Gig Harbor\u2019s annual summer kick-off celebration is the Maritime Gig Fest, held the first weekend in June each year along the waterfront of our picturesque fishing village.\u00a0 First settled by immigrants who made their livelihoods on Puget Sound waterways and beyond, the event honors the rich heritage of our community.\u00a0 Each year, Maritime Gig Fest starts early Saturday morning with the annual Kiwanis Breakfast at 8 AM, held in front of 7 Seas Brewing on Judson Street.\u00a0 A fun run lines up less than an hour later, so you can work off all those pancakes!\u00a0 At 10 AM, the Yo Ho Harbor Grande Parade gets underway, traveling along Harborview from Donkey Creek Park to Tides Tavern.\u00a0 Local businesses and organizations join the parade and the streets are filled with excited festival-goers.<\/p>\n
A street fair, local music, and food vendors are featured throughout the weekend.\u00a0 \u00a0Sunday\u2019s main event is the traditional Blessing of the Fleet in Gig Harbor bay.\u00a0 To learn more, visit the Chamber of Commerce website, www.gigharborchamber.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 04\/28\/2017 Gig Harbor\u2019s annual summer kick-off celebration is the Maritime Gig Fest, held the first weekend in June each year along the waterfront of our picturesque fishing village.\u00a0 First settled by immigrants who made their livelihoods on Puget Sound waterways and beyond, the event honors the rich heritage of our community.\u00a0 Each year, Maritime Gig […]\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[375,374],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}