Special Events
Spring Fashion Show
April 2011Pioneer Swap Meet
June 18-19, 2011Old Settlers Weekend
July 28-31, 2011, 116th yearFall Dinner Theater
September 2011Olde Fashioned Christmas
December 2, 3, 4, 2011
Spring Fashion Show
April, 2011
Every other year, the Ferndale Heritage Society presents a Spring Fashion Show from the exclusive private collection of Louise Sager, featuring 100 years of vintage garments dating back to the 1890s, modeled by Heritage Society and community members.
Tickets are $10 per person. Dessert and beverages included.
Pioneer Swap Meet
June 18-19, 2011
Vendors and shoppers are invited to a new swap meet event in Pioneer Park hosted by the Ferndale Heritage Society. Tables and booth spaces range from $30 to $55. The deadline for vendors is June 1. Booths will be located both indoors and outdoors. Great deals are sure to be in abundance.
Hours
Saturday, June 18, from 8 a.m - 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 19, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tickets are free for shoppers.
Old Settlers Weekend
July 28 - 31, 2011, 116th year
Pioneer Park is the spotlight of this annual community celebration in Ferndale, occurring the last weekend of July. Ferndale Heritage Society volunteers open the park’s historic cabins for public viewing. The overall event is organized by the Old Settler’s Association. It includes a parade, baseball tournaments, crafts, food vendors, a talent show, musical entertainment, non-profit expo, flower show and beer garden. It is the longest continually running annual picnic in the state.
Fall Dinner Theater
September 2011
Each fall the Ferndale Heritage Society presents a dinner theater event to raise money for a performing arts scholarship given each year to a Whatcom County graduating high school senior.
Olde Fashioned Christmas
December 2, 3, 4, 2011
Bring your camera, and step back in time this holiday season at the Olde Fashioned Christmas celebration in the historic cedar log cabins of Pioneer Park.
Members of the Ferndale Heritage Society don pioneer costumes to greet visitors of all ages as they experience how our ancestors enjoyed the Christmas holidays in these log homes. Each of the 10 cabins is decorated in a special theme to welcome visitors. The event includes hands-on crafts for children, old fashioned games, music and a working general store to purchase old fashioned Christmas gifts. Freshly decorated fir trees in each cabin, and the smell of home-style baking, set the mood for the Christmas season.
With its serene theme and wooden pews, the log church is the perfect spot to sit a spell and reflect. Children will enjoy writing letters to Santa at the one-room school house and then mailing them at the historic post office. The sound of sleigh bells circulates through the park as visitors take a festive horse drawn carriage ride through downtown Ferndale.
Families are encouraged to take their own photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. At the conclusion of the tour, stop by the Tillicum House for homemade cookies and beverages.
Hours - Olde Fashioned Christmas in Ferndale is open
Friday, December 2, from 5-9 p.m.
Saturday, December 3, from 1-9 p.m.
Sunday, December 4, from 1-4 p.m.
Tickets are $4 for adults and $3 for children.
