Autumn is officially here, and the Blaine area is not falling short on its festivals to celebrate the change of seasons.
The Birch Bay and Semiahmoo communities will welcome fall with festivals on Saturday, October 4, while Blaine will have a seaside bash and harvest festival on Saturday, October 11.
The Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 (BBBPRD2) is holding its fall festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. October 4 in the Birch Bay Activity Center, 7511 Gemini Street. The festival will have dozens of vendors, youth activities, raffle prizes, live music from noon to 2 p.m. and free s’mores starting at noon.
Semiahmoo Resort is re-launching its fall artisan market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. October 4 on the resort lawn, 9565 Semiahmoo Parkway. The market will have vendors, raffle prizes, a coloring area and live music from noon to 3 p.m. The resort theater will show fall movies with free popcorn and cotton candy, and pumpkin decorating will be available for
purchase.
BBBPRD2, with support from the city of Blaine, has planned a seaside bash from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 11. The festival will have a street fair, youth activities, live music, beer garden and chainsaw wood carving contest. Attendees are encouraged to wear orange for a community photo at 2 p.m.
Alongside the seaside bash, Drayton Harbor Oyster Company will hold OysterFest from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at its restaurant, 685 Peace Portal Drive. The festival features a shucking competition, oyster art for children, live music, silent auction and corn hole tournament. Food tickets can be purchased for a seafood boil, oyster bake, seafood tacos and other local harvest. The Blaine High School volleyball team will also be fundraising at the event. For more information, visit draytonharboroysters.com.
While in downtown Blaine, festival attendees may also stop by Christ Episcopal Church, 382 Boblett Street, for its 2025 harvest festival from noon to 3 p.m. October 11. The event will have activities in the church’s garden, music and food as it follows this year’s festival theme: “Sowing and Sewing to Freedom.” The festival will pay tribute to enslaved people through a display of quilts that have underground railroad codes and seeds from a former New York plantation.
For more information on the parks and recreation fall festival and seaside bash, visit bbbparkandrec.org/community-events. A list of vendors for the Semiahmoo Resort artisan market is available at bit.ly/46BbUYo.
