The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is a spring Tulip Festival

Tulip Festival

Tulip Festivals are held in several cities around the world, including a number in North America — most often cities with Dutch heritage — such as Albany ; Ottawa ; Gatineau ; Montreal ; Holland ; Lehi ; Orange City ; Pella ; Mount Vernon ; and Woodburn , and in other countries such as Australia and...

 in the Skagit Valley

Skagit Valley

The Skagit Valley lies in the northwestern corner of the state of Washington, USA. Its defining feature is the Skagit River, which snakes through local communities which include the seat of Skagit County, Mount Vernon, as well as Sedro-Woolley, Concrete, Lyman-Hamilton, and Burlington.The local...

 of Washington State. It is held annually, April 1 to April 30.

Attendance

The festival claims to be Washington's largest, with over one million visitors; at least one news source stated attendance was 350,000 for 2008. Travel + Leisure

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put the figure at 500,000 in 2003.

Awards

The festival was selected as #1 street fair

Street fair

A street fair is a fair that celebrates the character of a neighborhood. As its name suggests, it is usually held on the main street of a neighborhood....

 in KING TV

KING-TV

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's "Best of the Northwest" awards in 2010.

Further reading

• Tulipmania : the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival : official festival guidebook, 1989, ISBN 0890875847