Carmichael's First Annual BARKtober Festival

Grab your friends, family, and pets and head to the Carmichael Park on October 23, 2022 for Carmichael's First Annual Barktober Festival!

Carmichael's Barktober Festival is the new must-attend pet friendly event. This fur-friend inspired fall festival will be held at Carmichael Park, complete with doggy-and-me games, activities, demonstrations, a pet costume contest, local pet-friendly business vendor booths, music, pumpkin patch, food trucks, pet adoptions by local rescues, and more! With hundreds of local residents and their pets expected in attendance, media coverage, and so many cute fur-friends, this is the place to be! And let's not forget Carmichael Park is home to a great dog park to run around during the event as well.

Attendance is FREE! Well-behaved, vaccinated, leashed fur-friends are welcome and encouraged to attend!

PET COSTUME CONTEST: We will be having a panel of wonderful judges vote on who has the best costumes! Here are the categories with awards for each category:

Best overall, Best duo(adult owners and their pet in coordinating costumes), Best Junior Duo (kid owners and their pet in coordnating costumes), Most unique, Best Showmanship (lets see those tricks in costume), Best non-dog Pet costume (lizards, snakes, cats, birds, etc etc), Tiny but Mighty (small breed/puppy category).

Vendors: We are looking for local pet-friendly businesses to apply for vendor space; here are some examples: Veterinarians, Pet Retail, Pet-friendly Restaurants, Pet groomers, Pet walkers/pet-sitting services, Pet supplies, Pet-specialty artists like tattoo artists, painters, photographers, pet-boarding facilities, trainers, local rescues, and more! Please see attached pictures for vendor information, and submit your payment through here! Booths start at $20. Spaces are limited!

Sponsorships: Position your business or organization as one of the pet-friendliest in the area by sponsoring this local event! With hundreds of local residents and their pets expected in attendance, your generosity will be highlighted and positively impact local business, non-profits, families, and pets. Please see attached pictures for more information and submit sponsor payment through here , top sponsors get an exclusive judge's seat for our costume contest too!

Demonstrators:Are you interested in being a demonstrator? We are looking for demonstrations like doggy-and-me classes, obedience training, live pet portraits, live pet cooking demos, agility performance, etc. Please contact us directly to be a demonstrator and we will waive your vendor booth fee. Email Rosie, the event coordinator at [email protected]

BARKtober Carmichael celebrates the community of people and dogs showing some 'Carmichael LOVE!' Co-Sponsored by our Carmichael Parks & Rec, the Carmichael Improvement District is proud to share in our love of animals...Carmichael style.

Where: CARMICHAEL PARK, 5750 Grant Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608

Time: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Host or Publisher Carmichael Improvement District -PBID