Around 100 vintage vendors will be at the Ragtag Revival vintage festival in Woodland July 21-23.
New to the annual festival this year will be a rally of 20 to 30 classic travel trailers on display.
Antiques for sale in last year’s vintage festival.
Anyone with a passion for antiques should head to Wickering Heights in Woodland next weekend where a third annual vintage festival will be held.
There will be around 100 vendors, 30 classic trailers on display, daily entertainment, food, drinks and more.
The self described “hootenanny” is run by Angela Harvey on her 10-acre farm under the organizational name Ragtag Revival.
Vintage vendors at the festival will first open from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 21, for an early bird shopping special. Attending Friday costs $20 and there is a 21 and over age restriction. Beer, wine, snacks and a chocolate fountain are included in the cost. According to Harvey, a professional band, Breaking Midnight, will also play live music from 6 to 10 p.m.
“They’re as good of musicians as you can find playing at the (Clark County Fairgrounds) amphitheater for $45 a ticket,” Harvey said. “I personally know them, that’s how we’re lucky enough to have them come play here.”
On Saturday, entry prices drop to $5 and vendors will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Harvey said all the vendors are hand-picked by her to maintain a high quality of items for sale.
“I’m very selective about them. I want it to be really good,” she said. “I know lots of people in the vintage industry, so I reach out individually.”
Another person Harvey reached out to for a separate purpose in this year’s event was Rene Ferrett. Ferrett is the organizer of a large vintage trailer rally in Lynden comprising 200 to 300 trailers and is helping Harvey get a little over 20 of them to come to Woodland for the festival.
“I’ve recently been buying vintage trailers and restoring them myself and I think it’s pretty neat, so I wanted to incorporate some into the festival this year,” Harvey said.
The trailers at the festival are mostly for touring, but Harvey said some will also have items for sale. She said the camper open house is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Saturday’s entry fee is $5 and free for kids 6 and under. Vendors will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and more live music will last from 3 to 7 p.m. On Sunday, entry is free for everyone and is considered a “family day” by Harvey.
“Sunday we’ll do hayrides and let kids pet our farm animals, in addition to what’s already going on,” she said.
Vendors Sunday will be open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. At dusk, Harvey said a to-be-determined outdoor movie will be projected on the side of her barn. Free popcorn will be available.
“The whole thing to me is just a community event. My goal money-wise is just to break even,” Harvey said. “If we ever outgrow this venue at my property we’ll just be done with it. I don’t want to do it at a fairground or something. It’s supposed to feel like a small town gathering, and right now it’s great.”
Harvey said she has always had a passion for vintage items and drew inspiration to create her own festival from a former vintage group in Battle Ground, the Boys of Barnhouse.
“Their stuff was so beautiful and I remember thinking when they moved six or so years ago, ‘I wanna be the new Barnhouse Boys,’” Harvey said. “Everything they did was gorgeous. My whole thing is a little more about being ‘gritty to pretty though.’”
