Please contact me, John, at jsf@mixx96.com or 360-943-9937, if you have additions or corrections to this ongoing calendar.

NOTE: ? at end of line = unsure of date, please check.

January/February 2011
South Sound Wedding Show - Olympia 1/30/11 10am-4pm, Great Wolf Lodge
South Sound Wedding Show - Pierce County, 2/26/11 10am-4pm, Clover Park Tech. College McGavick Ctr.
Entertainment Explosion "Really Big Shoe 5" 2/26/11 7:30pm & 2/27/11 2pm, John Willis 360-791-2199

March 2011
White Pass Winter Carnival 3/5-3/6, 509-672-3101
Mixx 96.1 Birthday Bash 3/18/11, Emerald Queen Casino I-5, Tacoma, 360-943-9937
Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce Home & Garden Show 3/18-3/20/11, Yard Birds Mall, (360) 748-8885
Capital Food & Wine Festival 3/26/11 noon-9pm, St. Martin's Marcus Pavilion, Lacey

April 2011
Walk MS - Olympia & Tacoma 4/2/11 8:30am, 800-344-4867
Daffodil Festival Grand Floral Parades 4/9/11 (Tacoma 10:30am, Puyallup 12:45pm, Sumner 2:30pm, Orting 5pm), 253-863-9524
Little Puyallup Spring Fair 4/14-4/17/11, 253-841-5045
Arts Walk 4/22/11 5-10pm & 4/23/11 noon-7pm, 753-8380
Mixx 96.1 Egg Dash 4/23/11 11am, Skyhawks Park, Lacey, 360-943-9937
Procession of the Species 4/23/11 4:30pm?, 705-1087
Dining Out for Life 4/28/11, UCAN 360-352-2375
Nisqually Valley Home, Garden & Trade Show 4/29-5/1/11, Yelm H.S., info@yelmchamber.com
Lewis County Master Builders Home Show 4/30-5/1, SW Washington Fairgrounds, 754-0912

May 2011
Gig Harbor CF Great Strides Walk 5/7/11 10am, Gig Harbor, Jenny 253-858-3636 or 206-282-4770
Wooden Boat Fair-Olympia 5/7-5/8/11, always the second weekend in May
National Assoc. of Letter Carriers Food Drive 5/14/11
Twin Harbors Home Show, 5/14-5/15/11, Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, Elma
Capital City Marathon 5/15/11 7am
Olympia CF Great Strides Walk 5/21/11 9am Heritage Park
Lacey Spring Fun Fair 5/21/11 10am-6pm & 5/22/11 11am-5pm, St. Martin's University 481-4393

June 2011
Mason County Forest Festival 6/2-6/5/11 (parade Sat. 11am), always 1st weekend after Memorial Day. Judy Bidwell 943-4101
University Place Duck Daze Celebration 6/4/11 (parade 10am, Dixie 253-564-6373)
Maritime Gig Festival 6/4-6/5/11, always 1st full weekend of June, Gig Harbor, 253-851-6865
Sound to Narrows 6/11/11, 253-403-3065
Capital City Pride (festival 6/11/11, parade 6/12/11 noon)
Puyallup Meeker Days 6/17-6/19/11, 253-840-2631
Rochester Swede Day Midsommar Festival Parade 6/18/11 11am (always third weekend in June), 360-273-7231
Olympic Air Show 6/18-6/19/11, Olympia Airport
Lacey Children's Entertainment Series Tuesdays 6:30pm 6/21-8/2/11, 491-0857
Lacey in Tune Series Wednesdays noon-1pm 6/22-8/3/11, 491-0857
Yelm Prairie Days Parade 6/23/11 7pm & Yelm Prairie Days Celebration 6/23-6/26/11, 458-6608
Taste of Tacoma 6/24-6/26/11, 206-232-2982 fax: 236-5241
Lakewood SummerFEST 2011 6/24-6/26

July 2011
Lacey Children's Entertainment Series Tuesdays 6:30pm 6/21-8/2/11, 491-0857
Lacey in Tune Series Wednesdays noon-1pm 6/22-8/3/11, 491-0857
Tacoma Freedom Fair 7/4/11, Doug Miller 253-759-3340 or 761-9433
Tumwater 4th of July & Artesian Family Festival (parade 11am, festival 6pm, fireworks 10:15pm) 754-4160
Steilacoom Grand Old 4th of July (parade 1pm), 253-581-1900
Centralia "Summerfest" (parade 4pm, fireworks 10pm), 1-800-525-3323, 360-330-7674
Olympia Music in the Park, Sylvester Park, Wednesdays 7pm 7/6-8/24/11, ODA/Vida 357-8948
McCleary Bear Festival 7/8-7/10/11
Capital Lakefair 7/13-7/17/11; Kids Day & Grand Twilight Parade 7/16/11, 943-7344
Celebrate! Spanaway Street Fair & Car Show (returns in 2012)
Lacey Outdoor Cinema & Summer Concerts Series dusk Saturdays 7/16-8/13/11, 491-0857
Tenino Wine & Music Festival 7/22-7/23/11?
Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival 7/23 & 7/24, Lacey Regional Athletic Complex, 360-701-0994
Tenino Oregon Trail Days 7/22-7/24/11, parade 7/23 11am 360-264-2386 or 264-2045
Washington Hispanic Festival 7/29-7/31/11?, Centralia College, Martha Wright 360-497-0100
Mason Area Fair & Rodeo 7/29-7/31/11, 427-7789
Metro Parks Tacoma Ethnic Fest 7/30-7/31/11, noon-7pm Wright Park

August 2011
Lacey in Tune Series Wednesdays noon-1pm 6/22-8/3/11, 491-0857
Olympia Music in the Park, Sylvester Park, Wednesdays 7pm 7/6-8/24/11, ODA 357-8948
Lacey Outdoor Cinema & Summer Concerts Series dusk Saturdays 7/16-8/13/11, 491-0857
Lacey Children's Entertainment Series 8/2/11 6:30pm, 491-0857
Thurston County Fair 8/3-8/7/11 (Mixx 96.1 Kids Day 8/4), Rick Storvak 786-5453
Sumner Summer Arts Festival 8/5-8/6/11, 253-863-8300 (always first Friday & Saturday in August)
Metro Parks Free Summer Cinema Fridays 8/5-8/26/11, various locations
Grays Harbor County Fair 8/10-8/14/11, 360-482-2651 ghfair@techline.com
Pierce County Fair 8/11-8/14/11, Betty Backstrom 253-847-4754
Morton Loggers Jubilee 8/11-8/14/11, 360-498-5250, always the second weekend
Mixx 96.1 Little Red Schoolhouse School Supplies Drive 8/12/11, 360-943-9937
Southwest Washington Fair 8/16-8/21/11, 360-740-1495
Olympia Pet Parade 8/20/11 10am, 786-5441 The Olympian
Pacific County Fair 8/24-8/27/11, 360-942-3713
Sand in the City 8/26-8/28/11, Hands On Children's Museum 956-0818
Chehalis Garlic Fest & Craft Show 8/26-8/28/11, SW Washington Fairgrounds
Rainier Roundup Days Parade 8/27/11 11am, Joey Stang 360-446-2265
Tacoma Maritime Fest/Bay Days 8/27-8/28/11, 253-318-2210

September 2011
Olympia Harbor Days 9/2-9/4/11 (tug races Sunday), 943-5430
Puyallup Fair 9/9-9/25/11, Karen LaFlamme 253-841-5024
Military Family Support Day 9/10/11 9:30am, Hawks Prairie Rotary, Andrew Osczewicz 360-789-2972
Olympia Master Builders Home Show at SMU, 9/10-9/11/11 (revised), 754-0912
Pierce County AIDS Walk 9/24/11, Sarah Roemer 253-383-2565
Thurston County AIDS Walk 9/24/11, Sylvester Park, UCAN 360-352-2375

October 2011
OysterFest - Shelton 10/1-10/2/11, 426-2021
Olympia Arts Walk 10/7/11 5-10pm, 753-8380
American Cancer Society "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" 10/8/11, Broadway, Tacoma, 253-272-5767
South Sound Step Out to Fight Diabetes Walk 10/8/11, Pt. Defiance Park, 206-282-4616

November 2011
Fantasy Lights Walk Through 11/20/11 5-7pm, Scott Hall/Pierce County Parks 253-798-4753 fax:582-7461
Fantasy Lights 11/24/11-1/1/12 5:30-9pm, Scott Hall/Pierce County Parks 253-798-4753 fax: 582-7461
Olympia Holiday Parade 11/27/11 3pm, Olympia Downtown Association/Vida 357-8948, odaevent@tss.net.

December 2011
Fantasy Lights 11/24/11-1/1/12 5:30-9pm, Scott Hall/Pierce County Parks 253-798-4753 fax: 582-7461
Yelm Christmas in the Park 12/3/11 9:30am-5:30pm (parade 9:30am) (always 1st Saturday in December), Yelm Area Chamber 458-6608
Shelton Holiday Parade 12/3/11 (always 1st weekend) 5pm, 426-1368
Chehalis Santa Parade 12/3/11? 11am, 800-525-3323, 360-748-8885
Sumner/Puyallup Santa Parades 12/3/11 2:30 (Sumner) & 5pm (Puyallup), 253-840-2631
Olympia Toy Run 12/3/11? 11am South Sound Center, ride leaves at 1pm
Olympia Parade of Lighted Ships 12/7 & 12/10/11, Olympia Yacht Club 357-6767
Montesano Festival of Lights Parade 12/9-12/10/11? (parade Sat. 6pm), 360-249-2756 or 888-294-0483
Mixx 96.1 "Wrapping Up The Holidays" Toy Drive 12/16/11 6am-6pm, 360-943-9937