Camas Days celebration draws thousands to historic downtown Camas

Two-day festival featured two parades, live music, bathtub races, vendors and more

July 27, 2023 1:59 pm
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Children play at the Rotary Club of Camas-Washougal's Ducky Derby "duck flume" at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Dallas Street in downtown Camas Friday, July 21, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

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Top: Spider-Man protects the 2023 Camas Days crowds in downtown Camas Friday, July 21, 2023. Above: A stilt-walker passes out information about the city of Camas' free 2023 Movies in the Park events on Friday, July 21, 2023, during the 2023 Camas Days celebration held the third weekend in July throughout downtown Camas. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

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Washougal City Council member and former Washougal Mayor Molly Coston works at the Rotary Club of Camas-Washougal's Ducky Derby booth on Northeast Dallas Street in downtown Camas Friday, July 21, 2023, during the 2023 Camas Days celebration. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Children shoot basketballs at a 2023 Camas Days Kids Street attraction in downtown Camas Friday, July 21, 2023. The annual Camas Days celebration, held throughout downtown Camas July 21-22, 2023, featured family friendly entertainment, parades, vendors and live music at the nightly beer-and-wine garden. (Doug Flanagan-Post-Record)

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Doug Flanagan-Post-Record Doug Flanagan/Post-Record Competitors participate in the bathtub race event during the Camas Days event in downtown Camas on Saturday, July 22.

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Members of the Camas Public Library staff march in the 2023 Camas Days Grand Parade Saturday, July 22, 2023. To see more 2023 Camas Days photos, visit camaspostrecord.com.

A member of the Downtown Camas Association Light Brigade team celebrates after winning the 2023 Camas Days bathtub races Saturday, July 22, 2023, in downtown Camas.

Doug Flanagan/Post-Record The Camas High School band marches in the Grand Parade during the Camas Days event in downtown Camas on Saturday, July 22.

Doug Flanagan/Post-Record Competitors participate in the bathtub race event during the Camas Days event in downtown Camas on Saturday, July 22.

Competitors participate in the 2023 Camas Days bathtub races near the Camas library Saturday, July 22, 2023.

The annual Camas Days festival drew thousands of visitors to the streets of downtown Camas Friday-Saturday, July 21-22.

The celebration featured dozens of food, nonprofit and merchandise vendors; a Kids Parade on Friday; a Grand Parade on Saturday, bathtub races, a Kids Street with entertainment for youth on Northeast Dallas Street; a “duck flume” courtesy of the Rotary Club of Camas-Washougal’s annual Ducky Derby fundraiser; a nightly beer-and-wine garden with live music; and robotics demonstrations courtesy of the Camas-based FIRST Robotics Team 2471 “Team Mean Machine.”

To see photos from the 2023 Camas Days celebration, click here.

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