Editing Edmonds, Washington (section)

===Arts and events===

Edmonds is considered a major hub for the arts in Snohomish County,<ref name="Times-1979Art">{{cite news |last=Suffia |first=David |date=August 8, 1979 |title=Public artwork is sufferings its ups and downs |page=H2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> with a dozen [[art gallery|galleries]] and other arts facilities.<ref name="Herald-2015Guide"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Diane |date=June 8, 2008 |title=Water, color: Edmonds is a gallery hub |page=I1 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/arts-community-thrives-in-edmonds/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=April 7, 2018}}</ref> The city government established the Edmonds Art Commission in 1975 and developed its public arts program in the following decades.<ref name="Times-1979Art"/> The city has a collection of 35 outdoor art installations, 22 flower pole structures, and maintains several facilities dedicated to various arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 Annual Review |url=http://www.edmondswa.gov/images/COE/Government/Boards_and_Commissions/Commissions/Arts_Commission/2017_EAC_annual_report.pdf |publisher=Edmonds Arts Commission |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> One of its initiatives was the 1979 conversion of the former Edmonds High School building into the Frances Anderson Cultural and Leisure Center, which hosts art classes, exhibitions, ballet classes, community events, child-care programs, and recreational sports leagues.<ref name="Herald-2015Guide"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Aweeka |first=Charles |date=December 5, 1979 |title=Life has not been leisure at new cultural center |page=H4 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The city also renovated the high school auditorium into the Edmonds Center for the Arts in 2006, serving as the home of theatrical performances, concerts, performing arts, and films.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Jim |date=June 15, 2014 |title=Edmonds Center for the Arts booking big names and making money |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/edmonds-center-for-the-arts-booking-big-names-and-making-money/ |work=The Everett Herald Business Journal |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pesznecker |first=Scott |date=November 5, 2007 |title=Edmonds building brings arts to life |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/edmonds-building-brings-arts-to-life/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref>

The annual [[Edmonds Arts Festival]] has been held since 1957, with three days of art exhibitions and performances over [[Father's Day]] weekend in June. The festival is one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest, attracting 75,000 visitors, and has 200 participating artists with booths along Main Street and at the Frances Anderson Center.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 4, 2008 |title=50th annual Edmonds Arts Festival opens June 15 |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/50th-annual-edmondsarts-festival-opens-june-15/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Diane |date=March 19, 2003 |title=Hundreds of booths full of eye candy at fair |page=H27 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The [[Cascadia Art Museum]] opened in 2015 at the location of a former grocery store in downtown Edmonds and focuses on regional Northwest art.<ref>{{cite news |last=La Ganga |first=Maria L. |date=November 3, 2015 |title=New art museum celebrates the distinct Pacific Northwest |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-cascadia-20151103-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref> Downtown Edmonds also has a single-screen movie theater that was built in the 1920s and remains independently owned and operated.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Andrea |date=November 22, 2016 |title=Kickin' back in the new seats at the Regal Alderwood theater |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/kickin-back-at-the-movie-theater/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref>

In addition to the visual arts, Edmonds has several active performing arts organizations. The Driftwood Players host year-round theatrical performances at the Wade James Theatre near Yost Park, while the Phoenix Theatre is based at Firdale Village.<ref name="Herald-2015Guide"/> The city also hosts the annual Edmonds Jazz Connection over [[Memorial Day]] weekend in late May, with several school [[jazz]] groups and professional performers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Diane |date=May 26, 2004 |title=Homegrown jazz in Edmonds |page=H27 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2001938125_jazz26n.html |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630053042/http://old.seattletimes.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2001938125_jazz26n.html |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 15, 2008 |title=Edmonds readies Memorial Day celebration |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/edmonds-readies-memorial-day-celebration/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> In November 2018, Edmonds was designated as the first [[creative district]] in Washington by [[ArtsWA]], the state art agency.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pacheco Flores |first=Agueda |date=January 23, 2019 |title=WA's first "Creative District" isn't where you think |url=https://crosscut.com/2019/01/was-first-creative-district-isnt-where-you-think |work=[[Crosscut.com]] |access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Salyer |first=Sharon |date=January 20, 2019 |title=A new sign on I-5 will point to Edmonds as an artistic hub |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/a-new-sign-on-i-5-will-point-to-edmonds-as-an-artistic-hub/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref>

One of the city's main landmarks is a small [[fountain]] located at the center of a [[roundabout]] on Main Street. The first fountain, which included a twisted sculpture at its center, was installed in 1973 and drew criticism from local residents and merchants for its ugliness.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 3, 1987 |title=Edmonds' fountain of discontent |page=D3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> It was destroyed in 1998 by a [[drunk driver]] and replaced with a temporary [[gazebo]], which had been used as a prop for a TV series.<ref>{{cite news |last=Solomon |first=Chris |date=September 17, 1998 |title=Gazebo's fans happy old structure is gone |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The gazebo was popular and replaced with a bronze structure in 2000, which was later destroyed by a driver five years later.<ref>{{cite news |last=Madden |first=Mekeisha |date=March 7, 2000 |title=Edmonds getting its new gazebo |page=B1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Diane |date=November 1, 2005 |title=1 fountain reborn as art; another will get new life |page=B2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The gazebo was rebuilt in 2006 and has remained since.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Diane |date=May 10, 2006 |title=Damaged art being rebuilt as driver faces trial |page=H3 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

Edmonds is home to a weekly [[farmers' market]] that runs from June to October on Saturdays and is sponsored by the Edmonds–South Snohomish County Historical Society.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Bette |date=May 3, 2018 |title=Farmers market debuts Saturday in Edmonds |url=https://edmondsbeacon.villagesoup.com/p/farmers-market-debuts-saturday-in-edmonds/1745783 |work=Edmonds Beacon |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref> The city also has several annual summer festivals, including the Edmonds Waterfront Festival in early June, the Edmonds Art Festival in mid-June, the Edmonds in Bloom [[garden festival]] in July, and the Taste of Edmonds [[food festival]] in August.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Evan |date=June 2, 2018 |title=Waterfront festival in Edmonds offers plenty of fun for everyone |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/waterfront-festival-in-edmonds-offers-plenty-of-fun-for-everyone/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fiege |first=Gale |date=July 15, 2017 |title=22nd annual Edmonds in Bloom tour features 6 beautiful gardens |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/22nd-annual-edmonds-in-bloom-tour-features-6-beautiful-gardens/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=June 30, 2018}}</ref>