Business Connection Kelso Longview Chamber of Commerce
The big guy always makes an appearance at sQuatch Fest.
Kelso-Longview Chamber of Commerce Amy Hallock
Project Manager
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Volume 13 • Issue 7 Business Connection is published monthly by the Kelso Longview Chamber of Commerce 105 N. Minor Road • Kelso, WA 98626
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Bill Marcum, CEO Amy Hallock, Project Manager Pam Fierst, Office Manager Joelle Wilson, Social Media Service
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Big strides for sQuatch Fest
t’s finally happening. After a year and half of planning, sQuatch Fest returns for its fifth year, July 30-31 at the Cowlitz County Event Center. I’m excited for this year’s event. We’ve grown to two days and packed them with interesting speakers, fun for adults and kids, food, beer, shopping–it’s all there. This year we sold tickets to “believers” in 19 different states and Canada. I hope to see this event continue to grow as a magnet to draw tourists to the Kelso/Longview area. We have a range of speakers lined up starting with Cliff Barackman from the television series “Finding Bigfoot”; David Paulides, author, and investigator for the streaming show “Missing 411”, and Russell Accord from the Travel channel hit “Expedition Bigfoot”. We’ve also landed Bob Gimlin, who shot the the original Big Foot film footage in the late 1960s, and cryptozoologist and author Ken Gehard. For something different this year, we will be showing the movie “The Bigfoot Alien Connection” by Ron Meyer and Alan Megargle, which has tallied more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.
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We are expecting 250 participants to pitch bean bags at the cornhole tournament that will take place outdoors during the Brew Mountain Beer Festival. We are excited to be partnering with Antidote Tap House, which will be serving beer and cider out of their tap trailer all weekend. They also sponsored this year’s collectible beer glass. Joining them will be 15 other breweries and, for those who appreciate grapes over hops, there’ll be wine, served in a collectible, Country Financial-sponsored glass. Kids Cave returns with plenty of activities for little sQuatchers. Cowlitz County Museum will host story time in the Bush cabin, and I am excited to introduce SlashSquatch this year, performing a guitar solo Friday and Saturday night. If that isn’t enough, we are bringing in over 60 craft and food vendors, axe throwing and hosting a Big Foot calling contest. That’s a lot of entertainment packed into two days. Tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for children – for both days! The first 3,000 tickets sold receive a collectible ticket and lanyard. You can find a schedule of events and a link to purchase tickets at www.kelsolongviewchamber.org. Thank you to the Chamber staff, sQuatch sQuad, volunteers, and sponsors for believing in sQuatch Fest.