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\n\t\t\tJuly 24, 2026<\/p>\n
Every August, the coastal town of Long Beach, Washington \u2014 about 3 hours from Seattle \u2014 is home to one of North America\u2019s largest kite festivals. Free to attend, the Washington State International Kite Festival (WSIKF) returns August 17 to 23, 2026, marking its 45th year. <\/p>\n
The week is packed with the festival\u2019s beloved traditions: choreographed kite ballets, kite workshops, and hands-on activities for kids and beginners. <\/p>\n
This year, organizers are adding a new event: a two-day sport kite competition. It will kick off on Sunday, August 16, with a preview round to give spectators a first look at team, pairs, and individual flyers from multiple countries. Scoring will be split evenly between two categories: technical skill and choreography.<\/p>\n
According to the World Kite Museum newsletter, Long Beach\u2019s wide, flat beach is part of what makes it work. Low tides are expected through late morning and early afternoon, exposing broad stretches of firm sand, and the tide isn\u2019t expected to peak again until evening, keeping the beach open during the festival\u2019s busiest hours.<\/p>\n
Admission is free, and each day generally runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival is put on by the World Kite Museum, which has run the event since 2015.<\/p>\n
With the event, it would be worth pairing a visit with a stop at the museum itself, a few blocks from the beach, to see the history behind the sport before watching it play out in the skies. <\/p>\n
45th Annual Washington State International Kite Festival (WSIKF)<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udccd Where: Long Beach, Washington
\ud83d\udcc5 When: August 17 to 23, 2026
\ud83d\udcb8 Free admission
\ud83d\udd58 Daily, roughly 9 a.m.\u20135 p.m.<\/p>\n
For more details on this Washington tradition, you can visit the official WSIKF website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit photo to Katrina, WikiMedia \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Managing Editor, West Coast \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 July 24, 2026 Every August, the coastal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[126206,131,133,132,136934],"class_list":["post-411022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-kite-festival","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-short-trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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