Information for
Downtown
Businesses
& Residents
56th Annual Salmon Days: Oct. 4th & 5th, 2025
GETTING AROUND
We know how challenging it can be to navigate downtown Issaquah before, during and after the Festival.
Click here for information.
For ADA parking and paid parking locations, click here
WANT A BOOTH AT SALMON DAYS? - Downtown Issaquah Businesses
Businesses physically located within the footprint of the Festival on Front Street and Sunset Way may apply for a booth at Salmon Days if they qualify. If a business meets the qualifications for a booth space and wishes to have a booth in front of their storefront, they must notify the Salmon Days office via email at events@salmondays.org by Monday, March 31, 2025, to reserve their space before vendor placements begin on April 1, 2025. Upon receiving your notification, we will hold your space until Wednesday, April 30, 2025. You must submit your application by this date. If we do not receive your application by April 30, 2025, your booth space will automatically be released to other vendors.
Important Dates:
By March 31, 2025 – Reserve your booth space with Salmon Days
By April 30, 2025 – Apply & pay for your booth space at Salmon Days
October 4th & 5th – Salmon Days Festival
Want a booth at Salmon Days? (click here)
Rules & Regulations for Vendors (click here)
Vendor FAQs (click here)
Types of Booth Descriptions (click here)
Load In/Out Schedule (click here)
Something Wrong? (click here)
Pay Parking Lots (click here)
PARADE
Parade Road Closures
The Grande Parade is back on Saturday, October 4, 2025. (See the attached map of where the parade route is.). Some businesses (and employees & customers) may be impacted during the Parade.
Parade Route
Starting at Confluence Park, the parade will proceed down Rainier Blvd N, before turning onto NW Dogwood St, and turning again to proceed north on Front St. Finally, participants will turn right and head down the south side of NE Gilman Blvd before reaching the dispersal area by Boehm’s.
Parade Details
The parade is taking place on Saturday, October 4th starting at 10am. Roads in the staging and route area will be closed starting at 9:00 am and open after the last participant (Recology) goes past. As soon as the parade is over, all traffic revisions on NE Gilman Blvd will be removed and other streets will revert back to normal Festival configuration.
More parade information will be made available as we get closer to the festival at:
https://www.issaquahchamber.com/sd-2025-parade
FESTIVAL AREAS
Ever wonder what the various areas of the festival are like? Click here for more information.
