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Bingen Huckleberry Festival
September 8 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Come celebrate Huckleberry Festival in Bingen, WA
with us on September 6, 7, and 8, 2024!
The Biggest Thing in Bingen Since 1962!
New This Year
· “Pie Face” contest on Saturday at 1 p.m.! Pie tins with one huckleberry and whipped cream (non-dairy available). No hands, all face, first to find the huckleberry in their pie tin wins a Huckleberry Pie! Limit one person per family, fifty total participants.
· Rock Hunt: There will be one regular rock with a piece of pie painted on it and one regular rock with an ice cream cone painted on it that are hidden somewhere in Daubenspeck Park. Find the rock and bring it to the pie booth for a free ice cream cone or pie.
Friday, September 6
5:00 p.m. Booths Open
5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Harmony of the Gorge
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Ben Bonham with Ronnie, and Ortheh
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Kids Games
8:00 – 11:00 p.m. Chicken $#it Gamblers
Saturday, September 7
7:00 – 10:00 a.m. Fireman’s Breakfast at the White Salmon Fire Department
7:00 – 10:00 a.m. Chalk the Block competition at Bingen City Hall
10:00 a.m. Travis Manion Foundation 9/11 Heroes Run
11:00 a.m. Huckleberry Festival Parade
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Gorge Winds Jazz Collective
1:00 Find the Huckleberry “Pie Eating” Contest
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Skate Park Hangout hosted by SKA CO Skates
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Tillinghast…Richard and Tova
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Kids Games
2:45 p.m. Chalk the Block Winners Announced
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. Moe Dixon
4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Polynesian Dancers
5:45 – 7:00 p.m. Big River Blues Band
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Jordan Reptiles
Sunday, September 8
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Church Service Hosted by Grace Baptist Church
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. John Bunzow, Chic Preston, and Barney Connolly
Friday Night Headliner: Chicken @#it Gamblers
Raunchy. Crass. Spirited. Bluegrass genre music playing for the joy of music. The Chicken $#!t Gamblers formed in 2017 when Luke Maddux (Guitar) and Neil Mangrum (Guitar) with Aaron Meader (Mandolin) met at Friends picking circles. The trio brought Jaimie Meldrum (Fiddle) and Bassist Jess Kunze (also of Countryside Ride) into the group and the chemistry of the unit congealed. Over the next year, they honed their harmonies, and sounds and pushed harder into melting bluegrass pickin’, rhythmic jams, pop culture inspired bluegrass medleys and smooth 3-part vocal harmonies. Longtime band friend Rory Johnson (Banjo) joined in 2019, the group has locked into a steady rhythm of performing rowdy and explosive shows around the pacific northwest. Ronnie Ontiveros jumped into the Bass slot in 2022 after Jess left to pursue a Bakery/coffeeshop business in Trout Lake.
The band is happy to be back on the touring and festival circuit again in 2022 following some weird 2020-2021 live music juju that saw them recording, performing at PDX couch tour, and several outdoor, limited attendance gigs.
Saturday Night Headliner: Whiskey River
America’s #1 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band! For over four decades Whiskey River’s musicians have thrilled audiences all over America playing the music of the legendary southern-rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Recreating the image and the music of the southern rock band that took the world by storm in the 1970’s. Whiskey River not only plays Lynyrd Skynyrd, they personify the group onstage. Through their serious and tireless commitment to the original Ronnie Van Zandt era Lynyrd Skynyrd, they have deconstructed and reconstructed every detail of every part of every song from the original band’s recordings. Their 30+ year history of phenomenal performances have earned them the title: “America’s #1 Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band”. Their show is primarily a re-presentation of the multi-platinum album “One More From the Road” and “Freebird the Movie”. The show is also augmented by several classics from the original band’s last album “Street Survivors.” Whiskey River’s Tribute brings the audience back in time thirty-five years as they blaze
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