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Whaling Days includes fireworks show, Sir Mix-A-Lot performance

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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The annual Rotary Duck Race takes place July 28 at 3 p.m. on the Silverdale waterfront.
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The annual Rotary Duck Race takes place July 28 at 3 p.m. on the Silverdale waterfront.

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The annual Rotary Duck Race takes place July 28 at 3 p.m. on the Silverdale waterfront.
People from all areas of Kitsap and beyond routinely show up for Wahling Days each year.

Silverdale’s flagship summer event, Whaling Days, kicks off this weekend, which includes a fireworks show and a performance by local Hip-Hop legend Sir Mix-A-Lot.

The event kicks off July 26 with live music, carnival rides, vendors, and a beer garden at 5 p.m. Sir Mix-A-Lot takes the stage at 9 p.m. and a fireworks show will take place at dusk.

Events July 27 kick off with the Whale of a Run starting at 8:15 a.m. at the Kitsap Mall, followed by the Silverdale Lions Grand Parade at 10 a.m. Music, carnival rides, vendors and the beer garden will be offered throughout the day. At 5:30 p.m. a demolition derby will take place at the Kitsap Fairgrounds’ Thunderbird Stadium.

July 28, the last day of events, begins with the Dyes Inlet Dash canoe races at 7:45 a.m. at the Silverdale waterfront gazebo. At 3 p.m. the annual Rotary Duck Race will take place. Music, carnival rides, vendors and the beer garden will be offered throughout the day, ending at 6 p.m.

Whaling Days, which started in 1974, is a family-oriented, non-profit, volunteer-run community festival held in “Old Town” Silverdale. Since 1974, The event gives back to the local community through funds raised to support other non-profit organizations and student scholarships.