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Azalea FestivalDate: May 23, 2025 - May 26, 2025
Celebrate the Azalea Festival Over Memorial Day Weekend!
Join us in Brookings for a weekend packed with fun and festivities! The Azalea Festival kicks off with a Friday Night Dance Party and continues with Saturday's vibrant parade and the "Rock the Park" concert. Explore the Street Market, plant sale, quilt show, and art show throughout the weekend. Enjoy family-friendly activities, including the Kid's Fishing Pond, the Curry County Cruisers Car Show, and airplane rides. Don’t miss the Elks BBQ, Pancake Breakfast, and Sunday morning Community Church Service. With events running Friday through Sunday, there’s something for everyone!
A Long History with National Importance
Since 1939, this long time event celebrates a time honored tradition, the beauty of the Southern Oregon coast and has been awarded the “The Oregon Heritage Tradition” award. Brookings gained national attention in 1962, when organizers of the town’s annual Azalea Festival invited former Japanese naval pilot Nobuo Fujita to be the parade’s grand marshal. In 1942, Fujita had catapulted his small float plane from the deck of a Japanese submarine and had flown over the town on a daring flight to bomb the redwood forests southeast of Brookings. It was the first and one of only two enemy aerial bombings of the U.S. mainland. Fujita presented the city with his heirloom samurai sword.
In the past, the Festival was ran by the former Chamber of Commerce and various service organizations. In 2019, the City stepped forward to keep the Festival running by reorganizing the event focusing on financial and organizational sustainability. Today, the Festival is ran by the City of Brookings with help from Community Stakeholders, volunteers and service organizations. Sponsorships and vendor fees offset the costs involved in running the Festival.
Memorial Day, honors everyone who has died serving in the American Armed Forces. The holiday, originally known as Decoration Day, started after the Civil War to honor the Union and Confederate dead. Amidst the holiday hubbub, the real meaning of Memorial Day can often get lost with the excitement of the Azalea Festival. We ask that you and yours take time to attend one of the events hosted by the the VFW #966.
Location: Various locations including Azalea Park, Chetco Ave and Harbor. See azaleafestivalbrookingsoregon.com
Address: | 640 Old County Road Brookings, OR, 97415 Map |
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Contact Email: azaleafestival@brookings.or.us
Contact Name: Lauri Ziemer
Contact Phone Number: 541-469-2163