After moving here a few months ago we found the tamales were often a favorite when we went to…read moreMexican restaurants. As such, I made a comment one day that there should be a tamale Festival. To our great delight, we found that there had been 12 prior and that this year would be celebrating the 13th one! We mosied on down on a Saturday afternoon, with some friends in tow. We found an amazing meeting of some of the most delicious Mexican food we've had since time started. The event is held a long one of the main streets in downtown Wapato and encompassed about three blocks worth of real estate. The different stands where everything from local favorites, two food trucks, two people making tamales as part of fundraisers for different organizations. Many of the places also served street style tacos, Indian tacos and one guy was even roasting some boss looking chicken One of the stands with selling a number of different beverages including Horchata, strawberry lemonade and a number of different juices, each one of which we sampled was delicious. I'll food items range between a dollar and five dollars, with most of them being in $1.50 range. Everything we had here was good and it was really nice to be able to move around from stand to stand, sampling the different tamales. By the end of the afternoon we doll eaten roughly the Weight of one of our arms in tamales, and it was so good! The DJ that was in the center of the festival did a great job keeping things lightly, and while we didn't stay for the voting, I believe there was a best of show type event. The only thing that would make this better is if there were a king or queen of tamales crowned, and it included any and everyone from the community. Based on the offerings that were available, I would imagine that the stuff that people make at home in the area is absolutely mind blowing. Well worth checking out in something that we will be planning on going to on a yearly basis!

Every year the Yakima Valley grows a super majority of the hops in the USA (about 77% to be exact)…read moreand more recently we took over as the top grower in the world! There are truly no truer words than "We grow your beer" when it comes to the area. The Fresh Hop Ale Festival pays homage to the fact that hops generally make beer better and with the growing varieties of hops, it's unlikely that the festivities will stop anytime soon. The festival is held downtown in Millenium park where you and a few thousand of your closest friends can sample beer from 40 breweries from all over the country. For you non beer drinkers (like my best half), they've got a number of wineries that join forces and provide alternative libations. Food trucks, concerts, long lines for port-o-potties and plenty of conversations are all at your disposal from 5-10 pm. Cost runs around $45 and includes 4 drink tokens and a glass to take home to the kids! For $75 you can hang in the VIP tent and grab both a bigger glass and more food! Those tickets go quick so it's worth buying if you're thinking about it. Rated as one of the top 10 beer festivals in the country, it's well worth the trip across town or across the country! Go Beer!

Had a lot of fun at the festival yesterday. We were especially happy to see Big Dogs Grill! Thank…read moreyou for including a vendor that supplied both gluten free and vegan options. For my family with celiac and one vegan this was such a bonus!

Very interesting displays and explanations of the history of the local people. Takes about 30-45…read more minutes to read and study the displays. The QR codes are helpful. It is always good to learn the "other side of the story" - even if difficult to digest. Worth the side trip!

Be present. No photos. Want to read. Can use camera for QR code audible. YakAma. Forgive my…read moreignorance---Washington state do we please fix the spelling of the city of Yakima? Federally Give back where much has been taken away. The spirit is not to be crushed. #MMIW skilayay

Love this place so much! There's a bunch of open space for seating especially outside. I love the…read morecute little patio that can be rented out for events. Great place for a tasting since there was a white and reds flight option. If you're lucky, you might see a cute little cat around too!

Beautiful views with good wine and charcuterie board! Service was prompt and friendly. We will come…read moreto visit again!

Nice little Festival in a tiny River town called Bingen, Washington. If you ever wanted everything…read moreHuckleberry this is a good place to go! Held every year in September. Picked up bunch of Huckleberry stuff here when we went, Pie, shakes, fudge..... Also got a couple other things as well. I would highly recommend this little Festival but that being said, not much else to do in this town!

Small. Not as advertised. Only one booth sold all products…read morehuckleberry plus one food truck. We walked the festival in ten minutes.

This was our first trip down to the annual treaty days powwow and I must say we had a very nice…read moretime! The event takes place over three or four days in a couple different locations. There's a large celebration in Toppenish as well as another (this one) in White Swan. For those who have never been to white swan, it's a very small and very rural community, the one that has a lot of neat history as it relates to the native peoples in the area. The location of the pow wow is next to the white swan long house which is just a little ways outside town. Plug it into whatever your MapQuest of the day is and it'll get you right there! The area and building where it is held is basically a small fairground type area. There's plenty of parking and as you walk up you are first created by food vendors and vendors of many a trinket item. Some folks are selling native art while others are selling small ukuleles and wallets. It runs the gamut from "wow that's neat" to something that your two-year-old is absolutely sure they need. It's always exciting to have a conversation about the merits of learning to play a musical instrument and why that instrument should probably not be a miniature guitar purchased at a powwow... The two or three food vendors that were there had some solid options. Fry bread and Indian tacos tend to be the items du jour at many of the events in the lower Valley and this was no exception. We got ourselves a delicious NDN (that's how a lot of places advertise it) taco as well as some fry bread with huckleberry butter. We learned very quickly that we really like huckleberry butter! The main event for the powwow involves different dances and songs or chanting from the different tribes. The native dress the many of the men, women and kids are in is visually stunning at times and incredibly intricate. There are lots of people walking around in the different outfits and it gives you a really neat feel for how many different types of native cultures are represented in the area. The dances and chanting that went on was unique and pretty powerful- it was at time very primal, simple to complex and throughout was very beautiful. As someone who has no prior pow wow experience I couldn't appreciate the intricacies of many of the dances but found quickly that you didn't need to know anything about them to appreciate them. All in all, this was an event that give us a better appreciation for many of the different customs that have been present in the area for much longer than any of us have been. We're excited to go back in future years to see the dancing, experience the food and learn more about the cultures that made up this area long before we did. Worth your time every time!

Christ the King's Sausage Fest is an annual, two-day Oktoberfest celebration that caters to all age…read moregroups. Its an annual staple of the Tri-Cities - and one of the very few specifically in Richland. It's claim to fame rests neatly in its consistancy, affordability, fun and frivolity. With hand-painted signs and storefronts from the early 1980's, a few pair of lederhosen, a killer Bierock recipe that hasn't seem to have changed in 30 years - this event will always please and fill you with nostolgia. Cheaper than a fair with all the benefits and more. The youngin's (and following adults) will get hours of entertainment from the parlor games like Scat Cat (shoes thrown at wooden cats on a fence line for a prize) and the Pop Toss (Mason Jar ring toss onto bottle necks to win a warm soda) and the wide variety of delicious, inexpensive grub. For the somewhat older kiddos, there is a middle school and high school dance and an appropriate level of adolescent walk-abouts, and some games geared to their skill levels. For the adults - an indoor and an outdoor beer garden allow for some elbow rubbing and enjoyment (the indoor garden has sausages available and stage entertainment). My recommendation: get a Bierock. Get a Sausage with Kraut. Get a Frito Bandito (Taco Salad). Get an ear of corn. Have a beer. Play some games and win some plastic toys. Watch a few of the stage shows. Sit next to a stranger and strike up a conversation and think back to a time when we didn't all take ourselves so seriously and had fun with our neighbors.

Inexpensive fun with the family. The kids always have a blast! The games usually cost $.50-$.75…read moreeach for the kids to play- very doable. It's a relaxing environment and all for a good cause. See ya next year!

I'm not sure how to rate this event because my oh my, I've never been to anything like it in my…read morelife!! I've been to numerous festivals from Country music, to Jazz and a few odd ones in between but never in my life have I experienced a festival such as this!! It's GINORMOUS!! Absolutely epically GINORMOUS!! I loved every single minute of the music on both stages and the line-up was a great mix of old and new. The grounds are well maintained and the event staff were all very friendly and helpful. All in all, it's a great festival that I think everybody should attend at least once in their life. If nothing else, it will help you make a better decision when your 16 year old daughter asks if she can go with a bunch of her friends!! The camping is a bit crazy unless you get the Terrace camping. Even the Premier camping was a bit crazy but the general camping is absolutely NUTS! It's mostly all college students and teenagers and they are way out of hand with overturned garbage and even out houses knocked over. Don't bring very many clothes, you won't need them!! Most of the attendees wander around in next to nothing and there is quite a bit of flashing going on so not necessarily a family friendly festival! I'm only giving 4 stars because of the box seats. We paid nearly $1,000 for what we thought were going to be the best seats in the house. We got there, only to discover that the stage was blocked by a huge DJ tower that wasn't going to be moving. They "accommodated" those box seats affected by putting us in a little gated off area at the back of the "pit". Definitely NOT $1,000 seats!

Wow! Absolutely amazing event - I say that not only because the Gorge is a naturally gorgeous venue…read moreon its own, but because of how well the rest of the festival was run. It far exceeded my expectations and I felt like my only job was to have fun. All the staff was friendly and helpful - from the security to the vendors. We camped in Big Rig (recommended if you can get it) and our spaces were clean and grassy. Showers were available, they were provided in a trailer, but were clean and had warm water. The porta-potties were always close and somehow managed to stay clean for 4 days as well. There are also trucks that come through with water for your camper and sewer dumps, for a charge. Handy! The general store was stocked with everything you could have forgotten to bring, and prices weren't so high that I felt like I was being robbed. I expect to pay a bit more given the location and convenience, and it was all in line. The wristbands were handy as you can attach your credit card to them so you don't have to carry cash around all weekend. Definitely bring a bicycle to ride around and check out the other camps - well worth it. The whole weekend, I felt like everyone was there to make sure we had the best time for the money we all spent. A very well-run event - great job!

I dunno, I guess it's not at that same park as it was before, and I heard that someone died at the…read morenew location two years ago. But I wouldn't recommend. Other ren faires in the state are much better. This one is all over the map and can't decide what kind of animal it is. Fantasy fair? Historical festival? Arts Venue? Who knows? The group that puts it on isn't historically accurate, or particularly professional. Which is too bad since they use an educational grant to put it on.