- 2009 Long Beach Peninsula Schedule of Events -

Jan. 17-18 - LONG BEACH - Windless Kite Festival
Feb. 7-8 - LONG BEACH - Asian New Year Kite Celebration
Feb. 14 - Ilwaco - Valentine's Day Dance
Mar. 13-15 - ILWACO - Peninsula Quilt Guild Show
Mar. 27-29 - LONG BEACH - Bluegrass Festival
April 3-5 - LONG BEACH - Peninsula Arts Association Show
April 25 - ILWACO - Black Lake Fishing Derby
May - ILWACO - Halibut/Sturgeon Fishing TBA
May 1-3 - LONG BEACH - 59th Annual Loyalty Days
May 2 - ILWACO - Children's Loyaly Day Parade and Blessing of the Fleet
May 16 - LONG BEACH - 9th Annual Surf Perch Derby
May 22-25 - World's Longest Garage Sale (Memorial Day Weekend)
June 13 - LONG BEACH - Beach To Chowder 10k Run/5k walk
June 13 - CHINOOK - SWWA Sturgeon Derby
June 19-20 - LONG BEACH - 3rd Annual Doggie Olympic Games
June 20-21 - OCEAN PARK - 28th Annual NW Garlic Festival
June 27 - PENINSULA - Music in the Gardens
June 27-28 - ILWACO - Relay for Life
July - ILWACO - Salmon Fishing Season, TBA
July 4 - Ocean Park - Annual OldFashined 4th of July Parade
Long Beach - Fireworks on the Beach
Ilwaco - Fireworks at the port
July 17-18 - 25th Annual Sandsations
July 18-19 - ILWACO - Clamshell Railroad Days
July 25-26 - Long Beach 64th NPRA Sanctioned Rodeo
Aug. - ILWACO/CHINOOK - Buoy 10 Fishing, TBA
Aug. 8 - LONG BEACH - Jake the Alligator Man's Birthday
Aug. 15 - ILWACO - Blues and Seafood Festival
Aug. 16 - OYSTERVILLE - Jazz & Oysters
Aug. 17-23 - LONG BEACH - 28th Wash. State Int'l Kite Festival
Sept. 5-7 - CHINOOK - 5th Annual Chinook Art Festival
Sept.5 - Oct.25 - ILWACO - Key Ingredients
Sept. 11 - ILWACO - Slow Drag at the Port
Sept. 12-13 - OCEAN PARK - Rod Run to the end of the World
Oct. 9-11 - LONG BEACH - Peninsula Arts Association Show
Oct. 10-11 - ILWACO - 88th Cranberrian Fair
Oct. 15 - Nov. 15 - PENINSULA - Wild Mushroom Celebration
Oct. 16-18 - PENINSULA - Water Music Festival XXV
Oct. 25 - ILWACO - Graveyard of the Pacific Events
Nov. 6-8 - LONG BEACH - Cribbage Tournament
Nov. 7-8 - Ilwaco - "Ocian in View" Program
Nov. 27-29 - LONG BEACH - Holidays at the Beach
Dec. 5 - ILWACO - Lighted Boat Parade & Crabpot Christmas Tree
Dec. 12 - SEAVIEW - Tuba Christmas
Dec. 12-13 - PENINSULA - Bed & Breakfast Holiday Open House
Dec. 31 - LONG BEACH - Fireworks at midnight over the Ocean

Witness magic happen at the Windless Kite Festival

This indoor kite-flying extravaganza will again feature the Northwest’s fine performers of flying gracefully to music in a gymnasium. Some fly individually, others work in pairs or trios and still others perform a story with their kites. A special competition is the Hot Tricks Shoot Out where indoor flyers match one crazy flying trick after another.

This 9th annual Windless Kite Festival, was started by and is continually organized by Scott Davis, the man wearing formal attire and flying the kite in the picture. Many of his crew comes from the Pierce County Kite Fliers and the Northwest Stunt Kite League.

This year’s invited flyer is Scott Weidner from Rhode Island, a competitor and first place winner in the nationals.

The event is held in the Long Beach School Gymnasium, which is on 4th Street S., and Washington. It’s a great show for watchers and if you’d like to try flying, teachers are happy to help.


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