The Weekly Volcano gears up for the annual Maritime Festival like the Super Bowl. We just can't get enough of celebrating Commencement Bay, and the "Working Waterfront" as it's known. This year marks 17 Maritime Fests, and they seem to get better every year. Or, at the very least the Maritime Fest seems to have gotten better THIS YEAR - by going balls out and booking a gaggle of Unlimited Light Hydroplanes, which will splash and speed through an exhibition course both days. That's right - the action runs Saturday and Sunday. That's why they call it a "Working Waterfront" - weekends are for pussies.

PREDICTION: Scratch that. When you show up to the 17th annual Maritime Fest you'll find out that, sadly, Tacoma's Working Waterfront has actually been unemployed for several months now, living at its parents. It probably would have called or texted you with the news, but the thing is it's phone got shut off. Long story.

[Thea's Park/Foss Waterway Seaport, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., free, Dock Street, Tacoma, maritimefest.org]