2012 Issaquah Salmon Days Festival      
                 October 6 & 7           10am - 6pm daily     
                                   FREE ADMISSION

Welcome to the Pacific Northwest's most-beloved, family-friendly, award-winning and fishiest festival around! We've got lots of activities, arts and crafts, music, food, friends and excitement.

                      Call to Artists

      The Issaquah Salmon Days Festivals Office is accepting admissions of art for use on various 2012 special/limited-edition print, promotions and/or festival gear. Ideal submissions for consideration includes NW salmon, the salmon lifecycle, Issaquah Hatchery, local/regional scenery, our annual Fall celebration and/or 2012 theme…“thrills and gills".
      All styles and mediums of art (fine art, illustrations, photo illustrations, graphics, etc.) are welcome, however they must be suitable for high-quality reproduction to a variety of uses. Submissions must be original, completed artwork not previously used in any commercial reproduction.
     Artwork will be selected based on appropriateness and suitability to Festival Office’s 2012 retail and promotional needs, and any/all selected art will be compensated directly to artist by the Festival Office based upon usage and Artist/Festival agreement. Artist(s) retain all rights to original art.
     Digital submissions must be received no later than 5pm, Friday, June 15, 2012. Please email digital art, photos and/or scans (in jpeg, ai, eps, tiff or png format) with a brief description to: lwalker@salmondays.org
VENDOR APPLICATION DEADLINE ~ MAY  1
Please email vendorinfo@salmondays.org or call
425-392-0661 to see if there is a waitlist for  your category.

    PERFORMER SUBMISSION DEADLINE

      for entertainment stage promotional packets was May 1,2012.
Submissions have been sent to the appropriate Stage Director for consideration.
You will be notified by July 15th if you have been selected.
 Awards    
     Salmon Days won 7 Summit Awards at the Washington Festival and Events Association's annual convention in Blaine, WA on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
     The 2011 Salmon Days campaign, presented by the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce and Ohfishally Spawnsored by Virginia Mason Medical Center themed “Wild Things!,” received three first place Gold Summit Awards, two second place Silver Summit Awards and two third place Bronze Summit Awards within its budget category of $150,000 and over. 
      Salmon Days received GOLD for the prestigious Best Overall Promotional Campaign, Best T-shirt and Best Community Partnership Program, along with two silver awards for Best Website and Best Souvenir Pin and two Bronze awards for Best Promotional Poster and Best Other Merchandise for the  featured artist tiles and coasters.
THANK YOU SALMON DAYS OHFISHAL VOLUNTEERS - we couldn't do this without you!
Over 500 volunteers help make Salmon Days the special celebration enjoyed by hundreds of thousands. 

           Salmon Days is proud to be a member of IFEA and WFEA