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Tulip Festival Events & Happenings in La Conner

We are ready for you to take-in the tulips for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2018 and enjoy happenings and events in and around La Conner.  Welcome!

APRIL

1              Happy Easter

1-30       Skagit Valley Tulip Festival – Activities and events all month long in the Skagit Valley

1-7          Skagit Beer Week – Throughout Skagit County / skagitbeerweek.com

4              Artist Reception: Material Men 2 – PNW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, 4pm – 6pm

5              Tillinghast Apartments Open House, 4:30pm – 6:30pm

6              Snow Goose Silk Art – La Conner Sips, 2pm – 7pm

8              Sip n’ Paint: Wine Glass Painting Party – La Conner Sips, 2pm – 4pm

10           Complimentary Wine Tasting – Sempre Italiano, 3pm – 6pm

10           David Lukov “Life and Laughter in the Cemetery” – La Conner Retirement Inn, 3:30pm – 5pm

14           Rummage Sale – La Conner Retirement Inn, 10am – 3pm

14           Workshop: Plushwork Flowers – PNW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, 1pm – 5pm

14           Not So Impromptu Parade – Down 1st St. La Conner, Starts at 2pm

14           Skagit Topic: Environmental History – Skagit City School, 2pm – 5pm

14           Live Music: Mike Bucy – La Conner Sips, 7pm – 9pm

19           Friends & Family Dinner – La Conner Retirement Inn, 4pm – 6pm

20           Artist Reception: Kurume Ikat Kimono – PNW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, 1pm – 2pm

21           Live Music: No Tonic Press – La Conner Sips, 4:30pm – 6:30pm

22           Earth Day

26           Sip & Paint: Tulip Festival Boots Canvas – La Conner Sips, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

28           “Sticks” Trunk Show – Eathenworks Gallery

 

ONGOING EVENTS & ACTIVITIES:

  • Rotary Club of La Conner – Fresh Cut Tulip Sales, Wed. – Sun. 11am to 5pm at the La Conner Roundabout and Farmhouse Restaurant
  • Island Adventures – Deception Pass Tour, Special Tulip Festival Time Saturdays at 2pm
  • Roads 2 Tulips – A boutique tour visiting the Skagit Valley tulips fields / call 425.493.4555 for more info
  • Starline Luxury Coaches – Shuttle service w. many convenient Skagit Valley stops during Tulip Festival/ call 206.763.5817 for more info

 

ONGOING EXHIBITS & CLASSES:

Museum of Northwest Art

  • Robert McCauley: American Fiction – March 31 – June 10
  • Invisible: Selections from the Permanent Collection – March 31 – June 10

Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum

  • Material Men 2: Contemporary Masters, March 28 – June 24
  • Kurume Ikat Kimono: Shoji Yamamura & Makiko Kakihara – March 28 – April 20

Skagit County Historical Museum

  • Greetings! – February 9 – April 22
  • Old Time Tools and New Fangled Furniture – February 24 – May 13
  • Let’s Have a Picnic – April 26 – September 2