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The Tacoma Freedom Fair covers the full length of Ruston Way, which is closed to regular vehicular traffic throughout the festival.

Public parking is available at Ruston Way at Ferdinand St. Vehicle Parking is $15, and individual entry donations are $1 for anyone under age 18, $5.00 for people age 18 and over, and $10 for families. A car load of people will be just $25. Your voluntary admission donations are greatly needed to support the presentation of the festival this year and beyond. Please give generously to help offset expenses incurred by the volunteer-driven non-profit organization that has presented this event for 30 years. Without your generous donations at the gate it may not be possible to cover expenses or hold the Freedom Fair next year

To get to this parking area, go to North 46th Street, and turn onto Ferdinand Street. Follow Ferdinand down the hill to the Ruston Way Waterfront, where Access/Parking volunteers will issue you a parking pass for Lot #10, located on Ruston Way just below Waterview Street.

Pedestrian access to Freedom Fair is at the main entrance for the Tacoma Freedom Fair, located at Ruston Way at McCarver Street. A secondary entrance is located at Ruston Way and Alder Street (access at North 36th and come down the hill on Alder). Individual entry donations are $1 for anyone under age 18, $5.00 for people 18 and over, and $10 for families. Your voluntary admission donations are greatly needed to support the presentation of the festival this year and beyond. Please give generously to help offset expenses incurred by the volunteer-driven non-profit organization that has presented this event for 30 years. Without your generous donations at the gate it may not be possible to cover expenses or hold the Freedom Fair next year

Taking the bus is a great alternative, click for info about public transportation options.

Vehicles without passes will not have access to Ruston Way on the 4th of July. We recommend avoiding Schuster Parkway and the intersection of McCarver Street and North 30th Street. Please use alternate routes. The only general public vehicular access will be to the paid parking area along Ruston Way between the Lobster Shop Restaurant and the Ruston City limits.

Please enter the public parking area from N 46th Street to North Ferdinand Street. Waterfront parking is on a first come first served basis. Vehicle Parking is $15, and individual entry donations are $1 for anyone under age 18, $5.00 for people age 18 and over, and $10 for families. A car load of people will be just $25.

Your voluntary admission donations are greatly needed to support the presentation of the festival this year and beyond. Please give generously to help offset expenses incurred by the volunteer-driven non-profit organization that has presented this event for 30 years. Without your generous donations at the gate it may not be possible to cover expenses or hold the Freedom Fair next year.

Please note: The fireworks will be launched from a barge on Commencement Bay located closer to this public parking area than ever before. The best view is no longer from Old Town Tacoma end of the waterfront.

Below is a preview of a suggested route map to Freedom Fair also showing General Parking Access. Click the map to view a large version. You may also download a PDF version of the Route Map.

Freedom Fair Aerial Maps

The PDF maps below show detailed location information and are based on satellite photos of the Ruston waterfront where Freedom Fair will be taking place. The information is as complete and accurate as we could make it, but it is subject to change on the day of the festival.