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The Tulip Festivals are held in several cities including Ottawa, Ontario; Holland, Michigan; Orange City, Iowa; Pella, Iowa, Mt. Vernon, Washington and Woodburn, Oregon. The tulips are considered a welcome harbinger of spring, and a tulip festival permits residents to see them at their best advantage. The festivals are also popular tourist attractions. The tulips are displayed throughout the cities. In certain years the peak of tulips does not coincide with the actual festival due to climatic conditions. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... The Tulip Time Festival has been held in Holland, Michigan since 1929. ... Species See text. ...

Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon

• Holland, Michigan's festival is the largest Tulip festival in the United States. For more information, see Tulip Time.

• One is an annual event held each May in Ottawa, Ontario. See Tulip Festival (Ottawa).

• Pella, Iowa's Tulip Festival, also celebrated in early May, began in 1935 in celebration of the town's heritage. It is a three day event that features street washing parades, costumed wooden shoe dancers, wooden shoe carving demonstrations, street venders selling poffertjes and an antique Dutch street organ.

• Orange City, Iowa's Tulip Festival is celebrated annually on the 3rd weekend in May is held dear by Orange City's inhabitants with a flower show, an evening performance of a broadway play, afternoon and evening parades, and street dancing by old and young alike. The festival begins on Wednesday for the locals and continues through Saturday drawing over 150,000 people.

• Woodburn, Oregon has been celebrating its Tulip Festival every year starting in March since 1986.

• The Skagit Valley tulip festival has been held every April since 1983.

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External links

• Canadian Tulip Festival
• Holland's festival
• Pella's festival
• Orange City's festival
• Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
• Woodburn, Oregon festival
• Photos during the Skagit Valley tulip festival in 1999 and 2002