CHOMP!, King County's local food celebration returns Aug. 17 to Marymoor Park with local food vendors, live music, sustainable living activities

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CHOMP!, King County’s local food celebration, returns to Marymoor Park in Redmond on Aug. 17 with a full day of live music, local food vendors, and sustainable living activities for all ages. Admission is free.

This year’s music lineup includes:

• Deep Sea Diver
• Broken Social Scene
• Ural Thomas & the Pain
• Marmalade
• Amelia Day
• Johnny Bregar

Activities include zucchini races, petting zoo, farmer’s market, kids cooking competition, Henry Art scavenger hunt, Fix-It Fair, tree climbing, food vendors, and sustainable living booths.

Since 2015, CHOMP! has supported King County Executive Dow Constantine’s Local Food Initiative by celebrating local farmers, chefs and restaurants using locally-sourced food, and local organizations specializing in healthy food, sustainability, and social justice.

CHOMP! is hosted by King County Parks and produced by Artist Home, which produces such events as the successful Timber! Outdoor Music Festival at King County’s Tolt-MacDonald Park and Campground and Doe Bay Fest on Orcas Island. Artist Home is known for integrating unique natural settings into the event experience, and uniting music, community and nature.

For details about CHOMP! and to sign up for e-mail updates, visit chomplocal.org and follow the CHOMP! Facebook page.  

King County Parks is one of four divisions in the Department of Natural Resources and Parks.

Multimedia

• PHOTO GALLERY: CHOMP!, King County's local celebration

Resources

• CHOMP!
• Facebook event page