Bring the whole family for 4-days of fun in the sun! While there’s
something for everyone to enjoy, the highlight is our parade on
Saturday that starts at 11AM - that draws a crowd of approximately
20,000!!
Thursday – Saturday, our beautiful Polk County Courthouse Lawn holds
approximately 60 booths providing food, retail products, commercial
information and arts & crafts. Come for shopping, entertainment for
all ages, waterball, the vehicle rescue competition, library book
sale, and so much more!
Sunday the focus shifts to our City Park for ‘A Day in the Park’
where you can have Breakfast in the Park, and visit the Car Show
with over 400 vehicles! Across the creek there’s Art in the Park
and the Arboretum will give you a tour of the gardens.
Information, schedules, applications and entry
forms will be updated to the website as we draw closer to Summerfest,
so please keep checking back!
SPONSORS Without
the generosity of local businesses that sponsor this event, the
Summerfest activities just couldn't happen. We would like to thank
all of our past sponsors for their support and hope that each and
everyone continues to give. If you would like to become a sponsor
click below for more information. SPONSORS
INFORMATION.pdf(113Kb)
Sounds of Summer from 6:30PM -
8:30PM The Annual Sounds of Summer
Concert Series hosted by the City of Dallas. Concessions provided by the Dallas High School Cheer Team.
Located on the Rotary Stage (Academy Building) * Please call 503-831-3571
for more information.
First Annual Duck Race 5:30PM on...
Kids Coloring Corner 11AM -7PM 3ft x 8ft Summerfest
Murals for kids to color! Check in at the Chamber Information Booth, get
your pens, your section to color and have fun!
Hydro Cart Races 6PM on...
Dating back to the early 1950’s, the tradition of Hydro Cart Races are
back, hosted by the Dallas Fire Department!!
Each
3-man team races to be the winner. The driver and two-hose operators
all must be licensed fire department staff. The carts must also be
handmade by the team, but can pull in other folks to help.
Hydro Cart Races will be on Friday the 25th beginning at 6PM. Located
in front of the Dallas Fire Station at
915 SE Shelton Street.
Contact: Paul McCallum at 503.871.6787 for more information.
Main Stage Entertainment Located front & center of the Polk County
Courthouse.
Oregon Vehicle Rescue Competition 7AM -7PM 8-total teams from
Oregon and
Washington come to
Dallas to compete and judged. Vehicles are set up
to recreate actual wrecks. Teams are scored on time, safety and
efficiency of rescue. 1st and 2nd Oregon Teams Qualify for the National
Challenge in 2008 to represent
Oregon at the challenge.
Located at the Dallas Fire
Station at 915 S.E. Shelton Street in Dallas - Please call
503-831-3560
for more information.
Fun Run 10AM -11AM
Kids of all ages are welcome to come to this pre-parade event. The run will follow the
parade route, so friends and family can cheer you on! Starting and
finishing in the parking lot of Radio Shack, it's a short, simple 8
blocks designed with children in mind. Times will be printed in the
Itemizer-Observer and posted at the Chamber office. There will be
ribbons for all participants!
Kidz Hour Activities 10AM -11AM Activities and entertainment for
kids along the Parade Route. Including; sidewalk chalk art (free chalk!), street performers,
face painting, clowns, jugglers, balloons, and cascarones (confetti eggs).
The Parade 11AM -12:30PM Come on out for Oregon’s LARGEST
small town parade on Saturday, July 26th in historic downtown Dallas!
As the latest in a series of parades
dating back over 100 years, we expect a crowd of between 15,000 & 20,000
people to see our two-mile long procession of over 165 entries including;
floats, musical groups, medieval reenactments, exotic animals, art cars,
antique and modern military vehicles, horse-drawn vehicles, collector
cars, Kings and Queens and much, much more!
Come
down early to reserve your spot and let the kids enjoy the PreParade
events!
Main Stage Entertainment Located front & center of the Polk
County Courthouse.
Additional
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Sunday, July 26th Note: All events
below are in the Dallas City
Park
Breakfast in the Park Our local Rotary hosts this annual
fantastic feast of Pancakes, Eggs, and Ham in our beautiful Dallas City
Park. Get your tickets early!
Dallas Rotary Car Show This ever growing show is
anticipating approximately 450 vehicles this year! Vehicles start
arriving at 7AM. Take a walk down memory lane as you’re able to see
vehicles of all kinds, ages and values.
For more information visit the car show website
Art in the Park The Dallas Arts Association
invites you to browse the booths, view the Fine Arts exhibit, eat good
food and enjoy the music! The children’s area has a variety of activities.
A new music performer starts at the top of every hour. Download Art in Park
Application.pdf