The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce will close its summer event season with Derby Day’s annual parade and other family activities on Saturday, August 26.
Derby Day, formerly known as Discover Birch Bay Days, will kick off with the Friends of the Birch Bay Library’s Love Your Library 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m. at the Birch Bay berm, near Birch Bay Drive and Cottonwood Avenue. The fundraiser will raise money for the Birch Bay Library Express and costs $25 for people 13 years and older and $14 for youth 12 years and younger.
The Birch Bay Drive parade will start at 10 a.m. near Alderson Road and end around 11 a.m. at Harborview Road. Longtime Birch Bay resident Kathy Berg will be the parade fire marshal, escorted by North Whatcom Fire and Rescue. Parade registration will be open until the parade starts.
A vendor market will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. behind The Beach at Birch Bay and Beach Cat Brewing Co. Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 will host kids activities behind The Beach from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A poker run will start at noon at the Birch Bay Library Express, 7948 Birch Bay Drive, and have participants scrambling on their golf carts and bicycles to find their best poker hands across Birch Bay until 2 p.m. Winners of the non-gambling event will receive prizes.
Chamber member Billy Brown will host a crab derby from 3 to 6 p.m. behind The Beach at Birch Bay. Awards will be given for the heaviest catch limit, the heaviest crab and the largest red rock crab.
Up to 800 rubber ducks will be dropped into Terrell Creek around 3:30 p.m. for the rubber duck derby. Awards will be given to winning ducks crossing the finish line at the bridge by The C Shop. Ducks can be purchased at birchbaychamber.com/ducky-derby.
For more information and registration links, visit birchbaywa.org/birch-bay-derby-day.
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