Downtown Camas | Shops, Restaurants, Events in Camas, WA

October Pumpkin Pageant & Harry Potter Costume Contest 2026
2026-10-02 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
We love the fall and we love a fun costume contest! Join us October 2nd, 5-8pm, for the 20th Annual “Pumpkin Pageant,” & Harry Potter First Friday!

Some fun things that go on in Downtown Camas:

Pumpkin Pageant: Participating downtown businesses each will carve/decorate a pumpkin and you get to vote for your favorite! Voting enters you to win cool fall and Harry Potter themed prizes!
Come dressed as your favorite Harry Potter character and enter the Costume Contest! Prizes will be given for Best Costume Winners & Runners up for adults and children, as well as a prize for Best Group Costume. The contest starts at 7pm in Fuel Medical, 314 NE Birch. Sign up that night at the DCA tables in the Fuel lobby between 5pm and 6:45pm.
Harry Potter themed Games, Prizes & Crafts
Hogwarts Photo Op
Art Shows & Receptions in Attic Gallery, 419 NE Cedar; Gallery 408, 408 NE 4th; RedDoorGallery, 411 NE Dallas; and Second Story Gallery, 625 NE 4th Ave, upstairs at the Camas Library.
Live music in various locations throughout town
Enjoy festive fall shopping and dining all through town!

Start your night at the DCA tables in the Fuel Medical Group Lobby, 314 NE Birch St.

Thankful for YOU! (and pie) Multicultural Celebration- First Friday - November 2026
2026-11-06 17:00 - 20:00
First Friday – November 6th: “Thankful for YOU (and pie :)) Multicultural Celebration!” We love the fall and we are SO thankful for you! We all come from different places and have different heritages and we want to celebrate that. Our diversity makes us special and interesting! Bring your friends and family downtown for pie tastings, pie raffles, a pie walk dance party, multicultural displays and so much more!

Enter Pie Raffles all around town!
Yummy pie tastings with the DCA
“Pie Walk Dance Party”–try to win a delicious pie!
Complete the “Gratitude Passport” throughout downtown businesses & be entered to win!
Learn about your neighbors and our diverse backgrounds, cultures and histories!
Kids’ autumn art, crafts, games and treats
S’mores roasting
First Friday Unplugged for all ages at LiveWell
Lego tables in Fuel
Art Shows and Receptions in Attic Gallery, 419 NE Cedar; Gallery 408, 408 NE 4th; RedDoor Gallery, 411 NE Dallas; and Second Story Gallery, 625 NE 4th Ave, upstairs at the Camas Library.
After hours shopping, dining, live music, more!

Start your evening at the DCA tables in the Fuel Medical lobby, 314 NE Birch St. See you in beautiful Downtown Camas for all the fall fun!

Hometown Holidays 2026--Hosted by Camas Parks & Rec
2026-12-04 17:00 - 20:00
First Friday, December 4th, 5-8pm
Hosted and organized by City of Camas Parks & Rec and promoted and sponsored by the Downtown Camas Association! What a spectacular holiday evening it will be!
This event will include photos with Santa, crafts & activities, entertainment, free hot cocoa sponsored by Journey Church, holiday shopping, art shows, and more! The tree will be lit at 5pm for the evening festivities and snow will fall!
The DCA participates in this event by being a sponsor of the “snow” and making sure it flies! The DCA also brings friendly elves to town that hand out festive goodies to the kiddos from their Holiday Swag Wagon, and the DCA promotes the event and all the amazing local shopping for the holidays! We also help coordinate the safety pedestrian corridors during the tree lighting.

Residents and visitors alike will once again enjoy a bustling downtown Camas with school and community choirs, bands and dancers, photos with Santa (bring your camera!), crafts for the kids, street food vendors, and downtown restaurants and shops open for business. The event is coordinated and hosted by Camas Parks & Recreation and coincides with Downtown Camas Association’s First Friday.
IT’S SO MUCH FUN!!! See you in downtown for all the holiday activities December 4th from 5pm – 8pm!

For more details, visit the City’s Hometown Holidays webpage or contact City of Camas Parks & Rec at 360.834.5307. Hope to see you for this delightful community favorite!
