SEQUIM — Sequim Lavender Weekend wraps up today with events throughout the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.
Thousands of visitors have poured into the area for the three-day festival.
“Everything seems to be going great,” said city spokeswoman Barbara Hanna on Friday.
“There are a lot of visitors in town, which is wonderful, and we haven’t heard of any problems at all.”
Hanna encourages those who did not have a chance to participate in the community-wide events Friday or Saturday to come out today.
“This is the largest lavender celebration in the country, and it has got a lot of history,” she said.
“There is so much to do with all the events that are going on in the city and the 16 farms that are open to the public.”
Events include quilt shows, art exhibits, concerts, wine tasting, live theatrical performances and festivals.
Sequim Lavender Weekend includes:
■ Sequim Lavender Festival, hosted by the Sequim Lavender Growers Association, with a free street fair and free self-guided farm tours.
■ Sequim Lavender Farmers Association members who have opened their farms with special festivals for entry fees that vary for each farm.
Other organizations, farms and businesses host activities and festivals throughout the community.
Schedule of events
The free Street Fair on Fir Street bordered by Sequim and Third avenues in downtown Sequim, will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
More than 150 juried arts and crafts booths offer specialty lavender products. Lavender plants also are available for purchase.
“Festival Fun for Kids,” sponsored by Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, offers youth-oriented activities for children under 12.
“Lavenderstock” continues today with live music performed by bands and ensembles from throughout the Northwest on the street fair’s stage at Second Avenue and Alder Street.
Performers today are:
■ Caitlin Lucia at 11 a.m.
■ Sequim Marimba, 12:15 p.m.
■ Carolyn Caruso, 1:30 p.m.
■ Whateverly Brothers, 2:45 p.m.
■ Final Approach, 4 p.m.
Farm Tours
Visitors and residents who have yet to see where local lavender is grown have several opportunities today to embark on self-guided tours at local farms.
“It is a chance for [the public] to visit a whole variety of farms and have a different experience at each one,” Hanna said.
As part of the growers association’s Sequim Lavender Festival, seven farms and one commercial nursery will be open today free of charge from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.:
■ Blackberry Forest, 136 Forrest Road.
■ Fat Cat Garden & Gifts, 21 Fat Cat Lane.
■ Graysmarsh Farm, 6187 Woodcock Road.
■ Martha Lane Lavender, 371 Martha Lane.
■ Nelson’s Duck Pond & Lavender Farm, 73 Humble Hill Road.
■ Oliver’s Lavender Farm, 82 Cameron Acres Lane.
■ The Lavender Connection, 1141 Cays Road.
■ Peninsula Nurseries, 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
■ B & B Family Farm, 5883 Old Olympic Highway; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
■ Lost Mountain Lavender, 1541 Taylor Cutoff Road, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
■ Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm, 274154 U.S. Highway 101, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
■ Victor’s Lavender Celebration at Victor’s Lavender Farm, 3743 Old Olympic Highway, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with presentations at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Tours with admission fees
Each of these farms and festivals requires an admission fee; hours today are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.:
■ Purple Haze Daze at Purple Haze Lavender Farm, 180 Bell Bottom Lane; $10 per person for all three days. Children 12 and under free.
■ Washington Lavender Festival and Inaugural Northwest Colonial Festival and Militia Muster at the George Washingston Inn, 939 Finn Hall Road, Port Angeles; $10 per carload up to six people, $5 each additional person. Children under 6 admitted free.
Re-enactors recreate the battles at Lexington Green (noon today) and Concord Bridge (2:30 p.m.) and provide an 18th century encampment. A demonstration of 18th century cannons is at 4:30 p.m.
■ Two farm lavender festivals for the price of one: Jardin du Soleil, 3832 Sequim-Dungeness Way, and Olympic Lavender Heritage Farm, 1532 Marine Drive.
Admission is $10 per person for all three days to both farms. Children 12 and under are admitted free.
A free shuttle is provided from Museum & Arts Center on Sequim Avenue at Fir Street.
Other events
There also are several shows running concurrently with Lavender Weekend.
■ Quilt show — The Sunbonnet Sue 29th Annual Quilt Show continues today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.
Event organizers suggest an entry donation of $5.
■ Driftwood show — The 7th Annual Lavender Weekend Show hosted by Olympic Driftwood Sculptors continues today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria.
Admission is free.
Sculptures are for sale and demonstrations are planned throughout the day.
■ 2nd Annual Art Jam Show and Sale — Also continuing today is the second annual Art Jam Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rock Hollow Farm, 505 E. Silberhorn Road.
The show features the work of 10 Olympic Peninsula artists experimenting in paint, wood, metal, graphite, pastel and found object sculpture.
Visitors can participate as part of the art jam.
■ Picasso at the Lapin Agile — Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso meet at a bar called the Lapin Agile in the Montmarte area of Paris when both are on the verge of an amazing idea in this play at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., at 2 p.m. today
For tickets, phone 360-683-7326.
Peninsula Daily News’ free 56-page special section on this year’s Sequim Lavender Weekend can be read online at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-lavender2015.
For additional information, visit the city of Sequim’s website at www.visitsunnysequim.com, the growers association site at www.lavenderfestival.com and the farmers association site at www.sequimlavender.org.
