With the fun of Crazy Callen Weekend over, organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival plan to host the festival’s Grand Finale Weekend in spectacular fashion for the hometown event’s 130th year.

Set once again from May 8-11 are the historic walking tour from the Sequim Museum and Arts, Boys & Girls Clubs’ golf tournament, Classic Car Show, one-mile/5k run series, Grand Parade and the final weekend of the “Oklahoma!” operetta.

Also running adjacent to the festival as a separate nonprofit for insurance reasons is the Sequim Logging Show in the Blake Property, 200 S. Blake Ave., south of Carrie Blake Community Park. In its 37th year, the Logging Show runs Friday-Saturday with a Loggers’ Ball, fireworks show, and logging show.

Grand Parade

At least 110 entries are set to stroll from Dunlap Avenue along Washington Street to right before Seventh Avenue. Thousands of residents and visitors line both sides of the street for the event that starts at noon, Saturday, May 10.

Set to appear are the festival’s royalty, distinguished pioneers, grand marshal Mike Dashiell, former Sequim Gazette editor, school bands, community organizations and plenty of fun costumes and floats.

Look for a full list below.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell Sequim High School’s cheerleaders wave to the crowd at last year’s Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Parade. Organizers said at least 110 entries return for the parade on May 10.

Classic Car Show

The Classic Car Show returns on Saturday to 250 Center Park Way in Sequim off East Washington Street at Security Services Northwest.

Pre-registration is available at the festival’s website irrigationfestival.com and costs $15 in advance or $20 at the show.

Entry at the show takes place from 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. with the show starting at 11 a.m. and judging from 12:30 -2 p.m. There will be dozens of awards for participants given out at 4 p.m. The show also features food, entertainment and show merchandise.

Run Series

The 1-mile and 5k run series moved to the festival’s second weekend so runners/walkers could go along the parade route on Washington Street prior to the parade.

Events begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, starting at the future home of the Shipley Center at 651 W. Washington St.. The 5k will go to Shipley Center’s current location at 921 E. Hammond St. and back. A half-marathon will not be offered this year. To sign up for a 1-mile or 5k race, visit irrigationfestival.com.

Operetta

Sequim High School presents “Oklahoma!” at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, May 8-10, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 11. Tickets are available at the door or at sequimschools.org.

Walking Tour

The Heritage Walking Tour starts at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 8, at Sequim Museum and Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave., and if there are enough people a second tour will start at 1 p.m. The event takes about 45 minutes and goes to downtown Sequim and back for a suggested $5 donation.

Golf Tournament

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula’s 35th Annual Golf Tournament will take place Friday, May 9 at Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course, 1965 Woodcock Road.

The tournament will get underway at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start with a relaxed scramble format that allows participants of all levels to participate. Funds contribute to programs offered at the Boys & Girls Clubs in Port Angeles and Sequim.

Individuals and businesses can register as players or sponsors. For more information on how to register or to learn more about sponsorship opportunities, visit bgc-op.org or call 360-683-8095.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell/ Volunteer Stephen Rosales drives the Boys & Girls Club’s bus during the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Grand Parade in 2024. The club has been a fixture of the Grand Parade for many years.

Logging Show

In the Blake Property off North Blake Avenue and East Washington Street, the Sequim Logging Show features events Friday-Saturday.

On Friday, tractor and truck pulls go from noon- 6 p.m. and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. The Loggers’ Ball is set for 7 p.m. Friday with fireworks at dusk. The next day, the Logging Show goes from 2-6 p.m. and a live auction from 3 p.m. until items are all sold. See a more detailed schedule at sequimloggingshow.com.

History

The Irrigation Festival started in May 1, 1896 celebrating the first Dungeness River headgate being lifted a year prior. D.R. “Crazy” Callen, James R. Grant, H. Hucksford and Captain Thomas Jones conceptualized and built ditches to bring water from the Dungeness River to farmland.

The Sequim Irrigation Festival remains Washington’s longest running festival in the state.

For a full schedule, registration and more about the festival, visit irrigationfestival.com.

Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Finale Weekend May 8-11

Thursday, May 8

• Historic Walking Tour, 11 a.m. Thursday, May 8, Sequim Museum and Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave.

• “Oklahoma!” musical, 7 p.m. Sequim High School Auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave.

Friday, May 9

• Golf tournament, 1 p.m. Friday, May 10, Cedars at Dungeness, 1965 Woodcock Road

• “Oklahoma!” musical, 7 p.m. SHS

Saturday, May 10

• Run Series, 11 a.m. 651 W. Washington St.

• Classic Car Show, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 10, 250 Center Park Way

• Grand Parade, noon, Dunlap Avenue to 651 W. Washington St.

• “Oklahoma!” musical, 7 p.m. SHS

Sunday, May 11

• “Oklahoma!” musical, 2 p.m. SHS

More info: irrigationfestival.com

Friday-Saturday, May 9-10

Friday, May 9

• Logging Show

Noon-6 p.m. truck and tractor pulls (Tractors 1-5 p.m, trucks 6 p.m.-dusk)

7-9 p.m. Logger’s Ball with fireworks at dusk

Saturday, May 10

9 a.m.-5 p.m. truck and tractor pulls (tractors 10 a.m.-2 p.m., trucks 3-6 p.m.)

2-6 p.m. logging show

3 p.m. live auction

More info: sequimloggingshow.com

Parade lineup

The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Grand Parade begins at noon, Saturday, May 10. It begins at Dunlap Avenue and ends right before Seventh Avenue. Here is the projected lineup:

1) Sequim Police Chief Mike Hill

2) Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club and Boy Scouts

3) Sequim Middle and High School Band

4) Sequim High Wolves Cheerleaders

5) Grand Marshal Mike Dashiell

6) 2025 Honored Pioneer Hazel Messenger Lowe

7) 2025 Honored Pioneer Tim Wheeler

8) 2025 Honored Pioneer Janet Duncan

9) 2025 Honored Pioneer Betty Kettel

10) 2025 Citizen of the Year Ron Stecker

11) Junior Royalty Princess Madelyn Davis and Princess Savannah Fuller

12) Junior Royalty Princess Briella Gleason and Princess Stella Good

13) 2024 Past Royalty Queen Ariya Goettling and Princess Kailah Blake

14) 2024 Past Royalty Princess Sophia Treece and Princess Ashlynn Northhaven

15) Kids Parade Winner Gabby Laboy

16) Button Designer Sonja Karabotsos

17) Sequim Mayor Brandon Janisse

18) Humanitarian Award George Brown

19) Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild

20) Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

21) Clallam Ready People

22-26) Clallam County Fire District 3

27) Sequim Irrigation Festival Float

28) Sequim Irrigation Festival Truck and Trailer

29) Sound Community Bank, Grand Parade Sponsor

30) Sound Community Bank

31) Navy Band Northwest

32) Marine Corps League Detachment #897

33) USS BONEFISH SS-223

34) Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW Post 4760

35) Nile Shriners

36) Sequim Log Show Honorary Logger Roger Addleman

37) Roger Addleman’s 1926 Model T

38) Sequim Log Show

39) Hoquiam High Marching Band

40) 2025 Miss Poulsbo, Miss Kitsap, Miss Silverdale

41) Olympic Peninsula Boys & Girls Club

Youth of the Year Jazzman Murray

42) Olympic Peninsula Boys and Girls Club

43) Miss Liberty Adrienne Runya

44) Glass Odyssey Corvette Club

45) 2025 Clallam County Fair Royalty

46) Girl Scouts of Sequim

47) WAG

48) Sequim HS Robotics

49) Sequim Acrobatics

50) Chimacum High School Band

51) Sequim Picklers

52) Pet Emergency Group

53) Dream Vacations

54) Olympic Peninsula Humane Society

55) White Crane Martial Arts

56) Soroptimists of Sequim

57) Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic

58) Empowered Equestrians

59) Miniature Horse (Drama)

60) Interstate Champions

61) Back Country Horsemen of Washington Peninsula Chapter

62) Peninsula Junior Rodeo

63) Sequim High School FFA

64) Sequim High School Equestrians

65) Sequim Sunshine Festival

66) Mason County Forest Festival

67) KSQM

68) 4H Rascals

69) Rocket transport

70) Sequim Food Bank

71) Hoquiam Loggers Play Day

72) Sequim Wheelers

73) First Fed Bank

74) Border Line Dance Team

75) Ms Senior Universe America 2025

76) Sequim Bike Alliance

77) Dungeness Courte Memory Care

78) The Daffodil Festival

79) Lincoln Park BMX

80) Port Scandalous Roller Derby

81) Women on Wheels (WOW)

82) Rhododendron Festival

83) Peninsula Party Booth

84) North Olympic Library System

85) TBD

86) Straight Arrow Hauling, Sequim Little League

87) Sequim Elks Lodge

88) Jays Home solutions

89) Forks Timber Museum Calliope

90) Washburn Services

91) Clallam County PUD

92) Opus Junk removal

93) Sequim Pressure Washing

94) Hoquiam Middle School Marching Band & Color Guard

95) Olympic Peninsula YMCA

96) WA Department of Natural Resources’ Wildfire Division

97) Diamond Construction

98) Adams Roofing 2.0

99) NW Gutter Pros

100) Sequim Log Show

101-102) Bekkevar Logging & Trucking

103) Olympic Disposal

104) Interfor

105) Rogers Carpet Cleaning

106) Cornwell Tools

107-108) Ellis Trucking

109) Robust Rentals

110-111) Alaska Pacific Trucking

112) Oakes Logging

113-114) Hermann Brothers

115) Nicholas Worley Trucking

116) Pedro Nolasco

117) Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel