Chief For A Day

Thursday, April 23, 2026 from 12:00-1:00pm

Chief for a Day is an opportunity to celebrate the lives of chronically and/or terminally ill children from our area

The purpose of the Chief for a Day Program is to create partners between local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and the community to provide a day of special attention to chronically ill children. Each child is selected and sponsored by a law enforcement agency.

The children, or “Little Chiefs”, are provided with tailored law enforcement uniforms matching their sponsoring agencies, including badges and are honorary sworn into office for a day!

Wenatchee Valley Color Rush

Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 8:00-10:00 am

Join Sage Advocacy Center and the Chelan-Douglas CASA Program for the 5th annual Wenatchee Valley Color Rush, taking place during the 2026 Apple Blossom Festival in partnership with the TekniPlex Youth Parade!

The Wenatchee Valley Color Rush is a family friendly and dog friendly run, walk, or jog open to all ages and ability levels. This untimed event welcomes everyone, from first time participants to seasoned runners. There are no winners or official times, making it all about fun, community, and participation.

Throughout the course, participants are doused from head to toe in vibrant colored powder. Runners start dressed in white and finish the race covered in color, creating a fun and memorable experience for all.

Held on April 25 in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, this event brings the community together for an important cause. All proceeds support the Chelan-Douglas CASA Program and Sage Advocacy Center in their work to build brighter futures and stronger communities for children and families in our Valley.

Start Line : CVCH Parking Lot (600 Orondo Ave STE 1, Wenatchee)
Finish Line : 7th Street

Registration Options:

Adult (age 13+): $40
Youth (age 3–12): $30
Children 2 & under: Free
Dog registration: $10 (includes a bandana and a free dog wash at Firehouse Pet Shop)
Volunteer: Free (please see link to sign up to volunteer)

TekniPlex Youth Parade

Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 11:00am

The Festival’s Youth Parade is one of the only parades in the state to feature so many of Washington’s youngsters. Over 4,500 children ages 14 and under (and some who are just young at heart) participate in this celebration!

2026 TenkiPlex Youth Parade Lineup

1 Chelan County Sheriff's Office
2 Wenatchee Police Department VIPS
3 Scouting America, "Chief Seattle Council - Scouting America"
4 Tekniplex, "Knowing Your Worth"
5 Wenatchee School District Middle School Bands and Drill Teams
5A Orchard Middle School Drill Team
6 Apple Blossom Festival Junior Royalty Float
7 Apple Blossom Junior Royalty Chaperones Denese Sollom and Susan Cox
8 Mission View, "Mission View Elementary"
9 Rock Island Elementary Hornets
10 Junior Royalty Finalists Stella Goss and Joanna Davis
10 Junior Royalty Finalists Elise Fowler, Myla Coe and Vivian Smith
11 Cashmere Middle School Bulldog Marching Band
12 Youth Parade Grand Marshal: Kevin & Jayne Vitulli (Nick’s Bricks)
13 Saint Joseph Catholic School, "Blossoming at St. Joe's"
14 Wenatchee Valley Fire Department Volunteer Association
15 Wenatchee Valley Montessori, "Tomorrow's Blossoms"
16 Eastmont and Sterling Junior High Marching Band and Drill Team
17 Youth Parade Logo Design Winner: Kamila Arredondo
18 Washington Elementary School, "Watch Us Bloom, Watch Us Soar!"
19 Miss Emily's Homeschool Adventures
20 Lincoln Elementary School
21 Apple Blossom Festival Royalty Queen Brielle Precht
22 Apple Blossom Festival Royalty Princesses Kaylee Pearsons and Parker Averi
23 Apple Blossom Royalty Chaperones Terri Van Horn and Debbie Wirth
24 Harbour Pointe Middle School Marching Band & Color Guard
25 Life Flight Network
26 EPIC Early Learning, "Bee-EPIC --- Where Young Minds Blossom!"
27 Pepsi
28 Wenatchee United SC
29 Pioneer and Foothills Folklorico
30 Director General Kathy Campbell and her Husband Bruce
31 Pomp's Tire Service Inc
32 Quincy Middle School Marching Band
33 Numerica Credit Union, "This Is What Community Looks Like"
34 St. Paul’s Lutheran School, "St. Paul’s Kids Living For Such A Time As This!"
35 Capital Elite Training Center
36 Applarian Chancellor Jacki Seale and her Husband Richard
37 Granite Falls Middle School Marching Band
38 Columbia Valley Community Health, "Here for Our Youth!"
39 Danzas Multiculturales, "Viva the Fiesta!"
40 Miss East Cascades Scholarship Organization, "Miss Greater Wenatchee's Teen"
41 TEAMS Learning Center, "Little Learners in Full Bloom"
42 Dance To Glorify, "Creation and the Light of the World Is Evidence of God's Power + Glory"
43 Camp Fire NCW, "Camp Fire, Where Kids Bloom"
44 SANZAR Dance Company, "Dance Is Life"
45 John Newbery Elementary, "John Newbery Elementary School"
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47 Columbia Junior High Marching Band
48 Wenatchee Figure Skating Club, "Blades & Blossoms: Spinning Into Spring"
49 K-Connections Foster Care Placement Agency, "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
50 Stage Kids WA
51 SPORT Gymnastics
52 Sultan Middle School Marching Band
53 Chelan Douglas Child Services Association, "From Little Seeds to Big Leaders"
54 Lewis & Clark Elementary, "Blossoming Bilinguals / Bilingües Florecientes"
55 WSD/Wenatchee Soccer for Kids, "Educating Through Soccer"
56 Apple Capital Gymnastics, "Awesome Blossoms!"
57 Housel Middle School Band
58 Dream Valley Athletics Booster Club, "Recreational, Sideline and All-Star Cheerleading"
59 Wenatchee Wild, "Wenatchee Wild Hockey"
60 Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
61 Lake Chelan Tourist Center, "Lake Chelan Pirate Fest"
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63 Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!!!!!"
64 FocalPoint Tutoring, "Where Learners Blossom -- Since 1999"

Pepsi-Cola Youth Day

Sunday, April 26, 2026 from 11:00am-3:00pm in Memorial Park

If you’re looking for a fun way to spend the day with your family … for free …this is it! Youth Day is always one of the highlights of the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival.

With over 40 local booths to visit, there’s something fun for everyone! Pepsi-Cola Youth Day is the perfect day for any child and the best way to kick-start your spring! Live entertainment, inflatable rides, a variety of activity booths with hands-on activities, large vehicle and equipment display, a variety of food concessions at the Food Fair, and much more.

El Dia Del Nino Community Health Fair: Be Well Stay Well

Sunday, April 26, 2026 from 2:00-6:00 pm

Methow Park (420 Methow St. Wenatchee WA)

Confluence Health partnered with Community-based organizations, and Parque Padrinos, on Sunday, April 26th at Methow Park from 2pm-6pm for our Annual "Be Well, Stay Well" Community Health Fair. The health fair emphasizes health maintenance and wellness for the whole family with a focus on health disparities that disproportionately affect Latino individuals in our community.

No Fee - Free to the public

All Service Club and Community Luncheon

Friday, May 1, 2026
Doors Open @ 11:30am, Program Begins @ 12:00pm

Open to the public. Tickets are $35.00 each

Join us for an afternoon honoring our 2026 Apple Citizen of the Year, Grand Marshal, community leaders, and hearing from our Keynote Speaker.

Annual Downtown Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast

Saturday May 2, 2026 from 6:00-10:30am
@ The Wenatchee High School Apple Bowl Concession Area

Wenatchee Downtown Kiwanis brings you it's annual Apple Blossom ALL YOU CAN EAT Pancake Breakfast! Breakfast features pancakes, scrambled eggs, several toppings and coffee and juice.

Come and enjoy an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast whipped up by our own Wenatchee Downtown Kiwanis. A pre-parade tradition for over 60 years!

In advance, tickets are $8 for adults
Tickets at the gate are $10
Children 6 and under are free

Tickets will be available at the Apple Blossom Festival Office, from any Downtown Kiwanis member or at the gate.

Apple Blossom Run

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Join us for this year's Apple Blossom Run, a community event proudly sponsored for over 30+ years by Confluence Health and Ballard Ambulance to promote health and wellness in our community! New for this year, we are excited to additionally partner with Wenatchee Outdoors to help make the run an even better experience for all participants. 
 
The Apple Blossom Run is part of the annual Apple Blossom Festival in Wenatchee, Washington.

Registration

Registration includes chipped timing and a fun commemorative shirt

Race Options

Kids 2K (Grades 1–8): Free
5K: $20 ($25 on race day)
10K: $20 ($25 on race day)

Packet Pickup

1. Drive-through packet pickup will be held on Friday, May 1 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

2. Location: 1201 S Miller St. Wenatchee, WA 98801

Race Location and Schedule

Location: Triangle Park/Apple Bowl: S Miller St, Wenatchee, WA 98801

Schedule

1. 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM: Bib pickup for runners who registered after packet pickup or were unable to attend Friday

2. 9:10 AM: Pre-race announcements for all races

3. 9:30 AM: Race start
   10K and 5K runners start first
   Followed by 10K and 5K walkers
   Followed by the 2K

Stemilt Grand Parade

Saturday, May 2, 2026 @ 11:00am

The cannon sounds promptly at 11:00 am on to announce the 107th Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Stemilt Grand Parade. Leading off the parade is the traditional Apple Blossom Run. Bands from throughout the Northwest join with the many colorful floats and proud-stepping equestrian units to make this one of Washington’s grandest parades. Dignitaries from many of Northwest Festivals, as well as local and state legislators join in to enjoy the Greater Wenatchee Valley at springtime.

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No Prime Parade Seating

The May 2nd Stemilt Grand Parade Staging Area and Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast will be the same as last year.

2. The Kiwanis Pancake breakfast will be held at the Apple Bowl concession area due to the old concession stand being demolished.

3. Just as last year, there will be NO Prime Parade Seating (bleacher seating) in the parking lot of Rec Park (baseball field).

BLEACHER SEATING DOWNTWON

We will have free 6-bleacher seating available, first-come-first-serve, in front of KPQ Studio on Wenatchee Ave!

2026 Stemilt Grand Parade Lineup

1 2026 Junior Royalty, Proudly Carrying the Stemilt Grand Parade Banner
1 Wenatchee Police Department, "Volunteer in Police Services (VIPS)"
2 American Legion Color and Honor Guard
3 Chelan County Sheriff's Office
4 Wenatchee Valley Fire Department
5 Eastmont High School Wildcat Marching Band
6 Apple Blossom Festival, "Everything's Coming Up Blossoms"
7 Top 10 Candidate Darcy Mejia Sanchez (Most Photogenic Award)
7 Top 10 Candidates Melani Tovar and Briannah Machado
7 Top 10 Candidates Elizabeth Nikolas and Abigail Walker
7 Top 10 Candidate Avary Anantatmula (Most Original Speech Award)
7 Top 10 Candidate Kamryn Reynolds (Congeniality Award)
8 Apple Blossom Festival Royalty Chaperones Terri Van Horn and Debbie Wirth
9 Wenatchee High School Air Force Junior ROTC
10 Wenatchee High School Golden Apple Marching Band and Color Guard
11 Stemilt Growers, "Stemilt Family Float"
12 Director General Kathy Campbell and her Husband Bruce
13 Applarian Chancellor Jacki Seale and her Husband Richard
14 Wenatchee Valley VFW, "Washington Fallen Heroes Project"
15 The Salvation Army Wenatchee, "A Community In Bloom"
16 Mariner High School Marching Band
17 Grand Marshal & Keynote Speaker: Jean Enersen
18 Miss Moses Lake Roundup Rodeo Queen, Kaylee Stump
19 Life Flight Network
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21 Apple Citizen of the Year: Del Vanderhoff
22 Cashmere High School Bulldog Marching Band
23 Cashmere Float Association, "Heart of Washington"
24 Cashmere Post Acute & Cashmere Assisted Living, "A Full Life in Bloom"
25 Wenatchee Valley Farmer's Market
26 Kennedy Catholic High School Lancer Marching Band and Color Guard
27 Penticton Peach Festival, "Fun in the Peach City"
28 Crumbl Wenatchee, "Cookies!"
29 Leman Johnson Award Recipient: Deanna Bollinger
30 2026 Rodeo Champions of America Washington Royalty
31 Town Toyota Center, "Calendar Countdown - Upcoming at Town Toyota Center"
32 EarthWise Pet Nutrition Center and Grooming Salon
33 Yes for Wenatchee Schools PAC, "We Are All In The Same Boat - Vote Yes For Wenatchee Schools"
34 Sultan High School Marching Band
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36 SanZar Dance Company, "When there is hope, everything blossoms."
37 Spokane Lilac Festival Association, "Spokane Lilac Festival 'To Spokane with Love' Float"
38 Wenatchee Sand & Gravel/American Rock Products, "Pouring the Foundation of Wenatchee's Future"
39 2026 Tonasket Founders Day Rodeo Queen, Natalie Brownlee
40 Colonial Vista Senior Living, "Life in Full Bloom"
41 Folklorico Tierra del Sol, "Fiesta de Arte y Colores de Oaxaca"
42 2026 Art Print Artist: Brad Brisbine
43 Sunnyside High School Grizzly Marching Band
44 Miss Sunnyside Court, "Harmony of Sunnyside"
45 Wenatchee Valley Shuttle, "Rides in Full Bloom"
46 Charro Association, "Dancing Horses of Central Washington"
47 Mike Poirier, City of Wenatchee Mayor
48 Jerrilea Crawford, East Wenatchee Mayor
48A Link Transit, "Your Way to Go"
49 Wenatchee Valley Misawa Sister City Association, "2026 Misawa Delegation!"
50 Kellogg High School Marching Band
51 Seattle Commodores, "Seafair Commodores/Nautical"
52 Gee Whiz II and Auvil Fruit Company, "Safety is Sweet"
53 Chelan County Fair Rodeo Queen, Josie Weaver
54 Burrows Tractor Inc, "New Holland Tractor and Trailer"
55 Esfuerzo de Tierra Caliente, "Music Performance"
56 Mike Steele, State Representative
57 Manson High School Trojan Marching Band
58 Manson Apple Blossom Festival, "Hometown Harvest"
59 Bureau of Land Management, "Enjoy your public lands."
60 North Central Washington Fair, "Big Bend Round Up Rodeo Queen"
61 Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington
62 AppleSox & Firehouse Pet Shop
63 Elegance Drill Team
64 Salvadorenos en Wenatchee, "Cultural Representation of El Salvador"
65 North Central Educational Service District, "Bicycle Education Program"
66 Bethel High School Bison Marching Band
67 Jefferson County Rhododendron Festival, "Jefferson County Rhododendron Festival"
68 US Forest Service, Wenatchee River Ranger District, "Smokey Bear"
69 Wenatchee Valley Relay For Life, "Shine Your Color"
70 EASE Cancer Foundation, "EASE into the GARDEN of HOPE"
71 Miss Omak Stampede 2026, Kayden Coffey
72 Keith Goehner, 12th District State Senator
73 Ballard High School Marching Band and Dance Team
74 Maryfest Inc, "Celebrating the Strawberries… Keeping Tongues Red for 94 Years!"
75 Wenatchee Valley College, "Once a Knight Always a Knight"
76 Dr. Famous Harrison, President of Wenatchee Valley College
77 CAFE The Community for the Advancement of Family Education, "Raíces fuertes, futuro en crecimiento/Strong roots, a bright future"
78 Wahluke High School Marching Band
79 Washington State Fair Event Center, "Washington State Fair Event Center"
80 Washington Department of Natural Resources, "DNR Wildland Firefighters"
81 2026 Appleatchee Riders Queen, Faith Smith
82 Brian Burnett, Washington State Representative
83 Music Theatre of Wenatchee, "Legally Blonde, Apple Blossom Musical"
84 Chelan County Fair Ambassador
85 Quincy High School Marching Band
86 Capital Lakefair, "Lakefair: Let the Medieval Magic Begin!"
87 Lake Chelan Tourist Center, "Lake Chelan Pirate Fest"
88 Miss East Cascades Scholarship Organization, "2025 Miss Washington & 2026 Greater Wenatchee's Teen"
89 Two Rivers Medieval Faire
90 Wenatchee Valley Humane Society, "Canine Royalty"
91 Othello High School Huskie Marching Band
92 Oroville May Festival, "Taking Flight for Freedom"
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94 Ellensburg Rodeo Queen, Sky-Lynne Trevino
95 Ellensburg Rodeo Posse, "Ambassadors on Horseback"
96 Pederson Law, "Patriotism, America"
97 IBEW Local 191, "Proudly Electrifying our Community for 125 Years"
98 Ellensburg High School Marching Band
99 Deer Park Community Float, "Let Freedom Ring"
100 Out NCW, "NCW Justice Coalition - Rainbows"
101 Confluence Indivisible, "NCW Justice Coalition - Rainbows"
102 Wenatchee Apollo Club Men's Choir, "Apollo Club Men's Choir - 116 YEARS OF SONG, SO FAR!"
103 Lake Chelan High School Mountain Goat Marching Band
104 Royal Rosarians, "A Symphony of Roses"
105 Miss Rodeo Othello 2026, Valeria Moreno
106 Serengeti Care
107 Wenatchee Kennel Club, "Education, Training and Competition"
108 Heartland Restoration, "Emergency Contractor for Fire, Water and Mold Damage"
109 Ephrata Chamber of Commerce
110 Ephrata High School Marching Band and Cheer Team
111 Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival, "Explore the Magic of Leavenworth"
112 Columbia Roofing & Exteriors
113 El Padrino Bakery, "Pan Mexicano"
114 South Kitsap High School Marching Band
115 Love The Valley Cleanup Crew

Apple Blossom Appreciation Golf Tournament

Friday May 8, 2026 at Highlander Golf Course

On FRIDAY, MAY 8 the Apple Blossom Festival is holding our Annual Golf Tournament, sponsored by Washington Trust Bank! You can look forward to good conversations, fun contests, awesome prizes, and - of course - GREAT golf! This tournament, taking place at the Highlander Golf Course in East Wenatchee, is one of the best tournaments in the Northwest.

TWO GOLF TEAM PACKAGES (FOURSOMES) : FRIENDS OF FESTIVAL $750, OR KING OF GREENS $900

31st Annual Apple Blossom Auction

Saturday, October 17, 2026
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Wenatchee Convention Center – Newly Remodeled

Join us for one of Apple Blossom’s biggest fundraisers of the year! All proceeds support:

• Royalty scholarships, Travel to out-of-town festivals, Construction and upkeep of our floats and parade vehicles

The evening will include:

• Full buffet dinner, No-host bar and complimentary Pepsi products courtesy of Weinstein Beverage, Silent and live auctions with an incredible selection of items, Games, prizes, and entertainment throughout the night

This year’s theme: TBA!

We are grateful for our donors, sponsors, and auction contributors—your support keeps the Apple Blossom tradition alive and thriving.