Food festivals
Food festivals 2008
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington State
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January 21-25
Montana Winter Fair
events include chili cook-off, cinnamon roll cook-off, Death by Chocolate baking competition, and Dutch oven cooking
Lewistown, Mont.
January 30 - February 1
Oregon Truffle Festival
Eugene, Ore.
February 1-3
Chocolate and Chowder
Seaside, Ore.
February 2-3
Chocolate Fest
Portland, Ore.
February 9-10
Chocolate Festival
Anaconda, Mont.
February 9-10
Winter Art and Chocolate Festival
Brookings, Ore.
Mar. 7-9
Oregon Chocolate Festival
Ashland, Ore.
March 15-16
Oregon Cheese Festival
Central Point, Ore.
March 15-16
Taste of Tillamook
Tillamook, Ore.
March 28
Schmeckfest (A
German Festival of Tasting) - community fundraiser for the high school
Lustre, Mont.
March 29-30
Vegfest
Seattle, Wash.
April 18-20
Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival
Seattle, Wash.
April 18-27
Cherry Sunsation/Northwest Cherry Festival
The Dalles, Ore.
April 19-20
Hood River Valley Blossom Festival
Hood River Valley, Ore.
April 19 - May 11
Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Festival
Woodland, Wash.
the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens are picture perfect during the Lilac Festival
April 25-27
Granger Cherry Festival
Granger, Wash.
April 26-27
Oregon Ag Fest
Salem, Ore.
April 19 - May 11
Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Festival
Woodland, Wash.
May 10
Flathead Cherry Festival
Polson, Mont.
May 16-18
Seattle Cheese Festival
Seattle, Wash.
May 17
Spokane Lilac Festival Parade (check Web site for other events)
Spokane, Wash.
May 17-18
(third weekend in May)
Herb Festival
Fundraiser for the Pomeroy Living History Farm
Yacolt, Wash.
May 31
Herb and Food Fair
Kirkland, Wash.
June 5-8
Lebanon Strawberry Festival
Lebanon, Ore. ("home of the world's largest shortcake")
June 6-8
Whoop-Up Days and Rhubarb Festival
Conrad, Mont.
June 7
(first Saturday in June)
Farmers Day Parade
Lyndon, Wash.
June 11-14
Emmett Cherry Festival
Emmett, Idaho
June 12-15
French Prairie Farms Strawberry Festival
St. Paul, Ore.
June 14
(second Saturday in June)
Billings Strawberry Festival
Billings, Mont.
preparing a very large strawberry shortcake at the Billings Strawberry Festival
June 14-15
Summer Sensations
Hood River, Ore.
June 14-15
Pioneer Power Day Threshing Bee
Lewistown, Mont.
June 15
(Father's Day)
Silverton Hills Strawberry Festival
Silverton, Ore.
June 19
Taste of Great Falls
Great Falls, Mont.
June 20-22
(weekend after Father's Day)
Berry Dairy Days
Burlington, Wash.
June 21
Marysville Strawberry Festival
www.maryfest.com
Marysville, Wash.
June 21-22
Northwest Garlic Festival
Ocean Park, Wash.
many unusual treats are offered at the Northwest Garlic Festival
June 28
Cedar Creek Grist Mill Medicinal Herbs Day
Woodland, Wash. (9 miles east)
June 28-29
Burien Strawberry and Arts Festival
Burien, Wash.
the only strawberries at the 2007 Burien Strawberry and Arts Festival
June 28-29
Eastside Heritage Center Strawberry Festival
Bellevue, Wash.
July 3-6
Cherry Celebration
Hood River, Ore.
July 5
Cherry Festival
Yakima, Wash.
July 12
Lavender Hills Farm Festival
Marysville, Wash.
July 12-13
Buhl Lavender Festival
Buhl, Idaho
July 12-13
(second weekend in July)
Cheese Days
Toledo, Wash.
July 12-13
Lavender Daze Festival
Hood River, Ore.
July 12-13
Newport Lavender Festival
Newport, Wash.
July 12-13
Vashon Island Strawberry Festival
Vashon Island, Wash.
July 18-19
Jefferson Mint Festival
Jefferson, Ore.
refreshing mint plants at the Jefferson Mint Festival
July 18-20
Bite of Seattle
Seattle, Wash.
July 18-20
Sequim Lavender Festival
Sequim, Wash.
acres of lavender in Sequim
July 19-20
Polson Cherry Festival
Polson, Mont.
July 19-20
(third weekend in July)
Darby Strawberry Festival
Darby, Mont.
July 19-20
(third weekend in July)
Raspberry Festival
Lynden, Wash.
July 19-20
(third weekend in July)
San Juan Island Lavender Festival
Friday Harbor, Wash.
July 19-20
Vashon Lavender Harvest Celebration
Vashon Island, Wash.
July 19-20
Walla Walla Sweet Onion Festival
Walla Walla, Wash.
look for sweet onions at the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Festival
July 30
Bite of Bozeman
4 pm - 7 pm
stay around for the Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts (August 1-3)
Bozeman, Mont.
August 1-4
Montana Herb Gathering
Bozeman, Mont.
August 2
Mossyrock Blueberry Festival
Mossyrock, Wash.
August 3
Cottonwood Raspberry Festival
Cottonwood, Idaho
August 8-10
Bite of Oregon
Portland, Ore.
August 8-10
Elephant Garlic Festival
North Plains, Ore.
August 8-10
A Taste of Edmonds
Edmonds, Wash.
August 8-10
Trout Creek Huckleberry Festival
Trout Creek, Mont.
August 8-10
Whitefish Huckleberry Days Art Festival
Whitefish, Mont.
relaxing at the Whitefish Huckleberry Days Art Festival
August 9
Swan Lake Huckleberry Festival
Swan Lake, Mont.
August 15-17
Blackberry Festival
Sutherlin, Ore.
August 16
(third Saturday in August)
Manhattan Potato Festival
Manhattan, Mont.
potatoes galore at the Manhattan Potato Festival
August 16-17
Gravenstein Apple Days
Hood River Valley, Ore.
August 16-17
(third weekend in August)
Wallace Huckleberry Heritage Festival
Wallace, Idaho
a tasty huckleberry treat at the Jameson Restaurant, Wallace, Idaho
August 22-23
National Lentil Festival
Pullman, Wash.
August 22-24
Chehalis Garlic Festival
Chehalis, Wash.
August 22-24
Mount Hood Huckleberry Festival
Welches, Ore.
August 23-24
Blackberry Arts Festival
Coos Bay, Ore.
August 30
Dixon Melon Days
Dixon, Mont.
Dixon melons, picked ripe from the vine
August 30
Cedar Creek Grist Mill Cornbread Day
Woodland, Wash. (9 miles east)
August 30 - Sept. 1
Bremerton Blackberry Festival
Bremerton, Wash.
We'll update this one - keep checking!
Broadus Chokecherry Festival
Broadus, Mont.
August 30 - September 1
(Labor Day weekend)
Bremerton Blackberry Festival
Bremerton, Wash.
blackberry lemonade and pizelles at the Bremerton Blackberry Festival
September 4
Taste of Whitefish
Whitefish, Mont.
September 5-7
Winston-Dillard Melon Festival
Winston, Ore.
September 6
(Saturday after Labor Day)
Montana Chokecherry Festival
Lewistown, Mont.
September 13
(second Saturday in September)
Juliaetta Blackberry Festival
Juliaetta, Idaho
September 13-14
Bandon Cranberry Festival
Bandon, Ore.
September 13-14
Bingen Huckleberry Festival
(509) 493-5294
Bingen, Wash.
September 13-14
(second weekend in September)
Fiery Foods Festival
Pasco, Wash.
September 20
(third Saturday in September)
Idaho Spud Day
Shelley, Idaho
September 20-21
Choteau Threshing Bee
Choteau, Mont.
September 20-21
Pear Party
Hood River, Ore.
September 24
Wine and Food Festival
Sidney, Mont.
September 27
Cedar Creek Grist Mill Butter Churning Day
Woodland, Wash. (9 miles east)
September 27-28
Apple Express
Hood River, Ore.
September 27 - October 26
(last weekend in September through last weekend in October)
Apple Festival
Olympia, Wash.
October
Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins
Snohomish County, Wash.
September 27 - October 26
(last weekend in September through last weekend in October)
Apple Festival
Olympia, Wash.
October 1 - November 11
Pumpkin Funland
Hood River, Ore.
October 4
McIntosh Apple Day
Hamilton, Mont.
October 4-5
(first weekend in October)
Cashmere Apple Days
Cashmere, Wash.
October 4-5
Fall Fruit Festival (Cloud Mountan Farm)
Everson, Wash.
October 4-5
(first weekend in October)
Pumpkin Festival
Fundraiser for the Pomeroy Living History Farm
Yacolt, Wash.
October 5
(first Sunday in October)
Apple Squeeze
Steilacoom, Wash.
October 10-12
Cranberrian Fair
Long Beach Peninsula, Wash.
October 11
Chinook Sugarbeet Festival
Chinook, Mont.
October 11
Tamarack Time
Bigfork, Mont.
October 11-12 and 18-19
Oregon Hill Farms Pumpkin Festival
St. Helens, Ore.
October 11-12
Grayland Cranberry Harvest Festival
Grayland, Wash.
October 15 - November 15
Wild Mushroom Celebration
Long Beach Peninsula, Wash.
October 17-19
Yachats Village Mushroom Festival
Yachats, Ore.
October 18-19
Klamath Basin Potato Festival
Merrill, Ore.
October 25
(last Saturday in October)
Cedar Creek Grist Mill Apple Pressing Day
Woodland, Wash. (9 miles east)
October 1 - November 11
Pumpkin Funland
Hood River, Ore.
October 15 - November 15
Wild Mushroom Celebration
Long Beach Peninsula, Wash.
November 27 - January 1
(Thanksgiving Day through New Year's Day)
Gingerbread House Display
To benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Northwest.
Read more: December 2006 Yummy Northwest.
Seattle, Wash.
edible winter wonderland made from gingerbread
November 29 - December 20
(Saturday after Thanksgiving through third Saturday of December)
Seaside Museum and Historical Society Gingerbread Tea
Seaside, Ore.
December
(check Web site for dates)
Flavel House Museum plum pudding demonstration and tea
Astoria, Ore.
enjoy making and eating plum pudding at the Flavel House Museum
November 29 - December 20
(Saturday after Thanksgiving through third Saturday of December)
Seaside Museum and Historical Society Gingerbread Tea
Seaside, Ore.
November 27 - January 1
(Thanksgiving Day through New Year's Day)
Gingerbread House Display
To benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Northwest.
Read more: December 2006 Yummy Northwest.
Seattle, Wash.
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