Festivals & Festivities
Pretty much year round there is bound to be some sort of annual celebration or festival from the Olympic Peninsula area to the Kitsap Peninsula area. And this list doesn’t even include the heavy hitters in Pierce, King and surrounding counties like the Washington State Fair or Bumbershoot! So here is a month by month list of the different festivities happening in our “neck of the woods” January through December. Be sure to check websites for dates, admission fees, etc. If you see one we’ve missed, be sure to let us know and we’ll add it on the list!
January:
- Port Townsend – Strange Brew Fest
February:
- Olympic Peninsula – Red, Wine & Chocolate Tour
- Pacific Beach – Chocolate on the Beach Festival
- Olympia – Olympia Dance Festival
- Olympia – Olympia Pie Fest
March:
- Mason County – Mason County Shelton Mason Chamber Auction (1st Saturday of the month)
- Port Townsend – Victorian Heritage Festival
April:
- Olympia – Spring Arts Walk
- Olympia – Dragon Boat Festival
- Olympic Peninsula – Olympic Birdfest
- Shelton – Old Time Fiddle Fest
May:
- Bremerton – Armed Forces Festival
- Port of Bremerton – Kitsap Harbor Festival (Memorial Day weekend)
- Poulsbo – Viking Fest
- Shelton – Mason County Forest Festival (Last weekend of the month)
- Olympia – Wooden Boat Festival (Mother’s Day weekend)
- Port Townsend – Rhododendron Festival
- Matlock – Old Timers Historical Fair (1st full weekend in the month)
- Mason County – Bluegrass from the Forest
- Hama Hama – Oysterama
- Union – Traveler’s Days (Various activities Earth Day – Mother’s Day)
- Sequim – Irrigation Festival
June:
- Olympia – Capital City Pride Festival
- Port Townsend – Brass Screw Confederacy – Steampunk Festival
- Port Townsend – Annual Classic Mariner’s Regatta
- Mason County – Mason County Historical Car Show (Last Sunday of the month)
- Ocean Shores – Sand & Sawdust Festival
July:
- Silverdale – Whaling Days
- Lacy – PNW Mushroom Festival
- Port Townsend – Acoustic Blues Festival (Starts in July, runs through August)
- Sequim – Lavender Festival
- Tahuya – Tahuya Day (1st Sat in July)
- Port of Hoodsport – Celebrate Hoodsport (July 4th weekend)
- Allyn – Allyn Days (3rd weekend of the month)
- Grapeview – Grapeview Art & Water Festival (Last Saturday in July)
- Mason County – Mason Area Fair & Rodeo (Last weekend in July)
August:
- Kitsap Fairgrounds – Kitsap Fair & Stampede
- Ollala – Bluegrass Festival
- Crosby – Crosby Days
- Olympia – Olympia Brewfest
- Shelton – Little Creek Casino Salmon Fest
- Tahuya – Salmon Bake (3rd Sunday of the month)
- Belfair – Taste of Hood Canal (2nd Saturday)
- Various routes – RAPSody Bike Ride
September:
- Bremerton – Blackberry Festival (Labor Day weekend)
- Port Townsend – Ukulele Festival Fort Warden
- Port Townsend – Annual Wooden Boat Festival
- Port Townsend – Annual Film Festival
- TBA – Shelton Mason Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament info@sheltonchamber.org (2nd Friday)
October:
- Port Townsend – Annual Kinetic Skulpture Race
- Port Angeles – Crabfest
- Shelton – Oysterfest 1st full weekend (1st full weekend of the month)
- Union – Pumpkinfest (various activities all month)
November:
- Mason County – Mason General Fantasy Forest (3rd week of the month)
December:
- Port Orchard – Festival of Chimes & Lights
- Mason County – Christmas Torchlight Parade Contact Kristmastown Kiwanis (1st Saturday of the month)
- Shelton – Shelton Yacht Club Christmas Sail
