Art in Winslow
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art presents contemporary art and craft from the Puget Sound region. Explore the museum’s current exhibitions as you plan your visit.
Explore BIMA (opens in a new tab)The festival and the island
Plan your island visit.
Come for Asian arts and heritage. Make time for the island’s galleries, local businesses, and places of learning and remembrance along the way.
Build your visit in Island ExplorerFind places on the map, save stops, and shape a visit around your interests and arrival route.
Plan your arrival
Art, history, and community
Get to know the place behind the celebration.
Bainbridge is within the ancestral territory of the Suquamish People. A festival visit can also be a chance to engage with the island’s contemporary arts and Japanese American history, with time for both celebration and reflection.
Make time for remembrance
The Japanese American Exclusion Memorial honors islanders forcibly removed in 1942. It is beyond downtown Winslow; plan transportation and check the Memorial’s visitor guidance.
Plan a Memorial visit (opens in a new tab)Local knowledge
Let island guides help with the rest.
Use Island Explorer to shape your festival visit. These local organizations offer more context for downtown and the wider island.
Bainbridge Island Downtown Association
Its Downtown Walkabout Guide connects local shops, restaurants, and galleries. Use it to get to know Winslow between festival activities.
Find the downtown guide (opens in a new tab)Visit Bainbridge Island
The official island guide helps you explore places to eat, island experiences, events, and travel information for a longer visit.
Open the island travel guide (opens in a new tab)Confirmed 2027 Finale: Sunday, May 30, 2027 at Waterfront Park. Other festival programs and travel arrangements will be shared as plans are confirmed.
Choose your arrival route
Choose your route
Getting here
Pick the route that matches your day, then use the official ferry and transit tools to make timing, arrival, and island movement straightforward.
Across the water
Seattle + ferry
This is the cleanest route if you are staying in Seattle or making the island part of a larger city visit.
Official route partner
Washington State Ferries
Official sailing schedules, alerts, and ticketing guidance
Ferry arrival map
Seattle ferry terminal
Start at Colman Dock
Start in Seattle or at SeaTac, then head to Colman Dock.
Bainbridge ferry landing
Arrive in Winslow
Check Seattle / Bainbridge schedules and alerts before you leave.
Downtown + waterfront
Walk to shops, food, and festival stops
Walk into downtown or use BI Ride once you land on the island.
Arrival zone
Land in Winslow, then move on foot from the terminal.
Revisit the 2026 day planner
2026 event archive
Revisit the completed season.
This calendar records May 2026 programs. Event dates, venues, and arrangements describe the completed season; they are not 2027 plans.
May 2026 festival days
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No published 2026 events are listed for this day. Pick another date or browse the completed season.
More travel resources and island ideas
Ferry + timetable links
Use official schedule tools before you leave.
Use the official ferry tools for live schedules and alerts, then come back here to keep building the day around downtown, events, and Island Explorer stops.
Festival activities
Community activity
See how cranes, lanterns, offers, and storefront activations can connect
Use the festival activities guide to see Paper Cranes for Peace, Lantern Landing, featured offers, and downtown moments that can add shape to the day.
Open festival activitiesIsland-wide planning
Explore the island
Use Island Explorer after you pick the event
Once you know which event you want to attend, use Island Explorer for meals, downtown stops, offers, and easy add-ons that help round out the visit.
Open Island Explorer
Downtown stop
Downtown participation
Revisit the 2026 cranes project
Revisit the 2026 Paper Cranes for Peace project, from community folding to its Festival Finale ceremony.
Explore the 2026 project
Stay overnight
Weekend planning
Use Bainbridge travel and lodging help if you are coming from off-island
If the festival turns into a full weekend, the Visit Bainbridge planning tools make it easier to sort lodging, ferries, and the downtown core before you choose stops.
Open travel guide