Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
| Skagit Valley Tulip Festival | |
|---|---|
 Tulips in Skagit Valley [1] | |
| Date(s) | April 1–April 30 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Skagit Valley, Washington |
| Inaugurated | 1984[2] |
| Participants | 1 million+ |
| Website | www |
The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is a spring Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley of Washington State. It is held annually, April 1 to April 30.
Attendance
The festival claims to be Washington's largest, with over one million visitors;[3] at least one news source stated attendance was 350,000 for 2008.[4] Travel + Leisure put the figure at 500,000 in 2003.[5]
Awards
The festival was selected as #1 street fair in KING TV's "Best of the Northwest" awards in 2010.[6]
References
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/yatharthgupta/5626497780/in/photostream/lightbox/
- ^ http://www.tulipfestival.org/history
{{citation}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ 28th Annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival ~ Spring 2011, Skagit Valley Tourism Group, retrieved 2011-01-16
- ^ Sarah Jackson (March 28, 2008), Skagit Valley Tulip Festival ready to bloom, Everett Herald, retrieved 2011-01-16
- ^ Kimberly Seely (March 2003), Weekender: Skagit Valley, Washington / For one short month each year, northwestern Washington—along with some half-million visitors—witnesses nature at its most vivid, Travel + Leisure
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Best of the Northwest awards, KING TV
Further reading
- Tulipmania : the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival : official festival guidebook, 1989, ISBN 0890875847
External links
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