Welcome to the Thirty-Ninth Skagit Valley Tulip Festival!
Pam Headridge Photography 2018 submitted by the La Conner Chamber
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oin us in a virtual kick-off of the 2022 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival on March 31 at 6:30 p.m. at the Judd & Black Appliance/Peoples Bank Gala Celebration. Tune in on Facebook. com/SkagitValleyTulip or YouTube: SVTulipfestival. The online event is free but we encourage you to pre-purchase a special three-course dinner by Calico Cupboard so you can join in the dining experience. Enjoy live musical performances by Skagit County artists, an update on the festival, and a silent auction. Said festival President Cindy Verge, “By moving the gala to the evening before the festival officially starts, it acts as a true kick-off event.” The Tulip Festival traditionally depends on hundreds of donated hours from students and other community members and sponsorship money from more than goskagit.com
200 local businesses and organizations. Staffed with volunteers, the festival office is open. All COVID-19 related regulations will be followed as needed. Brochures, maps, and festival merchandise ordered through the website will be available in the office for easy pick up. Said Verge, “We are so thankful for our volunteers and local media who play a big role in advertising the festival, including Skagit Publishing who doubles as a sponsor.”
Facebook Photo Contest It’s easy and fun to participate in our annual Facebook Photo Contest, presented by North Coast Credit Union. Check www.Facebook.com/ SkagitValleyTulipFestival for entry details, weekly finalists, and the winning photos. Applicants are encouraged to submit
one photo per week during the month of April; our committee will choose weekly finalists and announce the winners in various categories at the end of the festival. The winning photographers will receive a signed 2022 poster and have their photo published in the festival brochure in 2023.
Tulip Festival History The mission of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is to coordinate and promote a countywide spring celebration of the tulip bloom, in commemoration of the valley’s annual tulip harvest, and to be an advocate for Skagit Valley agriculture. In the early 1980s, then Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce directors Jerry Digerness and Joan Houchen recognized that thousands of people were coming to visit the tulips cont. on pg. 7
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Guide 2022
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