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Arlington hosts many special events throughout the year. If you are interested in sponsoring a special event in Arlington, please contact the Recreation office at 360-403-3448. Community special events might include, but are not limited to, fun runs, auctions, parades, fairs, and events in parks and on public property. To post an event on our city website calendar email info@arlingtonwa.gov.
Arlington Update Newsletter Summer 2023
Event list 2023
Upcoming Events:
- Arlington Farmers Markets Saturdays, 10am to 2pm at Legion Park in downtown Arlington May 13 to September
- Kid's Health and Safety Day at the Arlington Farmers Market May 13
- Show and Shine Car Show, Saturday, June 10 on Olympic Avenue downtown, sponsored by Downtown Arlington Business Association
July Fourth activities
Street Fair Entertainment
Friday July 7
11am to 12:30pm Voices of the Village
1pm to 2:30pm Old Time Fiddlers
3pm to 5pm MoonPie Ramblers
Saturday July 8
10am to 11:30am Uncle Doug Cooper music
Noon to 1pm Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana
2pm to 3:30pm Rich & Jeff, a musical duo
4pm to 6pm Cloud Cover Band
Sunday, July 9
11am to 12:30pm Marcia Kester music
1pm to 2pm Henny Penny, children’s theater
Shakespeare at Terrace Park
July 16 at 6:00 p.m. Presented by Last Leaf Productions
Terrace Park, on the terraces,809 E. Fifth Street.
Shakespeare’s battle of the sexes, “The Taming of the Shrew” meets “Mad Men” in this production of the classic battle of wits between Petruchio and Katharina set in the 1950’s. Petruchio’s friend, Lucentio, is all set to marry Bianca, the younger daughter of a wealthy Padua merchant. But Bianca’s father refuses to let her marry before her shrewish older sister, Katharina, finds a husband. Enter Petruchio who is determined to marry into wealth no matter what his potential wife is like. He must charm the skeptical Katharina for any of their well-laid plans can succeed.
Music at Legion Park
Legion Park, 114 N Olympic Ave., Downtown Arlington
Made possible in part by assistance from the City of Arlington Hotel-Motel tax fund.
Fri. June 9, 6pm Danny Vernon’s Illusion of Elvis
Sat. June 17, 6pm Altered 90s band
Sat. June 24, 6pm MoonPie Ramblers
Fri. July 7, 11am-5pm Street Fair music
Sat. July 8, 10am-6pm Street Fair music
Sun. July 9, 11am-12:30pm Street Fair music
Sat. July 15, 6pm Aardvarks Utd.
Sat. July 22, 6pm Stilly River Lockdown
Sat. July 29, 6pm North by Northwest
Sat. Aug 5, 6pm Vandalls Band
Sat. Aug 12, 6pm Harvey Creek Band
Sat. Aug 19, 6pm Stilly River Lockdown
Sat. Aug 26 Art in the Park music:
10am Pacific Northwest Taiko drumming
12-2pm Oyster Bay Band
3-5pm Denny & the Jeffs
6-8pm Randy Norris & the Fun Degree Band
Sun. Aug 27 Art in the Park music:
2pm Bonfire with Bonnie Rose & Pete Frothingham