Welcome to the Whales Festival and Parade
Sat, Apr 13
|Location is TBD
Time & Location
Apr 13, 2019, 12:00 AM – Apr 14, 2019, 12:00 AM
Location is TBD
About the event
Don't miss the annual "Welcome the Whales Festival and Parade" in Langley to honor and celebrate the arrival of gray whales to Whidbey Island. Welcome the Whales Festival is sponsored by Orca Network and the Langley Chamber of Commerce.
Saturday April 13th, 11 am at the Langley United Methodist Church (3rd/Anthes) will be hands-on educational displays, costume-making, face painting, and children’s activities, followed by the Whale and Critter Parade in downtown Langley, beginning at 1:30 pm at the US Bank parking lot (2nd/Anthes). The parade will end at the Waterfront "Whale Bell" Park on First St. with a blessing for the whales, music, and celebration on the beach, while watching for Gray whales in Saratoga Passage. The Langley Whale Center at 105 Anthes will be open from 11 am - 5 pm, with special activities and displays about Gray whales and staffed by Orca Network/Whale Center docents.
In the afternoon…