Submitted by Olympia Harbor Days
The 43rd Annual Olympia Harbor Days Tugboat Races and Festival will open Friday, September 2 at 5:00 p.m. and run through Sunday, September 4 closing at 6:00 p.m. This Olympia favorite is located in downtown Olympia along the Waterfront from the famous Kiss Statue on the boardwalk at Percival Park on 4th Ave., north to the lookout tower at the Port of Olympia Port Plaza.
Olympia Harbor Days is a free community event featuring vintage tugboats, arts and crafts booths, food, harbor tours and live entertainment. Festival details, schedule, maps, give-away contest, raffle and more can be found at www.HarborDays.com or on Facebook “Olympia Harbor Days”.
The Olympia Harbor Days Maritime Festival, under new management, will have many new and updated events. These include: children’s day on Saturday featuring booths by the Hands On Children’s Museum, South Sound Estuary Association, tours of the WWII US Coast Guard Cutter Comanche (now a museum) all weekend, stand-up paddleboard races on Saturday, Port of Olympia tours on Saturday, and 6 outdoor trapeze aerial performance.
2016 introduces Olympia Harbor Days Summer Ale crafted by Fish Brewing and sold in exclusive partner venues just for the weekend, and, of course, the return of the annual Vintage Tugboat Show and Races – 22 tugs registered to date!
The festival is presented by the Olympia Kiwanis Club. The Olympia Kiwanis Club is a non-profit community service organization focused on serving the children of the community since 1921. Donations to the festival help fund college scholarships and keep the tugboats coming to Olympia.
