Editing Seafair (section)

==History==

The 2020 schedule for Seafair was cancelled on May 20, 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and restrictions on public gatherings.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wafai |first=Yasmeen |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Seafair cancels major summer 2020 events |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/events/seafair-reschuled-to-2021-due-to-coronavirus-concerns/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> The next edition of Seafair was also cancelled in April 2021, stating that "while encouraged by [[Jay Inslee|Governor Inslee]]'s Phase 3 guidelines that support small and medium size events to return with limitations, Seafair leadership recognizes the guidelines will not support events the scale of a city-wide festival."<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 21, 2021|title=Pandemic sidelines Seafair unlimited hydroplane racing again as event moves virtual|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/other-sports/pandemic-sidelines-seafair-unlimited-hydroplane-racing-again-as-event-moves-virtual/|access-date=June 25, 2021|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US}}</ref>