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A crowded outdoor street fair featuring rows of white vendor tents under a bright sky.
Plate I. Street fair crowd, Kent Cornucopia Days. From kcdays.com
A woman in a sash rides in a convertible car in a parade.
Plate II. Grand Parade, Kent Cornucopia Days. From kcdays.com
A woman serves food from a large pan at an outdoor event.
Plate III. Food booth, Kent Cornucopia Days. From kentreporter.com

Kent Cornucopia Days

Kent, King County, Washington. Annual festival; July.

Details

Map. Kent, King County, Washington. Larger map
Where
4th & Meeker Street, Kent, WA 98032. Directions
When
Last held July 10–12, 2026; next year’s date not yet stated.
Phone
253.852.LION
Website
kcdays.com
Managed by
Kent Lions.

The festival happens on Meeker Street in downtown Kent; the car show is at 4th & Meeker Street, spread over 3 blocks and additional side parking lots.

Notable Events

  1. 1946The festival returned under the Cornucopia Festival name. kentreporter.com
  2. 1972The Kent Lions took over the celebration and called it Meeker Days. kentreporter.com
  3. 1980The Lions changed the name to avoid confusion with a Puyallup festival. kentreporter.com
  4. 2023The Kent Historical Museum celebrated the 50th Cornucopia Days with the community. kenthistoricalmuseum.org
  5. The Kent Lettuce Festival went away during World War II. kentreporter.com

People

  • Mary Atwood, Longtime volunteer who ran the festival information booth (many years).
  • Bill Westcott, Volunteer festival coordinator and Kent Lion (more than 20 years).
  • Irving Hamilton, Longtime Cornucopia Days organizer who helped build it into a street fair with more than 300 vendors (30 years of Kent Lions volunteer work).

Sources

  1. kcdays.com
  2. kcdays.com/kent-cornucopia-street-fair
  3. kcdays.com/kent-cornucopia-grand-parade
  4. kcdays.com/car-show
  5. kcdays.com/kent-cornucopia-athletic-events
  6. kcdays.com/kent-cornucopia-entertainment-2026
  7. kentreporter.com/2026/07/14/kent-cornucopia-days-excels-with-celebration-of-culture
  8. kcdays.com/kentcornucopia-faq
  9. kenthistoricalmuseum.org/f/cornucopia-days
  10. kentreporter.com/2015/07/15/cornucopia-days-what-is-it-really-about-as-i-see-it
  11. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/irving-hamilton-organizer-of-large-kent-street-fair-dies-at-76
  12. archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv108282
  13. kentreporter.com/2016/07/13/kent-cornucopia-days-draws-thousands-of-visitors-slideshow
  14. kentreporter.com/2013/07/11/kent-cornucopia-days-are-here