Yakima Valley weekend picks: Selah Community Days, ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ Grandview enjoyable run | Native

Celebrate Selah Community Days with a carnival, automotive present, parade and fireworks this weekend.

You can even browse an area market and e-book signing, pattern barbecue at a pitmaster competitors, be a part of a enjoyable run in Grandview or catch “The Wizard of Oz” on stage in East Valley.

Find particulars on these occasions and extra beneath.

Selah Community Days

Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary at this 12 months’s Selah Community Days, with a weekend filled with occasions Thursday by means of Sunday.

Things kick off Thursday with the Young Life neighborhood dinner from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on the Selah Civic Center, 216 S. First St. For $16, buy a barbecue beef sandwich with coleslaw, chips and a pop. There can even be a $7 scorching canine meal obtainable.

The carnival begins Thursday from 4-9 p.m. at Wixson Park, 216 S. Third St. Wristbands price $45 and embody two video games. The carnival can even be open from 4 p.m. to shut Friday, 11 a.m. to shut Saturday and midday to shut Sunday.

The twenty ninth annual potato feed is 5-8 p.m. Friday on the Selah Civic Center. A baked potato meal will price $12, a scorching canine meal will price $10 and a combo meal will price $15.

The Show and Shine automotive present is Friday, from 6-8 p.m. at Selah Middle School, 411 N. First St. Entry is $20 on web site, and trophies made by the Selah High School store class shall be awarded in a number of classes. Food shall be obtainable for buy.

There shall be quite a lot of leisure Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the principle stage in Wixson Park, in addition to distributors and meals. For a whole schedule, go to selahdays.com.

A pancake feed shall be from 7-9:45 a.m. Saturday at Stone Church, 497 N. Wenas Road. Breakfast prices $10.

The grand parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday. The route begins at Fifth Avenue and Jim Clements Way and heads north to North Park Drive. A fireworks show will begin at 9:45 p.m. Saturday.

Selah Baptist Church is offering shuttle companies from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and midday to 9 p.m. Saturday from the car parking zone by Starbucks, 512 S. First St., Selah, and throughout from Robert Lince Elementary School, 208 S. Third St., Selah.

EVHS spring manufacturing

“The Wizard of Oz” continues Friday and Saturday on the East Valley Performing Arts Center, 1900 Beaudry Road, with night performances at 7 p.m. and matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday.

East Valley High School’s spring manufacturing brings collectively greater than 60 pupil performers and crew members from throughout the East Valley School District, from elementary-age Munchkins to highschool college students main choreography and technical manufacturing.

Senior Hayden Ostrander, who performs the Wicked Witch, referred to as the position a memorable ultimate chapter in her highschool theater expertise.

Student choreographer Ella Nunez helped lead motion for the manufacturing, together with the jitterbug sequence, whereas instructing performers throughout a number of grade ranges.

Both college students mentioned audiences typically solely see the completed efficiency, not the months of rehearsals, set constructing and behind-the-scenes work that deliver the traditional musical to life.

Tickets are $10 for college kids and $15 for adults and can be found on the door, money or examine solely, and at gofan.co, seek for East Valley High School.

— Kelly Wilbanks 

Market and e-book signing

Yakima Finds, 111 S. Second St., is celebrating moms all month and on the Gathered Treasures Market and e-book signing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday within the car parking zone.

The market will embody distributors and small companies providing handmade items, meals, drinks, treats, classic and antiques, and dwell music.

Visitors can even meet and greet authors Richard Moreno (“Washington Historic Places”), Derek Wachter (“While We Wait”) and Rose Kreider (“Whispers Through the Doorway: The Haunting and History of Elizabeth of Château Ste. Michelle”), who shall be signing books.

2026 All-Star barbecue

Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Que Union Gap, 1504 E. Washington Ave., is internet hosting its fourth annual All-Star BBQ Series from 11 a.m. to three p.m. Saturday.

Union Gap is one in every of eight stops of the pitmaster tour the place native pitmasters will battle in three classes: rooster, ribs and a wild card spherical. Winners may have a shot to advance to the World Food Championships.

The free occasion contains free barbecue samples, a dwell DJ, video games, prizes, free swag and household pleasant actions. Starting at 2 p.m., free rooster wings shall be obtainable for visitors to assist choose the People’s Choice Award.

Grandview Fun Run

The inaugural Dykstra Park Fun Run takes place Saturday in Grandview.

The enjoyable run is 2 laps across the park’s perimeter and is roughly 2.5 miles lengthy.

Checkin begins at 9 a.m. on the Park of Dreams, the West Fifth Street aspect of Dykstra Park, and the race begins at 10 a.m.

The neighborhood enjoyable run prices $15, and contributors can enroll till 9:30 a.m. earlier than the race. Preregister at Anytime Fitness, 206 Port Point West C, Grandview, throughout staffed hours or the day of race.

Racers can take pleasure in pizza, snacks, water and sports activities drinks on the end line.

Half of the proceeds shall be donated to Grandview Parks and Recreation and different to local people packages. Donations shall be accepted.

Day on the Dig

Visit Wenas Mammoth Foundation’s annual open home from 9 a.m. to three p.m. Saturday on Wenas Road.

Wenas Mammoth Foundation is partnering with Central Washington University and the Yakima Area Arboretum to current academic shows, shows and hands-on actions for youngsters and adults.

Visitors will find out about Washington state fossils, STEM academic alternatives, and native archaeology, paleontology and geology.

Admission for Day on the Dig is a urged donation of $5 per household.

The mammoth dig web site is at 1760 S. Wenas Road, Selah, and instructions could be discovered at www.wenasmammoth.org.