Annual Camas Days Festival Coming July 25-26

Camas, WA — The 49^th Annual Camas Days Festival is coming July 25-26! The C-W Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce some fantastic new additions! Beginning with the Beer and Wine Garden. This year, the Camas Days Beer and Wine Garden will look a little different than previous years. There will be five new musical acts gracing the stage over the weekend. The C-W Chamber is pleased to welcome the opening band, The Sarah Lodge Band, and their headliner, Freight Train Jayne. Both bands will be performing on Friday evening. Saturday, The Beer Garden will open to all ages from 2 pm to 5 pm, with musical guests, The Light Fantastic. After the little ones leave the garden, the opening band, The Andrew Matthews Band and the Headlining band, River Divide will take the stage. 

The C-W Chamber is also excited about their new collaboration with The North Bank Brewers. In addition to the usual offerings provided by C-W Chamber partners at The Odom Corporation, North Bank Brewers will be hosting several local breweries including C-W Chamber of Commerce Members Trap Door Brewing. 

On Friday, the Kid’s Parade will march down 4^th Avenue at 12:15 pm. and on Saturday, the Main Parade, “Broadway Comes To Camas, It’s Showtime” will start at 11 am.  There will be bands, dignitaries, drill teams, floats, animals, the beloved toilet paper tossing hosted by Georgia Pacific, and more. This year the parade Grand Marshal is Camas High School Band Director, Richard Mancini, in honor of his decades of service at Camas High School. 

Immediately following the grand parade is the iconic Bathtub Race located between the Camas Library and City Hall. Firefighters are on hand cooling the crowd down with water hoses!  Come watch as Camas Police Chief, Tina Jones Kicks off the races as the Camas Days Flag Woman. Bathtub Race Registration is available here:  www.cwchamber.com. The first 14 teams to sign up will get to participate.

Kids Street is going to be a blast this year. The C-W Chamber of Commerce is collaborating with Mikes Party Rentals. Mikes will be bringing out the largest inflatable obstacle course in Clark County as well as some other bouncy favorites. Shoot 360 will be there hosting some fun basketball contests, Drop the Mic will be hosting Karaoke on Kids Street all day long both Friday and Saturday, come by, sing a song with them and get a free Drop the Mic T-Shirt. Big Als, and Hops N Drops will also be on Kids Street with some fun activities and giveaways. Wrist bands for the inflatables and games are $8 each and they are good for the entire day. 

The Camas Days Festival is a two-day block party of fun, craft vendors, informational vendors, food, drinks, and entertainment for everyone.  More than 115 craft and commercial vendors, 13 food vendors in the food court, and a new section will be available for young entrepreneurs.   

Another new collaboration with C-Tran will make getting to Downtown Camas for the Camas Days Grand Parade just a little easier. This year you can park at Camas High School and take a shuttle provided by C-Tran to Downtown Camas. The Shuttle will run every 15-20 minutes on Saturday July 26^th from 9 am to 5 pm.

The Columbian’s Best of Clark County rated Camas Days Hometown Festival the second-best festival in Clark County, second only behind the Clark County Fair. We are honored to receive this recognition!