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Pioneer Days Weekend Events Schedule

This year’s theme for the Pioneer Day Parade: ✨Celebrating 250 Years of America!

Wear your best American outfits and get ready for a day filled with parade spirit 🎉🥁, Dock Diving Dogs 🐶💦, and tons of patriotic fun!

Be sure to check out all the exciting things to do in the ❤️ heart of downtown ❤️ — from local shops 🛍️ to tasty treats 🍔🍦 and family-friendly activities 🎈🎨!

And don’t forget to stick around the area at dusk 🌅 for an amazing fireworks show 🎆🌟 that will light up the night sky!

Let’s celebrate in red, white, and blue! ❤️🤍💙

All Weekend Events

DATE: Every day from 11 AM-Close
WHERE: Dru Bru – 1015 E 2nd St, Cle Elum
MORE INFO: Facebook Event

DATES: 9:00AM – 7:00PM Friday & Saturday, 9:00AM – 3:00PM Sunday
WHERE: Wye Park, Cle Elum
TICKETS: Pre-Register Dogs at NADD | Sign Up and Register Your First Dog

Brought to you by the Cle Elum Downtown Association
Want to sponsor? Reach out to us today to sponsor this event!

 

DATES: 12:00PM-4:00PM (Every Weekend in July)

LOCATION: Carpenter House – 302 West 3rd

Friday, July 3

WHERE: Mike’s Tavern – 427 E First Street, Downtown Cle Elum

WHEN: Friday, July 3rd | 6PM-9PM

MORE INFO: Facebook Event

Saturday, July 4

Become a Sponsor today!

WHERE: Downtown Cle Elum – 1st Street & Pennsylvania Avenue – 1st Street & Peoh Avenue

PARADE THEME: America’s 250th Anniversary! Wear your best red, white, and blue! Celebrate America with us!

WHEN: Saturday, July 4, 2026 | 10 AM 

PARADE LINEUP: 8AM | FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE

 

(Pictured 2025)

Coronation is June 27, 2026 (Saturday before Parade) at Upper Kittitas County Senior Center

Meet the Pioneer Queen

Date: July 4 | After Parade ends at Glondo’s Pocket Park

 

Date: Saturday, July 4

Time: 1PM – Beginners Class | All regular events to follow!

Where: 70 Martin Rd, Roslyn Riders Club Grounds

Sign-up: At Clubhouse 11:20AM-12:50PM | All ages and skill levels are welcome!

Time: 10AM-7PM | AVAILABLE ALL DAY AND DURING PARADE!

Date: Saturday, July 4th

Location: 121 E First St., Downtown Cle Elum

PIZZA BY THE SLICE AND OTTERPOPS ALL DAY! 

TIME: After Pioneer Day Parade

DATE: Saturday, July 4th

LOCATION: 418 E First St, Ste. 7, Downtown Cle Elum

OUTDOOR BARBECUE, BEERS, and MORE! 

TIME: 7:30PM-10PM

DATE: July 4, 2026

Note: Memorial Park will be shut down completely for the safety of CEFD accessing emergency points and due to the height of firework shots! 

LOCATION: Memorial Park Field and can be viewed anywhere around Downtown Cle Elum.

LOCATIONS FOR VIEWING FIREWORKS: Wye Park, Railroad Ave., South Cle Elum

Brought to you by Cle Elum Downtown Association

Sponsored by: TBD

Reach out today if you would like to be a Sponsor!

Questions? Contact us today!

WHERE: Mike’s Tavern – 427 E First Street, Downtown Cle Elum

WHEN: Saturday, July 4th | Open to Close

MORE INFO: Facebook Event

Sunday, July 5

DATE: Sunday, July 5 from 6-9 AM
WHERE: Kiwanis Pond at Hanson Ponds – Whispering Pines Drive, Cle Elum
MORE INFO: Registration 6:30AM | DERBY 7AM-9AM 

 

DATE: Sunday, July 5 from 7AM -12PM
LOCATION: Fireman’s Park – 229 Grant St., South Cle Elum
MORE INFO: Cle Elum Firefighters’ Association 

Brought to you by the Cle Elum Volunteer Firefighter’s Association

DATE: June 13th, 2026

Register: Upper Kittitas County Basketball Club

Where: Dru Bru Parking lot

42nd Annual Runner Stumbles

After a successful revitalization last year, the Runner Stumbles is back again! The 42nd Runner Stumbles will be held at Suncadia Resort based out of Nelson Farm. The 5K run/walk and 10K run will be on paved pathways and single-track trails in a forested setting. There will be free kids races!

DATE: July 5th, 2026

TIME: 8AM

LOCATION: Suncadia Nelson Farm

REGISTRATION AND MORE DETAILS AT: https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/CleElum/RunnerStumbles

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT WILL GO TOWARDS NEW UNIFORMS FOR THE CLE ELUM ROSLYN HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM! 

 

TIME: 12PM-5PM

WHEN: Saturday, July 18th

LOCATION: Roslyn’s Pioneer Park | N. 3rd St. & W. Arizona Ave

Come out and enjoy music, dancing, activities, and silent auction raffle!

DATE: Saturday, August 1st

WHEN: 9AM

WHERE: South Cle Elum Fireman’s Park | 701 Main St., South Cle Elum, WA 98943

DETAILS: Our UKC Bocce Tournament is held in partnership with OSDIA (Order of Sons and Daughters of Italy in America) Cle Elum Lodge #1968

Boulet Theatre Presents: “Dirty Laundry” Directed by Mikhail Munden

Anticipated Show Dates: April 30th- May 3rd | Dinner Theatre 
WHERE: Upper Kittitas County Senior Center
MORE INFO: Facebook Event