Celebrating 88 years

The First White Center community festival was the Great Fair, held August 1-4 1923. The slogan was "Big Time, All the Time, One Dime" and events included a carnival, sideshow, and Big Baby and Popular Lady contests. Since that event, many White Center community festivals have been held under a variety of names. The title, "Jubilee Days" was first used in 1965 and has been in use ever since.

Since its revival in 1986, the White Center Jubilee Days celebration- was organized by the White Center Chamber of Commerce. It has grown to become one of South King County’s most anticipated summer festivals. An estimated 25,000 people attend this celebration each year. White Center Jubilee Days events are part of the Seafair calendar, which is distributed at no cost in the greater Seattle area through Seafair's member festival organizations, which is sponsored by Boeing.

In 1966, the all volunteer staff and organizers decided to expand the White Center Jubilee days festival to two days. It was a great success, and the new 2 day festival has grown to include a Kids Parade, which is attended by the 2010 White Center Ambassadors the 2010 Seafair Princesses Court and escorted by the Seafair Parade Marshals from the organization and of course those goofy Seafair Clowns, and it would not be a Parade without the Pirates.

Since the street fair and food Vendor court was incorporated a very popular Beer Garden was added which always hosts one or two locally made brews, as seen in the Stranger recently. The two popular Entertainment stages have been a great gathering site for families and friends and have had some very big name entertainers such as The Kingsmen and Merilee Rush. A new Kids Center was added a few years ago and has been one of the most popular events at the festival and is attended by both young and old.