7th Annual Englewood Forest Festival
August 9, 2025 from 10 am to 4 pm in Englewood Park, Salem, Oregon
Join us at our free celebration of the arts, nature, and community in forested Englewood Park in Salem. The beloved family-friendly festival includes diverse talents of local artists, musicians, performers, environmental nonprofits, and provides helpful community resources.
The free festival provides music and entertainment on two stages and dozens of free family-friendly activities for all ages to learn more about the Willamette Valley environment. Visitors attend the festival from Salem, the Mid-Willamette Valley, Washington, and California.
The event is located in historic Englewood Park, the first park purchased by the City of Salem. The park has hundreds of mature trees including a 7-acre native remnant forest of Oregon white oak and Douglas fir trees. It is a popular summer gathering place and provides a wonderful setting for the festival. The park contains a large native pollinator garden, a splash pool, 2 playgrounds, a horseshoe game, benches, and picnic tables, perfect for an August day.
Watch a video of the 2022 festival here. And our 2023 festival can be seen here.
The 2025 Englewood Forest Festival is sponsored in part by a grant from the City of Salem Transient Occupancy Tax, Northeast Neighbors Neighborhood Assoc. (NEN), Salem Leadership Foundation, Ink Spot Printing with support from Uptown Music, N2 Community Partnership Team, Storyteller for Good, Heritage Seedlings, Enlace Cross-Cultural Development, our neighborhood, and wonderful community volunteers.
THANK YOU!
2025 Activities and Workshops
Learn about owls, pollinators, native plants, make a bird feeder, paint rocks, write a poem, race a zucchini, and more.
Wildflower Seed Balls
Mix soil, clay, and wildflower seeds, and water to create a seed ball to take home. Then, make a small wildflower garden in your yard to help support native pollinators.