The Spring Olympia Arts Walk Festival in downtown Olympia celebrates the arts and crafts in the Northwest communities twice a year since the year 2000. Everyone from kids to adults will enjoy the experiences of the visual and performing arts created by hundreds of artisans, crafters, designers and sponsored by over 100 businesses and vendors. Additionally, the local Art & Music Studios offer Art, Music, Luminary and Video Workshops along with special events including the Fish on Sticks Spangles.

Special Events at the Spring Festival include many hands-on family activities, demonstrations and impromtu street performances. The Spring Festival includes the incredible  30th Annual Procession of the Species produced by Earthbound Productions.

Created by the community for the community the Procession of the Species Celebration is a joyous, artistic pageant, embracing the languages of art, music and dance to inspire learning, appreciation and protection of the natural world. The intent of the Procession is to elevate the dignity of the human spirit by enhancing the cultural exchange that we have with each other and with the natural world… and to do that through imagination, creation, and sharing.

The three rules inspire, nourish, and protect the Procession’s cultural evolution of imagination, creation, and sharing.

• No written words
• No pets
• No motorized vehicles