Slug Fest

May the slime be with you.  Join us for the 43rd annual Slug Fest! Free with admission.

It’s the most unusual Northwest Festival ever – a celebration of slugs. Learn to see the world through a slug’s perspective, craft and wear your own tentacles to become a slug, participate in human slug races, and more!

Why do we have this zaniest of festivals? Well, if you’ve ever hiked a Northwest forest, you’ll know our slugs are among the biggest and best – especially the yellow-green banana slug. But they’re also vital to our ecosystem, breaking down organic matter and returning it to the forest floor, where it becomes food for our beautiful plants and trees. Long live slugs!

Have you ever wanted to slip and slide like a slug? Guests come from all over to race in our slug races! Be sure to register 15 minutes before the start of the race at the Picnic Pavilion.

Race times: 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, and 3:30 pm.

Image credit: Katie Cotterill