PORT LUDLOW — Arts and crafts, sailboat and kayak races, tennis and golf tournaments and a car show are among the varied activities at the Festival by the Bay today through Sunday.
Buttons for all three days cost $5 before the event and $7 at the gate of the festival on Oak Bay Road near the Port Ludlow Marina.
Once known as Port Ludlow Days, the event has been expanded this year, said Linda Karp, secretary of the Port Ludlow Festival Association.
Last year, the group decided to become a nonprofit organization “so we could benefit Jefferson County,” Karp said.
The organizations chosen to benefit from this festival are the Chimacum Schools Foundation and Olympic Community Action Programs, better known as OlyCAP.
Robert Olbrych agreed to become chairman for this year and work to “expand [the festival], make it a much larger festival,” Karp said.
“Port Ludlow Days was a small venue pretty much contained within a parking lot at the old Harbormaster Restaurant building at Port Ludlow,” Olbrych said.
“I wanted to work on a community event that brings Port Ludlow into the greater community, and to continue the generosity that this community has been known for.”
Festival attractions
Eighty-six arts and crafts vendors will offer a wide variety of works including metal, glass, wood, paint and textile products in the parking lot all three days.
A dozen musical groups will offer more than 30 performances on two stages.
The headliner is Freddy Pink, performing from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday before fireworks explode over Port Ludlow Bay at dusk.
The lead vocalist for Freddy Pink, Gordon Yancey, is a local — from Cape George, Karp said.
“This is one of the few times they’ve played on the Peninsula, and he’s excited,” she said. “We were really lucky to get them.”
An art show of the work of 33 artists will kick off today in the Harbormaster building with a wine and cheese reception.
A fun run and children’s activities are among the attractions.
Humvee at the festival
Exhibits will include a Marine Corps Humvee and Bear Cat, a Port Ludlow Fire Department Life-Safety Trailer and a 1951 Jefferson County sheriff’s patrol car.
Also planning exhibits are the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building and the Coast Guard, which will offer a helicopter sea-rescue demonstration as well.
The Etchells Regatta will sail on the Port Ludlow Bay both Saturday and Sunday.
“Blind” kayak races are Saturday.
The commemorative poster, “Cycling Fish,” by Port Townsend artist Mena Quilici will be on sale.
Buttons are for sale at the Port Ludlow Marina, Port Ludlow Golf Course, Port Ludlow Village Store, Port Ludlow Beach Club, The Inn at Port Ludlow, Dana Point Interiors and One Cut Above Salon in Port Ludlow; and the Port Hadlock QFC, the Port Townsend Safeway, QFC and the Food Co-op.
For more information, visit www.portludlowfest.org.
Here’s the schedule:
Today
■ 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Fireman’s Community Breakfast, Beach Club.
■ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Tennis tournament, community courts.
■ 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. — Golf tournament, golf club.
■ 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Food court, wine and beer garden.
■ 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. — Port Ludlow Singers, Center Stage.
■ 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Choral Belles, Center Stage.
■ 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Port Ludlow Barbershop, Center Stage.
■ 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. — Ranger and the Re-Arrangers, Center Stage.
■ 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Twilight Market, Vendor Square.
■ 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Art Show reception, Harbormaster.
■ 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. — Golf tournament barbecue, Beer Garden.
■ 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. — Golf tournament awards, Center Stage.
■ 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Ranger and the Re-Arrangers, Center Stage.
Saturday
■ 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. — Fun Run registration, Main Stage.
■ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Tennis tournament, Community Courts.
■ 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. — Festival 3K Fun Run, festival grounds.
■ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Blind kayak races, lagoon.
■ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Art show, Harbormaster.
■ 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Fun Run awards, Center Stage.
■ 11 a.m. to noon — Nowhere to Run, Center Stage.
■ Noon to 12:45 p.m. — NaHula O Kauhale No Nahele Kai Hawaiian Dancers and Naki’l, Center Stage.
■ Noon to 1 p.m. — Coast Guard sea-to-air rescue demonstration, marina.
■ Noon to 3 p.m. — Etchells Regatta, on the bay.
■ 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Port Townsend Summer Band, Center Stage.
■ 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Delta Rays, Center Stage.
■ 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. — Okinawa Kenjin-Kai Taiko, Center Stage.
■ 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. — Tango Dancers, Center Stage.
■ 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Okinawa Kenjin-Kai Taiko, Main Stage.
■ 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Freddy Pink, Main Stage.
■ 10 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. — Fireworks over the bay.
Sunday
■ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Car Show & Shine lineup, Car Corral.
■ 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Tennis Tournament Finals, Beach Club Courts.
■ 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Car show participants breakfast, Beach Club.
■ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Kayaks for rent at the marina.
■ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Art show, Harbormaster.
■ 11 a.m. to noon — Naki’l Music, Center Stage.
■ Noon to 12:45 p.m. — NaHula O Kauhale No Nahele Kai Hawaiian Dancers, Center Stage.
■ Noon to 1 p.m. — Navy flyover.
■ Noon to 3 p.m. — Etchells Regatta, on the bay.
■ 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. — Captain Fever, Center Stage.
■ 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. SEmD Tennis tournament awards, Center Stage.
■ 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. SEmD Captain Fever, Center Stage.
■ 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Car show awards, Center Stage.
