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This is a digital publication celebrating all the best of Waitsburg, Washington. We’re here to help you find fun things to do, explore the neighborhood, and put you in touch with the amazing creatives, makers, and businesses that call this great (and tiny) city home.
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SAT 5/23 4-8pm
ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
TONGUE & GROOVE
Monthly food and music night featuring food specials and instrumental retro space cowboy blues!
4-8pm Food special: New Mexican style tacos by Cocina Barelas
7-9pm Live Music: Jazzy blues grooves by the amazing Michael Kelly Band
Saturday, 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Waitsburg Fairgrounds, Don Thomas Building
The all inclusive ticket gets you into the entire evening! Dinner & local live music from 5 - 8 PM. Children welcome! Brews are served by our local Lions Club. Proceeds from this ticket creates ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS for our local school.
21+ can continue to dance the night away to local favorite Back Roads Band from 8:00-11:00 PM.
Get your tickets online on the unified Celebration Days Registration form
SAT 5/16 3-6pm
ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
Join us for the official release of Waitsburg-grown Dona Stella Riesling (2nd vintage) and Pinky Pinot Noir from Breezy Slope vineyard.
Sampler flight, by-the-glass and by-the-bottle available!
Waitsburg Celebration Days is a time-honored event, starting in some form as early as 1902. Every third weekend in May, people from all over the Pacific Northwest gather together to celebrate the wonderful and historic Waitsburg, Washington. Packed full of events, food, and charming people, Waitsburg Celebration Days is a weekend you don't want to miss!
For the full lineup and online registration to attend events, visit https://www.waitsburgcd.com
MAY 10, 3-5PM
206 MAIN STREET
$45.00 RESERVE ONLINE
ALL AGES
Join us this Mother’s Day for a special Afternoon Tea at Wolfling Coffee. From 3–5pm, we’ll be serving unlimited tea alongside petite tea sandwiches and delicate pastries.
Celebrate the moms in your life, gather with friends, or treat yourself to a luxurious afternoon in downtown Waitsburg!
Seating is limited, so tickets are required to attend this event. Thank you!
CINCO DE MAYO, 7PM
WALLA WALLA BEER PARLOR
14 W. MAIN STREET
21+
You can count on dreamy cowboy crooning drenched in reverb, from The Low Plains Drifters first ever gig. In addition to music, there will be beer, tacos (meaty or veggie),… and maybe posters if they haven’t already sold out. Get there early!
SATURDAY MAY 2 5-6 PM
ART TALK with Joseph Roberts and Julie Devine focused on "SUFFRAGETTE I". Artist will join in person.
Royal Block hosts monthly art talks: round-table discussions facilitated by Joseph Roberts that consider differing perceptions of a single artwork. No art experience necessary.
Come early to sample new wines from our friends in the Valley!
SATURDAY MAY 2, 2-6PM
ATELIER WAITSBURG
120 MAIN STREET
BOOK ONLINE $35
21+
Pintxos and Pinot! We are the 2024 vintage of Memorialis - the wine that started it all for Holocene, paired with small Basque-inspired bites.
FRIDAY MAY 1, 5:30-7:00 PM
ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
21+
A nation is only as strong as its workforce. From farmers to pharmacists, factory workers to educators, contractors to creatives, there is no America without those who keep it fed, fueled, fired up and keep the country’s coffers full. In this 80-minute block of shorts — narrative, documentary, animation, and music video, Fall of Freedom reminds that people have always had and always will have the power… to make change. If we work together, we can build… a more perfect Union.
Curated and presented by the Walla Walla Movie Crush.
FRIDAY, MAY 1st, 7PM
ATELIER WAITSBURG
120 MAIN STREET
$225 RESERVATIONS ONLINE
21+
An intimate evening with Mike Easton and Todd Alexander.
Experience a thoughtful pairing of wine and food in our brand-new Waitsburg space.
ONCE UPON A SPRING
APRIL 18, 12-4PM
THE SELAH
3579 CLODIUS ROAD
The Selah is having a seasonal extravaganza this Saturday with petting zoo, free pony rides for kids 12-and-under, kids build-your-own bouquets, balloon animals, live music + children’s choir, roping practice, fiber + alpaca education, dairy cow milking + butter making, flower planting activities, and hands-on learning. Vendors will be selling on Peddler’s Row, and free hotdogs, popcorn, and cotton candy will be served, with a coffee cart available to ensure that the adults can keep up with all the fun.
All Ages.
SATURDAY APRIL 11, 6-7pm
ROYAL BLOCK
222 MAIN STREET
Mindfulness leader, Kurt Hoelting, will read from his latest book "Apprentice To The Wild". Books will be available to purchase.
Kurt Hoelting grew up by the Salish Sea, working as a commercial fisherman and wilderness guide in Alaska for over fifty years. A climber and Zen student, he has blended his love of wilderness exploration with an equal passion for exploring the “wild within.”, leading mindfulness-based sea kayaking expeditions in the Tongass wilderness of Southeast Alaska through his outfitter/guide company Inside Passages. His new book Apprentice To The Wild is a celebration of that wild love built into the heart of our human experience. Hoelting is also the author of The Circumference of Home, which was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. He makes his home on Whidbey Island.
21+
