BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:45th Annual Cherry Festival DESCRIPTION:The Northwest Cherry Festival will return April 24 26\, 2026\, with a refreshed and reimagined format designed to balance celebration\, economic impact\, and the realities of ongoing downtown construction.\n\nDue to the City of The Dalles First Street Project\, the traditional footprint of the festival required modification this year. After months of site visits\, coordination\, and discussion beginning in October\, the Chamber and City worked together to evaluate space availability\, access\, power\, water\, vendor logistics\, and public safety before finalizing a revised plan.\n\n\n\n The Dalles\, Oregon\n\nwww.NorthwestCherryFestival.com\n\n\n\nWhat's Changing in 2026\n\n The carnival footprint has been revised and relocated to Lewis & Clark Festival Park (Union & W 1st Street).\n\n The carnival has been curtailed in size to fit the available footprint and will operate:\n\nFriday: 4:00 10:00 PM\n\nSaturday: 11:00 AM 10:00 PM\n\nSunday: 11:00 AM 6:00 PM Vendor Market activities will take place Saturday only (11:00 AM 8:00 PM)\, reducing multi-day street closures.\n\n Several festival elements have been redistributed throughout downtown to minimize concentrated impacts.\n\nSaturday\, April 25: A City-Wide Celebration\n\nSaturday remains the heart of the festival\, featuring:\n\n CGCC Cherry Fun Run\n\n Royalty Coronation & Community Breakfast\n\n Cherry Festival Parade (10:00 AM)\n\n Open-Air Vendor Market on Federal Street & Tony's Lot\n\n KODL Classic Car Show (Federal Street\, 2nd 4th)\n\n Community Fair (4th & Washington Federal)\n\n Children's Fair (Medical Arts Building Parking Lot)\n\n Cherry Festival Quilt Show\n\n Randy Haines Cherry Stomp Dance & Evening Concert at Civic Auditorium\n\nStreet closures for the Car Show\, Community Fair\, Children's Fair\, and Vendor Market will occur Saturday only\, 8:00 AM 5:00 PM\, significantly reducing previous multi-day impacts.\n\nAll Month Long: The GREAT Cherry Adventure\n\nIn addition to weekend festivities\, April will feature a month-long Cherry Hunt (April 1 30)\, a community-wide interactive experience modeled after the popular Frosty Trail. Participants can visit businesses\, earn points\, win weekly prizes\, and search for hidden original artwork placed throughout the community. If found\, the art belongs to the finder.\n\nThis expanded format spreads foot traffic throughout the month\, supporting small businesses beyond a single weekend.\n\nEntertainment Across Downtown\n\n\n\nRather than centralizing all music\, the Chamber is partnering with local pubs\, restaurants\, and venues to activate downtown all weekend. Businesses are invited to share their live music schedules so they can be promoted through the official festival webpage\, NorthwestCherryFestival.com and the community calendar at TDCommunityCalendar.com. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Northwest Cherry Festival will return April 24&ndash\;26\, 2026\, with a refreshed and reimagined format designed to balance celebration\, economic impact\, and the realities of ongoing downtown construction.
\nDue to the City of The Dalles First Street Project\, the traditional footprint of the festival required modification this year. After months of site visits\, coordination\, and discussion beginning in October\, the Chamber and City worked together to evaluate space availability\, access\, power\, water\, vendor logistics\, and public safety before finalizing a revised plan.
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\n \;The Dalles\, Oregon
\nwww.NorthwestCherryFestival.com
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\nWhat&rsquo\;s Changing in 2026
\n&bull\; The carnival footprint has been revised and relocated to Lewis &\; Clark Festival Park (Union &\; W 1st Street).
\n&bull\; The carnival has been curtailed in size to fit the available footprint and will operate:
\nFriday: 4:00&ndash\;10:00 PM
\nSaturday: 11:00 AM&ndash\;10:00 PM
\nSunday: 11:00 AM&ndash\;6:00 PM&bull\; Vendor Market activities will take place Saturday only (11:00 AM&ndash\;8:00 PM)\, reducing multi-day street closures.
\n&bull\; Several festival elements have been redistributed throughout downtown to minimize concentrated impacts.
\nSaturday\, April 25: A City-Wide Celebration
\nSaturday remains the heart of the festival\, featuring:
\n&bull\; CGCC Cherry Fun Run
\n&bull\; Royalty Coronation &\; Community Breakfast
\n&bull\; Cherry Festival Parade (10:00 AM)
\n&bull\; Open-Air Vendor Market on Federal Street &\; Tony&rsquo\;s Lot
\n&bull\; KODL Classic Car Show (Federal Street\, 2nd&ndash\;4th)
\n&bull\; Community Fair (4th &\; Washington&ndash\;Federal)
\n&bull\; Children&rsquo\;s Fair (Medical Arts Building Parking Lot)
\n&bull\; Cherry Festival Quilt Show
\n&bull\; Randy Haines Cherry Stomp Dance &\; Evening Concert at Civic Auditorium
\nStreet closures for the Car Show\, Community Fair\, Children&rsquo\;s Fair\, and Vendor Market will occur Saturday only\, 8:00 AM&ndash\;5:00 PM\, significantly reducing previous multi-day impacts.
\nAll Month Long: The GREAT Cherry Adventure
\nIn addition to weekend festivities\, April will feature a month-long Cherry Hunt (April 1&ndash\;30)\, a community-wide interactive experience modeled after the popular Frosty Trail. Participants can visit businesses\, earn points\, win weekly prizes\, and search for hidden original artwork placed throughout the community. If found\, the art belongs to the finder.
\nThis expanded format spreads foot traffic throughout the month\, supporting small businesses beyond a single weekend.
\nEntertainment Across Downtown
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\nRather than centralizing all music\, the Chamber is partnering with local pubs\, restaurants\, and venues to activate downtown all weekend. Businesses are invited to share their live music schedules so they can be promoted through the official festival webpage\, NorthwestCherryFestival.com and the community calendar at TDCommunityCalendar.com.
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\n LOCATION:Entertainment Across Downtown Rather than centralizing all music\, the Chamber is partnering with local pubs\, restaurants\, and venues to activate downtown all weekend. Businesses are invited to share their live music schedules so they can be promoted through the official festival webpage\, NorthwestCherryFestival.com and the community calendar at TDCommunityCalendar.com. The carnival footprint has been revised and relocated to Lewis & Clark Festival Park (Union & W 1st Street). The carnival has been curtailed in size to fit the available footprint and will operate: Friday: 4:00 10:00 PM Saturday: 11:00 AM 10:00 PM Sunday: 11:00 AM 6:00 PM UID:e.9103.21995 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260413T093051Z URL:https://business.oregonfestivals.org/events/details/45th-annual-cherry-festival-21995 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR