I am teaming up with Frugal Living NW and Thrifty NW Mom to bring you all a great big list of summer fairs and festivals in the Pacific Northwest. I am tackling the Eastern WA and Central/Eastern Oregon list, Frugal Living NW is making the list for Western Oregon and SW Washington, and Thrifty NW Mom is making the list for the Puget Sound.
Eastern Washington Fairs & Festivals
- Maryhill Festival of Speed – 06/29 to 07/03 2011, Maryhill Loops Road – Goldendale, WA
- Super Hero’s Juried Art Show – Artist Call – 07/01 to 07/30 2011, Gallery of THUM – Spokane, WA
- Village Art in the Park – Now- October-, Village Park – Leavenworth, WA
- Conconully Independence Celebration - 07/02 to 07/02 2011, -Main Street – Conconully, WA
- Kinderfest – 07/04 to 07/04 2011, Front Street Park – Leavenworth, WA
- King County Fair at Enumclaw July 7-10, 2011, Enumclaw, WA
- First America’s Family Pet Expo – 07/08 to 07/10 2011, Puyallup Fair & Events Center – Puyallup, WA
- Jazzartique - 07/15 to 07/17 2011, Centralia, WA
- West Valley Community Fair – July 16, 2011 Horse, Dog & Critters- Yakima, WA, 509-833-6538
- Art Walk & Wine Gala – 07/16 to 07/16 2011, Historic Downtown – Prosser, WA
- Sweet Onion Festival – 07/16 to 07/17 2011, Historic Downtown – Walla Walla, WA
- Spokane Gun Show - 07/16 to 07/17 2011, Spokane County Fair and Expo – Spokane, WA
- Jazz in the Valley – 07/28 to 07/31 2011, Various Venues – Ellensburg, WA
- Sixty-First Art in the Park - 07/29 to 07/30 2011, Howard Amon Park – Richland, WA
- Tri-Cities Water Follies Over The River Airshow - 7/29/2011 Friday 10:00am, Pasco, WA
- Tri Cities Water Follies (Boat Races) July 29-31
- Tri-Cities Lifestyles Expo 2011 - 08/05 to 08/07 2011, TRAC, 6600 Burden Blvd – Pasco, WA
- Riverfront Concert at the Park 08/05/2011 – Chris Issak 7pm, Kennewick, WA
- Yakima Valley Fair & Rodeo – 08/10 to 08/13 2011, 812 Wallace Way – Grandview, WA
- American Fiesta Amistad - 08/12 to 08/13 2011, Lions Park – Othello, WA
- WA State Junior Horse Show – August 12 -14, 2011, Yakima WA 509-457-3850
- Grant County Fair - 08/16 to 08/20 2011, Fairgrounds – Moses Lake, WA
- National Lentil Festival - 08/19 to 08/20 2011, Downtown and Reaney Park – Pullman, WA
- Toppenish Western Art Show - 08/19 to 08/21 2011, Railroad Park – Toppenish, WA
- Riverfront Concert at the Park 08/19/2011 – Miranda Cosgrove 7pm, Kennewick, WA
- A Case of the Blues and All That Jazz - 08/20 to 08/20 2011, Sarg Hubbard Park – Yakima, WA
- Klickitat County Fair - August 25 – 28, 2011 – Goldendale, WA
- Pioneer City of La Grande, Park - – 08/26 to 08/28 2011 -La Grande, OR
- Chehalis Garlic Fest and Craft Show – 08/26 to 08/28 2011, Southwest Washington Fairgrounds – Chehalis, WA
- Benton Franklin County Fair, Kennewick WA Aug 23-27th
- Pig Out in the Park, August 31-Sept 5th- Spokane WA
- Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days - August 31 – September 4, 2011 – Walla Walla, WA
- Wheatland Communities Fair – September 1 – 4, 2011 – Ritzville, WA
- Palouse Empire Fair - September 8 – 11, 2011 – Colfax, WA
- Spokane Interstate Fair - September 9 – 18, 2011 – Spokane Valley, WA
- The Puyallup Fair - Western WA Fair – September 9 – 25, 2011 – Puyallup, WA
- Adams County Fair - September 14 – 17, 2011 – Othello, WA
- Central Washington State Fair - Sept 23 – Oct 2, Yakima, WA
Central and Eastern Oregon Fairs & Festivals
- Sisters Summer Faire, 07/02 to 07/03 2011, Village Green Park – Sisters, OR
- La Pine Frontier Days, 07/02 to 07/04 2011 – La Pine Event Center – La Pine, OR
- Bend Summer Festival, 07/08 to 07/09 2011 – Downtown-Wall Street – Bend, OR
- Thunderegg Days Festival 7/14 – 7/16, Nyssa School Complex – Nyssa, OR
- Watermelon Festival,- July 30, 2011. Breakfast begins the day at 6:30 -12, Irrigon oregon
- Union County Fair, 08/03 to 08/06 2011, Fairgrounds – La Grande, OR
- Union County Fair, 08/03 to 08/06 2011 – Fairgrounds – La Grande, OR
- Benton County Fair & Rodeo, 08/03 to 08/06 2011-Fairgrounds – Corvallis, OR
- Dog Days of Sisters, 08/06 to 08/06 2011- Sisters Art Works – Sisters, OR
- Van Gogh Days,08/06 to 08/07 2011 – Rasmussen Farms – Hood River, OR
- Morrow County Fair, 08/17 to 08/20 2011, Fairgrounds – Heppner, OR
- Muddy Frogwater Country Classic Festival, 08/19 to 08/21 2011 – Yantis Park – Milton-Freewater, OR
- Celtic Festival and Clan Gathering of Eastern Oregon, 08/26 to 08/28 2011 -Pioneer City of La Grande, Park – La Grande, OR
- Roots & Rhythms Summer Festival, 09/09 to 09/10 2011 – Academy Square – Lebanon, OR
Please share any other festivals you love to go to if I missed it. Plus visit Frugal Living NW for the Western Oregon Fairs & Festivals and Thrifty NW Mom for the Puget Sound Festivals and Fairs.
So have you gone to any of these festivals or fairs? Which are your favorites?? I am thinking of going to some festivals and fairs this year and I want to know which ones are must-go-to!
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Don’t forget Baker County Fair & Panhandle Rodeo held in Labor Day weekend in Halfway OR
Add some to the Eastern Oregon list – Athena, OR Caledonian Games, July 9-10. Fun if you like things Scottish and herding dog contests. Cute little town and kid friendly. Hermiston has the Lavender Festival on July 9-10 – check it out at http://www.purpleridgelavender.com. Then if you’re really adventurous trek over to Enterprise, OR on Sept9-11 for the Hells Canyon Mule Days & Dutch Oven Cook-Off plus the Cowboy Poetry Gathering on the 9th – all at the Wallowa Co Fairgrounds.
Coeur d alene, ID has a street fair and art on the green festival every year that is a must!
I grew up going to the Thunderegg Days. Good memories. And we never missed the Malheur County Fair. Looks like that is running August 2-6 this year.
Now I live in Portland, so those are just memories.
Great list!!
I don’t see the Pendleton Roundup in Pendleton, Oregon on the list. It is a huge event and a lot of fun! This year the dates are September 14 – 17, 2011. http://pendletonroundup.com/ Click on the “Upcoming Events” links at the right of the website to get more details, and, “LET ‘ER BUCK!”
The Umatilla County Fair in Hermiston, OR is Aug.9-13. Entertainment this year is Lonestar, Bowling for Soup, Grand Funk Railroad, neal Mccoy and don’t forget the Farm City Pro Rodeo.