PORT ANGELES — For the first time, the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts is offering a significant discount on full passes to the Memorial Day weekend of music, dance, food and other visual arts from the North Olympic Peninsula and across the world.
Passes purchased by April 30 will sell for $40, which means a saving of up to $15, said Dan Maguire, executive director of the festival.
Also new this year: Full passes will include admission to downtown-area night spots where festival bands will play after the Juan de Fuca venues, such as the Vern Burton Community Center and Elks Naval Lodge, close for the evening.
Maguire is booking the acts into places such as Bar N9ne, so festival life will go on late into the night.
Prices on passes will rise to $50 from May 1 and 26.
During the event from May 27 through 30, full-festival passes will sell for $55, while fans can purchase lower-priced one-day tickets for the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
The current $40 full-pass price is what “you’d pay for one day at a concert in Seattle,” Maguire added.
To buy online, visit the festival website at www.JFFA.org.
Fans can also find the Juan de Fuca Festival on www.Facebook.com, visit the actual office at 101 W. Front St., Suite 101 in Port Angeles, or phone 360-457-5411.
