A fairgoer shows off her corndog on the midway at the state fair.

Festival and Events Grants

Thanks to a generous grant from the U.S. Economic Development Association, the Department of Commerce was able to administer a grant program to support the restart and growth of community festivals and events across the state. The more than $3.3 million in grants supported 284 events in 36 of the 39 counties across the state, including festivals, civic and holiday celebrations, cultural and heritage events, music festivals, and street and arts fairs in communities with populations of 100,000 or less.

Grants can be used to restart local festivals and events suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic or to stabilize depleted budgets. Recipients can use the funds for deposits on infrastructure (security, temporary fencing, staging, lights, sound equipment, etc.) and staff and labor costs. 

Grant Recipients

Following is a list of pending grant recipients. The final list is still in process as certain organizations may not be able to demonstrate stated losses or are unable to provide the required Universal Entity Identifier number.

Organization Name  Award Amount
Airway Heights Parks and Recreation Department  $                               7,000
Allied Arts of Whatcom County  $                            13,000
American Lung Association  $                            13,000
Anacortes Arts Festival  $                            17,500
Anacortes Chamber of Commerce  $                            20,000
Applied Education Foundation  $                               7,000
Arlington Fly-In  $                            15,000
Arlington Runners Club  $                               9,000
Arrowhead Ranch Foundation  $                               7,000
BAAY  $                               5,850
Bainbridge Island Studio Tour  $                               7,000
BAMF! Productions LLC (Bellingham Arts, Music Fest  $                            13,000
Bay Mare Productions dba FarmJam Music Festival & Corn Maze  $                            11,000
Bellingham International Film Festival  $                               5,000
Bellingham Whatcom Chamber  $                            15,470
Benton Franklin Fair assoc  $                            25,000
Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
Birdsview Brewing Company  $                               5,000
Black Diamond Historical Society  $                               4,100
Bold Hat Productions  $                            25,000
Bremerton Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
Bremerton Rotary Foundation / Blackberry Festival  $                            11,000
Brown’s Point Improvement Club  $                            13,000
Buganda Development  $                            11,000
Camano Arts Association  $                               9,000
Camano Senior Services  $                               9,000
Capital Lakefair Inc.  $                            25,000
Carnation 4th of July Celebration  $                               9,000
Cascade Days  $                               5,000
Castle Rock Community Development Alliance  $                               5,000
Celtic Arts Foundation  $                            10,000
CenterPoint Eatonville  $                               9,000
Central Washington Fair  $                            35,000
Centrum  $                            35,000
Chamber of Commerce Port Angeles  $                            17,500
Children’s Developmental Center  $                            35,000
City of Bonney Lake  $                               9,000
City of Covington  $                               9,000
City of Fife  $                            11,000
City of Kelso  $                               9,000
City of Kennewick  $                               3,511
City of Lakewood  $                               9,000
City of Mercer Island  $                            30,000
City of Milton  $                               9,000
City of Montesano  $                               5,000
City of Olympia, Parks Arts & Recreation  $                            15,000
City of Olympia Arts walk  $                               9,000
City of Orting  $                               5,000
City of Rainier  $                               1,000
City of Redmond Derby Days  $                            13,000
City of Sea Tac  $                            20,000
City of Tukwila Parks & Recreation  $                               9,000
Clallum County Parks  $                            25,000
Cloudview Farm  $                               3,000
Club Northwest  $                               9,000
Colfax Chamber of Commerce  $                               7,000
Columbia Basin Allied Arts  $                               7,000
County Fair Association of Jefferson county  $                            20,000
Coupeville Festival Association  $                            11,000
Coupville Historic Waterfront Association  $                            13,000
Cranberry Heritage  $                                  197
Daffoldil Festival  $                            11,000
Darrington Blue Grass and Country Music Festival  $                            17,500
Dayton Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
DeMiero Jazz Festival  $                               9,000
Department of Bioregion  $                            17,500
Doomsday Brewing Company LLC  $                               5,000
Dovetail Associates Engage Thru Tech  $                            11,000
Downtown Association of Yakima  $                            15,000
Downtown Bellingham Association  $                            11,000
Downtown Issaquah assoc  $                               7,000
Downtown Pasco Development Authority  $                            11,000
Downtown Walla Walla Foundation  $                            17,500
Drink Washington State, LLC  $                               7,000
Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival  $                            25,000
Earthbound Productions  $                               9,000
Eatonville Business Association  $                               7,000
Edmonds Driftwood Players  $                            10,065
Ellensburg Rodeo Association  $                            30,000
Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Association (ERHOF)  $                               9,000
Enumclaw Expo & Event Association  $                            35,000
Ephrata Chamber of Commerce  $                               9,000
ETERNVL  $                               7,000
Evergreen Longhouse, Evergreen State College  $                               7,000
Extreme Sports Park  $                            11,000
Fairfield Service Club  $                               3,053
Fathoms of Fun Festival  $                               5,000
Ferndale Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
Ferndale Heritage Society  $                               4,000
Ferry County Fair  $                            13,000
FIESTAS MEXICANAS  $                               6,000
Finnish American Folk Festival  $                               7,000
First Night Tri-Cities  $                               7,000
Fjordin Crossin  $                               7,000
Flight Club Foundation  $                               7,000
Fred Gritman  $                            11,000
Free Spirit Productions  $                            15,000
Frenchtown Historical Foundation  $                               7,000
Friday Harbor Film Festival  $                            11,000
Friends of Chinook School  $                            11,000
Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park  $                            11,000
Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge  $                               9,000
Gateway Rotary Club of Thurston County  $                            13,000
Gig Harbor Boatshop  $                               5,000
Gig Harbor Downtown Waterfront Alliance  $                            15,000
Gig Harbor High School Band  $                               9,000
Glendale Rodeo Association  $                               7,000
Golden Brick Events  $                            11,000
Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce  $                               1,719
Grapeview Community Association  $                               7,000
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport  $                            10,000
Great Bend Center for Music  $                            15,000
Great Kingston Kiwanis  $                               5,000
Greater Clark County Kennel Club  $                            11,000
Greater Edmonds Chamber of Commerce  $                            25,000
Greater Gig Harbor Foundation  $                            11,000
Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce  $                            30,000
Greater Kingston Community  $                            11,000
Greater Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce  $                            17,500
Half Moon Bay Pirates (Rusty Scupper Days)  $                               7,000
Hands On Children’s Museum  $                            35,000
Harbor History Museum  $                               1,481
Harbor WildWatch  $                               7,500
Heartlinks  $                               7,000
Highland Lutherans Fall Festival  $                               5,000
Highlighters Art Club  $                               5,000
Historic Downtown Kennewick Partnership  $                               9,000
Hoquim Loggers Play Day  $                            11,000
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts  $                            25,000
Ignition Northwest  $                            25,000
Ilwaco Heritage Foundation Dba Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum  $                               5,000
Ilwaco Merchants Association  $                               5,000
Island Shakespeare Festival  $                            13,000
JHP Cultural and Diversity Legacy  $                            11,000
Juan De Fuca Foundation for the Arts  $                            17,500
Kettle Falls Area Chamber of Commerce  $                               7,000
Kingston 4th of July Celebration  $                               9,000
Kirkland Downtown Association  $                            20,000
Kitsap County Historical Society  $                            11,000
Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce  $                            20,000
La Conner Arts Foundation  $                               9,000
Lacey Parks, Culture & Recreation  $                            10,000
Lacey South Sound Chamber of Commerce  $                            15,000
Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce  $                            17,500
Lake Washington Singers  $                               7,000
Lattin’s Country Cider Mill and Farm  $                            15,000
Laughing Horse Arts Foundation  $                            15,000
Lelooska Foundation  $                            15,000
Lewis County Parks and Recreation  $                            11,000
Loggerodeo  $                            13,000
Long Beach Merchants Assoc  $                               9,000
Lookout Arts Quarry  $                            15,000
Lopez Island Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center  $                            11,000
Lummi Nation  $                               9,000
Lynden Hospitality LLC  $                            11,000
Lynden Music Festival  $                               7,000
Makahj Indian Tribe of Makah Indian Reservation  $                            11,000
Make.Shift Art Space  $                               5,000
Maple valley creative arts Council  $                               5,000
Maryfest  $                            13,000
Marysville Parks, Culture and Recreation  $                               9,000
Mason County Forest Festival Association  $                               9,000
Master Gardener Foundation of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties  $                               9,000
Meihua Chinese School  $                               5,000
Methow Arts Alliance  $                            15,000
Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival  $                            15,000
Mill Creek Festival  $                            11,000
Miss Rodeo Washington Pageant  $                            11,000
Morton Loggers Jubilee  $                            11,000
Moses Lake Spring Festival  $                            15,000
Mount Vernon Downtown Association  $                               7,000
North Bend Downtown Foundation  $                               9,000
North Bend Educational and Cultural Association  $                            11,000
North Bend Film Festival  $                               9,000
Northwest Culture Foundation  $                               7,000
Odessa Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
Okanogan County Fair  $                            15,000
Olympia Film Society  $                            20,000
Olympia Symphony Orchestra  $                            13,000
Olympic Flight Museum  $                            20,000
Olympic Music Festival  $                            15,000
Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
Orcas Island Farmers Market Association  $                               9,000
Orcas Island lit Fest  $                               7,500
Orcas Open Arts  $                            17,500
Othello Sandhill Crane Festival  $                               9,000
Oyster Run  $                            11,000
Pacific County Fair  $                            15,000
Pacific Northwest Quilt & fiber Arts Museum  $                            17,500
Palouse Chamber of Commerce  $                            13,000
Party N Bag  $                               9,000
Peninsula Art League (PAL)  $                            11,000
Penn Cove Water Festival  $                               9,000
Pierce County Parks  $                               7,000
Pomeroy Living History Farm  $                            11,000
Port Townsend Film Festival  $                            35,000
Port Townsend Main Street  $                            13,000
Prosser Memorial Health Foundation  $                            11,000
Puyallup Main Street Association  $                            15,000
RCSG LLC  $                            12,000
Redmond Ridge Residental Owner Association  $                               7,000
Relmagine Medical Lake  $                            11,000
Rotary Club of Edmonds Daybreakers Foundation  $                            11,000
RUN THE DAM  $                               5,000
San Juan County Parks  $                            25,000
San Juan Islands Agriculture Guild  $                               5,000
Seatte-Tashkent Sister City Association  $                               5,000
Seattle Scottish Highland Games  $                            30,000
Seattle-Washington State Korean Association  $                            11,000
Sedro Wolley Chamber of Commerce  $                               5,000
Sequim City Band  $                               5,000
Sequim Irrigation Festival  $                            15,000
Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
Shafer Historical Museum Okanogan  $                               5,000
Shakespeare Northwest Assoc  $                               9,000
ShoreLake Arts  $                               5,000
Skagit County Fairgrounds  $                               9,113
Skagit River Poetry Foundation  $                            11,000
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival  $                            13,000
Skamania County Community Events and Rec  $                               9,000
Skookum Rotary Foundation  $                            25,000
Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
Slippery Gulch  $                               5,000
Snohomish Running Company  $                            25,000
South Bay Grange #250  $                               5,000
South Sound Maritime Heritage Association  $                            15,000
Spouses’ Club of Lewis-McChord  $                               9,000
Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center  $                            15,000
Stanwood-Camino Community Fair  $                            20,000
Steamboat Jamboree Partnership  $                               9,000
Stilly Valley Center  $                               3,000
Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Community Center of Seattle  $                            35,000
Subdued Stringband Jamboree/ Allied Arts Whatcom  $                            11,000
Sumas Chamber of Commerce  $                               5,000
Summer Meltdown LLC  $                            35,000
Sumner Main Street Association  $                               1,009
Sunnyside Rotary Club  $                               7,000
Tacoma Events Commission Orting Pumpkin Festival  $                               5,000
Tasveer  $                            11,000
The hydroplane and Raceboat Museum  $                            17,500
The Jazz Project  $                            11,000
The Kellogg Group/Clark and Lewie’s  $                               5,000
The Production Alliance  $                            11,000
The World Kite Museum & Hall of Fame  $                            15,000
Tieton Arts and Humanities  $                               8,000
Tokeland Hotel & Restaurant  $                            15,000
Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation  $                            11,000
Tri-city Family Expo  $                            11,000
Tri-city quilters  $                               9,000
Triplehorn Brewing Co  $                            10,000
Tri-State Hospital Foundation  $                            11,000
Tumwater Parks and Recreation  $                            15,000
TwispWorks  $                            11,745
Vader May Day  $                               5,000
Wahkiakum County Fair  $                               7,000
Waitsburg Commercial Club  $                               3,500
Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival  $                            11,000
Walla Walla Guitar Festival  $                               9,000
Walla Walla Quilt Festival  $                               5,000
WAMA, Inc. dba Washington Acoustic Music Association  $                               5,000
Washington Blues Society  $                            13,000
Washington Center for the Performing Arts  $                               5,000
Washington Renaissance Arts & Education Society  $                            30,000
Washington State University School of Music  $                               5,000
Wayzgoose Kitsap  $                               5,000
Wenatchee Downtown Association  $                               7,000
Wenatchee River Institute (WRI)  $                               9,000
WEP LLC dba Willowbrook Manor  $                               5,000
Wesport/Grayland Chamber of Commerce  $                            11,000
Whatcom Events  $                            30,000
Wheatland Communities’ Fair  $                            11,000
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts  $                            30,000
Whidbey Island Fair  $                            15,000
White Salmon Spring Festival  $                               7,000
Wind River Business Association  $                               5,000
Willapa Harbor Festival  $                               3,424
Wooden Boat foundation  $                            30,000
Woodinville Chamber  $                            25,000
Woodland Planters Day Celebration  $                               7,000
Yakima Valley Rail & steam Museum  $                            13,000
Yaima Morella Sister City  $                               9,000
Yarrow Point Community Association  $                            10,000
Yeleen Production  $                               7,000
Youth Theater Northwest  $                            17,500