Food festivals
Food festivals 2009
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington State
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January 22-25
Montana Winter Fair
events include chili cook-off, cinnamon roll cook-off, Death by Chocolate baking competition, and Dutch oven cooking - watch for the cookbook containing Death by Chocolate winning entries
Lewistown, Mont.
January 30 - February 1
Oregon Truffle Festival
Eugene, Ore.
Januart 31 - February 1
Chocolate Fest
Portland, Ore.
February 6-7
Chocolate Festival
Anaconda, Mont.
February 7
Chocolate and Valentine Fair
Helena, Mont.
February 14-15
Winter Art and Chocolate Festival
Brookings, Ore.
Mar. 6-8
Oregon Chocolate Festival
Ashland, Ore.
March 13-14
Oregon Cheese Festival
Central Point, Ore.
March 20
Taste of Livingston
Livingston, Mont.
March 21-22
Taste of Tillamook
Tillamook, Ore.
March 21-22
Vegfest
Seattle, Wash.
March 21 - May 10
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Renton History Museum
Renton, Wash.
March 27
Made In Montana Marketplace
Public is invited, 9 am - 4 pm
Greta Falls, Mont.
March 28
Schmeckfest (A
German Festival of Tasting) - community fundraiser for the high school
Lustre, Mont.
March 21 - May 10
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Renton History Museum
Renton, Wash.
April 17-19
Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival
Seattle, Wash.
April 18-19
Blossom Craft Show
Hood River Valley, Ore.
April 18 - May 10
Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Festival
Woodland, Wash.
the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens are picture perfect during the Lilac Festival
April 22-25
Northwest Cherry Festival
The Dalles, Ore.
April 24-26
Granger Cherry Festival
Granger, Wash.
April 25-26
Oregon Ag Fest
Salem, Ore.
March 21 - May 10
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Renton History Museum
Renton, Wash.
April 18 - May 10
Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Festival
Woodland, Wash.
May 1-3
Sustainable Living Expo
Billings, Mont.
May 9
Flathead Cherry Festival
Polson, Mont.
May 16
Spokane Lilac Festival Parade (check Web site for other Lilac Festival events)
Spokane, Wash.
May 16-17
(third weekend in May)
Herb Festival
Fundraiser for the Pomeroy Living History Farm
Yacolt, Wash.
May 16-17
Seattle Cheese Festival
Seattle, Wash.
May 16 - July 5
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Cutter Theatre
Metaline Falls, Wash.
May 16 - July 5
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Cutter Theatre
Metaline Falls, Wash.
June 4-9
Lebanon Strawberry Festival
Lebanon, Ore. ("home of the world's largest shortcake")
June 6
(first Saturday in June)
Farmers Day Parade
Lyndon, Wash.
June 6
Herb and Food Fair
Kirkland, Wash.
June 6-7
Pioneer Power Day Threshing Bee
Lewistown, Mont.
June 12-13
Wine, Chocolate, and More Festival
Rickreall, Ore.
June 13
(second Saturday in June)
Billings Strawberry Festival
Billings, Mont.
preparing a very large strawberry shortcake at the Billings Strawberry Festival
June 13
Rhubarb Festival
Newport, Wash.
June 13
(second weekend in June)
Whoop-Up Days and Rhubarb Festival
Rhubarb Festival is 10 am - 5 pm
Conrad, Mont.
prize-winning desserts can be found at the Conrad Rhubarb Festival
June 17-20
Emmett Cherry Festival
Emmett, Idaho
June 18
Taste of Great Falls
Great Falls, Mont.
June 18-21
French Prairie Farms Strawberry Festival
St. Paul, Ore.
June 19-21
(weekend after Father's Day)
Berry Dairy Days
Burlington, Wash.
June 20
Marysville Strawberry Festival
www.maryfest.com
Marysville, Wash.
June 20
Sabo Ranch Field Day
Harrison, Mont.
June 20-21
Burien Strawberry and Arts Festival
Burien, Wash.
the only strawberries at the 2007 Burien Strawberry and Arts Festival
June 20-21
Northwest Garlic Festival
Ocean Park, Wash.
many unusual treats are offered at the Northwest Garlic Festival
June 21
(Father's Day)
Silverton Hills Strawberry Festival
Silverton, Ore.
June 27
Cedar Creek Grist Mill Oil and Vinegar and Herbs Day
Woodland, Wash. (9 miles east)
June 27-28
Eastside Heritage Center Strawberry Festival
Bellevue, Wash.
May 16 - July 5
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Cutter Theatre
Metaline Falls, Wash.
July 10-12
National Folk Festival
along with plenty of "music for the soul," many ethnic foods are available at this festival
Butte, Mont.
July 11
Lavender Hills Farm Festival
Marysville, Wash.
July 11
Sample the Cherry Harvest
Mount Vernon, Wash.
July 11-12
Buhl Lavender Festival
Buhl, Idaho
July 11-12
(second weekend in July)
Cheese Days
Toledo, Wash.
July 11-12
Lavender Daze Festival
Hood River, Ore.
July 11-12
Oregon Lavender Festival
Various locations, Ore.
July 11-12
Pend Oreille Valley Lavender Festival
Newport, Wash.
July 11 - August 30
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Yakima Valley Museum
Yakima, Wash.
July 17-19
Bite of Seattle
Seattle, Wash.
July 17-19
Sequim Lavender Festival
Sequim, Wash.
acres of lavender in Sequim
July 17-19
Vashon Island Strawberry Festival
Vashon Island, Wash.
July 18
(third weekend in July)
Darby Strawberry Festival
Darby, Mont.
July 18-19
(third weekend in July)
Raspberry Festival
Lynden, Wash.
July 18-19
(third weekend in July)
San Juan Island Lavender Festival
Friday Harbor, Wash.
July 18-19
Walla Walla Sweet Onion Festival
Walla Walla, Wash.
look for sweet onions at the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Festival
July 24-26
Blackberry Jam Festival
Lowell, Ore.
July 24-26
Jefferson Mint Festival
Jefferson, Ore.
refreshing mint plants at the Jefferson Mint Festival
July 25-26
Greenbank Farm Loganberry Festival
Whidbey Island, Wash.
July 11 - August 30
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Yakima Valley Museum
Yakima, Wash.
August 1
Boise Soul Food Extravaganza
Boise, Idaho
August 1
Mossyrock Blueberry Festival
Mossyrock, Wash.
August 2
Cottonwood Raspberry Festival
Cottonwood, Idaho
August 5
Bite of Bozeman
6 pm - 9 pm
stay around for the Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts (August 7-9)
Bozeman, Mont.
August 7-8
Chokecherry Festival
Broadus, Mont.
August 7-9
Bite of Oregon
Portland, Ore.
August 7-9
Elephant Garlic Festival
North Plains, Ore.
August 7-9
Whitefish Huckleberry Days Art Festival
Whitefish, Mont.
relaxing at the Whitefish Huckleberry Days Art Festival
August 8
Swan Lake Huckleberry Festival
Swan Lake, Mont.
August 14-16
A Taste of Edmonds
Edmonds, Wash.
August 14-16
Trout Creek Huckleberry Festival
Trout Creek, Mont.
August 15
(third Saturday in August)
Manhattan Potato Festival
Manhattan, Mont.
potatoes galore at the Manhattan Potato Festival
August 15
Summer Fruit Festival
Mount Vernon, Wash.
August 15-16
(third weekend in August)
Wallace Huckleberry Heritage Festival
Wallace, Idaho
a tasty huckleberry treat at the Jameson Restaurant, Wallace, Idaho
August 15-17 (2008)
Blackberry Festival
Sutherlin, Ore.
August 21-23
National Lentil Festival
Pullman, Wash.
August 21-23
Mount Hood Huckleberry Festival
Welches, Ore.
August 22-23
Blackberry Arts Festival
Coos Bay, Ore.
August 28-30
Chehalis Garlic Festival
Chehalis, Wash.
at the Chehalis Garlic Festival: Chesnok Red garlic
with cloves exposed on stalk - photo by Gina Lozier
August 27
Cedar Creek Grist Mill Cornbread Day
Woodland, Wash. (9 miles east)
August 29
Dixon Melon Days
Dixon, Mont.
Dixon melons, picked ripe from the vine
September 5-7
Bremerton Blackberry Festival
Bremerton, Wash.
blackberry lemonade and pizelles at the Bremerton Blackberry Festival
September 5 - October 25
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Ilwaco Heritage Museum
Ilwaco, Wash.
September 7
TomatoFare: heirloom tomato festival
Quincy, Wash.
labeling heirloom tomatoes for TomatoFare
- photo courtesy of TomatoFare
September 10
Taste of Whitefish
Whitefish, Mont.
September 11-13
Bandon Cranberry Festival
Bandon, Ore.
September 11-13
Winston-Dillard Melon Festival
Winston, Ore.
September 12
(Saturday after Labor Day)
Montana Chokecherry Festival
Lewistown, Mont.
these young entrepreneurs at the Montana Chokecherry Festival
love their chokecherry lemonade
September 12
NorthWest Honey Festival
Stevensville, Mont.
September 14
(second Saturday in September)
Juliaetta Blackberry Festival
Juliaetta, Idaho
September 12-13
(second weekend in September)
Fiery Foods Festival
Pasco, Wash.
September 19
(third Saturday in September)
Idaho Spud Day
Shelley, Idaho
September 19-20
Choteau Threshing Bee
Choteau, Mont.
September 26
Cedar Creek Grist Mill Indian Fry Bread Day
Woodland, Wash. (9 miles east)
September 26 - October 31
(last weekend in September through last weekend in October)
Apple Festival
Olympia, Wash.
October
Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins
Snohomish County, Wash.
September 5 - October 25
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Ilwaco Heritage Museum
Ilwaco, Wash.
September 26 - October 31
(last weekend in September through last weekend in October)
Apple Festival
Olympia, Wash.
October 1 - November 11
Pumpkin Funland
Hood River, Ore.
October 3-4
(first weekend in October)
Cashmere Apple Days
Cashmere, Wash.
October 3-4
Fall Fruit Festival (Cloud Mountan Farm)
Everson, Wash.
October 3-4
Northwest Tea Festival
Seattle, Wash.
October 3-4
(first weekend in October)
Pumpkin Festival
Fundraiser for the Pomeroy Living History Farm
Yacolt, Wash.
October 4
(first Sunday in October)
Apple Squeeze
Steilacoom, Wash.
October 9-10
Chinook Sugarbeet Festival
Chinook, Mont.
October 10
McIntosh Apple Day
Hamilton, Mont.
October 10
Sample the Apple and Pear Harvest
Mount Vernon, Wash.
October 10-11
Cranberrian Fair
Long Beach Peninsula, Wash.
October 10-11
Grayland Cranberry Harvest Festival
Grayland, Wash.
October 10-11 and 17-18
Oregon Hill 5th Annual Pumpkin Festival
St. Helens, Ore.
get your photo taken with a really big pumpkin
at the Oregon Hill Pumpkin Festival
- photo courtesy of Oregon Hill Farms
October 15-17
Klamath Basin Potato Festival
Merrill, Ore.
October 15 - November 15
Wild Mushroom Celebration
Long Beach Peninsula, Wash.
October 16-18
Yachats Village Mushroom Festival
Yachats, Ore.
October 17-18
Gorge Fruit & Craft Fair
Hood River Valley, Ore.
October 31
Cedar Creek Grist Mill Apple Pressing Day
Woodland, Wash. (9 miles east)
October 31 - December 20
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Cowlitz County Historical Museum
Kelso, Wash.
October 1 - November 11
Pumpkin Funland
Hood River, Ore.
October 15 - November 15
Wild Mushroom Celebration
Long Beach Peninsula, Wash.
October 31 - December 20
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Cowlitz County Historical Museum
Kelso, Wash.
November 25 - January 4 (2008)
Gingerbread House Display
2008 theme: Super Hero Holiday
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
To benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Northwest.
Read more: December 2006 Yummy Northwest.
Seattle, Wash.
edible winter wonderland made from gingerbread
November 28 - December 19
(Saturday after Thanksgiving through third Saturday of December)
Seaside Museum and Historical Society Gingerbread Tea
Seaside, Ore.
December 13-23; 26-30 (2008)
Flavel House Museum Holiday Tea and Plum Pudding
Astoria, Ore.
enjoy making and eating plum pudding at the Flavel House Museum
October 31 - December 20
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit - Key Ingredients: America By Food
Cowlitz County Historical Museum
Kelso, Wash.
November 28 - December 19
(Saturday after Thanksgiving through third Saturday of December)
Seaside Museum and Historical Society Gingerbread Tea
Seaside, Ore.
November 25 - January 4 (2008)
Gingerbread House Display
2008 theme: Super Hero Holiday
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
To benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Northwest.
Read more: December 2006 Yummy Northwest.
Seattle, Wash.
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