Sequim Lavender Festival 2026: Dates, Farms, and How to Plan Your Visit

Every July, a quiet farming valley on the north edge of the Olympic Peninsula turns purple, and the whole town leans into it. Sequim calls itself the Lavender Capital of North America, and for one weekend in the middle of summer it more than earns the title. The Sequim Lavender Festival is the celebration at the center of it all, and in 2026 it reaches a milestone: thirty years.

This guide covers everything you need to plan the trip. The 2026 dates, how the festival actually works, the farms that make it worth the drive, when to come for peak bloom, and where to stay once you are out there.

When Is the Sequim Lavender Festival in 2026?

The Sequim Lavender Festival runs July 17 to 19, 2026, a Friday through Sunday. It lands on the third weekend of July every year for a reason: that is when the fields hit peak bloom and the whole valley smells like lavender.

It helps to think of the weekend as two experiences that fit together. The first is the Festival in the Park, a free downtown celebration at Carrie Blake Park. The second is the farm visits, where you drive a loop of working lavender farms scattered across the Sequim and Dungeness valley. Most people do both, and the two are only minutes apart.

The Festival in the Park at Carrie Blake Park

The Festival in the Park is the heart of the downtown celebration, produced by the Sequim Lavender Growers Association with a small army of local volunteers and nonprofits. For its thirtieth year it carries the name Year Thirty.

• Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
• Cost: Admission and parking at the park are both free.
• Vendors: More than 150 artisan and food booths fill the park with Northwest crafts, lavender products from the local farms, and a wide range of food.
• Music: The James Center main stage hosts LavenderStock, with opening ceremonies on Friday and live music all weekend. Saturday night brings a free evening dance from 7 to 9 p.m.

It is an easy, relaxed afternoon. You can browse the booths, eat your way down the food row, listen to a set on the main stage, and stock up on lavender oil, soap, sachets, and culinary buds straight from the people who grew them.

The Lavender Farms Are the Real Reason to Come

The park is the celebration, but the farms are the magic. All twelve Sequim Lavender Growers Association member farms open during festival weekend, and most sit within ten minutes of Carrie Blake Park. Some charge a small admission during the festival and some are free, and most stay open well beyond the festival weekend too.

B&B Family Farm is the biggest lavender farm in Sequim, with twelve acres and more than 14,000 plants rolling toward the mountains. It runs regular free farm tours with no reservation needed, which makes it a great first stop to get your bearings.

Purple Haze Lavender Farm is a certified organic farm and one of the original names in the valley. You can wander the fields, cut your own fresh bundles, try the lavender ice cream and lavender lemonade, and shop a gift shop full of farm made products. We have a full write up in our guide to Purple Haze Lavender Farm.

Jardin du Soleil is another certified organic farm, ten acres of fragrant rows where you can cut your own bundles, say hello to the goats and chickens, and shop for organic lavender. It is one of the most photogenic stops on the loop.

The Lavender Connection grows the most varieties for cutting in Sequim, around forty of them, so it is the place to compare scents and colors side by side. Their aromatic tasting bar in the distillation gazebo lets you sample varieties and see how the essential oil is actually made.

Victor’s Lavender offers a cut your own field, greenhouses, and a farm store, and the family behind it is known for its expertise in lavender varieties and propagation.

Sunshine Herb and Lavender Farm opens for the festival with its fields, gift shop, and guest vendors, and is an easy add to the route.

Beyond these, the rest of the Growers Association farms round out the loop, and the printed farm map handed out at the festival makes it simple to plan a route that hits the ones you care about most without backtracking.

When to Go for Peak Bloom

Mid July is the sweet spot. The festival is timed to it, so festival weekend is usually a safe bet for full, fragrant fields. The wider lavender season in Sequim runs from late June through early August. Come in late June and the fields are filling in but not yet at their fullest. Come in early August and the farms have often started cutting and distilling, so the rows can look thinner.

• Go in the morning. The light is better for photos, the temperatures are cooler, and the crowds are thinner before midday.
• Weekdays are quieter if your schedule allows it and you are visiting the farms outside the festival itself.
• Check the farms’ own pages before festival weekend, since a few adjust hours or admission for those three days.

Getting There and Parking

Sequim sits on US Highway 101 on the north side of the Olympic Peninsula, in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, which is exactly why lavender thrives here. From Seattle, plan on roughly two to two and a half hours, either by crossing on the Bainbridge Island or Kingston ferry and driving up, or by looping south through Tacoma and around the Sound.

Parking at the Festival in the Park is free, and each farm has its own parking on site. The single best move for an easy day is to arrive early, before the midday rush fills the lots and the rows.

Where to Stay

Festival weekend is the busiest weekend of the Sequim summer, so book lodging well in advance. Sequim itself has hotels, inns, and vacation rentals, and nearby Port Angeles and the Dungeness valley add even more options a short drive away. If you want to make a full weekend of it, staying two nights lets you split the park and the farm loop across two unhurried days. For more on the area, see our guide to Sequim.

Make a Weekend of It on the Peninsula

The lavender is the headline, but you are deep in some of the best country in Washington. Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and its long sand spit are minutes away, Olympic National Park and Hurricane Ridge rise just to the south, and Port Angeles and the Strait of Juan de Fuca are a short hop west. A lavender morning pairs perfectly with an afternoon on the coast or up in the mountains.

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