Red Bird Blooms is participating in the 2026 Tour D’Farm tour both Saturday and Sunday. Explore the backyard flower and produce farm, learn how seasonal blooms are grown, harvested, and arranged, and browse fresh bouquets, herbs, and produce.

Come Tour D’ Farm is a two-day, self-guided experience held each September, inviting participants to explore the rich agricultural landscape of the Walla Walla Valley that is home to 894 farms over 120 wineries. Featuring a diverse range of farms, ranches, wineries and animal-centered locations, the event offers a unique opportunity to connect with the people and places behind the region’s agricultural heritage.

Participants get to grab a tour map and create their own route, visiting locations at their own pace throughout the weekend. Each stop offers a distinct experience, from meeting farmers and ranchers to learning about crops, livestock, and sustainable practices, as well as enjoying demonstrations, hands-on activities, and locally produced goods.

Designed to strengthen the connection between the community and the land, Tour D’ Farm provides an engaging, family-friendly way to experience where food comes from and the work that goes into producing it within the valley.

Artist Reception: WALTER PORTZ
ATELIER WAITSBURG 120 Main Street, Waitsburg, WA 99361, United States
SEPTEMBER 19, 2026

Artist statement.
For twenty-five years, I was a photographer. Not someone who made photographs.
A photographer. There is a difference.
I built a career making portraits. I carried cameras into thousands of rooms. I photographed people falling in love, growing older, having children, building families. Intense portraits. Creative commercial concepts. Presidents and immigrants and technology.

The camera was always there.

Eventually it became difficult to tell where I ended and it began. In 2014 I made a portrait of a friend. I removed his head. In its place I put a camera.

At the time I thought I was making an interesting image. I don't think I understood that I was making a self-portrait.

Ten years later, I keep returning to it.

Cameras for heads. 
Lenses covering eyes.
 Wires. 
Monitors.
 Machines entering bodies. Bodies disappearing into machines. The apparatus becoming the person. The person becoming the apparatus.

I spent twenty-five years looking through a piece of glass and being identified by what I carried in my hands. For most of my adult life, I documented other people's lives.

Now I am trying to understand my own.

The camera is still there. I am just no longer standing behind it.

Join us for an afternoon of great food, pioneer craft demonstrations, horse-drawn carriage rides, antique farm equipment and tools, Waits Mill model, vintage School Room, and tours of the historic Bruce House Museum, from noon to 4p.m.!

SUN 9/20 noon-2pm: ROYAL BLOCK at the FALL FESTIVAL

Find us at the annual Bruce Museum Fall Festival where chef Kenny Rudolph will be cooking some local garbanzo bean burgers!

100% vegan. 100% delicious.

SAT 9/26 4-8pm TONGUE & GROOVE

Monthly food and music night featuring food specials and instrumental retro space cowboy blues! 

4-7pm Food special : Japanese Street Food

6-8pm Live Music: Michael Kelly Band (the concert will be recorded live)

No cover | 21+

Get ready to sink your teeth into mouthwatering salmon at the Annual Waitsburg Lions Club Salmon BBQ. On the menu:

GRILLED SALMON with FAMOUS SAUCE
BAKED POTATO
BAKED BREAD
FAMOUS BAKED BEANS
HOMEMADE COLE SLAW
BEER & WINE

It’s a feast you don’t want to miss!

TICKETS ONLINE
21+

FRI 10/2 6-7:30pm FALL OF FREEDOM: AMERICA ON ICE

Presented by The Movie Crush. Curated by Warren Etheredge.

No individual is “illegal” despite incendiary political rhetoric that would have Americans believe otherwise. The efforts to criminalize immigration and, worse, the actions to enforce policies that lead to detainment, deportation, and death, are arguably unethical and unconstitutional. We just can’t let that skate. In this exclusive collection of shorts, award-winning filmmakers challenge perceptions and practices of the Department of Homeland Security and the law enforcement agencies under its purview. 

Free admission | 21+

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3  •  3 PM - 8 PM
WAITSBURG FAIRGROUNDS
WAITSBURG, WA
TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE

Welcome to the WAITSBURG BREWFEST happening at Waitsburg Fairgrounds! Get ready for a day filled with amazing craft beers, delicious food, and music. Join us on October 3, 2026 @ 3 PM for a fantastic time with friends and family. Don't miss out on this opportunity to taste some of the best brews in the region and enjoy a fun-filled day out. See you there!

Your Brewfest ticket also grants you access to our Brewfest Vendor Fair open from 12-3 prior to the beer festivities.

Sponsored by the Waitsburg Commercial Club

WAITSBURG BREWFEST is a family friendly event.

Tickets:

$50.00 VIP Admission - includes early entry, souvenir stein, 6 beer tokens

$40.00 General Admission - includes entry, souvenir glass, 4 beer tokens

$10.00 Designated Driver - includes entry, 5 tokens towards soda

$5.00 16 and under - includes entry, 3 tokens towards soda

$ 3.00 Additional beer tokens

SAT 9/26 4-8pm TONGUE & GROOVE

Monthly food and music night featuring food specials and instrumental retro space cowboy blues! 

4-7pm Food special : Japanese Street Food

6-8pm Live Music: Michael Kelly Band

No cover | 21+

Grenache Fest is coming to Waitsburg, Washington, bringing with it a focused, celebratory spotlight on one of the world’s most important and expressive grapes. Waitsburg’s proximity to the Walla Walla Valley makes it an obvious choice. Add to that the charm of an entire town block on the national historic registry and an enclave of artists and artisans, and the event feels right at home!

Grenache Fest was created to champion Grenache in all its forms, from elegant and savory to bold and powerful, while fostering authentic connections between winemakers, the trade, media, and passionate consumers. The festival has quickly earned a reputation for blending serious wine conversation with an approachable, convivial atmosphere that mirrors the spirit of the grape itself.

TICKETS ONLINE
21+

HERE’S THE LINEUP:

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm. Blind Tasting Seminar
Taste ten Grenache wines "blind" under the guidance of moderators MJ Towler, Michael Alberty, and local sommeliers. The range of flavor profiles will be vast, and there won't be any preconceived notions about quality.
Location: Waitsburg Town Hall

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm. "Come to the Light" with Michael Alberty
These wines show restraint and elegance, due to terroir or winemaking decisions. Your moderator, Michael Alberty of Wine Enthusiast, will lead you through this tasting, along with the winemakers themselves.
Location: Atelier Waitsburg

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm. "Stuck in the Middle With You" with Paul Gregutt
Not too restrained, not too bold! Your moderator, Paul Gregutt of Paul Gregutt’s Wine Guide, will lead you through this tasting, along with the winemakers themselves.
Location: The Morgan Building

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm. Bigger! Bolder! Blacker! with MJ Towler "Black Wine Guy"
These are the biggest, boldest Grenaches of the Fest. Your moderator, MJ Towler of The Black Wine Guy Podcast, will lead you through this tasting, along with the winemakers themselves.
Location: The Royal Block

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Grand Tasting
Featuring 30 international Grenache producers. Live DJ and Detroit-Style Pizza from Bar Bacetto. Some of the wineries pouring will include: Ambassador, Approachment, Brockmeyer, Cairdeas, Cimento, Clos Lointain, College Cellars, Echolands, Gard, Gjallerhorn, Grosgrain, K Vintners, L’Ecole No 41, Law Estate, Massalto, Nysa, REALI, Rujaya, SAMA Cellars, Saviah, Seaport Cellars, Strata Varia, Synchline, Tinte Cellars, Upsidedown Wine, Yalumba, Tenor/ Mercer. See more

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm. An Evening With M. Ward
M. Ward returns to Grenache Fest for a third time! Local PNW Low Plains Drifters will open the show.

SAT 9/26 4-8pm TONGUE & GROOVE

Monthly food and music night featuring food specials and instrumental retro space cowboy blues! 

4-7pm Food special : Japanese Street Food

6-8pm Live Music: Michael Kelly Band with Los Amigos Con Groove

No cover | 21+

Dec 6 | 4-6pm: Parade of Holiday Libations

SAT 9/26 4-8pm TONGUE & GROOVE

Monthly food and music night featuring food specials and instrumental retro space cowboy blues! 

4-7pm Food special : Japanese Street Food

6-8pm Live Music: Michael Kelly Band

No cover | 21+