The 2025 Mermaid Festival is Expanding!

The incredibly popular Mermaid Festival is expanding! In 2025, the event will beckon to visitors every weekend in April. As always, this fin-tastic, free and family-friendly event is held at Westport Winery Garden Resort, home of the International Mermaid Museum. Even museum admission is free during the festival as each Saturday and Sunday (April 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, and 27) boasts a fleet of world-class entertainers along with talented local artists and tempting treat purveyors.

The festival sparkles with a series of special attractions for visitors of all ages during this celebration of the sea. In addition to the museum’s enchanting educational exhibits, everyone will enjoy meeting a school of mermaids from around the region along with other mythical creatures throughout the museum, gardens, and tents.

The Northwest’s most famous mermaid, Una, will be performing underwater in her tank each weekend from 11am to noon, 1pm to 2pm, and 3pm to 4pm.

Siren Circe will preside on the mermaid throne in the museum daily from 11am to 4pm. Many visitors in the past have met Circe at the oyster shucking exhibit where--with her cohort Pirate Cliff--pearls are found and abound.

Vertical Axis performers Nick Perry and Amanda Thornton will electrify the sky at 12:30pm, 1:30pm and 2:30pm daily. Theirs is a combination of music and dance while suspended from a 20-foot tower.

All ages will want to exchange greetings with the Pacific Northwest Unicorns and their handler Crystal, each day from 11am to 4pm. Her unicorns, Sky and Blue, are truly enchanting and eager to have their photos taken with their fans.

In addition to the Mermaid Festival dates, Sky and Blue will be at Westport Winery Garden Resort on National Unicorn Day, Wednesday, April 9, from 3pm to 5pm where Blue will offer Unicorn rides. Unicorn Sky will remain in the petting corral for those who don't want to buy a ride on Blue. The riding opportunity is limited to children who weigh less than 100 pounds.

During the festival, Rachel Novak, the Sailing Siren, will thrill guests with fire dancing at noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Rachel was named Fire Entertainer of the Year 2016 and is the reigning Scuba Queen USA.

Author Rebecca Enzor will be autographing and selling her latest book mer-culture fiction, See the Depths as well as her first book, Speak the Ocean, on April 5 and 6.

Siren Cerulia and Pirate Athena will help you find “Mystik Oysters” containing colored pearls. Plus, they have a mermaid throne for visits to take portraits with the Mystik mermaid.

Mermaids from around the Northwest will share their culture and love of the sea throughout the festival. The Ono Wahine Mermaid School will detail what it takes to become a professionally certified mermaid. Members of the Mystic Menagerie, the South Sound Pod, the Emerald Sea Sirens, the Cascadia Pod, the Whidbey Island Sirens Pod, the Shadowscale Squad, the Mutiny Mermaid Pod, and Portland’s Mermaid Cove, will host a variety of events and entertainment during this incredible celebration of all thing’s mermaid.

As part of the festival, the museum will host a costume contest on April 20 (Easter Sunday) at 1pm. All visitors are invited to don their finest costumes whether they are mermaids, pirates, other mythical creatures, or Easter bunnies, with adult and children’s categories. Every contestant will receive an enchanted Easter egg. Winners are awarded a pirate chest filled with ocean treasures.

In many arts and crafts tents in the 15-acre display garden, guests can meet the creators in person as they shop woodworking, jewelry, knotwork, acrylic and watercolor paintings, jewelry, soaps, candles, and gifts.

Mixed media artists Breeyn and Travis will offer fantastical face painting and hilarious balloon animals. LaNae weaves shimmering mermaid hair as she “spreads joy one sparkle at a time!” For more glistening fun visitors will love Westport Bubble Works interactive fun. Lighthouse Wellness will offer massages to enhance relaxation for those in need.

The Master Gardeners will host a free plant clinic each Saturday. If you have garden tools that need sharpening, you can bring those since they have someone to help with that daunting task.

In addition to Westport Winery’s award-winning Sea Glass Grill, festival attendees can enjoy a variety of delicious delicacies including Smitty’s Mini Donuts, Habitat for Humanity’s Cotton Candy, Buddy Moo’s Ice Cream, Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee Truck, Ryan’s Nice Nuts, The Lemon Shack with specialty mermaid lemonade, and Smitty’s Dog Company.

Each day in the museum kids are invited to join a Pirate’s Treasure Hunt with prizes for those who complete the puzzle and find the treasure.

The International Mermaid Museum is a registered 501(C)3 non-profit dedicated to teaching ocean ecology from seashore to sea floor immersed in mermaid mythology, uniting world oceanic cultures.

Located on the grounds of Westport Winery Garden Resort, halfway between Aberdeen and Westport on the Washington Coast in Unforgettable Grays Harbor County, the museum is open daily from 11am to 6pm year around. For more information go to www.MermaidMuseum.org.

Photos courtesy of the International Mermaid Museum