Birch Bay Derby Day, Be a part of the Enjoyable August 29!

It’s a full day of pleasant competitors and distinctive Birch Bay enjoyable! Derby Day is Saturday, August 29, that includes actions all through the day for individuals and spectators alike.

This 12 months begins with the Friends of Birch Bay Library Pinewood Derby bringing this traditional custom to the bay at 11:00 AM.

From 1:00–3:00 PM, the motion strikes to the Bicycle & Golf Cart Poker Run alongside Birch Bay Drive. Participants will make their manner alongside the route to gather playing cards and construct their greatest poker hand, with prizes awarded to the highest 3.

One of Birch Bay’s favourite traditions returns from 4:00–7:00 PM with the Billy Brown Crab Derby. Crabbers are invited to herald their catch to be weighed, with prizes awarded in three classes: Largest Limit, Largest Crab and Largest Red Rock Crab. Whether you’ve spent the day trip on the water chasing the profitable catch or simply need to see what’s hauled in, the Crab Derby is a celebration of one of many actions that makes life on the bay particular.

The day culminates at 6:00 PM with the Duck Derby introduced by Friends of Birch Bay Library on Terrell Creek. Rubber geese take to the water and race upstream with the incoming tide towards the end line as spectators collect alongside the course to cheer them on.

DERBY DAY SCHEDULE — SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

11:00 AM — Friends of Birch Bay Library/WCLS Pinewood Derby – NEW for 2026!

1:00–3:00 PM — Bicycle & Golf Cart Poker Run

4:00–7:00 PM — Billy Brown Crab Derby – Prizes for Largest Limit, Largest Crab & Largest Red Rock Crab

6:00 PM — Duck Derby introduced by Friends of Birch Bay Library – Terrell Creek

Derby Day celebrates the enjoyable, inventive and barely unconventional spirit that makes Birch Bay particular. Whether you’re competing, cheering from the sidelines or just spending the day within the Bay, there can be loads of causes to affix the enjoyable.

Additional occasion particulars and updates, together with tips on how to take part within the varied Derby Day actions, out there at birchbaywa.org .

ABOUT THE BIRCH BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce is devoted to supporting native companies, strengthening the Birch Bay neighborhood and selling Birch Bay as a year-round vacation spot to dwell, work, play and go to. Through neighborhood occasions, enterprise advocacy, partnerships and tourism promotion, the Chamber works to boost the financial vitality and high quality of lifetime of the Birch Bay neighborhood. The Chamber produces and helps a wide range of free neighborhood occasions all year long that deliver residents, companies and guests collectively whereas showcasing all the things that makes Birch Bay a particular place.

ABOUT FRIENDS OF BIRCH BAY LIBRARY (FOBBL)

The Friends of Birch Bay Library (FOBBL) is a community-based group devoted to supporting library providers and increasing alternatives for studying, connection and enrichment in Birch Bay. Working in partnership with the Whatcom County Library System (WCLS), FOBBL advocates for the Birch Bay neighborhood and helps applications, actions and efforts that deliver individuals collectively by means of literacy, schooling and neighborhood engagement. FOBBL continues to play an lively function within the Birch Bay neighborhood by means of occasions and partnerships, together with its participation in Derby Day with the inaugural Pinewood Derby and the annual Duck Derby on Terrell Creek.