Festivals - 2019 Covington Days

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JULY 20-21 SAT 10AM-7PM SUN 10AM-5PM FESTIVAL IS LOCATED AT 169TH PLACE SE & SE 271ST PLACE

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N O L E M R E T WA T S E T N O C G EATIN What’s a Covington Days Festival without its famous Watermelon Eating Contest?!

Join the fun at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 21 because it’s absolutely free to compete and there are great prizes!

Plus, you get free watermelon, too!

Competition is broken down into three or four age categories depending on amount of participants.

Don‘t miss it!

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? Have questions about the festival?

You can e-mail the festival at a.gov, festival@covingtonw , or call (253) 480-2412 page visit our Facebook om/ at www.facebook.c CovingtonDays.

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WHERE & WHEN This summer’s festival will take place in the street on SE 270th Place and 169th Place SE (on the side of and behind Office Depot), and on the campus of the Valley Medical Center North facility at 16850 SE 272nd St. in Covington. The festival grounds will be open to the public on Saturday, July 20 from 10 am - 7 pm and Sunday, July 21 from 10 am - 5 pm

VENDOR SNEAK PEEK

The festival is thrilled to have added additional space for more vendors this year and still managed to sell out of vendor spaces! What kind of vendors do we have, you ask? Covington Days features arts and crafters, educational vendors, non-profits, local businesses, and more! You’ll be able to shop a variety of arts and craft booths with handmade items like paintings, woodworking, tie dye, jewelry, knitted and crocheted items, custom engraving, lotions, ceramics, and more. You can even meet a new pet available for adoption, get a henna tattoo or sign up for parks and recreation classes and sports teams!

Be sure to thank Covington Days sponsors by visiting their booths! It is with their support that we can bring you the Covington Days Festival every year! Stop by and say hi to these sponsors who will be onsite with information, giveaways, and more: Red Canoe Credit Union, Valley Medical Center, YMCA of Kent, Republic Services, MultiCare, Kashner Orthodontics, and Costco.

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The festival parade route begins at the Real Life Church Campus at 26201 180th Ave SE. Parade staging begins at 9 a.m. and that means road closures will begin around 9:30 a.m. and will last up until 1 p.m.

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There will be multiple road closures and detours in Covington during the parade. While 272nd/Kent Kangley westbound will be closed between 180th/ Wax Road and 168th Place SE, the eastbound lanes will remain open at all times. Please obey all road closure and detour signs.

PARKING Covington’s downtown area is home to

many businesses, including those open on weekends.

Please be respectful of parking in lots designated for business customers and residents. Festival parking is allowed at the following locations: • South Lake Clinic Building at 27005 168th Place SE • Covington City Hall rear parking lot only • Valley Medical Center South Campus (behind Pier 1 Imports)

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GET ACTIVE THIS SUMMER AND EARN BADGES FOR COMPLETING FUN ACTIVITIES AROUND COVINGTON!

Pick up a free lanyard at Covington City Hall or the Covington Library and start earning badges! *Earn all badges by Sept. 3 to earn the grand prize: A Covington Aquatic Center 3-month Youth Membership!

This program is open to all Covington elementary kids! Learn more online at weplayunplugged.com.

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HELP FUNDRAISE AT THE FESTIVAL THE DUNK TANK BY THE COVINGTON AQUATIC CENTER The Covington Aquatic Center is hoping for warm weather this Covington Days as they raise money for aquatics scholarships with the popular dunk tank! Festival-goers can take a turn trying to dunk them for a small donation to the scholarship program.

COVINGTON DAYS RAFFLE Stop by the information booth and get your raffle tickets to win great prizes! Proceeds from the raffle go right back into the festival to help provide kid and family activities. Just a few of the awesome

prizes in past years have included Mariner’s tickets, Rainier’s tickets, Seattle Reign tickets, Lucky Strike Arcade Package, Woodland Park Zoo Family Pack, Museum of Glass tickets, local business gift certificates and much more!

Stop by the festival booth and see what is up for grabs this year!

THE COVINGTON QUILT SHOW Although not always on the same weekend, the Covington Quilt Show has been connected to the Covington Days Festival since the early 90’s and is one of the Covington Quilter’s Guild’s main fundraising events. Highlights include judged quilts, vendors, tea room, bazaar, bed turning, HUGS charity quilt display and quilts in progress, I Spy, door prizes and lots of fun. Admission is only $5 and the show runs Friday, July 26, 10- 5 p.m; Saturday, July 27, 10- 5 p.m.; and Sunday, July 28, 10-4 p.m. at Cedar Height Middle School, 19640 SE 272nd in Covington.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019 9:00 am

Parade line-up begins (Real Life Church parking lot)

10:00 am

Festival Grounds Open

10:00 am

Parade begins

11:00 am

Kids Zone Opens Unlimited Inflatables ($7 bracelet)

11:30 am

Parade Awards at Mainstage Citizen and Honorary Citizen of the Year Awards

SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019 FAMILY FUN DAY! 10:00 am

Festival Grounds Open Kids Zone Opens Unlimited Inflatables (Special Price Sunday - $5)

10:00 am - 5:00 pm Animal Encounters Mobile Zoo - FREE! Noon - 5:00 pm

Face painting by Fabulous Face Painting - FREE!

Noon - 7:00 pm

Face painting by Fabulous Face Painting - FREE!

11:30 am - 1:00 pm Live Music: Joe Blue & The Roofshakers

Noon -7:00 pm

Animal Encounters Mobile Zoo - FREE!

1:00 - 1:45 pm

Annual Watermelon Eating Contest – All Ages!

Noon - 1:30 pm

Live Music: Rear View Mirror

2:00 - 3:00 pm

2:00 - 3:30 pm

Live Music: Valley Green

Live Music: Micah and Me Rocks

3:45 - 5:15 pm

Hypnotist Justin James

2:00 - 3:00 pm

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Live Music: The Machine

Popsicles served by the Covington City Council – FREE!

7:00 pm

Festival Grounds Close

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Live Music: Battle of the Bands Winner

3:30 - 5:00 pm

Live Music: Sealth

5:00 pm

Festival Ends

*Schedule subject to change. Please check website www.covingtonwa.gov/covingtondays for any changes to the schedule.

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The festival is excited to welcome several new food vendors along with returning vendors serving a nice range of menu items from festival staples like corn dogs and funnel cakes to Mexican and Hawaiian cuisine. Here is a sampling of their menus: The festival is excited to welcome several new food vendors along with returning vendors serving a nice range of menu items from festival staples like corn dogs and funnel cakes to Mexican and Hawaiian cuisine. Here is a sampling of their menus: EVERGREEN CORN CO. – Kettle corn

There’s no better way to get to know your Covington City Council Members than to have them serve you FREE ice cream bars and popsicles on Sunday, July 21 at 2 p.m. while supplies last. Join them for a chat, handshake, or just for the free popsicles!

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CORN DOG REMIX – Hand-dipped corn dogs, nachos, French fries VINTAGE ICE CREAM SALES – ice cream bars SEQUIM VALLEY PRODUCTS – Funnel cakes MINI THE DOUGH-NUT – mini donuts in a variety of flavors OHANA BBQ – Hawaiian-style BBQ FISH BASKET – Seafood JITTER BUG SMOOTHIES & ESPRESSO – smoothies and espresso drinks EL PORTAL DE SAHUAYO – Mexican cuisinepint with six flavors to choose from TERIYAKI KING - Beef and chicken teriyaki, rice, Yakisoba, egg rolls and more TEE CEE ROADSIDE CAFÉ – Fish, BBQ chicken, wings, hot dogs, chili, fries, red beans and rice

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Kick off the festival by taking the kids out to the main road (272nd) to watch the parade at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Afterwards, for just $7, kids can get a bracelet to speed down the giant slide, run through the inflatable obstacle course or try out the rock climbing wall! Come back Sunday for Family Day to get a Kids Zone bracelet for only $5 and enter the FREE Watermelon Eating Contest on Sunday at 1 p.m.; there are categories for all age groups! And don’t miss out on the FREE mobile zoo and FREE face painting, too!

Several vendors will also have fun kids’ activities, including: • Covington Aquatics Center’s dunk tank to raise funds for scholarships

FUN for KIDS • RAD Ceramics offering on-site ceramic painting for all ages (for a fee) • Smith Brother’s Farms providing free milk sampling • Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority’s fire truck and firefighters • The Covington Arts Commission will have hands on art activities • Meet the new City Ambassador – the Covington Creek Chameleon – at the city’s booth on Saturday from noon-1 p.m.

ANIMALS GALORE

Almost no on e can resist th e chance to pet or hold a cool animal. You ca n do both during the fest ival weekend!

On Saturday an d Sunday you can expe rience the Animal Encoun ters Mobile Petting Zoo! Th e animals vary from even t to event, but you might get a chance to see and pe t a wallaby, sheep, Patago nian mara, mini pig, Africa n pygmy goats, rabbits , guinea pigs, chinchill as, bantam chickens, and more. And the best part is - the Petting Zoo is FREE! Pl ease check festival websi te for any updates on sc heduled times at www.covin gtonwa.gov/ covingtonday s.

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ARE YOU PLAYING UNPLUGGED? Covington elementary-aged kiddos who are participating in the Play Unplugged program this summer can stop by the city’s booth to pick up a free City of Covington pin to spruce up their Play Unplugged lanyards! Just show us your lanyard and your favorite brag badge so far and we will pin your lanyard. The city booth will also have lanyards available for pick-up for new participants.

Play Unplugged is all about encouraging kids to put down their electronics so they can get out and play. It all begins with providing the right kind of motivation -- the kind that gets kids playing and active without them even

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knowing it. This motivation is based on the Play Unplugged Brag Badge. Local businesses sponsor activities that earn Brag Badges like swimming, volunteering, painting, hiking, picnicking, and much more.

Kids who complete every activity by the end of summer will not only earn bragging rights, they will also receive a free 3-month Youth Aquatic Membership to the Covington Aquatic Center.

The overall goal of the program is to help kids reengage with the real world, help parents plan a fun and exciting summer and give much needed visibility to local businesses.

The program is open to elementary-aged kids (roughly 6-12 years old) in the Covington community, including homeschoolers. Beginning June 15, participants can pick up a free Play Unplugged lanyard at Covington City Hall or the Covington Library to start collecting badges.

Participants will also be honored at the Fall Festival event on Sept. 21 at noon.

Parents can check out the new Play Unplugged Covington Facebook Page at www.facebook. com/playunpluggedcovington to keep up-todate with new sponsors and activities as they are added, special event details and highlights of the program.

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MEET THE CITY’S NEW AMBASSADOR Whether you’ve heard about the new Covington Creek Chameleon or not, you won’t want to miss out on the chance to meet this new Covington Ambassador in person! On Saturday, July 20, the Covington Creek Chameleon will makes its grand debut in the parade at 10 a.m. Afterwards, the ambassador will join others at the mainstage to announce the parade awards, the Citizen and Honorary Citizen of the Year awards, and announce its new name! Stop by the city’s festival booth following the awards to meet, pet or hug the ambassador.

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Summer

June 29

Summer Splashtacular - 1-3 p.m.

July 20 & 21

Covington Days Festival

Fall

Sept. 28

Purple Light Nights® Tree Lighting Kick-off

Oct.26

Spooky Swim - 5-6:30 p.m. & 7-8:30 p.m.

Dec. 7

Hollydaze and Holiday Tree Lighting

Dec. 7

Hollydaze Float-In Movie - 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Dec. 13

SeaHorse's Birthday

Covington Aquatic Center

Sat 10a.m.-7 p.m. & Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

169th Place SE & Valley Med North Parking Lot

July 26, & Summer Concerts in the Park - 6:30-8 p.m.

Aug. 2, 9 Covington Community Park Aug. 10

Covington KidsFest - 10 a.m. -2 p.m.

Aug. 16

Outdoor Family Concert - 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Aug. 17

5th Annual Sausage & CiderFest - 3-7 p.m.

Aug. 23

Outdoor Family Movie - 8:30-10:45 p.m.

Sept.21

Summer's End Fun Run - 8:30 a.m.-noon

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Covington Community Park

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Kentwood High School Baseball Field

5k 5:30p.m.; Free Hot Dogs 6:30 p.m.; Lighting 7 p.m.

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Covington Aquatic Center

Reindeer Dash 8:30 a.m.; Pancake Breakfast 9 a.m.; Craft Bazaar 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tree Lighting 4-6 p.m.

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Get all the details at www.covingtonwa.gov/events

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*Dates and times are subject to change. Please verify the day of event.