Downtown Camas

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!

Camas Car Show on Saturday, June 26th, 2027!
2pm-7pm
in Beautiful Downtown Camas

As many of you know our 2026 show was canceled due to rain. We are excited to welcome you all back!

Come stroll the beautiful streets of historic Downtown Camas and enjoy the many classic and custom cars and trucks that fill the town. Old favorites and new discoveries in this 19th annual event. Always an exceptionally fun time!

For Exhibitors

• $20 entry fee, open event, no pre-registration necessary.
• If you’d like to print out the registration form and bring it with you to the event, check back here for a printable form in 2027.
• ALL SHOW CARS ENTER AT 5th and ADAMS. There will be limited staging areas for cars that arrive earlier than noon. Arriving after 10AM is best! Staging will be guided by parking attendants. Cars may start entering car show area at 12:00 noon. This time may flex a bit depending on volume of cars.
• CARS STAGED FIRST WILL ENTER CAR SHOW AREA FIRST. If you’re there before 12pm noon, you’ll be directed to the limited staging areas. After 12pm, cars still enter at 5th and Adams and parking attendants will lead you to the car show entrance. You must remain parked until the event ends at 7:00pm.
• IF YOU WANT TO PARK TOGETHER, COME EARLY AND COME TOGETHER!
• Awards will include Best in Show, People’s Choice, Owner’s Choice and a variety of Sponsors’ Picks (see list below). Best in Show car will be featured on next year’s Camas Car Show poster and promotions! Goodie bags to first 100 cars and dash plaques to first 250 cars.

For Spectators

• Admission is FREE to spectators.
• Vote for your favorite vehicle (People’s Choice and Kids’ Choice categories) and be entered to win!
• Raffles and other activities! Dance performance at 5pm by the Virtuosity Performing Arts Studio and other family friendly entertainment including balloon art!
• Kids’ activities! Free Hot Wheels car to the first 100 coloring contest participants.
• Enjoy live music

Skip the fuss and ride the bus with C-TRAN’s free shuttle service at the Camas Car Show! Shuttles run between Camas High School (26900 SE 15th St) and the Camas Library (625 NE 4th Ave)—right next to the event. Service runs every 15–20 minutes from 1:45 PM to 7:15 PM. Thank you C-TRAN!

2027 Camas Car Show Award Categories:

Best in Show
People’s Choice
Kids’ Choice
Best Chevy
Best Display
Best Ford
Best Less Than 4 Wheels
Best Lowrider
Best Mopar
Best Muscle Car
Best Original (Stock)
Best Pre-40’s
Best Topless
Best Work in Progress
Impeccable Import
Inner Beauty (Best Interior)
Most Creative Exterior
Most Likely to be Photographed
Top Truck
Wildest Paint

Our Car Show benefits the Camas Washougal Treasure House Food Bank. Bring two needed food items and get a free raffle ticket! This year we are collecting canned soups, mac and cheese and canned tuna and chicken!

Thank you so very much to our sponsors for the 2026 Camas Car Show! Georgia Pacific; C-Tran, Camas Washougal Automotive & Exhaust; Grains of Wrath, Papermaker Pride, William & Son Jewelers, Edward Jones—Robert Barber, Evergreen Home Loans, Orange Theory Fitness – East Vancouver, Dr. Jared Bowyer, DDS, The Columbian, Your Party & Event Center, and the City of Camas. Your support makes this event possible!

Please note: The Georgia-Pacific Camas paper mill operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you park and block their entrances or parking lots you are putting the mill at risk of shutting down if essential deliveries cannot be made. These deliveries can occur at any time and on any day of the week including weekends and holidays. In addition, please do not park in the GP trailer lots on NE 7th and Adams Streets. These are actively used to unload and store trailers for mill operations. Thank you for keeping their entrances and parking lots open.

2025 Camas Car Show Award Winners:

Best in Show
1956 GMC 100 Pickup Owned by Braden Hurt
People’s Choice
1965 Ford Mustang Owned by Paul Cox
Owner’s Choice
1956 GMC 100 Pickup Owned by Braden Hurt
Kids’ Choice
1985 Chevrolet C10 Owned by Jack & Maddie Lawrence
Best Interior
1968 Ford Mustang Owned by Jim and Carla Papageorge
Most Creative Exterior
1959 MG MGA Owned by Lynn Seagren
Best Pre-40’s
1932 Ford Roadster Owned by Don Pritchett
Best Chevy
1957 Chevrolet 3200 Owned by Tom Rabus
Best Ford
1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Owned by Sam & Cherrie Melton
Best Mopar
1973 Plymouth Duster Owned by Brad & Sandy McEntire
Best Original (Stock)
1956 Ford Thunderbird Owned by Karen Muzzy
Impeccable Import
1959 Ford Triumph TR3A Owned by Steve Radford
Top Truck
1965 Ford F100 Owned by Frank & Karetta Barrett
Best Muscle Car
1969 Pontiac Firebird Owned by Bradley Bell
Best Daily Driver
2006 Chevrolet Corvette 206 Owned by Joshua Nierenberg
Best Topless
1968 Pontiac Firebird John & Kelly Higgins
Wildest Paint
2023 Chevrolet Camaro Owned by James Cabantoy
Best Less Than 4 Wheels
1963 BMW R69 Owned by Brad Lasher
Most Likely to be Photographed
1955 Cadillac Convertible Owned by Richard & Tamlyn Groth
Best Display
1979 Volkswagen Super Beetle Owned by Gail Super

For Food Vendors

Please contact us at [email protected] to be placed on the waitlist for this event.

(pictured: Best in Show 2025: 1956 GMC 100 Pickup, Owner Braden Hurt)

For pictures and winners of the 2025 car show, Click here!

If you’re interested in learning about DCA event sponsorships, you can learn more here!

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Street Closures:
10am-7:30pm
4th from Adams to Everett
5th from Adams to Cedar
Birch from 3rd to 6th
Cedar and Dallas from 3rd to 5th

Our town will be washed with color and art! The Picnic In Color event will be Sunday, July 25th from 11am – 3pm.

This is a FREE, family arts & crafts event hosted by the Downtown Camas Association to celebrate having fun with art! Local artists will be on hand assisting and there will be collaborative art projects, lots of color, music and more!

2027 Activities coming soon!

2026 Activities included:

Tie – Dye bags with Upward Camas
12pm Interactive Story Time with Periwinkle’s Toy Shoppe
12:30pm Puppet Show from Pegasus Puppet Theater, Sponsored by Periwinkle’s Toy Shoppe
1:30 Dance performance from Virtuosity
Make a mixed media collage with artist, Heidi Curley
Duck decorating and flume races with Rotary Club of Camas Washougal
Colorful fun with Little Otters Sip & Play Cafe
Water balloon yo yos with British Swim School
Painting fun with the Artisans’ Guild of Camas
Dance to win and groove with music from DJ Linus
Design a Doughnut with NextDough Neighbor
Paper Art with DCA Volunteers
and more!!!!

Bring your picnic or purchase a snack from vendors! Downtown Camas features many restaurants and coffee shops within walking distance of this great event. Experience artful creative activities for all. Don’t forget to wear bright colors! Come to 4th and Cedar in Downtown Camas. We can’t wait!

For all the photos from 2026’s Picnic in Color event, CLICK HERE!

Thank you to our 2026 Picnic in Color sponsors and partners:

Periwinkle’s Toy Shoppe

Craft Warehouse

Upward Camas

Norris Arts Studio & Gallery,

Vancouver Elite Gymnastics Academy Preschool

Kona Ice of Evergreen Orchards and Lacamas

Artisans’ Guild of Camas

Camas Washougal Rotary Club

Street Closures:
Until 6pm (streets will already be closed for Camas Days)
Cedar from 4th to 5th and 4th from Cedar to Dallas