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POSTED: Monday, Jun. 29, 2009

Summer festivals 2009

Rain or shine, festivals and fairs in the Pacific Northwest draw upon our interests, from blues, rock and classical music to vintage cars, ethnic celebrations and fine wines. Here's a smattering of some of the summer's most popular events, as well as some small-town diversions that may be new to you, both in Washington State and in British Columbia. For more events and details for others, go to the calendar at TheBellinghamHerald.com.

19th annual America's Dixieland Jazz Festival

Sunday, June 28

Saint Martin's University campus, Lacey

Celebrate the Horse

Sunday, June 28

Puyallup Fairgrounds, Puyallup

125th Anniversary Strawberry Social

Sunday, June 28

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Bellingham

Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival

Sunday, June 28

Regional Athletic Complex, Lacey

Seattle Pride Festival 2009

Sunday, June 28

Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, 305 Harrison St.

Taste of Tacoma

Sunday, June 28

Point Defiance Park, Tacoma

Sand and Sawdust Festival

Sunday, June 28

Ocean Shores Convention Center, Ocean Shores

Down on the Farm event presented by the Rainier Two-Cylinder Club

Sunday, June 28

Wilcox Family Farms, Roy

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

Sunday, June 28

Vancouver, B.C.

Olympic Music Festival's Concerts in the Barn

June 28-Sept. 6

Quilcene

Bellingham Festival of Music

July 3-19

Western Washington University and Bellingham Cruise Terminal

Seattle International Beerfest

Friday, July 3

Seattle Center

Red, White & Blues Festival

Friday, July 3

Rattlesnake Hills Wine Trail, Zillah

Tacoma's Freedom Fair

Saturday, July 4

Tacoma Waterfront

Old Fashioned Fourth

Saturday, July 4

Blaine

Auburn's Fourth of July Festival

Saturday, July 4

Les Gove Community Campus, Auburn

Point Roberts July 4 Celebration

Saturday, July 4, Lighthouse Marine Park

Haggen Family Fourth of July Celebration

Saturday, July 4

Zuanich Point Park, Bellingham

Family Fun and Fireworks at the Fair in the Gorge

Saturday, July 4

Skamania County Fairgrounds, Stevenson

Fourth of July Splash

Saturday, July 4

Kent

Maryhill Winery Independence Day Celebration

Saturday, July 4

Goldendale

23rd Annual HAPO River of Fire Festival

Saturday, July 4

Columbia Park, Kennewick

The 2009 Nandos Canada Cup of Beer

Saturday, July 4

Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.

Festival of American Fiddle Tunes

July 4-6

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend

Fun on the 5th

Sunday, July 5

Blaine

Seattle Chamber Music Festival

Monday, July 6

Lakeside School, Seattle

Puget Sound Bead Festival

Thursday, July 9, 5:00 p.m.

Hotel Murano Bicentennial Pavilion, Tacoma

Kent Cornucopia Days

July 9- 12

Kent

Pacific Days

Friday, July 10

Pacific City Park, Pacific

July Spam-O-Rama

Friday, July 10.

Theatre Off Jackson, Seattle

Allstate Milk Carton Derby at Seafair

Saturday, July 11

Seattle

Seafair Pirates Landing at Alki

Saturday, July 11

Seattle

Skagit Valley Highland Games & Celtic Festival

July 11-12

Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon

Viking Days

Saturday, July 11

Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle

Third annual Wildlife Festival

Saturday, July 11

Wolf Haven, Tenino

Lavender Celebration Tour of Wineries

Saturday, July 11

Olympic Peninsula Wineries, Port Angeles

Seattle's Chinatown-International District Summer Festival

Saturday, July 11

Hing Hay Park, Seattle

Out in the Park

Saturday, July 11

Wright Park, Tacoma

Cornucopia Days

Saturday, July 11

Kentwood Performing Arts Center, Covington

Everson-Nooksack Festival

Saturday, July 11

Everson

No Depression Music Festival Featuring Gillian Welch and Iron & Wine

Saturday, July 11

Marymoor Park, Redmond

Lake Chelan Bach Festival

July 12-18

Lake Chelan

Art on the Ave

Sunday, July 12

Tacoma

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival

Tuesday, July 14

White River Amphitheater, Auburn

Enumclaw's King County Fair

July 16-18

Enumclaw Expo Center, Enumclaw

Kirkland Uncorked

July 17-19

Kirkland

Raspberry Festival

July 17-18

Lynden

Jazz in the Alley

July 17- 18

Sequim

Sequim Lavender Festival

July 17-19

Sequim

Bite of Seattle

July 17-19

Seattle Center

Wine and All That Jazz!

Saturday, July 18

Stevenson

Gorge Outrigger Races

July 18-19

Stevenson

Art Walk & Wine Gala

Saturday, July 18

Prosser

13th Annual Trout Lake Festival of the Arts

July 18-19

Trout Lake

Mid-Columbia Pride Festival

Saturday, July 18

Memorial Park, Pasco

International Music Festival

Saturday, July 18

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.

Northwest Mahler Festival

Sunday, July 19

Meany Hall, Seattle

Creation Festival

July 22-25

The Gorge Amphitheater, George

Bridge of the Gods Kiteboarding Festival

July 23-26

Stevenson

Columbia River Gorge Bluegrass Festival

July 23-26

Skamania County Fairgrounds, Stevenson

Columbia Cup Water Follies

July 24-26

Kennewick

Klickitat Canyon Days

July 24-26

Klickitat

Enumclaw Street Fair

July 24- 25

Enumclaw

Jazz in the Valley

July 24- 26

Ellensburg

Renton River Days

July 24-26

Renton

Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival Concerts

July 24-Aug. 1

Twisp

Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering

July 24-26

Enumclaw Expo Center, Enumclaw

Torchlight Run/Parade at Seafair

Saturday, July 25

Seattle

Ethnic Fest

July 25-26

Tacoma

Virgin Festival

Saturday, July 25

Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, B.C.

LARC is "Rockin the Park" Music Festival

Saturday, July 25

Lake Associates Recreation Club, Mount Vernon

Encampment 2009

July 25-26

San Juan Island National Historical Park, Friday Harbor

Loganberry Festival

Saturday, July 25

Whidbey Island Greenbank Farm, Greenbank

Seventh Annual Bivalve Bash & Low Tide Mud Run

Saturday, July 25

Taylor Shellfish Farms, Bow

Marrowstone Music Festival

July 26-Aug. 9

Bellingham

Community Fair & Chicken Barbecue

Sunday, July 26

Waller Road Grange, Tacoma

Steilacoom Salmon Bake

Sunday, July 26

Sunnyside Beach, Steilacoom

Stanwood-Camano Community Fair

July 31-Aug. 2

Stanwood

(360) 629-4121, stanwoodcamanofair.com

Metal-Urge Free Community Festival

Friday, July 31

Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma

Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival

July 31-Aug. 2

Deming Logging Show Grounds, Deming

KeyBank Air Show at Seafair presented by Boeing

July 31-Aug. 2

Seattle

Sumner Arts Festival

July 31-Aug. 1

Sumner

Bite of Bellingham

Saturday, Aug. 1

Bellingham

La Bella Strada Arts Festival

Aug. 1-2

Bellingham

Drayton Harbor Days

Aug. 1-2

Blaine

Whatcom County Woodstock

Saturday, Aug. 1

Ferndale

KWJZ Smooth Festival

Saturday, Aug. 1

Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville

Arab Festival

Aug. 1- 2

Seattle

Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire

Saturday, Aug. 1

Maris Farms, Buckley

Awesome August

Saturday, Aug. 1

Country Village, Bothell

Intertribal Canoe Journey

Aug. 3-8

La Conner

Trout Lake Fair

Aug. 7-9

Trout Lake

Moxee Hop Festival

Aug. 7- 8

Moxee

Anacortes Arts Festival

Aug. 7-9

Anacortes

In the Spirit: Northwest Native Arts Market & Festival

Saturday, Aug. 8

Washington State History Museum, Tacoma

Bon Odori Festival

Saturday, Aug. 8

Olympia

Lavender & Wind Art Festival

Aug. 8-9

Coupeville

Skagit County Fair

Aug. 12-15

Mount Vernon

San Juan County Fair

Aug. 12-15

Friday Harbor, San Juan Island

Ninth Annual Summer Meltdown Music Festival

Aug. 14-16

Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheatre, Darrington

A Taste of Edmonds

Friday, Aug. 14

Edmonds Civic Stadium, Edmonds

Doe Bay Fest

Aug. 14-16

Doe Bay Resort and Retreat, Orcas Island

Olalla Bluegrass (& Beyond) Festival

Saturday, Aug. 15

Olalla Little League Field, Olalla

Maryhill Museum of Arts - Arts Festival

Aug. 15-16

Goldendale

Central Washington Antique Farm Exposition

Aug. 15-16

Union Gap

Northwest Washington Fair

Aug. 17-22

Lynden

Lakewood International Festival

Saturday, Aug. 22

Clover Park Technical College, Lakewood

Kitsap Wine Festival

Sunday, Aug. 23

Harborside Fountain Park, Bremerton

Whistlestop! Cajun, Country & Bluegrass Festival

Aug. 22

Toppenish

Klickitat County Fair & Rodeo

Aug. 22-23

Goldendale

Bigfoot Bash and Bounty

Aug. 28-30

Home Valley

Ferndale Street Fair

Aug. 29

Ferndale

Commencement Bay Maritime Fest

Saturday, Aug. 29, 10:00 a.m.

Thea Foss Waterway, Tacoma

Kalama Heritage Festival

Aug. 29-30.

Kalama Marina Community Center and Park, Kalama

Bumbershoot 2009

Sept. 5-7

Seattle Center

Classic Car Show

Sept. 5

Silver Reef Casino, Ferndale

Wind River Cellars Labor Day Weekend Celebration

Sept. 5-7

Husum

Marshal's Winery Labor Day Weekend Wine & Swine

Sept. 5-7

Dallesport

Syncline Winery Labor Day Weekend Celebration

Sept 5-7

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