Winterfest Celebration is Saturday in downtown Kent

  • BY Wire Service
  • Saturday, December 6, 2008 4:11pm
  • Life
Before the tree lighting festivities at last year’s Winterfest

Before the tree lighting festivities at last year’s Winterfest

Schedule of Events

• 9 a.m. to noon

Holly Jolly Waffle Breakfast at Maggie’s on Meeker: $5 for waffle, sausage, coffee or orange juice. Donate canned food or cash for the Kent Food Bank

• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Holiday Parks Bazaar at Kent Commons

• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Merchants Open for Holiday Shopping and Dining.

• 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Musical entertainment: On street corners in downtown Kent featuring local youth and adult music groups

• 11 a.m.

Holly Jolly One Mile Walk with Mayor Cooke, Cool Bird: Beginning at The Balanced Athlete. Bring a canned food item or cash for the Kent Food Bank

• 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Morford Family Holiday Carousel at Town Square Plaza

• Noon to 2 p.m.

Meet the Kent Fire Department at Second and Meeker

• 1–5 p.m.

Holly Jolly Horse Drawn Carriage: Free with Kent Food Bank Donation.

• 2 p.m.

Kids ‘n Kritters Pet Walk: Beginning at the carousel

• 4 p.m.

Holiday Reading from the Kent Lions at the Kent Library

• 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Kent Lions’ Parade, Santa’s Arrival, Bike Give-away and annual tree-lighting at Town Square Park


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