Category: Local Events

Lavender Festival

Every year on the third Full weekend of July (Friday Saturday Sunday) Sequim holds its’ Lavender Festival. We have a street fair, lavender farm tours (3 requiring admission AND 15 Free admission), barn dances, FREE concerts in the park and lot’s of purple fun. There are also dozens more farms in the arear that aren’t on the OFFICIAL map.

This was taken with the Olympic Mountains in the background, at a newer farm called Olympic Bluffs Lavender Farm and Cidery.

Sequim Farmers Market

Every Saturday March thru Oct we have a farmers market at the town hall. They block off the street for pedestrians. Everything is artisan made or grown. We have a lot of farms in the area so the produce is GREAT and prices are reasonable.

There is music & dancing and cuteness!

There are lots of different pottery and leather makers and various artists.

And LOTS of YUMMY food!

Dungeness Crab and Seafood festival

Every year Port Angeles hosts the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival. This year had PERFECT WEATHER (not always the case–usually coats and layers are required!) For $40 you get a whole crab, ear of corn and some cole slaw. The crab is REALLY FRESH…often just out of the bay. THousands aof CAnadians come over the ferry for the festival. There are three bands playing, lots of craft vendors. And …

CRAB HATS!

Vendor explaining why EVERYONE needs a crab hat!

Bike Rodeo–Sequim Style

The Olympic Peninsula Bicycle Alliance holds a bike rodeo every year to teach kids safe biking skills.

They learn to stop safely, avoid objects, learn hand signals and road safety.

Lots of volunteers from biking groups, state park rangers, Sequim Police department were all involved.

We even got “Mad Max” here riding by himself for the first time. His mother started crying…It was a pretty cool day!

Music in the Park-Sequim

Every Tuesday at 6pm in the summer we have Music in the Park at the amphitheater in Carrie Blake Park. This night featured Black Diamond Junction which is a local favorite. Here everyone is dancing to the song SHOUT. I love the joy this little girl had dancing to it.

All the concerts are free. Everyone brings blankets and picnics.

The really fun time about living in a small town is that there is always room at an event for your family (even if you show up late!) AND you will always know lots of people. I went to the event by myself, but worked my way from group of friends to group of friends–it was a smorgasbord! A great time as usual.

Amanda Bacon always give a great show!