SKAGIT VALLEY

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The Skagit County is located about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, BC and offers a multitude of varied entertainment and beauty. La Conner, Anacortes, and Edison are artistic coastal communities; Mount Vernon and Burlington offer an array of arts and services; and Sedro Woolley is the gateway to the North Cascades National Park. A truly great place to visit.

SKAGIT VALLEY TULIP FESTIVAL
Multiple Locations in & around the
Mount Vernon/LaConner Area
Mount Vernon, WA
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Every year vast multi-acre fields of tulips and daffodils are grown in the fertile Skagit River Valley, generally in a 15-mile triangle bordered by Highway 20, the Skagit River, and the Swinomish River Channel. You can tour the tulip field area by car, by bike or by foot.

MOUNT VERNON

RIVERBELLE DINNER THEATRE
100 E. Montgomery
Old Town Grainery Bldg.
Mount Vernon, WA
(Just north of the Amtrak
station in downtown Mount Vernon)
(360) 336-3012
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Skagit County's New Premiere Dinner Theatre! Now here's a real deal. An excelent dinner and a great show for the price of one ticket, and it's all just an hour drive from Seattle. And here we thought all there was at MountVernon were tulips and swans.

MCINTYRE HALL
2501 East College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
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McIntyre Hall is home to many local community organizations such as the Skagit Opera, Northwest Ballet Theatre, Skagit Symphony, Theater Arts Guild,Skagit Valley Academy of Dance, META Performing Arts, Skagit Valley Chorale, Fidalgo Youth Symphony and others.

CONWAY

THE CONWAY PUB & EATERY
18611 Main Street
Conway, WA 98238
(360) 445- 4733
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Good Food, Good Brew, Friendly & Fun. The best panfried oysters this side of the mississippi.  Karaoke every Friday and every other Saturday night.  Live music every Sunday 5:pm to 9:pm  Kitchen hours: 10am-10pm daily. 

CONWAY MUSE
18444 Main Street
Conway, WA 98238
360-445-2062
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The Conway Muse is an unique, one of a kind eclectic retail store, auction barn, performing & visual arts center. There is no rhyme nor reason to what you might expect at the Conway Muse, Fiddle Music to Jazz, Poetry to Yoga, they even sometimes offer Tango lessons. One thing for sure, you can't help but enjoying yourself and it is family friendly, you can bring the kids.

ANACORTES

ANACORTES COMMUNITY THEATRE
918 M Avenue
Anacortes, WA 98221
Business Office: 360-293-4373
Ticket Sales: 360-293-6829
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Anacortes is a fun place to visit and the Anacortes Theater just enhances the experience. You don't have to be in a big city to enjoy good theater, they have it right here, at the gate way to the San Jaun Islands.

LA CONNER

THE LA CONNER INSTITUTE
OF PERFORMING ARTS
Maple Hall/Maple Center
104 Commercial
La Conner 98257
360-466-2665 (tickets)
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The La Conner Institute offers a varried line up of performances for your entertainment at the Maple Hall/Maple Center located in the heart of historic downtown La Conner. The musical menu offers both local and national talent. Swing Bands to Choruses, Chamber groups to smal ensambles grace their stages for your musical enjoyment.

SKAGIT COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
501 S 4th St
La Conner, WA 98257
Phone: (360) 466-3365
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Explore Skagit County’s rich and rugged heritage, from parlors to plows, Native American baskets to Shirley Temple dolls, the Museum galleries are overflowing with interesting and often unusual treasures of Skagit County’s vibrant past.

LACONNER QUILT &
TEXTILE MUSEUM
703 S. 2nd Street
La Conner, WA
360-466-4288
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The La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum is housed in the historic 1891 Gaches Mansion. This unique museum features three stories of quilts and textiles that range from traditional to contemporary, with a focus on works from the Northwest.

KIWANIS CASH COW
ART AUCTION
La Conner Fruit &
Produce Market
116 1st Street
La Connor, WA
3 p.m., Saturday, July 10th
360-466-3352
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Beginning June 1st, over 30 artists will have pieces from paintings to quilts to sculpture on exhibit during the month of June and ending with an auction on July 10th. this event is a fundraiser for the Kiwanis student scholarships program.

ENJOY A TASTE
OF LA CONNER!
June 11, 4: - 8: pm
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Participating restaurants: La Conner Seafood and Prime Rib House, Olive Shoppe, Nell Thorn, Seed's Bistro & Bar, Waterfront Café, and Hellams Wine Shop. Tickets will be pre-sold by phone 360-466-4778 or in person at 606 Morris Street, La Conner. The last Taste of La Conner in May SOLD OUT so don't wait to purchase your tickets.

THE LA CONNER CLASSIC
BOAT & CAR SHOW
South Basin of the La Conner Marina
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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Whether your love is classic cars, show cars, classic yachts, work boats, or vintage motorcycles, you'll be seriously "rocked" at this event.

MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART
121 South First Street
La Conner, WA
360 466 4446
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The Museum of Northwest Art strives to collect, preserve, and interpret the art of the Northwest. The museum's growing collection includes over 2,500 contemporary art objects from the early 1900s to the present day. Noted artists include Mark Tobey, Guy Anderson, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, Hilda Morris, George Tsutakawa, Richard Gilkey, Leo Kenney, Doris Chase, Paul Horiuchi, Ambrose Patterson, Viola Patterson, Neil Meitzler, Frank Okada, Clayton James, Philip McCracken, Dale Chihuly, Mary Randlett, Max Benjamin, Jay Steensma, William Slater, and Sonja Blomdahl.

4th OF JULY PARADE &
FIREWORKS OVER THE CHANNEL
The Parade in La Conner
begins at 11: am
The Community picinc
and games for kids
begins after the parade
in Pioneer Park.
The Fireworks over the
Swinomish Channel start
at 10 pm
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Bring the family and celebrate the fourth.

BURLINGTON

SKAGIT SPEEDWAY
4796 Old Highway 99 North
Burlington, WA 98233
(360) 724-3567
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Sprint Car Racing
Abril 17-September 18
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Skagit Speedway, 9 miles north of Burlington on Old Highway 99, is the premier motor sports facility in the northwest United States. Hundreds of thousands of fans of fixed-wing dirt track racing flock to the 3/10th mile clay track, dubbed “The Action Attraction of the Northwest,” to enjoy an evening of exciting family fun. Several high-profile dirt track race events are mixed into the weekly schedule of sprint car racing, including the annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup each June, the Bob’s Burgers & Brew 360 nationals in July and the popular World of Outlaws week in September.

SAMISH ISLAND

GARDENS OF NOTE
TOUR OF PRIVATE GARDENS
Sunday, June 27, 2010
10: am to 5: pm
Samish Island
Live musical entertainment
Advance ticket purchase recommended
(360) 424-7591
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Experience seven distinctively different private gardens with an expanded array of live musical entertainment. You will enjoy listening to Classical, Jazz, Popular, or World Music as you wander through each garden. Dramatic views of Samish Bay unfold along the woodland path connecting the gardens.