Chamber Events – Ferndale Chamber of Commerce

Ferndale Street Festival

Considered one of the best community events in Ferndale, the Street Festival take place the last weekend in August and provides family fun for everyone. On Friday night we shut down just one street and open up the food vendors, live music and beer and wine tent from 6 pm to 11:30 pm. On Saturday, we amp it up just a bit and close down Main Street and several side streets to create one of the best festivals in the Northwest. With over 120 vendors, a Festival of Fenders Car Show, Kid’s Street with a live Kid’s Stage, fire trucks, dunk tanks, and live music all day and night, this festival is one you don’t want to miss. 2016 added the fun of the Whatcom North Rotary’s Rubber Ducky Race but don’t miss it’s rival, the gold fish races at Outlaw’s Saloon! We try to create an almost free family atmosphere with free bouncy house, crafts, petting zoo and money hunt in the hay for the kids and on Kid’s Stage, Reptile Isle has been a staple since 2009. This festival brings thousands of patrons to our downtown corridor and fills our local businesses, meeting our mission of bridging commerce and community!

Downtown Trick or Treat

Downtown merchants open their doors as the City closes the streets to create the little ones a safe and fun way to trick or treat. With over 45 businesses participating and hundreds of little trick or treaters dressed up along with their families, it’s a great community event that you don’t want to miss.

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Flicks in the Park

Located inside the beautiful Historical Pioneer Park, just two blocks from downtown Ferndale, this is the best outdoor movie location in the county! Surrounded by 100 year old cedar trees and historical buildings to match, you can pitch a blanket, sand chair or the big lounger and kick back with your family and neighbors for some free family fun. There are kid’s fun and games to kill time before the movie starts and free hot dogs until their gone. If ice cream and candy are your movie fix, the “General Store” will be open and for a small cost, you can grab a snack there.

Cost: Free to enter

For more details and movie titles, see our Events Calendar for July and click on the link.

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Spring Run Off 5K & 10K

Run, Walk or Stroll(er), this fun run is for the entire family! Starting at the Pioneer Pavilion in Ferndale, you will adventure through Ferndale on various routes. You can choose either the 5K or the 10K, depending on your desired pace and everyone will end back at the Pavilion with awards for the winners. Pets are welcome and we always encourage you to dress in your best Spring costume! So come as a flower, bee or snail but come out, rain or shine, and enjoy the race.

Race registration can be found on our Event Calendar in May every year. Just click on the link there.

Cost (includes t-shirt):

Pre-register: $15

Day of: $20

For more information or to sponsor this event, please contact Audrey at the Chamber. Click here to contact us.

Chelsey Ebert Celebrity Weekend

Golfing is great but when you can golf with the greats it’s even better. The Chelsey Ebert Celebrity Weekend is an opportunity to hang out with local sports celebrities, get autographs and just have a great time all to raise money for a very worthy cause. It all starts on Friday night with a dinner and auction and ends on Saturday with a golf tournament for fun and bragging rights. With local sports celebrities like Jake Locker and with the help of Seattle Seahawk, Sam Adkins (retired) we have been able to bring numerous sports celebrities in to support this event. From Jim Zorn to Lenny Wilkins, you never know who you might be dinning or golfing with.

Chelsey was a Ferndale graduate who had a wish and that wish was to give scholarships to two Ferndale high school girl’s in sports in her name. When Chelsey died in 2008, her family kept their promise and not only have raised enough money to support Ferndale girls but now every school in Whatcom County gets two scholarships every year providing almost 100 scholarships in just eight short years. And with the success of this event they also provide support to several nonprofits, support local law enforcement and fire fighters, Children’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and many more worthy organizations.

For more information on the Chelsey Ebert Trust and to sponsor or register for this event please go to the Trust website. This is a Chamber organized event that supports the businesses and community of Ferndale.

http://www.chelseyEbert.com

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Community Christmas Tree Lighting

Nothing says holiday’s in a small town like Mr. & Mrs. Claus, candy canes, hot cocoa and cookies and community. Join us and your neighbors the first Friday in December at 5 pm as we light up the trees at the Centennial River Walk fountain. The Whatcom County Fire District #7 escorts Santa and Mrs. Claus to the waiting crowd in their big fire truck where candy canes and Christmas wishes are exchanged and Santa and the Mayor light up the Christmas trees. Decorated by local nonprofits and our local volunteer fire fighters, it’s a magic event to kick of the holiday season!

For exact times and details, please visit our Event Calendar: http://business.ferndale-chamber.com/events/calendar/ and go to the first Friday in December.

When you’re done enjoying the lights, take a leisurely stroll down the River Walk to Pioneer Park (or enjoy a nice horse pulled wagon ride) to the Ole’ Fashioned Christmas. The Ferndale Heritage Society meticulously decorates all of the log cabins in their best holiday garb and welcomes everyone in for a weekend of holiday spirit. The kids can write letters to Santa in the old school and mail them in the old post office. It’s a great family tradition and one not to be missed. For information and times, please visit their website: http://www.FerndaleHeritageSociety.com

Ferndale Street Festival

Downtown Trick or Treat

Flicks in the Park

Spring Run Off 5K & 10K

Chelsey Ebert Celebrity Weekend

Community Christmas Tree Lighting

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