Port Alberni Salmon Festival

01/12/2026

Happy New Year, everyone! 🎣

As we look ahead to Salmon Fest 2026, we want to be honest with our community — the FESTIVAL portion might not happen this year.

A small but mighty group revived the festival in 2024, but it’s a huge lift for such a small team. 💛 On top of that, funding for festivals is getting slashed, and the current economy has made things even tighter than before.

We need more help to keep Salmon Fest alive. Here’s what you can do:

👉 Join our board and help with planning. Message us to put your name forward.

👉 Donate, any bit helps: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donation-form/port-alberni-salmon-festival-donations

👉 Sponsor part of the festival if your business can help. Stay tuned for our sponsorship packages!

👉 Plan to volunteer Labour Day weekend with family and friends

Our mission:
To create an affordable, family-friendly festival that celebrates the best food, drinks, music, and art of the Alberni Valley.

If Salmon Fest matters to you, now’s the time to step in. ❤️

11/20/2025

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09/30/2025

Orange Shirt Day
September 30th

We can’t wait to see you!!!
Members available to help, we’ll be at the Athletic Hall at 6am

Walkers, please park at the Athletic Hall! Shuttling begins at 7:50am - 9:30am

Walk begins from Maht Mahs at 10am
Celebration & Lunch at the Athletic Hall 12-3pm

Travellers, please leave early or later to avoid delays on River Road and Roger Street between 10am-12pm

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09/17/2025

🎨🎨LAST CALL for the Art Auction! 🎨🎨

Get your bids in tonight before 11:55!!

We teamed up with the Community Arts Council and some amazing local artists to bring live, plein-air painting to the Salmon Festival this year. These amazing pieces are ready to go to their new homes!Your support directly contributes to our mission that Salmon Festival is an affordable and family-fr...

09/13/2025

LAST CALL FOR SHIRTS! 11:59PM FRI SEPT 12

Click here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/2025-salmon-festival-shop

👕SHIRT ORDERS UNTIL SEPT 15TH!!!👕

If you weren't able to get a 2025 Salmon Festival tshirt, sweater or hoodie now is your chance!

Place an order here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/2025-salmon-festival-shop

09/11/2025

We teamed up with Alberni Arts and some amazing local artists to bring live, plein-air painting to the Salmon Festival this year. These amazing pieces are ready to go to their new homes!

Place your bids here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/salmon-festival-art-auction

⏰Auction closes Sep 17 at 11:55 p.m.

Your support directly contributes to our mission that Salmon Festival is an affordable and family-friendly festival that showcases and celebrates the finest food, beverages, music, and art of the Alberni Valley.

09/07/2025

👕SHIRT ORDERS UNTIL SEPT 15TH!!!👕

If you weren't able to get a 2025 Salmon Festival tshirt, sweater or hoodie now is your chance!

Place an order here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/2025-salmon-festival-shop

09/06/2025

🌟 A huge THANK YOU to Erik from Talk Star Announcing & DJ Services! 🎤🎶

🎣 Erik did a fantastic job as our emcee — we absolutely couldn’t have had the weekend run so smoothly without him.

🙌✨ His positive attitude, kindness, and willingness to jump in and help made all the difference. 💖👏

If you’re looking for an amazing emcee, definitely chat with Erik — you won’t be disappointed! ⭐️🙌 We can’t wait to work with him again next year! 🎉

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09/06/2025

It's been a week since the fever dream of Salmon Fest 2025 started and we all needed some time to recharge. We want to say a huge thank you to all the organizers, volunteers, sponsors, vendors, entertainers and attendees for helping to make it such a success.

🎣Alberni Valley Tyee Club organized another incredible derby, the fish were flying into the weigh stations and it was so exciting to see!

🎤 Five Acre Co. Events built the epic stage that hosted a wonderful weekend of local music and entertainment.

🍽V9Y Culinary Services served up a delicious plate of salmon dinner and pop-up flambadou oysters over their epic grills.

🍿The Local Inc. did an incredible job of coordinating our vendors, there were so many delicious businesses to support!

🍻Tipsy Valley Events responsibly served up our local favourites in the beverage garden.

Stay tuned for some posts this weekend that will address some unfinished business:
👕 T-shirt, sweater and hoodies!! If you didn't get a chance at the festival we will be taking shirt orders.
🎨 Art Auction - Some wonderful artists painted some live scenes during Salmon Fest and we are going to auction them off!
🐟 Salmon Leftovers - We have some extra coho to sell so you can make your own salmon dinner at home. Stay tuned!inw

09/02/2025

That’s a wrap on the Salmon Fest 2025 🩵 please reach out if you’d like to get involved with our planning team for 2026 !!!!