Arts & Entertainment

'CHOMP!' Festival Returns To Marymoor Park In August

King County's free "CHOMP!" festival will return to Marymoor for the first time in three years, headlined by the Drive-By Truckers.

Marymoor Park's CHOMP! food and music festival will return in person for the first time since 2019.
Marymoor Park's CHOMP! food and music festival will return in person for the first time since 2019. (King County Parks/Morgen Schuler)

REDMOND, WA — Marymoor Park will host the "CHOMP!" food and music festival this August, marking the first appearance of the popular festival since 2019. King County Parks unveiled its concert lineup Wednesday, with Georgia rockers Drive-By Truckers leading the bill. Other performers include Brett Benton, Tekla Waterfield and Jeff Fielder.

The festival went virtual in 2020 due to pandemic-related health precautions and was canceled in 2021 amid the delta surge.

CHOMP! Returns For 2022

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  • When: Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022.
  • Where: Marymoor Park (Redmond)
  • Admission: Free.

On top of live entertainment, this year's event will again include a full farmers market and an array of local food vendors, along with a slate of family activities. The full lineup of activities and participating vendors for this year is still being finalized and will be unveiled closer to the event.

According to King County Parks, more than 6,000 people attended CHOMP! in 2019, which was the event's biggest year to date. Officials said more than half of attendees carpooled to the event, and nearly 60 percent learned about it through social media. Neighbors and visitors can keep track of the latest announcements on the festival's official website.

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Here is the official 2022 poster:

(King County Parks)

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