28th Annual Apple Blossom Auction

Saturday, October 19, 2024 at the Wenatchee Convention Center

Join us for our 28th Annual Apple Blossom Auction on Saturday, October 19th @ 6pm at the Wenatchee Convention Center to raise money for the upcoming 2025 Festival year! The Auction is one of our BIGGEST fundraisers! The night will include a full buffet dinner, games, prizes, hosted beer and a no host bar. Don’t forget there will be tons of amazing items, both silent and live, to bid on. Hope to see you there!

Royalty Mandatory Meetings

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 @ 12:00, 4:00 and 6:00 pm at the Wenatchee Convention Center

2025 Senior Girls in high school are invited to take part in the 2025 Apple Blossom Royalty Candidate Process!

In order to run for Royalty, you must be enrolled your entire Senior Year within the Eastmont or Wenatchee School Districts (public or private), Running Start is considered full enrollment. You must have a 2.75 or higher cumulative GPA (based on June 2024 transcript). You and your parent(s)/guardian(s) must attend one of the Mandatory Meetings held on Tuesday, November 5 @ 12 noon, 4pm & 6pm at the Wenatchee Convention Center.

If you or your parents have any questions about the Royalty program, please don’t hesitate to call anytime at the Festival Office at (509) 662-3616 or email darci@appleblossom.org

We hope to see you at one of our Royalty meetings in November!

Candidate "Get To Know You"

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 @ 5:30 pm at the Numerica Performing Arts Center

For the Candidate Get To Know You, we will introduce the Candidates running for 2024 Royalty — they will be asked questions from their bio, plans after graduation, why they feel they should represent the Apple Blossom Festival and the Wenatchee Valley as Royalty, and they will also share some fun facts!

This will be judged by 5 out-of-town judges and will account for 20% of the total Top 10 Score.

This is an opportunity for the community to learn more about these AMAZING young women hoping to become a 2025 Top Ten Candidate! The Candidate “Get To Know You” will be live on NCW LIFE’s Facebook Page. Come join us in person or tune in!

Top 10 Speeches

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am at the Numerica Performing Arts Center

Please join us as we support the Senior Girls from the Wenatchee and Eastmont School Districts as they present their 2-3 minute long speeches, each on the same topic.

The Top 10 Speeches will account for the remaining 80% of the total Top 10 Score, judged by the same 5 out-of-town judges.

The Top 10 Speeches are open to the public and will be live on NCW LIFE’s Facebook Page. Come join us in person or tune in and cheer them on!

Top 10 Announcement

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 @ 6:00 pm at the Numerica Performing Arts Center

The Top 10 Announcement will be held in the evening, and those 10 girls will spend the next few weeks prepping for Pageant, which will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2025. The Top 10 Announcement is open to the public and will be live on NCW LIFE’s Facebook Page. Come join us in person or tune in and CHEER THEM ON!

Cashmere Valley Bank Royalty Selection Pageant

Saturday, February 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm at the Numerica Performing Arts Center

We are VERY proud of our Royalty Program! Each year, seniors in the Wenatchee and Eastmont School Districts have an opportunity to run for Apple Blossom Royalty.

After narrowing the group of applicants down to 10, those Candidates compete in the Royalty Selection Pageant in February. Through a rigorous Judging Process (Panel Interview, One-On-One Interview, prepared Speech and Impromptu Question), 5 out-of-town Judges choose a Queen and two Princesses to reign over the Apple Blossom Festival. The Queen receives a $10,000 Scholarship, provided by the Wenatchee Applarians, and each Princess receives a $5,000 Scholarship. The remaining seven Candidates receive $1,000 each. Six local businesses generously donate an additional $4,000 in Scholarships.

Over $31,000 is given out in Scholarships on Pageant Night. The Royalty represents the Festival and our Valley as they make over 180 appearances between February and May as well as out-of-town Festivals during the summer.

Cashmere Valley Bank has supported the Apple Blossom Festival for over 25 years and have committed to sponsoring our Pageant through 2026 - we are SO thankful for their support!

Daddy-Daughter Dance

Saturday, April 22, 2025 from 6:30-8:30 pm

This has been a sold-out event in the past, so mark your calendar and secure a memorable evening for your Daughter and Daddy Escort. Tickets are $35.00, and the event is sponsored and put on by the Wenatchee Applarians, sponsors of the Apple Blossom Queen’s Scholarship.

Price TBD (per father/daughter)

Girls may be escorted by Dad, Grandpa, Uncle, or any other adult. Young girls and their Dads will enjoy an evening of :

Professional DJ Music
Refreshments
Nail Painting
Card Making
Glow in the Dark Bracelets
Boutonnieres for Dads
“Guess to Win” Miss Piggy Bank
Photo Booth
Raffle Items
Dancing with Apple Blossom Royalty

Chief For A Day

Thursday, April 24, 2025 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 26, 2025 @ 8:30am

Join SAGE and the Chelan-Douglas CASA Program for their 3nd annual Wenatchee Valley Color Rush during the 2024 Apple Blossom Parade! Sage Advocacy Center and CASA have an upcoming community event this April for Child Abuse Awareness Month. The Wenatchee Valley Color Rush is our annual family friendly run, walk, or jog for all ages and ability levels. All proceeds from this event go to Chelan-Douglas CASA and Sage Advocacy Center to support their work for children in our Valley.

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

TekniPlex Youth Parade

Saturday, April 26, 2025 @ 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!

2024 TEKNI-PLEX YOUTH PARADE LINEUP

1 Chelan County Sheriff's Office

2 Wenatchee Police Department VIPS

3 Scouts BSA Packs and The Boy Scouts of America Color Guard

4 Tekni-Plex, "Constructing Our Future"

5 Eastmont Junior Wildcat Marching Band, Flag, and Drill Team

6 Apple Blossom Festival Junior Royalty Float

7 Apple Blossom Junior Royalty Chaperones Terri Van Horn and Janna Goehner

8 Junior Royalty Finalist Vivian Scott, Helen Garnica Sierra, and Harper Witt

8A Junior Royalty Finalist Elizabeth Lighthall, Audrey Cohen and Estella Ruiz

9 St. Paul's Lutheran School Crusaders, "Learning & Laughing While Lovin' Every Minute Of It"

10 Clovis Point Elementary School

11 Cashmere Middle School "Bulldog" Marching Band

12 Youth Parade Grand Marshal Darcy Bruggman

13 The River Academy, "Loving Every Minute of TRA!"

14 Youth Parade Logo Design Winner, Eve Hunter

15 Central Cascade Youth Football and Cheerleading

16 Hermiston Middle School Marching Band

17 Apple Blossom Festival Royalty Queen Ella Stimmel

18 Apple Blossom Festival Royalty Princesses Lexie Fennell and Jenissa Hepton

19 Apple Blossom Royalty Chaperones Ceci Wood and Jan Crollard

20 Wenatchee Valley Fire Department Mini Pumper

21 The First Tee - Central Washington

22 Pinnacles Prep, "Lovin' Every Minute Of It!"

23 Cascade Elementary Cubs

24 Capital Elite All Stars

25 Dance To Glorify, "Lights Camera Action…Let Your Light Shine Before Others”

26 Miss East Cascades Scholarship Organization, "Scholarship & Service: Empowering Young Women"

27 Manson Middle School Marching Band

28 Director General Craig Field and his wife Trisha

29 Lee Elementary, "Lee Lions Loving It"

30 Washington Elementary, "We're Lovin' the GROOVE at Washington Elementary"

31 St. Joseph Catholic School, "Love Like Jesus"

32 Quincy Middle School Advanced Band

33 Applarian Chancellor Mary Ann Castro and her husband Nacho

34 Joyful Scholars Montessori, "Can't stop the feeling...LOVE"

35 Rock Island Elementary Hornets

36 Harbour Pointe Middle School Marching Hawks Band

37 Prestige Colonial Vista, "Lovin' Life Thru the Golden Years"

39 SPORT Gymnastics

40 TEAMS Learning Center, "LOVIN THE LITTLES!!!"

41 Weinstein Beverage Company/Pepsi, "Summer Fun"

42 Granite Falls Middle School Marching Band

43 EPIC - Enterprise For Progress in the Community, "Alice in Wonderworld"

43A American Legion Auxillary Post 10 Poppy Princess

44 Columbia Elementary School, "100th Year"

44A Pioneer Middle School Marching Band and Drill Team

45 Castle Rock Preschool

46 John Newbery Elementary, "Lovin' Every Minute of It!"

47 Life Flight Network

48 McFarland Middle School Marching Band

48A Pioneer Middle School Folklorico

49 Waste Management of Wenatchee

51 Lewis and Clark Elementary School, "Dual Language Learning, and Lovin’ Every Minute of It!"

52 Wenatchee Mops, "Run for Your Mother 5K"

53 Apple Capital Gymnastics, "Begin Here, Go Anywhere! "

54 Sultan Middle School Marching Band

55 Mission View Elementary, "Lovin’ Every Minute Of It!"

56 Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance

57 Chelan Douglas Child Services Association, "Loving Every Minute of Growing Together"

58 Girl Scouts Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Service Unit 480, "Making the World a Better Place"

59 Columbia Junior High Marching Band

60 Lake Chelan Pirate Fest, "Pirate Kids Club"

62 Stage Kids, "Lovin' Every Minute Under the Sea"

63 Wenatchee Wild, "Restore the Roar"

64 Orchard Middle School Fighting Bulldog Marching Band and Drill Team

65 Lincoln Elementary

66 Wenatchee Figure Skating Club, "We LOVE Ice Skating"

67 FocalPoint, "Learnin' Every Minute of It"

68 Catholic Charities, "Love to Play & Learn"

69 Foothills Middle School Marching Band and Drill Team

Pepsi-Cola Youth Day

Sunday, April 27, 2025 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.

All Service Club and Community Luncheon

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - Doors Open @ 11:30am, Program Begins @ 12:00pm

Open to the public. Tickets are $28.00 each

Join us for an afternoon honoring our 2025 Apple Citizen of the Year, Grand Marshal, community leaders, and hearing from our Keynote Speaker.

Annual Downtown Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast

Saturday May 3, 2025 from 6:00-10:30am
New Location @ 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 3, 2025

Location : Parade Route to Riverfront Park, Staging @ Apple Bowl in Triangle Park 

Registration : Registration includes chipped timing and a fun commemorative shirt. Choose between the Kids 2K (for grades 1-8), the 5K Walk or the 5 or 10K Runs. 2K (GRADE 1-8) : FREE, 5K WALK : $20 ($25 on Race Day), 5K or 10K Runs : $20 ($25 on Race Day)

Join us for this year's Apple Blossom Run, a community event sponsored by Confluence Health and Ballard Ambulance for 30+ years to promote health and wellness in the community! The Apple Blossom Run is part of the annual Apple Blossom Festival in Wenatchee, Washington. While our 2.1 (Kid’s Race), 5K and 10k runs are all about having fun, we also focus on promoting a healthy lifestyle. More than half of our participants are first-time 5K runners and the event is centered around improving health and wellness in our communities. We hope that The Apple Blossom Run will be able to act as a catalyst for our participants to live an active, healthy lifestyle!

4th Annual Road Apple Roulette

Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 11:00am along Stemilt Grand Parade Route

The Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary, in conjunction with BNCW, will be hosting a Road Apple Roulette. Rotarians are currently selling raffle tickets for $5 each. Tickets can be purchased by any Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary member.

When the selected group of horses reach our designated area, the section that is hit by the first horse droppings will be deemed the winning section. We will then draw one winner from the “winning” section, and award that person the grand prize of $10,000. We will also award four $500 prizes, one for each of the other four sections.

During the parade, Rotarians that have volunteered to be the Equine Sanitation Team, will follow the horses to ensure the accuracy of the raffle and keep the parade route clean! The proceeds of the event will go to the Rotary Discover Scholars Program that supports and mentors teens that are At risk of not completing their High School education.

RULES OF THE ROAD…

1. 5 Sections will be marked on the Grand Parade route near Memorial Park, between the red crosswalk and Chelan Ave.

2. When the “to be determined” group of horses reach the sections area they will be observed for the first horse droppings to hit the road.

3. The section that has the first horse droppings will be declared the Grand Prize eligible section.

4. Every raffle ticket sold for the “eligible” section will be placed into a receptacle.

5. One raffle ticket will be drawn for the Grand Prize of $10,000.00 (IRS taxes will be withheld).

6. A secondary drawing will take place for each of the four losing sections. One raffle ticket will be drawn from each losing section, and each of the four ticket holders will win $500.00.

7. If no horse droppings land in any of the designated sections, we will randomly draw a number from 1 to 5, and that number will determine the Grand Prize “eligible section”.

Stemilt Grand Parade

Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 11:00am

The cannon sounds promptly at 11:00 am on to announce the 106th 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 3rd Stemilt Grand Parade Staging Area and Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast will be the same as last year.

1. Due to the April 1, 2024 construction of the Triangle Park softball field, the Grand Parade Staging Area will no longer be in Triangle Park. The start of the parade will be at Orondo and Fuller Streets, and Staging will take place at Wenatchee High School and on Millerdale Ave, Russell, Cherry and Miller Streets”. A map of the Grand Parade staging area and road closures will be here on the website by April 25. There will be NO CHANGES TO THE GRAND PARADE ROUTE and there are no changes to staging or the route for the Tekniplex Youth Parade on April 26th.

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! Featuring live parade broadcasting by Aly White with KW3.

2024 STEMILT GRAND PARADE LINEUP

1 Wenatchee Police Department VIPS

1A American Legion Color and Honor Guard

2 Chelan County Sheriff's Office

2A Wenatchee Valley Fire Department

3 Eastmont High School Marching Band and Cheer

4 Apple Blossom Festival, "Lovin' Every Minute Of It!"

5 Top 10 Candidate Samantha Dodd

5A Top 10 Candidate Betsy Gomez-Aviles

5B Top 10 Candidate Laurel Patterson

5C Top 10 Candidate Esty Gonzalez

5D Top 10 Candidates Dania Cuevas Sandoval, Catelyn Shearer, & Ava Porter

6 Apple Blossom Festival Royalty Chaperones Ceci Wood and Jan Crollard

7 Wenatchee High School Air Force JROTC

8 Wenatchee High School Golden Apple Marching Band and Color Guard

9 2024 4A Boys Swim and Dive State Champion 100 Yard Freestyle, Aiden Grigsby

10 Wenatchee High School 2023 4A Volleyball State Champions and 2024 4A Girls Swim and Dive State Champion 50m Backstroke (adaptive), Jillian Mclrvin

11 Stemilt Growers

12 Apple Citizen of the Year West Mathison

13 Cakes for College, "$1,000,000 Reasons to Dream"

14 Director General Craig Field, and his Wife Trisha

15 Applarian Chancellor Mary Ann Castro, and her Husband Ignacio

16 Wenatchee Applarians, "Applarian Love throughout Generations"

17 Quincy High School Band

18 Grand Marshal, Julie Stimpson-Lewis

19 NCW Quilt Guild, "Lovin' It Every Stitch of the Way"

20 EarthWise Pet Nutrition Center & Wellness Spa

21 Leman Johnson Award Recipient, Daryl Ferguson, and his Wife Mona

22 Sunnyside High School Marching Band

23 Miss Sunnyside Float, "Heart of Sunnyside"

24 Prestige Colonial Vista, "Lovin' Life through the Golden Years"

25 Wenatchee Valley Humane Society, "Pets & People Lovin' Life Together"

26 Art Print Artist, Nicki Isaacson

27 Dancing Horses Of Central Washington

28 Blue Bird Inc, "Farm Life-Lovin Every inute of It"

29 Kellogg High School Wildcat Marching Band

30 Deer Park Community Float, "Race To The Finish"

31 NCW Wine Tours

32 Keynote Speaker, Jen Mueller

33 Tree Top, Inc, "What We're Made Of!"

34 Moses Lake High School Band

35 Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, "Embrace your Nature!"

36 RiverCom911 First Responders

37 Life Flight Network

38 Miss Moses Lake Roundup Rodeo Queen

39 City of Wenatchee Chief of Police Steve Crown, and his Wife Kim

40 Wenatchee Valley Misawa Sister City Association, "Love Misawa!"

41 East Wenatchee Mayor Jerrilea Crawford

42 Wenatchee Mayor Mike Poirier, and Wife Maureen

43 CMI Orchards, "American Dream"

44 Make-A-Wish Washington

45 Manson High School Marching Band

46 Manson Apple Blossom Festival, "Into the Wilderness"

49 Wenatchee Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington Fallen Heroes

50 Miss Omak Stampede

51 Louws Truss Inc.

52 State Senator Brad Hawkins

53 Wahluke High School Marching Band

54 Town Toyota Center

55 American Rock Products & Wenatchee Sand and Gravel, "Your Concrete Supplier"

56 State Representative Mike Steele

57 State Representative Keith Goehner

58 Cashmere High School "Bulldog" Marching Band

59 Cashmere Founders' Days Celebration, "Heart of Washington"

60 Chelan County Fair and Rodeo Queen

61 Chelan County Fair Ambassador, Hannah Collins

62 Mega Auto Sales

63 WorkSource Wenatchee Valley, "Building a Better Wenatchee Valley, One Job At a Time!"

64 Ephrata High School Marching Band

65 Ephrata Chamber of Commerce, Sage-N-Sun Festival

66 Marysville Strawberry Festival, "Celebrate the Strawberry"

67 Appleatchee Riders Queen

68 Miss Colorama Pro Rodeo

69 Two Rivers Medieval Faire

70 Folklorico Tierra del Sol, "Uniting Cultures" and CAFE : The Community for the Advancement of Family Education

71 U.S. Representative Kim Schrier

72 Leavenworth's Bavarian Babes, Bros & Brats Scooter Club, "Leavenworth is a Blast Year-Round!"

73 Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival, "Around We Go"

74 Chelan Mountain Goat Marching Band and Drill Team

75 Miss Lake Chelan, Chloe Desgroseillier

76 Lake Chelan Tourist Center, "Lake Chelan Pirate Fest"

77 Miss Rodeo Othello

78 2024 Miss Spokane Valley Princess Cameryn Goff

79 Music Theatre of Wenatchee, "Grease the Musical"

80 Othello High School Huskie Marching Band

81 Penticton Peach Festival, "Fun in the Sun"

82 Link Transit, "Go Green on Link's Clean Air Bus"

83 Wenatchee Apollo Club Men's Chorus, "Singing Since 1910, & Lovin' Every Decade Of It!"

84 Mrs. Chelan County and Mrs. Capital City Clory Dahlgren and Vanessa Ruiz

85 Meadowdale High School Pep Band

86 Washington State Fair

87 Wenatchee Salvation Army

88 Wenatchee Valley Shuttle

90 Ellensburg High School Marching Band

91 Capital Lakefair, "Love is the Magic of Lakefair"

92 Ellensburg Rodeo Queen

93 Ellensburg Rodeo Posse

94 Washington State Dept. of Transportation

95 South Kitsap High School Marching Band

96 Jefferson County Rhododendron Festival, "Rhody Soars Around Washington"

97 Wenatchee Valley College

98 Salvadorenos en Wenatchee, "Cultural Representation of El Salvador"

99 Lions Youth Exchange

100 Kennedy Catholic High School Lancer Marching Band and Color Guard

101 Seattle Seafair Commodores

102 SV Dancers, Wenatchee Valley Quinceanera Expo

104 Spyder Industries

105 Kentlake High School Parade Band

106 Royal Rosarians, "Everythin's Coming Up Roses"

107 K Connections, "Candy Shop"

108 Ciel Senior Living, "Ciel-abrate With Us!"

109 Just Right Cleaning and Construction

110 Sultan High School "Turk" Marching Band

111 Oroville May Festival, "Turning Back Time"

112 US Forest Service, "Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday"

113 Eastern Washington University Ballet Folklórico de Aztlán

114 Love The Valley Parade Clean Up

Apple Blossom Appreciation Golf Tournament

Friday May 9, 2025 at Highlander Golf Course

On FRIDAY, MAY 9 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