Derby Day, Summer Fun in the Park to end summer with family fun

The Blaine and Birch Bay communities will end summer on a high note with two family events, Derby Day and Summer Fun in the Park, on Saturday, August 26. 

Derby Day, previously known as Discover Birch Bay Days, will bring back popular Birch Bay community events for an all-day event on August 26. The event will start at 9 a.m. with the Friends of the Birch Bay Library’s Love Your Library 5K Fun Run/Walk before the Birch Bay Parade starts at 10 a.m. and travels along Birch Bay Drive. 

A non-gambling golf cart and bicycle poker run will take place 12-2 p.m. The rubber duck derby begins at 3:30 p.m. at Terrell Creek and a crab derby is scheduled, though the time and location have not yet been determined. A vendors market will run from 11 a.m. until the event ends at 5 p.m.

More information on Derby Day can be found on the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce’s website at birchbaywa.org. 

Summer Fun in the Park will offer a last hurrah of the summer 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Blaine Marine Park playground. The evening will allow kids to play on the pirate playground while adults enjoy beverages from Gateway 1890 Taphouse and Grill’s beer, wine and cider garden. Family Therapy, a Blaine-based band, will perform, and Paso del Norte, Cicchitti’s Pizza and Sugar Shack will sell food at the event. 

The event is sponsored by Windermere Real Estate’s Jen Freeman and Leah Crews.