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Visit Garibaldi from July 21-23 to enjoy our annual community festival

The three day festival will include live music and 50+ vendors all weekend.

Saturday will begin with the 63rd annual parade, there will be several kid friendly activities like the ODF&W Touch Tank and face painting by JipZ at Lumberman’s Park, as well as, activities at the Garibaldi Library Branch and a Garibaldi Fire Touch a Truck event at the City Hall building off of 6th and Acacia.

The Garibaldi Fire & Rescue will take on the U.S. Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay in a Water Ball fight at 3 p.m. off of Biak Avenue.

FREE CONCERT and beer garden from 7-10 p.m. at the Port’s event tent and then end the day full of fun by watching a fireworks display over the bay at 10 p.m. on Saturday.

Sunday the fun continues with live music and vendors at the event tent along Jerry Creasy Avenue and a Car Show along Biak Avenue.

For more info, updates and a full Schedule of Events follow the festival event page: facebook.com/garibaldidays

2023 Class Reunion

Saturday July 22 Noon-4 p.m.

Garibaldi City Hall

107 6th Street

Alumni from Bay City, Garibaldi, Wheeler, Nehalem & Neah-Kah-Nie, all classes, are invited to come after the parade and celebrate with friends and classmates. Free to all.

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Bill Hayden Named Garibaldi Days Grand Marshal

Garibaldi Mayor Tim Hall announced he is especially honored to name former city resident Bill Hayden as this year’s Grand Marshal for the Garibaldi Days celebration.

Hayden is currently the host of the Garibaldi Oregon Memories, a Facebook site that has more than 3,000 members. His frequent posts continue to remind both residents and visitors who enjoy experiencing historical events, people and places in Garibaldi in ways that would not be possible otherwise.

The only son of Mayo and Mary Hayden, Bill moved to Garibaldi in May 1949 at the age of nine. His father worked at the plywood mill. The family settled into a little house on Driftwood Avenue where they enjoyed a simple life. At the time, the dirt streets had no names and houses had no addresses. People knew their neighbors.

Hayden was in the first class to attend the new Neah-Kah-

Nie High School in 1953. He joined the Marines immediately after high school and served until 1961. While now a resident in Texas, Hayden still visits Garibaldi and spends time with the Modrells family, relatives of his father.

Hayden’s son Randy wrote:

“Bill is always homesick for Garibaldi. It’s on his heart and mind 24/7 and he works hard to share that passion with others.

2023 is his year for celebrating 84 years of life and 61 years of marriage to Sammie.”

The choice of selecting the

grand marshal is a privilege granted traditionally solely to the mayor of Garibaldi. This honor goes to citizens who have made contributions both currently and in the past that have fostered goodwill towards the city and its residents and businesses.

“Bill’s abundance of pride in Garibaldi is inspirational and shared by me,” said Mayor Hall. “In honoring the past, he gives us hope for a prosperous future, especially as we work past our financial problems.”

Like others seniors who graduated from schools in Garibaldi, Mayor Hall would like to invite those folks from the classes of the 1950s and 1960s to join the festivities with Hayden on July 22nd. A reception at City Hall community room is being planned.

Garibaldi Days was established as an annual high school class reunion that started in 1960. Today, it’s a popular celebration of Oregon’s authentic fishing village.

Bill Hayden