The Wenatchee Valley attracts visitors and new residents each year because of our area's abundant outdoor activities, natural beauty, and low-cost energy. Stunning landscapes, recreational opportunites of every type and thriving business make the entire area a perfect place to to escape, explore and enjoy.

Entertainment in the Valley is another perk--whether it be live jazz playing at McGlinn's, a theatrical production at the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee at the Stanley Civic Centeror a concert held at Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat or at the Icicle Creek Music Center.

Annual Festivals bring our community together while drawing visitors from throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Washington State Apple Blossom Festival

The Washington State Apple Blossom Festival is an independent organization and is the oldest major festival in the state of Washington. Born in 1919 the Festival now draws thousands of visitors from around the world the last weekend in April through he first weekend in May. 

Mariachi Festival

Each year in April the North Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Mariachi Festival. Members of the famous Mariachi Sol De Mexico conduct musical workshops for students and a weekend of concerts. Fiestas Mexicanas attracts a bicultural crowd of around 6,000 individuals celebrating Mexican Independence day each fall.

Shopping

The Wenatchee Valley is North Central Washington's shopping destination. Peruse locally-owned and operated stores and boutiques in historic Downtown Wenatchee or hit the Wenatchee Valley Mall, home to over 50 stores.

Bridge of Friendship

At the corner of Ninth Street and Eastmont Avenue in East Wenatchee stands a symbol of friendship that spans the Pacific. A Japanese garden completed here in 2003 commemorates both the historic trans-Pacific flight of Clyde Pangorn and Hugh Herndon, and the long-standing sister-city relationship that ultimately arose between the cities on either end of that daring journey - East Wenatchee & Wenatchee, Washington and Misawa , Japan .

Columbia River Bridge

Built for $177,000 in 1908 to carry irrigation water to the orchards in Douglas County , the Columbia River Bridge was the first non-railroad bridge to span the mighty Columbia . Once the only way for horse-drawn wagons to make their way across the great river from Wenatchee to East Wenatchee , the 1,060- foot bridge still carries water, but is now reserved for pedestrians and cyclists out for some exercise and fresh air along the Apple Capital Loop Trail.