You can find plenty of things to do in the Yakima Valley, this calendar should help get you on the way.
2007 Yakima Valley Event Calendar
~January~
Prosser- Community Awards Banquet- Last week in January, January 29, 2007
~February~
Valley Wide - Red Wine & Chocolate- Presidents Day Weekend, February 17-19, 2007
Yakama Nation – 69th Annual Washington’s Birthday Celebration – February 22-24, 2007
~March~
Benton City: Rattlesnake Ridge Riders Annual Trail Ride & Chili Feed- March 11, 2007
Prosser: Sweet Retreats- March 10, 2007
Toppenish - 43rd Annual Spilyay Indian Market and Arts Fair - March 10 – 11
Wapato - Sukiyaki Dinner - March 4, 2007
Wapato - Annual Community Awards - March 24, 2007
Yakama Nation – 50th Commemoration Memorial & Dinner for Celilo Falls – March 10, 2007
Yakama Nation – 43rd Annual Spilyay Indian Market & Arts Fair – March 10-11, 2007
Yakama Nation – 36th Annual Yakama Nation Golf Association Spring Fling – March 24, 25, 2007
Yakama Nation – 52nd Annual All-Indian Men’s Invitational Basketball Tournament – March 28-31, 2007
Yakama Nation – 6th Annual Women’s Big Basketball Tournament – March 30-1, 2007
~April~
Benton City: PRCA Columbia River Circuit Pro-West Rodeo- April 14, 15th, 2007
Benton City: SASS Washington State Championship Black Powder Shootout- April 20-22, 2007
Benton City: Spring Opener Car & Bike Show- April 28th, 2007
Prosser - Easter Egg Hunt- 2nd Saturday in April, April 14th, 2007
Sunnyside – Darigold Dairy Fair’s Easter Egg Hunt- April - Easter, 2007
Toppenish – Toppenish Mural Tours Wagon Tours Begin- April 21, 2007
Toppenish – Toppenish Centennial Celebration - April 28-29, 2007
Toppenish – Northern Pacific Railway Museum Opens- April 28, 2007
Toppenish – Central Washington Junior Livestock Show- April 29 – May 2, 2007
Yakama Nation – Annual Celilo Wy-Arn Salmon Feast – April 13-15, 2007
Yakama Nation – 5th Annual White Swan JR Rodeo Association Spring Round-Up – April 24-25, 2007
Valley Wide - Pre Spring Barrel Tasting- 3rd Weekend in April, April, 20-22, 2007
Valley Wide - Spring Barrel Tasting- Last Weekend in April, April 27-29, 2007
Valley Wide - Spring Fling – April 20th -29th, 2007
~May~
Benton City- Washington State Palma Rifle Championship- May 18-20, 2007
Benton City- Washington State High School Rodeo- May 19, 20, 2007
Prosser - Farmers Market- May-October 2007
Prosser - Wine Country Spring Fair- Mother’s Day Weekend May 12 & 13, 2007
Sunnyside – Cinco de Mayo – First weekend in May, 2007
Toppenish – Central Washington Junior Livestock Show- April 29 – May 2, 2007
Toppenish – American Hop Museum Opens- May, 2007
Toppenish – Centennial Kermes (Mexican Market and Fiesta) - May 19, 20 2007
Yakama Nation – 5th Annual Educating Our Future Pow Wow – May 4-6, 2007
Yakima – Cinco de Mayo – Millennium Arts Plaza - May 5, 2007
Yakima – Your Canyon for a Day Bike Tour – Yakima River Canyon - May 19-20, 2007
Yakima – Memorial Day Parade – Yakima Avenue - May 28, 2007~June~
Benton City: June Jamboree Music Festival- June 2, 2007
Prosser - Make the Dash Count – 2nd Saturday of June, June 9, 2007
Prosser - Prosser Scottish Fest- 3rd Saturday of June, June 16, 2007
Prosser - Kestrel Festival- 4th Saturday in June, June 23, 2007
Prosser - Best Run- 4th Saturday in June, June 30, 2007
Sunnyside – Darigold Dairy Fair Days – Third weekend in June, 2007
Toppenish – Mural-In-A-Day- June 2, 2007
Toppenish – Centennial Exhibit at the Northern Pacific Railway Museum - June 2, 2007
Toppenish – Miss Toppenish Pageant - June 20, 2007
Toppenish – Toppenish Centennial “Western Days” Celebration - June 21-July 7, 2007
Yakama Nation – 152nd Yakama Nation Treaty Day Pow Wow – Commemoration of 1855 - June 8-10, 2007
Yakama Nation – “Powi-Ya-Lux-Simit” Pow Wow - June 8-10, 2007
Yakama Nation – Annual Treaty Day, All Indian Championship Rodeo - June 8-10, 2007
Yakama Nation – Annual Time Immemorial Gathering Pow Wow & Stickgame – June 28-July 1, 2007
Yakima - Gap-To-Gap Relay Race – Yakima Greenway – June 2, 2007
Union Gap - Old Town Days – Fullbright Park – June 15-17, 2007
~July~
Benton City: Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks- July 4th, 2007
Prosser - Old Fashioned 4th Of July Celebration- July 4, 2007
Prosser - Annual Art Walk & Wine Gala- 3rd Saturday in July, July 21, 2007
Sunnyside – Summer Jam 3 on 3 Basketball Tourament – July 3rd, 2007
Sunnyside – Independence Celebration – July 4th , 2007
Toppenish – Toppenish Centennial “Western Days” Celebration - June 21-July 7, 2007
Toppenish – Toppenish Pow Wow Rodeo and Indian Village – July 4-7, 2007
Toppenish – Lions Club Pancake Breakfast – July 4, 2007
Toppenish – Pow Wow and Wild West Parade – July 4, 2007
Toppenish – Yakima Valley Community Band Concert in Railroad Park – July 12, 26, 2007
Toppenish – Toppenish Junior Rodeo – July 13-15, 2007
Yakama Nation – Annual Time Immemorial Gathering Pow Wow & Stickgame – June 28-July 1, 2007
Yakama Nation – 4th of July Pow Wow –July 1-4, 2007
Yakima - 4th of July – State Fair Park – July 4th, 2007
Yakima - Folklife Festival – Franklin Park and Yakima Valley Museum – 2nd Weekend of July, 2007
Union Gap - 3rd Annual Gapsody Music Festival – Fullbright Park – July 28th , 2007
Union Gap - Fire Department All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast – 107 W. Ahtanum Road – July 28, 2007
~August~
Benton City: Washington State Sporting Rifle Championship- August 25, 26th ,2007
Grandview – Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo – August 8 – 11th
Grandview – Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo Parade – August 9th, 2007
Grandview Chamber 2nd Annual Car Show –August 11th , 2007
Prosser - A Little Nite Music – 2nd Friday in August, August 10, 2007
Prosser Wine & Food Fair-2nd Saturday in August, August 11, 2007
Prosser Sports Festival- 3rd Weekend in August, August 17-19, 2007
Sunnyside – Pacific Northwest Annual Chile Pepper Festival – First weekend in August, 2007
Toppenish – Yakima Valley Community Band Concert in Railroad Park – August 9, 2007
Toppenish – Western Art Show – August 17-19, 2007
Toppenish – Lions Club Western Art Show Steak Feed – August 18, 2007
Toppenish – Northern Pacific Railway Museum & Steam Show – August 17-19, 2007
Toppenish – Legends Casino Pow Wow, Rodeo & Stick Game Tournament – August 17-19, 2007
Toppenish – Whistlestop! Country Cajun & Bluegrass Music Festival – August 25, 2007
Toppenish – Northern Pacific Railway Museum Caboose Rides – August 25, 2007
Union Gap - Central Washington Antique Farm Equipment Expo – Fullbright Park – August 18-19th , 2007
Union Gap - National Night Out Against Crime – Union Gap – August 7, 2007
Yakama Nation – 11th Annual Pow-Wun-Putt Pow Wow & Encampment – August 3-5, 2007
Yakama Nation – 5th Annual Yakama Nation Legends Casino Rodeo, Pow Wow & Stickgame – August 17-19, 2007
Yakima - 40th Annual Juried Art Exhibit – Allied Arts Center – August-September, 2007
Yakima - A Case of the Blues & All that Jazz – Sarg Hubbard Park – 3rd Saturday of August, 2007
~September~
Benton City: Benton City Daze- September 7-9, 2007
Benton City: SASS Northwest Regional Championship (Cowboy Action Shooting)- September 20-23, 2007
Grandview Great Grape Stomp- September 15th, 2007
Prosser States Day Celebration- Labor Day Weekend. September 1-3, 2007
“A Night Out” Prosser Memorial Hospital Foundation – September 1, 2007
Prosser - Shop Hop- 2nd Full Weekend in September, September 13-15, 2007
The Great Prosser Balloon Rally, Harvest Festival & Street Painting- 4th Weekend in Sept. 28-30, 2007
Prosser - Catch the Crush- 4th Weekend in September, September 28-30, 2007
Sunnyside – Sunshine Days – Third weekend in September, 2007
Toppenish – Fiestas Patrias! Celebration – September 15-16, 2007
Union Gap - Miss Union Gap/Little Miss Union Gap Pageant – Ahtanum Youth Park – September 14, 2007
Yakama Nation – Annual Recovery Pow Wow – September 7-8, 2007
Yakama Nation – 34th Annual National Indian Days Celebration – September 21-23, 2007
Yakima - Flip Flop White River Rafting – Tieton River – Month of September, 2007
Yakima - Sunfair Parade – Yakima Avenue – 1st Saturday of Central WA State Fair, 2007
Yakima – Central Washington State Fair – State Fair Park – Late September (10 days), 2007
~October~
Benton City: Rattlesnake Long Range Rifle Regional Championship- October 13-14th, 2007
Grandview Chamber 3rd Annual Haunted House- October 26, 27th, 2007
Toppenish – Haunted House and Train – Northern Pacific Railway Museum – October 26-31, 2007
Union Gap - Fire Department Spaghetti Feed – 3200 2nd Street – October 11, 2007
Yakama Nation– 20th Annual White Swan Indian Summer Celebration – October 5-7th, 2007
Yakama Nation – Annual Memoral Heemsah Wildhorse Race – October 6-7, 2007
Yakima - Fresh Hop Ale Festival – Millennium Arts Plaza – October 6, 2007
~November~
Grandview - Cocoa & Carols- November 30th, 2007
Prosser - Veteran’s Day Parade- Saturday November 10, 2007
Prosser - Christmas Festival- Thanksgiving in Wine Country Weekend November 24, 2007
Sunnyside – Festival of Trees – November 16th , 2007
Toppenish – “Ranch Party” Community Awards – November 1, 2007
Toppenish – Toy Train Christmas – November 24, 2007
Valley Wide - Thanksgiving in Wine Country- Thanksgiving Weekend, November 23-25, 2007
Yakama Nation – 6th Annual Tiin-Ma Gathering Pow Wow – November 2-3, 2007
Yakama Nation – 42nd Annual Yakama Nation Veteran’s Day Pow Wow – November 9-11, 2007
Yakima - Veteran’s Day Parade – Yakima Avenue – November 10, 2007
Yakima - Central Washington Artists Exhibition – Larson Gallery – Month of November, 2007
~December~
Benton City: Winterfest- December 8, 2007
Sunnyside - Annual Lighted Farm Implement Parade – First Saturday, 2007
Toppenish – Toy Train Christmas – December 1, 8, 15, 2007
Union Gap - 4th Annual Old Fashioned Holiday Celebration – Ahtanum Youth Park – December 8, 2007
Union Gap - 4th Annual Old Fashioned Holiday Lighted Parade – Main Street – December 8, 2007
Yakama Nation – Annual Wapato Longhouse Christmas Celebration – December 25-27, 2007
Yakama Nation – Annual Toppenish Creek Longhouse New Years Celebration – December 30-January 1, 2007
Yakima - Annual Children’s Holiday Lighted Parade – Downtown Yakima and Millennium Arts Plaza - First Sunday, 2007
Yakima - Luminaria – Yakima area Arboretum – 2nd Weekend of December, 2007
Yakima - New Year’s Eve Celebration – Millennium Arts Plaza – December 31, 2007