The Evergreen State Truthful has one thing fried for you.
Hear that? The sounds of summer time? It is the beer festivals filling steins, beachside leisure, and the notes of a calliope enjoying over the carousel on the state truthful. August is the time to go all-in on outside playtime, and the state has loads of occasions for it.
Watershed
Quincy | august 2–4
The Gorge’s annual nation music fest boasts a star-studded lineup with the likes of Outdated Dominion, Luke Bryan, and Cole Swindell. However the music is barely half the enjoyable: pageant tenting within the Jap Washington desert comes with group and themed contests for the most effective campsite decor.
Index Arts Competition
index | august 3
The banks of the Skykomish River come alive with creativity throughout Index’s annual artwork pageant. Wander cubicles of native artist wares, dance to stay music till you drop, and soak up spoken phrase performances underneath beautiful Cascade peaks.
Whidbey Island takes its artwork outdoors for the Plein Air Paint Out.
Whidbey Plein Air Paint Out
Whidbey Island | August 12–15
Make like Van Gogh and haul a canvas outdoors for outside portray all throughout Whidbey Island; this fifth annual occasion gathers artists to recreate the island’s many vistas. The stretch of en masse portray days culminates in a gala—the place the week’s work is bought to creatives and collectors alike.
Hoodstock places the music pageant out to sea.
Hoodstock
Union | August 16–18
The normal music pageant will get an improve with a floating live performance on Hood Canal. Boat homeowners purchase a flag to affix the occasion, whereas these of us with out yachts or kayaks can board Alderbrook Resort’s cruise or go for land-bound units at Robin Hood Village Resort.
Burien UFO Competition
Burien | August 17
Not removed from the place the well-known Maury Island incident occurred in 1947, UFO fanatics collect to debate what’s on the market. Burien Movie Competition flicks display screen all day, and the occasion features a musical stage and costume contests for Alien and Males in Black fanatics.
Tumwater Artesian Brewfest
Tumwater | August 17
Tumwater’s hoppy roots from bygone Olympia Brewery manifest in a modern-day beer fest with over 100 pours, stein holding competitions, and native meals. A human-size beer pong sport will make everybody really feel like a university child, however the occasion itself is 21 and over solely.
Washington State Worldwide Kite Competition
lengthy seaside | august 19–25
Lengthy Seaside’s quintessential boardwalk nearly all the time affords a view of kites flying above the Pacific, however a weeklong fest boasts casual workshops, stay music, a beer backyard, and probably the most elaborate kites to grace the sky all yr. Worldwide kite-flying groups carry out synchronized routines, and anybody can get in on the motion due to beachside kite distributors.
Evergreen State Truthful
Monroe | August 22–27, 29–Sept 2
This state truthful may be onerous to tell apart from the one down south, however Monroe’s has been round for 115 years and has dialed in the precise mixture of carnival rides and distinctive types of leisure (chainsaw carving, anybody?). Monster truck exhibits maintain down opening weekend earlier than Martina McBride and Flo Rida maintain grandstand concert events.
