Willapa Harbor Festival gears up with summer fun
RAYMOND, Wash. — The Wil-
lapa Harbor Festival is a Ray-
mond tradition and offers a full
weekend of family-friendly
events and activities Friday to
Sunday, July 31 to Aug. 2.
Enter the softball tourna-
ment, running all weekend in
the Eighth Street Park, or stroll
through the shops downtown
and see the sidewalk sales.
Street vendors can be found
along Third Street noon to 6
p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 pm.
Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday.
The Raymond Timberland
Library will host a book sale
and scavenger hunt, Arc Pho-
tography will display a photo
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open house and demos, and
Raymond High School will
host a quilt show all three days.
Friday-only events
The Raymond Timberland
Library will host a children’s
performance at 2 p.m. Friday.
McDougall will perform at
5:30 p.m. on the Coors Light
Main Stage in Third Street
Park. The stage will also host a
family concert and community
dance from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
featuring Country Lips.
The Elks Lodge will host a
salmon dinner and karaoke at
6:30 p.m. If you want a later
night, DJ Pete Bitty will spin
tunes at the Pitchwood Ale-
house starting at 10 p.m.
Tons of fun Saturday
Mudtown Fitness is hosting
its second annual Mudtown
Mud Run starting at 8 a.m.
Saturday. This year’s course
will be located at the Willapa
Harbor Airport off Washington
State Route 105 just outside of
Raymond and will feature two
separate courses for kids and
adults. The kids’ course is “one
big mile-long mud pie.” Obsta-
cles will be scaled for young
folks of ages 5 to 11. The adult
course is a 5K trail run that will
take you along the shores of the
Willapa River. The obstacles
will be assembled throughout
the trail in a choose-your-own-
adventure style. Registration is
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ness.com or in-person at Mud-
town Fitness, 434 Third St. The
cost is $55 for adults and $10
for kids.
The Classic Car Show will
be set up from 9:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. Saturday on the grass
at the South Fork Landing
Park, at the intersection of U.S.
Highway 101 and Washington
State Route 6. The car show
will rev its engines and go on
a crosstown cruise at 2:30 p.m.
The annual parade will walk
through the streets at noon Sat-
urday. It’s always a lot of fun.
You can rent kayaks at the
Downtown Riverfront Park
kayak dock from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., enjoy carriage rides at the
Northwest Carriage Museum
form 1 to 4 p.m., and go on a
free swim from 2 to 5 p.m. at
Dr. O.R. Nevitt Pool.
From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., en-
joy a bouncy house at Third
Street Park, and a Kid’s Train
from 1 to 7 p.m.
The Coors Light Main
Stage in Third Street Park will
feature Pretty Gritty at 12:45
p.m. after the parade; Sam and
Dam Densmore at 2:30 p.m.;
Jessica Marie Porter at 4 p.m.;
Rabbit Wilde from 5 to 7 p.m.;
and Clint & The Eastwoods
from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m.
Project Lionheart will per-
form starting at 9:30 p.m. at
Pitchwood Alehouse.
Multiple beer gardens will
bloom during the festival. The
Eagles will host a food and
beer garden from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. At noon, the Elks Lodge
will serve barbecue and beer.
Enjoy an all-day beer garden
offered by Pitchwood Ale-
house at Third Street Park —
note that from 5 to 8 p.m., the
park will host a Home Brew
Contest. The $25 admission
includes samples from local
home brewers and live music.
Tickets are available at Pitch-
wood Alehouse and Willapa
Printing.
Sunday
The festival starts winding
down Sunday. The Elks Lodge
will host a champagne brunch
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Street
vendors, the sidewalk sale and
the photo show will still go
strong. The softball champion-
ship will take place at 9 a.m.
Third Street Park will host
free events for kids, starting at
noon with Eric Herman play-
ing kids music and including a
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face painting from 1 to 3 p.m.;
a hay scramble at 12:30 p.m.;
cookie decorating at 1 p.m.;
and a Kid’s Train and bouncy
house from noon to 7 p.m.
Music on the Coors Light
Main Stage includes Jah
Won’t Pay the Bills at 1:45
p.m.; Project Lionheart at 3
p.m.; and Black Vinyl Allstars
from 5 to 7 p.m.
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