Yakima Valley Events - 2011
Yakima has it all! Sports, Cinema, Concerts, and more! Check out the event calendar or search for tickets below.
Yakima has it all! Sports, Cinema, Concerts, and more! Check out the event calendar or search for tickets below.
| DATE - APRIL | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| April 1 | Land of Joy and Sorrow | Yakima Valley Museum |
| April 1 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. |
First Day Friday Art Walk | Downtown Ellensburg |
| April 1-7 | “Survivor” Exhibit | Allied Arts Center, |
| April 2 | Yakima Symphony Orchestra Classical Concert | Capitol Theatre, Yakima (509)853-2787 |
| April 2 7:30pm |
Alice Stuart, folk music | Seasons Performance Hall, tickets $15 - (888)723-7660 |
| April 2 | Yakima River Canyon Marathon | from Ellensburg to Selah, (800) 221-0751 |
| April 6 | Voices: History of the Yakima Valley Transportation Co., | Yakima Valley Museum |
| April 7 - 9 | Jade Esteban Estrada | Carmen’s Comedy Club, Selah, WA (509)698-3900 |
| April 8 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. |
Gone Fiddlin’ Fiddle Kids Club Spring fest |
Living Care Retirement Auditorium. Free event - (509)949-2100 |
| April 8 - May 7 | National Juried Photo Exhibition | The Larson Gallery, Yakima (509)574-4875 |
| April 9 | Bill Ramsay Septet | Seasons Music Hall, Yakima (509)453-1888 |
| April 9 | Yakima Valley Rabbit Show | State Fair Grounds Yakima |
| April 9 3 p.m. |
White Pass Short Film Festival | White Pass Ski Resort |
| April 13 | Arbor Day Tree Planting | various times and locations (509)248-7337 |
| April 14 4 p.m. |
Heritage University Art Student Exhibit Opens |
Allied Arts Center, (509)966-0930 |
| April 15 - 17 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Spring Barrel Tasting Rattlesnake Hills Style |
Wapato , Zillah , Outlook , Granger, Sunnyside Various - off I-82 (509)965-4521 |
| April 15 12 p.m. |
AAYV Benefit Fashion Show, to benefit Allied Arts Youth Program |
Gasperetti’s Restaurant (509)966-0930 |
| April 15 7:30 p.m. |
Classically Romantic: Maria Larionoff and Robin McCabe, a violin and piano performance | Seasons Performance hall (509)453-1888 |
| April 15 - 24 | Spring Fling Festival, a wine tasting event and a precursor to Spring Barrel Tasting | Lower Yakima Valley |
| April 16 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
Arbor Festival “Circle of Life” | Yakima Arboretum (509)248-7337 |
| April 16 | 7th Annual Community Wide Yard Sale |
Zillah, WA |
| April 18 - 23 | Spring Fling Week at Fiddlesticks | Yakima (509)452-7718 |
| April 21 6:30 p.m. |
Annual Juried Poetry Awards Presentation and Reading | Allied Arts of Yakima Valley (509)966-0930 |
| April 22 7:30 p.m. |
Lauren Rebolloso, musical performance |
Seasons Performance Hall, tickets $15 - (509)453-1888 |
| April 23 | Easter Egg Hunt | Fiker Stadium, Prosser (509)786-3177 |
| April 23 10 a.m. |
Darigold’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt, free egg hunt for children through 9 years old. |
400 Alexander Rd., Sunnyside, (509) 837-4321. |
| April 23 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Community Egg Hunt presented by Memorial Bible Church |
Lower Naches Community Park on 111 E. Gleed Rd, Gleed, WA. 98937. - 509-966-6500 |
| April 23 7:30 p.m. |
Puddletown Ramblers, musical performance |
Seasons Performance Hall, tickets $15 - (509)453-1888 |
| April 26 - 30 |
The 39 Steps, Best of Broadway Family Series |
Capitol Theatre Yakima (509)853-2787 |
| April 29 7:30 p.m. |
Brubueck Brothers Quartet | The Seasons Performance Hall, (509)453-1888 |
| April 29 - 30 Friday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. & Saturday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Washington Fly Fishing Fair | Kittitas Valley Event Center |
| April 30 7:30 p.m. |
Paula Poundstone, comedy | The Seasons Performance Hall, (509)453-1888 |
| April 30 6 p.m. - 12 a.m. |
Zillah Spring Fling | 705 Railroad Ave,. Zillah (509)949-0164 |
| DATE - MAY | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| Every Saturday through Oct. 31st, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. |
Prosser’s Farmers’ Market | Prosser City Park, 1-800-408-1517 or (509) 786-9174 |
| Every Sunday through Oct. 25th, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Yakima’s Farmers’ Market | South Third St. in Yakima, (509) 457-5765 |
| Every Wednesday through September |
Selah Wednesday Market | behind King's Row in Selah, (509)698-7305 |
| May 1 - June 30 | Cactus Bloom Tour | Hillside Desert Botanicals (509)248-1742 |
| May 6 - 8 | Cinco de Mayo Celebration | Sunnyside - (509)837-5939 |
| May 6 - 21 | “Dinner & Music” , a new play by Kurt Labberton, directed by Melissa Labberton and produced by Mary Jo Bassani | Warehouse Theatre (509)966-0951 |
| May 6 - 7 Friday 3 p.m. - 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
Spring Plant Sale, | Yakima Arboretum (509)248-7337 |
| May 6 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. |
Cookie Beam Invitational Golf Tournament |
(509)248-2021 |
| May 7 | Tractor Run to Toppenish | (509)833-9635 |
| May 7 | Harvest Jazz Festival | Capitol Theatre Yakima (509)853-2787 |
| May 7 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
Old Steel Car Club Show | Central Washington Agricultural Museum - (509)457-8735 |
| May 7 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
Prosser City-Wide Yard Sale | Prosser (509)786-3177 |
| May 11 - 12 Wed. at 3pm & Thur at 7pm |
“Rage Against the Machine: the Pacific Northwest and Imperial Oil” YVCC Diversity Series | Kendall Hall Auditorium, Yakima Valley Community College, (509) 574-6800 ext. 3151. |
| May 12 - 14 | Zillah Community Days Centennial Celebration |
Zillah, WA, (509)829-5055 |
| May 13 7:30 pm |
East Village Opera Company, Parson’s Dance | Capitol Theatre |
| May 13 - 14 | Jack Willhite | Carmen’s Comedy Club, Selah (509)698-3900 |
| May 14 | 4th Annual Grape to Glass Gala | YVCC Grandview Campus (509)882-7037 |
| May 14 | 11th Annual Tour of Artist’s Homes & Studios, local artists open their homes and studios to the public | Yakima (509)574-4875 |
| May 14 | Antique Truck Club Show, American Antique Truck Society | Union Gap, |
| May 15 - 17 | 7th Annual Zillah Community Wide Yard Sale |
Zillah, WA |
| May 16 - June 8 | YVCC Department of Visual Arts Exhibition |
Larson Gallery, (509)574-4875 |
| May 18 | Tractor Pull Competition, high school students compete | (509) 833-4811 |
| May 19 - 22 | Selah Community Days | Selah, |
| May 21 | Community Dance | Broadway Grange (509)949-2100 |
| May 21 7:30 p.m. |
Verdi Requiem, Yakima Symphony Orchestra Classical Concert | Capitol Theatre in Yakima, (509)853-2787 |
| May 22 | Your Canyon For A Day, 35-mile bike ride |
www.crimestoppersyakco.org |
| May 27 | Desert Wind Friday Night Supper Club |
(509)786-7277 |
| May 27 - 29 | State High School Tennis Tournament |
Yakima Tennis Club (509)248-2938 |
| May 28 7 a.m. - 11 a.m. |
Make the Dash Count, Prosser Wine and Food Park |
Prosser (509)786-3177 |
| May 28 - 30 | Memorial Day at Merry Hill Winery | For more information call (877)MARYHILL |
| DATE - JUNE | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| June 1 - 4 | Fiddlestick’s Sidewalk Sale | Yakima |
| June 3 - 4 | Toppenish Mural Society’s “Mural-in-a-Day” |
Pioneer Park, (509)865-3232 |
| June 3 - 5 | Rainier Film Festival | Ashford, WA |
| June 4 | Gap2Gap/Jr. Gap2Gap, relay race | (509)453-8280 |
| June 4 | Rock the Gap, dinner and dancing | Sarg Hubbard Park (509)453-8280 |
| June 4 - July 17 | Textiles Tieton, art exhibition | (509)494-2009 |
| June 4 - 5 | Yakima Kennel Club Dog Show | Central Washington State Fair Grounds, (509)248-7160 ext 106 |
| June 11 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
Garden Tour | Yakima Arboretum, (509)248-7337 |
| June 11 - 12 9 a.m. Saturday to 5 p.m. Sunday |
Prosser Sports Festival | Downtown Prosser, |
| June 11 | Tractor Run to Zillah | Zillah, (509) 833-4811 |
| June 11 - 12 | Fort Simcoe, White Swan, sanctioned | Email Bruce at bfrazier@sagefruit.com. |
| June 17 - 18 | 9th Annual Wine Country Celebration |
www.winecountrycelebration.org |
| June 17 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. |
Hogue Classic Golf Tournament | (509)788-6030 |
| June 18 | 11th Annual Scottish Fest and Highland Games |
Port of Benton Wine and Food Park Prosser - (509) 786-3177. |
| June 19 | 4th Annual Red Wine and Ribs Celebration |
Prosser (509)786-7277 |
| June 22 - September 3 | Yakima Bears Baseball | (509)457-5151 |
| June 23 - August 7 | 44th Annual Allied Arts Juried Art Exhibit |
(509)966-0930 |
| June 24 | Desert Wind Friday Night Supper Club |
Desert Wind Winery, Prosser (509)786-7277 |
| June 25 | Kestrel Festival | Prosser (509)786-3177 |
| June 25 | Darigold Dairy Fair Day | Sunnyside, (509)837-4321 |
| June 25 - July 16 | Cherry Harvest at Thompson’s Farm |
Naches (509)949-3450 |
| June 25 | Cherry Festival | Bill’s Berry Farm, Grandview (509)882-3200 |
| June 25 - 26 | Silbury Hill Farms Grand Opening Weekend |
Sunnyside (509)837-8012 |
| June 25 | Sunshine and Wine Event | State Fair Park, Yakima, (509) 248-7160. |
| DATE - JULY | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| July 1 - 2 | Toppenish Rodeo and Powwow | Toppenish Rodeo Grounds (509) 865-5566 |
| July 2 | Blueberry Daze Festival and Antiques on the Farm |
Bill’s Berry Farm, Grandview (509)882-3200 |
| July 4 | 78th Toppenish Wild West Parade | Downtown Toppenish, (509)865-3262 |
| July 4 | Community Celebrations, Fireworks | Prosser, Sunnyside, Zillah, Granger |
| July 16 | Annual Art Walk & Wine Gala | Prosser (509)786-3177 |
| July 16 - 17 Friday 9 a.m. Sunday 5 p.m. |
Prosser Fly-In: Planes, food, and fun |
Prosser Airport (509)786-2053 |
| July 16 - 17 | Tucker Cellars 30th Anniversary Celebration |
Sunnyside (509)837-8704 |
| July 22 - 24 | City Tournament - Tennis | Yakima Tennis Club, (509)248-2938 |
| July 28 - 30 | Westpark’s Annual Sidewalk Sale | Yakima 40th Ave. & Summitview Ave. |
| July 29 | Desert Wind Friday Night Supper Club |
Prosser (509)786-7277 ext 104 |
| DATE - AUGUST | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| August 5 - 6 | Annual Vintiques Car Show | State Fair Park, Yakima (509)248-7160 ext 106 |
| August 10 - 13 | Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo | Country Park in Grandview (509)882-1197 |
| August 11 - September 8 | Art Teachers’ Exhibit | Allied Arts, Yakima (509)966-0930 |
| August 13 | 6th Annual Car Show | 812 Wallace Way, Grandview, WA |
| August 13 2 p.m.- 8 p.m. |
Prosser Wine and Food Fair | Washington State University (509)786-4545 |
| August 13 - October 9 | 10x10x10xTieton, Juried Art Exhibition with national artists |
608 Wisconsin Ave. - Tieton (509)494-2009 |
| August 19 - 21 | Bluegrass Pickin’ Days, bluegrass music, food |
Zillah (509)829-5151 |
| August 19 - 21 | Toppenish Western Art Show | Railroad Park, |
| August 20 | A Case of the Blues and All That Jazz |
Sarg Hubbard Park, Yakima Greenway, (509) 453-8280. |
| August 20 - 21 | Antique Farm Expo | Central Washington Agricultural Museum, Union Gap, (509) 453-2395. |
| August 26 - 27 | Northern Pacific Railway Museum & Steam Show |
Northern Pacific Railway Museum, (509)865-1911 |
| August 26 - 27 | Tieton Community Days, parade, dancing, horses, entertainment, vendors | Tieton, (509) 952-1928 |
| August 26 | Desert Wind’s Friday Night Supper Club |
Prosser (509)786-7227 ext 104 |
| August 27 - 28 | Peach Harvest and Alpaca Farm Open House |
Sunnyside (509)837-8012 |
| DATE - SEPTEMBER | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| September 2 - 5 | Pacific Northwest Hardcourt Tennis Sectionals |
Yakima Tennis Club (509)248-2938 |
| September 3 | 9th Annual Harvest Party | Silver Lake Winery, Zillah (509)829-6235 |
| September 3 - 4 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
Peach Harvest and Alpaca Farm Open House |
Sunnyside |
| September 4 | Washington State Menudo Festival | Hisey Park in Granger, Washington Information: 509-854-7304 |
| September 5 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. |
85th Annual Prosser States Day Celebration and Parade | (509)786-3177 |
| September 9 - 11 | Naches Valley Sportsmen's Days | Naches (509)952-3250 |
| September 10 | Autumn Bounty: wine tasting dinner and live music | Yakima Arboretum, tickets $50 (509)248-7337 |
| September 10 4:30 p.m.- 11 p.m., |
A night out: Diamonds and Denim | Yellow Rose Nursery and Display Gardens - tickets $125 509-788-6042 |
| September 10 | 2nd Annual Skewered Apple BBQ Championship |
Downtown Yakima, (509) 248-0747. |
| September 10 | Not-Just-A-Farmer’s-Market Gala | Zillah, WA, (509)829-5055 |
| September 10 | 2nd Annual Dinner Train to Nowhere |
Northern Pacific Railway Museum, Toppenish - (509)865-1911 |
| September 10 | Tractor Run to Harrah | Union Gap to Harrah, (509)833-9365 |
| September 10 | Great Grandview Grape Stomp | YVCC Grandview Campus (509)882-2100 |
| Sept. 15 - Oct. 27 | Feast Juried Exhibition | Allied Arts, Yakima, (509)966-0930 |
| September 15 - 17 | Christmas Preview | Fiddlesticks, Yakima (509)452-7718 |
| September 17 | Apple and Pumpkin Festival | Bill’s Berry Farm, Grandview, (509)882-7810 |
| September 17 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. |
Fall City-Wide Yard Sale | Prosser, (509)786-3177 |
| September 23 9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Caren Mercer-Andreason Street Painting Festival |
6th Street in Downtown Prosser (509)786-3177 |
| September 23 - 25 Friday 6 a.m. Sunday 9 a.m. |
Great Prosser Balloon Rally | Airport & Art Fiker Stadium |
| September 23 - 25 | Annual Harvest Festival | Prosser (509)786-3177 |
| September 24 | Greener Living Fair and Harvest Celebration |
Prosser, (509)786-5558 |
| September 24 | Harvest Wine Dinner | Desert Wind Winery, (509)786-7277 |
| September 24 - 25 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. |
Catch the Crush, watch grapes being crushed at local wineries | Prosser, Benton City, Yakima, Zillah (509)786-3177 |
| September 24 | Apple and Pumpkin Festival | Bill’s Berry Farm, Grandview, (509)882-7810 |
| September 24 - 25 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. |
National Alpaca Farm Days | Silbury Farm |
| September 24 | SunFair Parade | Yakima Avenue, Yakima |
| DATE - OCTOBER | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| Saturdays and Sundays in October |
Thompson’s Farm Pumpkin Patch | Naches, WA (509)949-3450 |
| October 1 | Apple and Pumpkin Festival | Bill’s Berry Farm, Grandview (509)882-7810 |
| October 15 | Yakima Farmers’ Market Octoberfest | Downtown Yakima, (509)457-5765 |
| October 15 & 22 | Apple and Pumpkin Festival | Bill’s Berry Farm, Grandview (509)882-7810 |
| October 28 | Desert Wind’s Friday Night Supper Club |
Prosser (509)786-7277 ext 104 |
| October 28 - 29 | 7th Annual Haunted House | Grandview’s, (509)882-3198 |
| October 28 - 31 | Haunted Depot and Train and Pumpkin Run |
Toppenish |
| October 29 | HalloWine | Rattlesnake Hills Wine Trail, (509)965-4521 |
| October 29 - 30 | Thompson’s Farm Pumpkin Patch | Naches (509)949-3450 |
| Oct. 29 - Nov. 13 | Dia de Los Muertos | Mighty Tieton, Tieton www.mightytieton.com/events |
| DATE - NOVEMBER | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| November 4 - 6 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. |
Christmas Preview at Westpark Shopping Center |
40th Ave and Summitview Ave, Yakima |
| November 5 - 6 | Cobblestone’s Open House, gifts and antiques |
(509)966-3208 |
| Nov. 6 - Dec. 18 | The Art of Giving, Peggy Lewis Gallery |
Allied Arts Center, Yakima (509)966-0930 |
| November 11 | Prosser Veterans’ Day Parade | Prosser (509)786-3177 |
| November 18 | Desert Wind’s Friday Night Supper Club |
Prosser, (509)786-7277 ext 104 |
| November 18 | Lion’s Club Turkey Bingo | Zillah, (509) 790-7451. |
| November 19 | Chukar Cherries Holiday Open House |
Prosser, (509)786-2055 |
| November 25 - 26 | Thanksgiving in Wine Country | Various wineries in the Yakima Valley, www.wineyakimavalley.org |
| November 26 - 27 | Toy Train Christmas | Northern Pacific Railway Museum, Toppenish, (509) 865-1911. |
| DATE - DECEMBER | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION |
| December 3 | Yakima Valley Museum’s Holiday Open House |
Yakima Valley Museum, (509)248-0747 |
| December 3 | Darigold’s Decorating Cookies with Mrs. Claus |
Darigold Sunnyside (509)837-4321 |
| December 3 - 4 | Toy train Christmas | Northern Pacific Railway Museum, (509)865-1911 |
| December 4 | Victorian Christmas | Yakima Valley Museum (509)248-0747 |
| December 9 - 10 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. |
20 Annual Luminaria | 509-248-7337 |
| December 10 | Zillah’s Old Fashioned Christmas | Dowtown Zillah, (509)829-5151 |
| December 10 | Chukar Cherries Holiday Open House |
Prosser, (509)786-2055 |
| December 10 - 11 | Toy Train Christmas | Northern Pacific Railway Museum, (509)865-1911 |
| December 31 | 6th Annual Rockin’ New Years Eve | Downtown Yakima, (509) 225-2485. |