The Whaling Days Festival is set to return to “Old Town” Silverdale, with events kicking off Friday, July 26.
The festival will run through Sunday, July 28 and will provide a plethora of activities and entertainment for spectators to enjoy. Whaling Days is a family-oriented, nonprofit, volunteer-run festival which gathers funds to support other nonprofits and student scholarships.
The event will take place at Silverdale Waterfront Park. Here is a list of this year’s scheduled events:
Friday, July 26
5 to 10 p.m. – Carnival Rides, Food Vendors, and 21 and over Beer & Wine Garden
6 to 10 p.m. – Mainstage Entertainment, The Sunset Grooves and Dusty 45’s
10 p.m. – Fireworks over Dyes Inlet
Saturday, July 27
7 to 10 a.m. – Meals on Wheels Kitsap Whale Run
10 to 11 a.m. – First Federal Lions/Kiwanis Grand Parade
4:30 to 8 p.m. – Kitsap Destruction Derby (Thunderbird Stadium, Kitsap Fairgrounds)
11 a.m. to 10 p.m. – Carnival rides
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. – Street and food vendors
Noon to 10 p.m. – 21-and-over beer and wine garden and main stage entertainment: DooWoop and The Shoo B Doos, Joel Gibson Jr. and the Hired Guns, Steadyrock Cosmonaut, Down North, BooBoo LaLa
Sunday, July 28
9 a.m. – Dyes Inlet Dash Canoe Races
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Street and food vendors, carnival rides
Noon to 6 p.m. – 21-and-over beer and wine garden, main stage entertainment: Lost and Found, Skinny Blue, Collasal Boss
3 p.m. – Silverdale Rotary Duck Race
5 p.m. – Silverdale Rotary Duck Race Results