WINTER PREVIEW Kitsap Peninsula 2024: Holiday events, Christmas activities & more!
All of the Christmas and holiday events, festivals, tree lightings, and Christmas markets on the Kitsap Peninsula. Holiday events and activities in Bainbridge Island, Port Gamble, Poulsbo, Kingston, Bremerton, and Port Orchard.
LOCAL: Kitsap Soup Spots Perfect for Winter!
Forget the can of Campbell’s, these 5 soup spots will satisfy your craving for chowder, pho, bisque, or ramen!
Kitsap Peninsula 2024 FALL PREVIEW: events, activities & more!
All of the fall events, festivals, trick or treating and fun on the Kitsap Peninsula. Pumpkin patches, Halloween events and family fun in Bainbridge Island, Port Gamble, Poulsbo, Kingston, Bremerton, and Port Orchard.
4th of July in Kitsap: 2024 Guide to Community Fireworks & Celebrations
From Kingston to Port Orchard - here are 4 amazing 4th of July community celebrations and fireworks shows on the Kitsap Peninsula.
LOCAL: The Kitsap Peninsula's Best Donuts
Sink your teeth into something sweet! Here are the Kitsap Peninsula’s most delicious donuts!
LOCAL: Live Summer Music in Kitsap
Summer is when the true beauty of the Kitsap is on full display…and the long, warm days are perfect for spending as much time outside as possible. You’ll find a wide variety of magnificent backdrops for live music and events from Gig Harbor all the way to Kingston…
LOCAL: Best Gift Ideas for Local Shopping on the Kitsap Peninsula | Winter
A local shopping guide that celebrate our favorite small businesses for winter birthdays, celebrations, and just-because gifts from Gig Harbor to Kingston. Gifts for men, women, and kids!
LOCAL: Bremerton's Annual Events Calendar
The downtown district of Bremerton is the perfect hosting spot for local arts and events on the Kitsap Peninsula. Here is a list of Bremerton events you can always count on each year PLUS a list of live entertainment happening at the Admiral Theatre.
VISIT: Explore (the new) Downtown Bremerton
Downtown Bremerton has undergone a rebirth and renaissance in recent years - creating a cultural, artistic, and culinary center of gravity for the Kitsap community and visitors from beyond the Peninsula.
LOCAL: Admiral Theatre Date Night Itineraries
When the sun goes down, the Admiral Theatre shines with its varying lineup of shows and the combination of abundant options for food and drink makes downtown Bremerton one of the top places on the Kitsap Peninsula to go for date night.
LOCAL: Butcher & Baker Provisions
There’s a lot to love about the tiny North Kitsap community of Port Gamble… BUT the fried chicken sandwich (served on a PERFECT brioche bun with applewood bacon and pimento cheese) at Butcher & Baker Provisions…
VISIT: Explore Downtown Gig Harbor
A walk along Gig Harbor’s gorgeous waterfront is one delish dish, yummy drink, beautiful view, and unique local shop after another.
VISIT: 3 Outdoor Spots Locals Love in Gig Harbor
Explore the Gig Harbor summer spots that the locals love most!
VISIT: Explore Downtown Port Orchard
A walk down Bay Street on the Port Orchard’s waterfront with business owner Sam Smith, reveals a cluster of shops, restaurants and experiences that are perfect for a few hours with the family, friends or flying solo.
LOCAL: Josephine's Mercantile
Josephine’s Mercantile is South Kitsap's favorite spot for gift shopping, vintage, and of course - Farmer Rosie’s salted chocolate chip cookies.
LOCAL: Vintage Shops in Kitsap
These are the vintage shops that you can get lost in, wandering slowly lost in your imagination as you imagine each unique piece in your home.
LOCAL: Eat Around Manette
Manette has the best little foodie scene in Kitsap. The restaurants of Manette, Bremerton.
This tiny Bremerton neighborhood enjoys a tight-knit community, super walkable business corridor and an enviable selection of amazing restaurants and eateries.
LOCAL: The Animals (Wild and Tame) You’ll Meet on the Kitsap Peninsula
The Kitsap Peninsula is known for its natural beauty and iconic PNW atmospheres and ecospheres and with that comes critters of all shapes and sizes. Sea lions, eagles and ospreys, deer, coyotes, bear and all manner of critters both wild and domestic make the KP their home.
LOCAL: Poulsbo is Perhaps Kitsap’s Best Boozy Little City!
‘Beer,’ said the oft quoted Benjamin Franklin, ‘is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.’ We would wholeheartedly agree while adding wine and whiskey to the list! Kitsap (and the PNW in general) is known for its craft beer, spirits and local wine and there is no place that best represents Kitsap’s boozy side than the city of Poulsbo!
LOCAL: Artists of Kitsap featuring Cory Anderson
“I dream about color and I love that I get to make my dreams reality! Creating, making something out of nothing. I love taking what some see as trash and using it to help create my next mixed media portrait!”