Meeker Days Festival Returns Later This Month

PUYALLUP, WA — After two years of pandemic-related interruptions, it looks like the 2022 Meeker Days Festival will be returning to it's regular time and place.

Normally, the festival is held around Father's Day weekend, but it had to be cancelled during 2020's lockdown, and pushed into August in 2021 due to rising COVID-19 case counts. That's not the case this year, and officials confirm they are planning for this Father's Day from June 17 through June 19.

The Meeker Days Arts & Music Festival is Pierce County's largest street festival, encompassing a 15 block radius in downtown Puyallup every year. On normal years, the event can draw upwards of 200 vendors.

For drivers, that means there will be some road closures. The City of Puyallup confirms that, during the festival, the following roads will be closed:

• Elm Street (Closes at 2 pm Thursday)

• Pioneer Lot at 2nd Street SW and West Pioneer (Closes at 5 pm Thursday)

• Hill Lot at 2nd Street SE and East Pioneer (Closes at 5 pm Thursday)

• Meeker Street, from 3rd Street SW to 3rd Street SE (Closes at 5 pm Thursday)

• 2nd Street SW, from West Main Street to Pioneer Park roundabout (Closes at 5 pm Thursday)

• 2nd Street SE, from East Main Street to East Pioneer Avenue (Closes at 5 pm Thursday)

• Meridian Street, from Stewart to 4th Avenue (Closes at 7 pm, Thursday)

• Pioneer Avenue, from 3rd Street SW to 3rd Street SE (Closes at 7 pm Thursday)

• Cornforth Campbell Lot at 3rd Street SE and East Main (Closes at 6 am Friday)

• Covered Cornforth Campbell Lot at 2nd Street SE and East Main (Closes at 6 am Friday)

• 4th Ave SW between Meridian and 3rd Street SW (Closes at 6 am Friday)

All roads should be reopened by 9 p.m. on Sunday the 19th.

>> Learn more about the festivities from the Puyallup Main Street Association.