Burien’s annual Wild Strawberry Festival is just two weeks away – Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16 – and as usual, your original B-Town Bloggers will have a booth, blogging live and enjoying all this great community has to offer!
New this year will be the first-ever “Band-a-Palooza,” which will include numerous marching/symphonic bands playing live!
Carnival rides will also run both Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. – close.
The city produced the following promo video for this year’s event:
Here’s the full entertainment schedule, which you can also download as a PDF here:
SATURDAY, JUNE 15 – 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.:
- 8 a.m.– 11:30 a.m.: Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast at Burien Fire Station
Band-a-Palooza (Town Square Stage @ SW 152nd & 5th Place SW):
- 10:00am – 10:45am Highline Community Symphonic Band
- 11:00am – 11:45am Renton City Concert Band
- 12noon – 12:45pm Backwoods Wind Jammers
- 1:00pm – 1:45pm Woodinville Community Band
- 2:00pm – 2:45pm Bellingham High School Alumni Band
- 3:00pm – 3:45pm Bellevue Community Band
- 4:00pm – 4:45pm Around the Sound Community Band
- 5:00pm – 6:00pm Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band
- 6:00pm – 6:45pm MJJO Swing Band
150th St Performance Pavilion (SW 150th & 5th)
- 10:00 – 12noon PK Dwyer (Blues)
- 12noon – 12:30pm Vovinam (Dragon/Lion Dance, Martial Arts
- 1:00 – 1:45pm New City Dance – Hip Hop workshop
- 2:15 – 3:00pm Bubble Man
- 3:15 – 4:15pm Voices of Burien Poetry Slam
- 4:30 – 5:30pm Spank Williams
Town Square Garage (SW 151st between 5th & 6th)
- 10:00am – 8:00pm: B-Boy Jam Break Dance Battles
Wandering Performers:
- 11:00am – 1:00pm Steve the Pretty Good (Comedy, Magic)
TBA The Hi-Liners - Noon – 2:00 Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana
- 3:00 – 4:30pm Spank Williams
SUNDAY, JUNE 16 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.:
SW 152nd Street:
- 10am-4pm: Discover Burien Father’s Day Car Show & Chili Cook-Off
Town Square Stage (SW 152nd & 5th)
- 10:00am – 11:00am Cornerstone Burien Band (Rock/cover)
- 11:15am – 11:45am New City Dance Studio
- 12:15pm – 1:00pm Git Hoan Dancers – The People of the Salmon (Native American Dance)
- 1:30pm – 2:00pm Momentum Dance Studio
- 2:30pm – 3:45pm Banda Vagos (Latin Rock)
- 3:45pm – 4:00pm Chili Cook-Off winners announced
150th Street Performance Pavilion (SW 150th & 5th)
- 11:30am – 12noon RopeWorks
- 12noon – 1:00pm Shumba Marimba Ensemble
- 1:00pm – 1:30pm RopeWorks
- 1:45pm – 2:45pm Abrace
- 3:00pm – 4:00pm Summer Januaries
Wandering Performers
- 11:30am – 3:00pm Summer Januaries
- 11:00am – 3:00pm The Laff Master–Mr Mario!
- 10:00am – 4:00pm Turtle Theater
Burien Parks and Recreation Booth (Saturday and Sunday): Come test your knowledge and answer questions about all things Burien Parks & Recreation. You could win a PRIZE!
The Wild Strawberry Festival will be held at Burien Town Square Park, near the intersection of SW 152nd and 5th Place SW:
