sunfair parade

It's a September tradition around the Yakima Valley: the Sunfair Parade. The opening ceremony of the Central Washington State Fair. And with floats, marching bands, sirens, classic cars and drill teams stretching the length of Yakima Avenue, this year's parade didn't disappoint...

This Saturday marks the 54th annual Sunfair parade, coordinated by the Yakima Sunfair Festival Association, in conjunction with the opening weekend of the Central Washington State Fair. Here's a handy info guide to, hopefully, answer some of your questions!

It's finally here -- the 2015 Central Washington State Fair opens today (Sept. 25) for a 10-day run that concludes Oct. 4. The traditional Sunfair Parade,starting at 10 a.m. Saturday and rolling along Yakima Avenue from 16th to Naches Avenue, serves as the official opening ceremony...

10 days of the Central Washington state fair wrapped up Sunday after tens of thousands of people passed through the gates. Final attendance figures aren't yet available but no doubt big crowds were there, nearly 266 thousand people attended the fair this year, about 7 thousand more than last year...

In an effort to help honor Yakima SunFair Parade Grand Marshall Dale Carpenter,  the management of the Central Washington State Fair, along with Joe Mann, SunFair Parade organizer, has decided to do a parade through the fairgrounds this Saturday, September 29, at 5 pm...

Haze from the nearby wildfires blankets the valley and that hazed forced the cancellation of the 51st annual Sunfair Parade. Parade organizers say it just wasn't smart to hold the parade in such conditions. Officials say participants started withdrawing from the parade because of the smokey haze early last week...

The 51st annual Yakima Sunfair parade is set for Saturday in downtown Yakima and this year the Sunfair Festival Association has named Dale Carpenter as the Grand Marshal. the president of the Sunfair Parade board Joe Mann says the general manager of Yakima Theaters was chosen because festival officials say he's demonstrated a lifelong love for the greater Yakima area through his many volunteer eff

The Yakima Sunfair Festival Association invites all artists to enter its second annual poster contest.  Entries must capture the theme of the CWSF which is “Fair Fever. Catch It.”  Submissions must be postmarked by June 15.  The winner will be named in mid to late July following a poll of all entries posted on Facebook July 1 – 15...