Olalla Lavender Festival 2025: A Beautiful Weekend of Community, Lavender, and Joy

What a weekend!

The 2025 Olalla Lavender Festival was a radiant celebration of creativity, community, and the timeless charm of lavender. With nine Gathering Places, dozens of vendors, local lavender farms, musicians, workshops, and the brand-new Olalla × Provence exhibit, our small town came alive in the most extraordinary way.

A Celebration Rooted in Community

One of the most meaningful parts of this year’s festival was the incredible support from local volunteers, the Olalla Grange, participating farms, and the many artists, makers, musicians, and food vendors who shared their talents.

People came from all around Kitsap, Pierce, and beyond. Families wandered through lavender fields, friends gathered on porches to listen to live music, and visitors explored our nine Gathering Places, each with its own personality and charm.

A Festival Connected to Provence

This year marked a milestone:Olalla officially formed festival-to-festival relationships with two lavender celebrations in Provence, L’Instant Lavande in Grasse and the iconic Fête de la Lavande in Valensole. Our Olalla × Provence booth, with its cultural displays, history cards, and sister-festival features, delighted visitors and added an unforgettable international dimension.

Highlights of the 2025 Festival

• Nine Gathering Places, each offering something unique,

• Lavender farms showcasing plants, products, and hands-on learning,

• Art, craft, and maker booths featuring local talent,

• Live performances throughout the weekend: 10 bands joined us,

• Workshops for adults and kids,

• Food, treats, and lavender-inspired goodies,

• The community canvas, created by festival visitors and now awaiting its final home,

• The Lavender Wishing Tree held so many beautiful wishes,

• A fantastic attendance turnout, close to our ideal level for creating a boutique, enjoyable festival experience.

The energy was warm, joyful, and deeply Olalla, relaxed, neighborly, and filled with heart.

Thank You, Olalla

To everyone who volunteered, attended, shared posts, helped behind the scenes, hosted vendors, or simply walked through a lavender field with a smile: thank you.

The festival is built on community love, and 2025 proved once again how beautiful that can be.

We’re already dreaming up the 2026 edition… and we can’t wait to welcome you back.

💜 See you next July!