Editing Darrington, Washington (section)

===Events and festivals===
[[File:Darrington Rodeo Grounds.jpg|thumb|right|The host grounds of the Darrington [[rodeo]]]]
Darrington has a community events complex and park located {{convert|3|mi|km}} west of the town, which is home to several annual events, including a [[rodeo]] and a [[Bluegrass festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Broom |first=Jack |date=June 19, 2014 |title=Rodeo upgrades could help Darrington's mudslide recovery |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/rodeo-upgrades-could-help-darringtonrsquos-mudslide-recovery/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The Darrington Timberbowl Rodeo began in 1964 and typically draws over a thousand spectators during its two-day run in late June.<ref>{{cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Dan |date=May 21, 2014 |title=Outside money keeps Darrington rodeo alive |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/outside-money-keeps-darrington-rodeo-alive/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The rodeo was cancelled in 2013 after an inspection found the venue's bleachers to be unsafe, but $25,000 in repairs funded by state grants allowed it to resume the following year.<ref name="NYT-Bluegrass">{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Kirk |date=July 16, 2014 |title=Months After Washington Landslide, Hopeful Steps Forward |page=A11 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/us/months-after-washington-landslide-hopeful-steps-forward.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The Timberbowl Rodeo is named for a former festival that was held annually in late June from 1946 to 1967, and featured various logging events and competitions in addition to a town parade.{{sfnp|Poehlman|1979|pages=107–108}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Della |date=June 19, 1966 |title=Darrington: It's small, but its people and beauty make it big |page=2 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=July 30, 1972 |title=Month-long fest in Stillaguamish area |page=D10 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

The Darrington Bluegrass Festival is held for three days every July and was started in 1977 by descendants of [[Appalachian Americans|Appalachian]] transplants to the area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fiege |first=Gale |date=July 15, 2016 |title=At 40 years, Darrington's bluegrass festival still going strong |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/at-40-years-darringtons-bluegrass-festival-still-going-strong/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The festival draws around 10,000 people, including visitors who use an adjacent campground and participate in communal [[jam session]]s. Prominent Bluegrass groups, including [[Bill Monroe]], the [[Gibson Brothers (bluegrass duo)|Gibson Brothers]], and Rural Delivery, have performed at Darrington's Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater.<ref name="NYT-Bluegrass"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Fiege |first=Gale |date=July 15, 2015 |title=Darrington Bluegrass Festival about music and family |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/darrington-bluegrass-festival-about-music-and-family/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> From 2006 to 2019, the amphitheater also hosted the [[Summer Meltdown]] jam festival in early August, which attracted a wide variety of musical acts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stout |first=Gene |date=August 4, 2015 |title=Summer Meltdown way more than a jam band's backyard party |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/summer-meltdown-way-more-than-a-jam-bands-backyard-party/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The four-day event typically drew 4,000 visitors and 40 acts, as well as art pieces that were installed around the campgrounds.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Evan |date=August 13, 2018 |title=Summer Meltdown: Musical ecstasy in Darrington |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/summer-meltdown-musical-ecstasy-in-darrington/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> Both festivals were cancelled in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Carlson |first=Mark |date=May 14, 2020 |title=Both of Darrington's iconic summer music festivals canceled |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/life/both-of-darringtons-iconic-summer-music-festivals-canceled/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref>

The town also has several other annual events, including Darrington Day in late May, a [[Fourth of July]] parade, and a [[street fair]] in July.<ref>{{cite news |last=Broom |first=Jack |date=May 13, 2014 |title=Shaken Darrington to keep its community celebrations |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/shaken-darrington-to-keep-its-community-celebrations/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref><ref name="ConcreteGuide">{{cite web |year=2018 |title=North Cascadian Travelers' Guide 2018 |pages=38–44 |url=https://www.concreteheritagemuseum.org/uploads/2/2/3/4/22348866/travelers_guide_2018.pdf |publisher=[[The Concrete Herald]] |access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> Darrington formerly hosted an annual [[wildflower]] festival and an annual [[Christian music]] festival in the 1990s during the transition to a tourism-based economy.<ref name="Times-Bloom"/><ref name="PI-Loyal"/>