Be a part of Renton River Days

Become a sponsor to Renton River Days as we gather with family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy the amenities and activities that help make Renton a great community to live, learn, work, and play.

An estimated 40,000 residents, businesses, organizations, and tourists from all over the region attend the three-days event for a wonderful variety of events and special features, including arts and crafts, visual and performing arts, recreation, food, exhibitions, children’s activities, and stage entertainment, and more.

Liberty Park, in the heart of Renton, is the focal point for the festival held each year in late July. Cedar River Park is also host to many events in and around the Renton Community Center.

If you’re a local business owner or manage an organization, consider becoming a sponsor. Commercial vendors/exhibitors benefit from a variety of marketing opportunities (web, social, print) and sponsor integration, such as hosting your own booth in the park during festival weekend to promote your business.  Sponsor contributions help support festival activities and ultimately make Renton River Days possible!

Become a Renton River Days Event Sponsor: email Sonja Mejlaender at the festival office, or call 425.430.6528.

Art Market & Art Show

Renton River Days Parade

Renton River Days Parade is one of the many highlights of the three-day festival. Held on Saturday morning at 10 a.m., spectators line South 3rd Street from Shattuck Avenue to Liberty Park. Parade entries are creative, unique, and incorporate lots of music and entertainment for the whole family.

Renton River Days may provide a modest contribution to local or visiting marching bands, or other parade entries with musicians, bands or dancers and help offset expenses. Marching bands, musicians, and dancers captivate the crowds and fill the air with music. Our Parade Committee would like more entries like this to consider.

For parade entries requests and volunteering please contact Volunteer Parade Chair Nancy Quinn at 425.572.5702 or email at parade@rentonriverdays.org

Entertainers

Spend time in Liberty Park enjoying live entertainment from a fabulous line-up of performing artists providing family entertainment including of instrumental, vocal, percussion, and dance. Nearly 175 performers take the stage during the three-day festival.

Performing artists are encouraged to submit their promotional packs (artist bios, cds, photos, etc.) or links to digital and websites to be considered for the Renton River Days Festival. Sound system is provided. Submit items for review to Renton River Days, 1055 S. Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057, or call Sonja Mejlaender at the festival’s office, 425-430-6528 or Email Festival Director.

Nibble of Renton Festival Food Vendors

Renton River Days welcomes local restaurants and catering services, and past participants to fill available spaces. If all spaces are not filled, additional vendors will be considered based on menu variety. All vendors operate from a 10′ x 20′ booth space provided by the festival. Electrical hook-up available. An application fee is required to the festival. Please email Volunteer Jace Werre, Nibble Chairman, with your business name, food specialty and menu variety, address and phone to be considered for the Nibble of Renton festival.

Volunteer opportunities include:

• Distribute event posters and festival schedules to Renton area businesses mid-June to mid-July
• River Days Parade: Help with parade-related activities such as staging entries on side streets and serving as a banner carrier. Meet Parade Chair Nancy at the registration area for instruction on the north side of McLendon’s on 3rd Place (the road in between McLendon’s and Freddie’s Club.)
• The Art Market at Big Liberty: Thursday through Sunday of festival weekend. Assist Art Market vendors (hand-crafted arts and crafts vendors) and the visiting public; shifts are 3-4 hours helping with booth sitting, water delivery, light security and answering general FAQs.
• Kids’ Activities during festival weekend: Help children partake in a variety of activities at educational and interactive booths.
• Entertainment stage in Liberty Park during festival weekend: Assist long-time festival volunteer Jeff Lukins who serves as master emcee & stage manager with artist changeovers in between bands and performers on the entertainment stage. Lifting and physical abilities required.
• Join the “Sparkle Team”: Join the team that rolls up their sleeves and gets busy – picking up litter and keeping our festival grounds free of debris.
• Breakdown for Renton Annual Art Show at Renton Community Center: Volunteer tasks include lifting and moving art easels after the fine art show has ended and closed to the public.

Interested in becoming part of the festival’s core planning and leadership team, please complete and submit the attached Board Member Application.  The Renton River Days Board oversees policy, operations, and strategic planning of the annual Renton River Days Festival (501c4) and monitors the solvency of the non-profit organization.  Renton River Days works in partnership with the City of Renton, dozens of sanctioned event volunteer teams, and numerous stakeholders to plan and produce Renton’s community family festival.

• RRDs Board Member Description
• RRDs Board Member Application
• For questions or more information, email info@rentonriverdays.org.