Camas Days, an annual event since 1974, is a two-day festival focusing on family fun, with arts & crafts, and a wine and beer garden with live music by “The Sarah Lodge Band” and “Freight Train Jayne” on Friday and “The Light Fantastic,” Andrew Matthews Band” and “River Divide” on Saturday. This event draws nearly 16,000 in attendance and will take place on Friday, July 25 and Saturday, July 26 in downtown Camas.
The festival starts with the opening of vendor booths, both days, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The wine and beer garden will be open from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday and from 2-11 p.m. on Saturday. All ages will be welcome in the beer garden on Saturday, July 26 from 2-5 p.m. Little Otter’s Café will be hosting children’s activities during that time.
On Friday, the Kid’s Parade will march down 4th Avenue at 12:15 p.m. (line up starts at 11:30 a.m.) and on Saturday, the Main Parade “Broadway Comes to Camas. It’s Showtime!” will start at 11 a.m. There will be marching bands, dignitaries, drill teams, floats, animals, toilet paper tossing hosted by Georgia Pacific, and more. The parade will kick off with our Grand Marshal, Richard Mancini, in honor of his 24-plus years as the beloved band director for Camas High School.
Immediately following the grand parade is our iconic Bathtub Race located between the Camas Library and City Hall. Firefighters are on hand cooling the crowd down with water hoses!
Kids and kids-at-heart will be entertained on our Kids Street. This area is equipped with two inflatable obstacle courses (one is the largest in Clark County), an inflatable slide, games and other kid activities.
The Camas Days Festival is a two-day block party of fun, craft vendors, informational vendors, food, drinks, and entertainment for everyone. Over 120 craft and commercial vendors, 14 food vendors, and a section for young entrepreneurs are scheduled.
Parade applications and Bathtub Race applications, as well as volunteer information are available on the chamber website, www.cwchamber.com.
C-TRAN will provide shuttle service from Camas High School (26900 SE 15th Street) to downtown Camas on Saturday from 9 a.m.– 5 p.m.
