Though I hate it when big protests and important events are reduced to traffic reports about what street is blocked and how bad traffic is, this weekend’s street activities on the Hill and just beyond are crazy enough to justify the approach. Here is Pride weekend through the prism of the Seattle Department of Transportation’s street closure report:

Friday, June 27
Wildrose Gay Pride:  6 p.m. – 12 a.m. Capitol Hill – 11th Avenue from E Pike to E Union Street 1,500 expected Streets closed from 6 a.m. (Friday)  – 11:30 p.m. Sunday:  E Pike Street from Broadway to 12th Avenue and 11th Avenue from Pike to Union Street.

Saturday, June 27
Wildrose Gay Pride:  1 p.m. – 12 a.m. Capitol Hill – 11th Avenue from E Pike to E Union Street 1,500 expected Streets closed from 6 a.m. (Friday) to 11:30 p.m. Sunday:  E Pike Street from Broadway to 12th Avenue and 11th Avenue from Pike to Union Street.

PURR Pride Block Party:  1 p.m. – 2 a.m. (Sunday)  Capitol Hill 1518 11th Avenue 1,000 expected Streets closed from 7 a.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday: 11th Avenue from E Pine Street to E Pike Street.

Ferrari California Launch Event:  4 p.m. – 9 p.m. E Union between 11th and 12th Avenue 125 expected Street closed from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.: E Union Street from 11th to 12th Avenue

Seattle Dyke March: 7 – 8 p.m. Capitol Hill 1,500 expected Seattle Police will escort which will create a rolling slowdown. March starts at Seattle Central Community College on Broadway at Pine Street, heads east on E Pine Street to 12th Avenue, north on 12th Avenue to E Mercer Street, west on E Mercer, and south on Broadway to E Pine Street.

Julia’s on Broadway:  10 a.m. – 10 p.m. 1,000 expected E Thomas St and Broadway Streets closed from 10 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.: E Thomas Street from Broadway to 10th Avenue E.

Capitol Hill Pride Festival 2009 on Broadway:  11 a.m. – 4 p.m. 2,200 expected Streets closed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Broadway from Olive to Roy streets.

Rock ’n’ Roll Seattle – Marathon and Half Marathon:  7 a.m. – 3 p.m. 25,000 participants Alaskan Way Viaduct/ SR 99 closed to vehicles from N 45th Street to East Marginal Way S from 5:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Streets closed on race route from 5:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Marathon starts in Tukwila heading north on Interurban Boulevard to Boeing Access Road, heads east on Boeing Access to Martin Luther King Jr. Way (MLK), north on MLK to Cloverdale, east on Cloverdale to Seward Park, north on Seward Park Drive to Lake Washington Boulevard, north on Lake Washington Boulevard to I-90 Express lanes, east to mid Mercer Island, then turns around going west on I-90 Express lanes into downtown Seattle  taking the S Airport Way exit, north on Airport to Fourth Avenue, north on Fourth to Second Avenue, north on Second to Columbia, west on Columbia to the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Half marathon goes south to First Ave S and finishes at Qwest Field.  Full marathon goes north onto Alaskan Way Viaduct to Aurora to 39th Avenue, turns around heading south on Aurora back onto the viaduct to the West Seattle Bridge, and then makes a U-turn going north on the viaduct and then goes off at First Avenue to Qwest Field. For map and more details please go to:  www.rnrseattle.com

Sunday, June 28
Cuff Pride Day Celebration: 12 noon – 9 p.m. Capitol Hill 4,100 expected Streets closed from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.:  13th Avenue from Pike to Pine

Seattle Pride Parade: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Downtown Seattle 200,000 Streets closed from 6 a.m. -11 a.m. for staging: 4th Avenue from Columbia to Union Street. Streets closed from 11a.m. – 3 p.m. for parade: Fourth Avenue north from Union to Denny, west on Denny to Second Avenue, north on Second to the Seattle Center.

Wildrose Gay Pride: 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. Capitol Hill – 11th Avenue from E Pike to E Union Street 1,500 expected Streets closed from 6 a.m. (Friday) to 11:30 p.m. Sunday:  E Pike Street from Broadway to 12th Avenue and 11th Avenue from Pike to Union Street.

31st Annual Shore Run and Walk:   8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Along Lake Washington 3,150 expected Streets adjacent to route will be congested: 5 K run starts at 8:15 a.m. at Leschi and goes along Lakeside Avenue/Lake Washington Boulevard to Madison Park.   6.7 Mile run starts at 9 a.m. at Seward Park and goes along Lakeside Avenue/Lake Washington Boulevard to Madison Park.