Fort Bragg Paul Bunyan Days

September 1-4, 2023

 Labor Day Weekend

FORT BRAGG, CALIF.–Paul Bunyan Days is oversized fun with a BIG pancake breakfast, parade, and the burley lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, with his axe. If you recall, Bunyan and his Blue Ox, Babe, grew out of Canadian folk tales. Each year Fort Bragg hosts Paul Bunyan Days celebration that includes a 20' Axe Throw, Hand Chopping and Chain Saw Bucking contests. It takes place on Labor Day Weekend. See paulbunyandays.com

Parade 2023  The Tradition Continues

Paul Bunyan Days Parade is always on Labor Day (Monday); it begins at 12 noon; participants start checking in at the Pine Street Skunk Train parking lot at 10 a.m.

2023 Entertainment

• Labor Day Parade -  begins at 12 noon from Pine Street Skunk Train parking lot. THEME: Into the Garden - with Paul and Babe. Marilyn Wagner is Grand Marshal for 2023!
  Belle of the Redwoods -Contestants compete by dressing in old fashioned or theme appropriate dress and selling raffle tickets. Each Belle contestant earns 10% of her ticket sales, and the top 3 Belle contestants also win cash bonuses!
• Logging Show - Sunday, September 3, 2023 West end of Redwood Avenue. Open to Amateur Loggers who are Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt and Sonoma County residents.  A total of 10 out of area contestants are randomly selected
• Forestland Expo - Sunday concurrently with Logging Show
• Return of the Fire Department Water Fights in 2023
• Craft Fair - Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the CV Starr Community Center, 300 S. Lincoln St, Fort Bragg.
• Kangaroo Kort with deputies and saloon girls
• Breakfast for Loggers
• Classic Car Show - Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Classic Car Care, Main Street and Pine.
• Fireman’s Ball - September 2, 2023, 7 p.m.-12 a.m. at Pentecostal Hall, 822 Stewart St.
• Kiddie Parade - September 2, 2023, 11 a.m. Corner of E. Laurel and N. Franklin Streets at 11:30 with a police escort. The route goes south on Franklin, turns left on Redwood and heads east for two blocks. It turns left on Harrison and ends at Bainbridge Park.
• Log Rolling Tournament - Friday 4-7 p.m. 
• Horseshoe Tournament - Saturday at Shoreline Riders, 30601 Turner Rd.
• Ugly Dog Contest - Saturday at the CV Starr Community Center, 300 S. Lincoln.
• Pie Sale -  Saturday starting at 10 a.m. till sold out.  In 2022, 300 pies sold in 2 hours.
• Fort Bragg- Mendocino Lions Labor Day BBQ -  after Monday’s Paul Bunyan Days parade head to Bainbridge Park on E. Laurel Street 12-2 p.m.  Caspar Kings band performs.
• Kangaroo Kort - The Kort arrests people on the street and throws them in jail for not having a mustache or beard.
• Old Fashion Dress Review - Saturday 2 p.m. at St Michael's,  N. Franklin and Fir. Admission is free
• Tricycle Races - Saturday morning on East Laurel Street at 10 a.m. There are 4 divisions: 0-2 year olds, 3-4, and 5-6. Prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place in each division
Kiddie Games - Saturday, 12-3 p.m. at Redwood School Track
• Gem & Mineral Show - Friday through Monday at Town Hall, 363 N. Main
• Library Book Sale - Saturday & Sunday
• Model Trains -  in historic downtown Fort Bragg. Enter through the gate in the cyclone fence at the north end of the Skunk Train’s west parking lot in the white building with large green doors. 

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.