Football season has arrived and September is the official start of the Autumn season –  my favorite!   Will we jump into Fall or will we be blessed with an Indian Summer?  What to do this month you ask?  Well, check this out…

• Wenatchee River Salmon Festival, Sept 20-23
• Autumn Leaf Festival, Leavenworth, Sept 28-30
• Bremerton Blackberry Festival,  Sept 1-3
• Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Sept 1-3
• Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival, Sept 7-9
• Puyallup Fair, Sept 7-23
• Try out Bake’s Place in downtown Bellevue   http://bakesplacebellevue.com/
• Wooden Boat Festival, Port Townsend, Sept 7-9
• Deutschesfest, Odessa, Sept 14-16
• Snohomish Pumpkin Hurl and Medieval Faire, Sept 15-16
• See Memphis at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Sept 18 – Oct. 7
• Fremont Oktoberfest, Fremont area of Seattle, Sept 21-23
• Take a drive and visit Portland’s Japanese Garden
• Leavenworth Blues, Brews and BBQ Festival, Sept 15
• Whidbey Island Farm Tour, Sept 15-16
• Most Farmers Markets are still in full swing!
• Fisherman’s Fall Festival, Seattle, Sept 22
• Seattle Fringe Festival, Sept 19-23
• Festa Italiana, Seattle Center, Sept 28-30 (It’s the Space Needle’s 50th Anniversary)
• The Great Prosser Balloon Rally, Prosser, Sept 28-30
• Aki Matsuri Japanese Fall Festival, Bellevue College, Sept 8-9
• Take in a Seattle Seahawks game – two home games this month!