Washington State International Kite Festival

Washington State International Kite Festival is the largest kite festival in North America.[1] The event, held annually on the third weekend of August since 1996,[2] drawing more than 100,000 attendees,[3] is held on the Washington state coast near Long Beach, Washington where there is a steady, strong wind, strong enough at times to drag pickup trucks kites are tethered to, or lift a man 100 feet into the air.[2] Events at the festival include kite fighting and lighted kite shows.[4] It is hosted by the World Kite Museum in Long Beach.

The festival in August 2008

The festival was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

References
  1. Finnegan, Lora J. (March 1, 1998), "Best of the West", Sunset
  2. Tan Vinh (April 26, 2012), "Go fly a kite at Long Beach", The Seattle Times
  3. "Bid the wind blow.(kiting becomes popular sport)", The Economist, May 6, 1995, archived from the original on November 18, 2018
  4. "International Kite Festival with Sea Grant", Washington Marine Spatial Planning (website), Washington state government State Ocean Caucus, August 19, 2015
  5. Ashley Nerbovig (June 1, 2020). "Long Beach samples its sewer for covid". Chinook Observer.
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