteo Farmers Market, which many longtime residents forget stretches deeper into summer than they expect. The market runs Wednesdays through August, from 3 to 7 pm at Lighthouse Park. That means you still have market Wednesdays on August 6, 13, 20, and 27, the last one falling the night before the final concert. If you want to build a real Mukilteo week, market Wednesday plus concert Friday is the play.
The Runway To MukFest, September 11–13
The Lighthouse Festival is the season closer, and this year it lands the weekend of September 11–13, 2026. The schedule inside those three days is longer than most residents realize.
| Day | What's happening |
|---|---|
| Thursday, Aug 7 | Mukilteo Fire & Police golf tournament, 1 pm at Harbour Pointe Golf Club |
| Sat, Aug 22 | Run-a-Muk 5K/10K, 9 am, Rosehill Community Center |
| Wed through Aug 27 | Farmers Market at Lighthouse Park, 3 to 7 pm |
| Fri, Aug 28 | Final Music at the Beach concert, gates 4:30 pm |
| Fri–Sun, Sept 11–13 | Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival at Lighthouse Park |
Inside the festival weekend itself, hours run Friday 4 to 10 pm, Saturday 11 am to 10 pm, and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. The set pieces are a large children's area, the parade, a VIP sponsor dinner, a wine and beer garden, the salmon bake, and the Mukilteo Marketplace. The Heart of Mukilteo Parade is on Saturday, September 12; the city describes it as continuing the legacy of the Lighthouse Festival parade of years past. Sunday morning is the Mukilteo Fire Department's pancake breakfast, which is quietly the best low-key hour of the whole festival.
"It's literally Mukilteo and Everett building bridges together. It's not lost on me how connected these two communities are and you feel that more today, bringing it back together." — Mukilteo Mayor Joe Marine at the April 27 ribbon cutting
That reconnection matters at MukFest more than at any other event of the year. Roughly 15,000 people show up to Lighthouse Park over the weekend, and until this spring, the west-side approach that many of them use was a detour.
The Timing Detail Nobody Tells You
Parking at Lighthouse Park for the festival is the same story every year, and every year residents are surprised. Parking is limited at the venue, and traffic may be diverted, so plan for shuttle services or arrive early. The shuttle rule is specific: shuttles to the parade are only provided from Olympic View Middle School, drop at Rosehill Community Center, and do not pick up from the community center, so you will need to walk to Lighthouse Park to catch the shuttle back. Sunday shuttles run at 9 am for the pancake breakfast.
If you live on the bluff side, the new bridge changes the calculus. A walk or a bike from Boulevard Bluffs down West Mukilteo Boulevard, using the widened sidewalks that did not exist before this spring, is now the best answer to the parking problem for the Friday concert and for MukFest itself. That is the shift.
The Short Version
Six weekends left in what a Mukilteo summer actually is. One farmers market Wednesday after another through August 27, one fun run on August 22, one final beach concert on August 28, and a three-day festival to close it out on September 11 through 13. Add a bridge you can drive, walk, and bike again, and this becomes the first late summer in two years that feels like the whole town is back on the same map.
If you find yourself falling for Mukilteo this September and start wondering what a house near the bluff or the ferry actually looks like right now, that is the conversation The WC Group exists to have. Get Your Free Home Valuation and we will pick it up from there.
