A free event this year, visit for this 1-day only celebration at the Port Plaza. There will be lots of activities and entertainment including:
- Mini Tugs on Display – View four locally built 1/4 scale mini Tugs
- Lego Harbor Build – Bring the kids to watch LEGO professional bricklayers build a 5’ by 4’ tugboat. Tables and bricks are available for kids to build small-scale tugs to add to the display so you can enter your own LEGO custom tug.
- Hands on Children’s Museum Rumble Tugs – a make, race and take activity
- Remote Controlled Tugboats – come see the tugs in action
- Maritime Heritage Self-Guided Tour – Pick up our map of the walk on the boardwalk using our printed or online map and learn about the Maritime History of Olympia
- Photo Ops with Tuggy the Tugboat and find our treasure chest for tots
- Narrated Tour 10:00 am. Join maritime historian Chuck Fowler and City of Olympia Arts and Events Program Manager Stephanie Johnson for a historical and art-filled tour of Olympia’s waterfront along Percival Landing. The tour complements the Olympia Arts + Heritage exhibit “It’s the Water” now on display at the Old City Hall and Fire Station.
Live on Washington’s Lottery Tower Stage
10:00 – 11:00 Choro Tomorrow
11:30 – 12:30 Cool Breeze
1:00 – 2:30 Terry Ness and Friends
3:00 – 4:00 Cosmo’s Dream
4:30 – 5:00 Samba Olywa
Stop in at the South Sound Maritime Heritage Association information booth and learn about this new Olympia tourist attraction coming in 2022 – Tug Parthia. Learn about The National Parks service designation for Washington’s coastline and planning of the area by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.
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