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| Name | Location | Start | End | Type of Event | Description |
| Boeing Air Show | Seattle | 29-Jul-24 | 04-Aug-24 | Nature or science festival | The Boeing Seafair Air Show is a chance for fans to see magnificent aerobatics done by various military and civilian teams, including the U.S. Navy Blue Angels! Note: The I-90 Bridge will remain open during Boeing Seafair Air Show Performances. |
| Grays Harbor County Fair | Grays Harbor County Fairgrou | 31-Jul-24 | 03-Aug-24 | Fair | |
| Anacortes Arts Festival | Anacortes | 02-Aug-24 | 04-Aug-24 | Arts festival | We are one of the oldest and largest Festivals in the Northwest, annually attracting an estimated 90,000 visitors to our island hometown. We connect artists from all disciplines with an enthusiastic audience. |
| Brewster Salmon Fishing Derby | Brewster | 02-Aug-24 | 04-Aug-24 | Fishing derby or fair | Come to Brewster Aug 4-6 for the 17th Annual Brewster King Salmon Derby. The salmon run is going well and we are sure you will again have plenty of opportunities to catch the winning fish where Columbia and Okanogan Rivers meet. |
| Magnolia Summerfest & Seafair Parade | Magnolia Playfield. Seattle | 02-Aug-24 | 04-Aug-24 | Community festival, Parade | This 3-day festival focuses on volunteerism and fun family activities. Activities include live music, beer/wine garden, family entertainment, inflatable houses, craft booths, food booths, and the annual Magnolia Seafair parade on Saturday, August 6th. |
| Seafair Weekend Festival | Genesee Park and Playfield. S | 02-Aug-24 | 04-Aug-24 | Community festival | An iconic Pacific Northwest tradition, Seafair Weekend Festival is the culmination of the summer-long Seafair Celebration. Known and loved as an unofficial Puget Sound holiday, this is the most anticipated event of the summer! |
| Clark County Fair | Clark County Fairgrounds. | 02-Aug-24 | 11-Aug-24 | Fair | |
| Birch Bay Sand Sculpture Competition & Rollback Weekend | 03-Aug-24 | 03-Aug-24 | Community festival | Get ready to dig in. It’s amazing how, with a little imagination, the beach at Birch Bay transforms in to a series of sandcastles and sculptures. If you enjoy old cars, the Rollback Wekend Carshow takes place on July 30, | |
| Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival | 03-Aug-24 | 03-Aug-24 | Community festival, Food festival, Parade | Come to the festival to try wild blackberries in a freshly baked homemade pie. Enjoy a pancake breakfast, craft fair, parade, raffle, kids games, salmon bake and entertainment. Proceeds from the event fund scholarships and community organizations. | |
| Lake City Summer Festival and Parade | NE 125th St West of Lake City | 03-Aug-24 | 03-Aug-24 | Community festival, Parade | This festival and Parade gathers the community together for fun. Activities include craft artists demonstrations, a festival car show, big trucks to climb on, tastes from around the world, a variety of zany entertainment, a Kid's Activity area and more. |
| Spokane Scottish Highland Games | Spokane County Fair & Expo C | 03-Aug-24 | 03-Aug-24 | Community festival, Cultural festival | Please join us for the 65th annual Spokane Scottish Highland Games featuring Scottish traditions of bagpipe bands, highland dancing, and athletic competitions. |
| Tour de Lavendar | 350 W. Fir Street,Sequim | 03-Aug-24 | 03-Aug-24 | Sports event" | Tour the lush lavender farms of “America’s Provence while enjoying spectacular vistas of sea and mountains as you ride through the quiet pastoral countryside of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. Metric century and 35 mile fun ride. |
| Northwest Washington Fair | 1775 Front Street,Lynden | 08-Aug-24 | 17-Aug-24 | Fair | |
| Taste Edmonds | Frances Anderson Center. Ed | 09-Aug-24 | 11-Aug-24 | Food festival | All ages welcome! There will be live music, beer & wine, kid activities, vendors, food trucks, and a cornhole tournament. |
| Swim Defiance | Tacoma | 11-Aug-24 | 11-Aug-24 | Race | Blue Wave Aquatics is proud to announce the 7th annual Swim Defiance taking place in Commencement Bay, in Tacoma, Washington. We welcome back returning swimmers as well as everyone else planning to participate in July for the first time. |
| Grant County Fair | 13-Aug-24 | 17-Aug-24 | Fair | ||
| Arlington SkyFest & Airport Community Day | Arlington Municipal Airport,A | 16-Aug-24 | 18-Aug-24 | Community festival | Campout Friday, Skyfest Saturday and Take Flight Sunday. |
| Refuge Outdoor Festival | Tolt MacDonald Park. NE 40th | 16-Aug-24 | 18-Aug-24 | Community festival | This 3-day outdoor recreation and music camping experience is geared toward people of color, allies welcome. Join us for fun-filled weekends of workshops, DJs, performances, art and so much more |
| Celebrate Shoreline | Cromwell Park. Shoreline | 17-Aug-24 | 17-Aug-24 | Community festival | Celebrate Shoreline is an annual birthday party for the whole City that spans several days in various locations around Shoreline. Festivities are designed to inspire a sense of community and celebration for people of all ages and interests. |
| Lentil Fest | Pullman | 17-Aug-24 | 17-Aug-24 | Community festival, Food festival | A quarter of the lentils in the US grow in the Palouse are of Washington and Idaho. Since 1989, the National Lentil Festival has brought national attention to Pullman to celebrate this crop. |
| Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo | Kennewick | 20-Aug-24 | 24-Aug-24 | Fair, Rodeo | |
| North Central Washington Fair | 1 Vineyard Way,Waterville | 22-Aug-24 | 22-Aug-24 | Fair | We’re looking forward to getting back together with you to celebrate agriculture, gorge on amazing fair food, scoot some boots to some live music, reconnect with family and fair friends and watch some dust fly at the Big Bend Round-Up! |
| The Evergreen State Fair | 22-Aug-24 | 02-Sep-24 | Fair | ||
| Sea to Sound Multi-Modal Group Ride | Olympic National Forest. | 23-Aug-24 | 25-Aug-24 | Sports event" | Sea To Sound is a 74-mile, three-day, multi-modal group ride spanning the entire length of the Olympic Discovery Trail. It is a fundraiser for Ian's Ride. |
| Airway Heights Days | Sunset Park. 924 S Lawson St, | 24-Aug-24 | 24-Aug-24 | Community festival | Join us for our annual community festival Airway Heights Days! This annual has something fun for the with whole family event activities such as a car show, live music, kids zone, vendors, cornhole tournament, and of course our annual Watermelon Races!! |
| Pig Out in the Park | Spokane | 28-Aug-24 | 02-Sep-24 | Community festival, Food festival, Music festival | 41st Annual Pig Out in the Park! Spokane's favorite six-day food & free music festival. 50 food booths, over 250 menu items. Public market booths, 3 stages of free live entertainment and adult beverages for the whole 6 days. |
| Kittitas County Fair | 901 E 7th Ave, Suite 1,Ellensb | 29-Aug-24 | 02-Sep-24 | Fair | Head over to Ellensburg Labor Day weekend for the Kittitas County Fair. Rides, animals, booths, entertainment and, of course, fair food. |
| Olympia Harbor Days | Olympia Water Front,Olympia | 30-Aug-24 | 01-Sep-24 | Community festival | This 3-day family friend maritime event features vintage Tugboats and races, historic vessels, arts and crafts vendors, a Food G'Alley with Cedar Planked Smoked Salmon, live entertainment, sand carving displays and lots of activities for kids. |
| Tumbleeweed Music Festival | Howard Amon Park. Richland | 30-Aug-24 | 01-Sep-24 | Music festival | This free, open-ari community acoustic music festival is sponsored by Three Rivers Folklife Society. It includes performances and workshops. It is free except for the Saturday fundraising concert and contra dance. |
| Ellensburg Rodeo | Kittitas County Fairground. Ell | 30-Aug-24 | 02-Sep-24 | Rodeo | The Ellensburg Rodeo is one of the “old rodeos” and has earned its place as one of America’s Top 10 professional rodeos. Today’s best riders, ropers, and wrestlers compete in what many consider to be the best rodeo arena in the nation. |
| Chelan County Fair | 05-Sep-24 | 08-Sep-24 | Fair | The Chelan County Fair exists to provide a family event reflecting the past, showcasing current accomplishments and looking to the future county’s best resources - Its youth, agriculture, and communities. | |
| Okanogan County Fair | 05-Sep-24 | 08-Sep-24 | Fair | There is LOTS of FUN to be had at the Fair! | |
| Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival | Mukilteo | 06-Sep-24 | 08-Sep-24 | ||
| Mukliteo Lighthouse Festival | Mukilteo | 06-Sep-24 | 08-Sep-24 | Community festival, Parade, Race | Admission is free at the Mukliteo Lighthouse Festival. Come enjoy our food, events, a 5K race, fireworks and parade. |
| Spokane County Interstate Fair | Spokane County Fair & Expo C | 06-Sep-24 | 15-Sep-24 | Fair | |
| Goat Run | Crescent Grange, | 07-Sep-24 | 07-Sep-24 | Race | Point-To-Point Half Marathon, Marathon, And 50K Trail Race Ending at Pristine Lake Crescent inside Olympic National Park. Mandatory shuttle leaves from Crescent Grange at 8am for the marathon, and 9:30 for the half marathon. |
| Mount Baker Hill Climb | Snowater Road, | 15-Sep-24 | 15-Sep-24 | Race | GREAT VIEWS, FRESH AIR, TOUGH CLIMBS. Mt Baker Hill Climb poses a unique challenge with over 4,000 feet in elevation gain along the winding highway into the alpine. |
| Heart of Gold Parade | Between North Gillis Road & | 20-Sep-24 | 20-Sep-24 | Parade | This parade recognizes those in the Spokane Valley who give back to the community with their hearts of gold. Watch our wide variety of parade entries, including animals, custom & classic cars, floats, bands, clowns, Miss Spokane Valley Royalty, and more! |
| Valleyfest | Spokane Valley | 20-Sep-24 | 22-Sep-24 | Community festival | Spokane Valley’s premier community festival, celebrates three decades of bringing fun, entertainment and a vibrant community spirit to Spokane Valley. |
| Central Washington State Fair | 1301 South Fair Ave.,Yakima | 20-Sep-24 | 29-Sep-24 | Fair | |
| Luminata | Green Lake Park. Seattle | 21-Sep-24 | 21-Sep-24 | Community festival | The Fremont Arts Council celebrates the autumnal equinox with this sweet and illuminating lantern parade around Green Lake. |
| Bellingham Bay Marathon | Railroad Ave. between Holly | 22-Sep-24 | 22-Sep-24 | Race | Come experience Bellingham and Run the bay. 5K, 10K and half marathon featuring views of Bellingham Bay, San Juan Islands, and North Cascades mountains, we are often called one of the most beautiful road races in the Pacific Northwest. |
| Kirkland Octoberfest | Kirkland | 22-Sep-24 | 24-Sep-24 | Cultural festival, Food festival, Wine, beer or spirits festival | Kirkland Oktoberfest is a full-on authentic German Oktoberfest featuring an acres of biergarten, multiple entertainment stages, games, competitions, and more serving only the best imported German and NW craft brews. |
| Port Townsend Film Festival | 211 Taylor Street,Port Townse | 23-Sep-24 | 29-Sep-24 | Arts festival | Sparking community by connecting filmmakers and audiences |
| Festa Italiana | Seattle | 28-Sep-24 | 29-Sep-24 | Cultural festival, Food festival | Since 1988, Festa Italiana has been celebrating the cultural roots of Italians and Italian-Americans in the Pacific Northwest by promoting the arts, the food and the culture that are uniquely Italian. |
| Bellingham Seafest | Zuanich Park. Bellingham | 05-Oct-24 | 06-Oct-24 | Community festival, Food festival | This waterfront & seafood festival celebrates the areas rich maritime culture and heritage, thriving working waterfront, enjoyment and conservation of our water resources, commercial fishing and seafood industries, and the culinary bounty. |
| Bellingham Seafest | Zuanich Park. Bellingham | 05-Oct-24 | 06-Oct-24 | Community festival, Cultural festival, Food festival | This waterfront & seafood festival celebrates the areas rich maritime culture and heritage, thriving working waterfront, enjoyment and conservation of our water resources, commercial fishing and seafood industries, and the culinary bounty. |
| OysterFest | 150 Sanderson Field,Shelton | 05-Oct-24 | 06-Oct-24 | Community festival, Food festival, Wine, beer or spirits festival | Join us at OysterFest as we celebrate our local shellfish resources with the West Coast Oyster Shucking Competition, 70 wineries and micro-brewiers, live music, entertainment, Seafood Cook Off, marine touch tanks & water quality displays and more. |
| Salmon Days | Gilman Blvd,Issaquah | 05-Oct-24 | 06-Oct-24 | Nature or science festival, Parade | This free award-winning event celebrates the return of salmon to local waters. It features more than 270 arts and crafts vendors, five stages of live entertainment, various sporting events, engaging children’s activities and numerous food options. |
| Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival | Port Angeles | 11-Oct-24 | 13-Oct-24 | Community festival, Food festival | CrabFest brings together our diverse communities and celebrate traditions from the Native American heritage to delicious Olympic Coast Cuisine. Learn from local environmental organizations aboutnatural resources and issues facing the Olympic Peninsula |
| Roslyn Mountain Ale Festival | Roslyn Yard. 108 W Pennsylva | 12-Oct-24 | 12-Oct-24 | Wine, beer or spirits festival | The Roslyn Mountain Ale Festival will introduce different breweries from the Pacific Northwest area to fill up The Roslyn Yard. Attendees will also enjoy the musical stylings from a local band, |
| Dia De Muertos | Seattle Center. 205 Harrison S | 26-Oct-24 | 27-Oct-24 | Cultural festival | This Mexican celebration to remember our dead is full of color, sound and the smell of incense and marigold flowers. |
| Troloween | Trolls Knoll Park. Seattle | 31-Oct-24 | 31-Oct-24 | Community festival, Holiday festival | Trolloween is the birthday party for the Fremont Troll. The celebration party starts at the Fremont Troll with live music and pageant. After the performance, the party marches away through the community, en mass, in the annual Haunt Of Fremont. |
| Auburn Veterans Parade | Main Street from A to E,Aubur | 09-Nov-24 | 09-Nov-24 | Holiday festival, Parade | Now in its 54th year, the Auburn Veteran's Day parade is one of the largest parades of its kind in the United States of America. |
| Hmong New Year Celebration | Seattle Center. 205 Harrison S | 09-Nov-24 | 09-Nov-24 | Cultural festival, Holiday festival | Seattle Center presents Hmong New Year Celebration in partnership with Hmong Association of Washington (HAW). The festival celebrates the end of the harvest season with intricate clothing, dance, food, and more |
| Winter Knights Snow & ATV Show | Spokane County Fair & Expo C | 09-Nov-24 | 09-Nov-24 | Outdoor Expo | This is the largest one-day Snowmobile & Power Sports Expo in the west. New & Used snowmobiles, ATVs, trailers, parts and accessories. Information on resorts and destinations, snowmobile trails and snowmobile exhibits. |
| Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival | Leavenworth | 29-Nov-24 | 24-Dec-24 | Holiday festival | Join us for the most wonderful time of the year, when our quaint Bavarian town becomes a Village of Lights (over half a million of them!) and holiday cheer abounds! |
| Run the Peninsula – Jamestown S’Klallam Night Run | Olympic Discovery Trail. 1033 | 07-Dec-24 | 07-Dec-24 | Race | oin us in the 5th of 5 races in the 2020 Run the Peninsula Road. Bring Your Own Headlamp- this will be in the dark. The 5K & 10K race will be an out and back on the Olympic Discovery Trail. |
| Snoqualmie Winter Lights | Railroad Community Park & C | 07-Dec-24 | 07-Dec-24 | Holiday festival | Live music on the main stage featuring a handbell choir, Mount Si Jazz Band, and the Sno Valley Winds. Caroling in horse-drawn wagons, Snoqualmie Valley ice carving artist, selfies with Santa. |
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