2025

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

We are proud to announce this year’s headliners!

Welcome to the 2nd annual TARBOO!

Revel in 53 acres of rolling farm fields and towering forests at the Quilcene Lantern, the Olympic Peninsula’s newest home for indie music of all stripes. We can’t wait to ignite the stage with a locally-grown lineup of our region’s best musical artists.

Shout out to this year’s sponsors!

Relive TARBOO 2024!

Video links to last year’s headliners!

Photos by Kate Richardson

Festival Information

TARBOO takes place in Quilcene, WA at the Quilcene Lantern, a beautiful 53 acre property comprised of farmland, wetlands, and forest.  The address is 7360 Center Road, Quilcene WA 98376.  Just 10 miles from the Hood Canal Bridge off of highway 104, The Lantern is a 45 minute drive from the Bainbridge Ferry and a 30 minute drive from the Kingston Ferry.


Camping + RVs

We are pleased to offer tent camping on the beautiful Quilcene Lantern property. Camping passes are offered per-person and must be purchased in conjunction with a festival ticket.  

Dispersed tent camping will be located in the fields and tree groves on the property and will be first come first serve with a pre-purchased reservation. Potable water, porta potties, and hand washing stations will be available within a maximum 100-yard walking distance from tent sites.  Most campsites are not accessible by car, but off-roading wagons will be available to transport camping gear from the parking lot to the campground. Limited car-camping space will be available on a first come first serve basis. Please note that we are requiring a maximum 2-foot distance between tents in order to accommodate all of the campers.  Please expect to have your neighbors within that proximity. 

Quiet hours in the campground are between midnight and 8 AM and will be enforced. Be respectful of your neighbors and please keep noise to a minimum after-hours. If you’d like to socialize after-hours, please walk to any number of great spaces that are away from campsites.

Food and Drink Vendors

  • Mark Ennis runs THE BEST pizza truck on the peninsula and most likely in the whole PNW… He’ll be joining us for all three days of the festival!

  • This one is a treat! Bumbu Truck will be serving Indonesian food on Friday, July 4th. And guess what… It’s run by Alda’s (Chong the Nomad) parents!!!!

  • Ice cream made with love not dairy! Amanda and her incredible hand-crafted ice cream will be joining us for July 4th and 5th (Friday and Saturday).

  • Whitney and Second Child will be doing tastings of their natural wine on Thursday, July 3rd!

  • Winemakers Fossil & Fawn join us on Friday, July 4th for wine tasting!

    Fossil & Fawn is the wine project of business-and-life partners Jenny Mosbacher and Jim Fischer. What started out as 50 cases of Pinot noir from our home vineyard in 2011, is now a production of about 5000 cases across 10+ wines with grapes sourced from throughout the Willamette Valley. Although the scope has evolved significantly, the spirit of the original goal remains the same: to make vineyard-forward, low-intervention wines that honor the land and history of the place while remaining open to experimentation and fun.

  • Chimacum Grainery joins us for beer tasting on Saturday, July 5th!

    For us at the Grainery, beer is one more wonderful way to share the goodness that grows from the green and gold fields of Chimacum. It’s nothing less than magical to stand in a sunbathed barley field in summer and realize that the land is drinkable!

Non-Food Vendors

  • Local camper buildout designers and builders will be joining us all three days of the fest with a super call live model of their own buildouts!

  • Gene and Zoe are making head dresses with their very own grown flowers!

  • Cedar & Sand joins us all three days of the fest!

    Hand crafted jewelry by Nicki!

  • Risograph prints and artwork by local maker Shannon! This stuff is off the hook, seriously. She’ll be joining us all three days of the fest!

  • Joining us July 4th and 5th!

    Natalie Urbina (she/they) of Land and Sea is a sailmaker, surfer, and silversmith located in Port Townsend, Washington. Their work is influenced by their love of Native American jewelry, as well as the sea surrounding them. You can find them beachcombing around the PNW and incorporating their finds into unique adornments. Each piece is made from sterling silver and durable for the everyday wearer.

  • Lily returns to TARBOO for flash tattoos on Saturday, July 5th!

  • Whitney and Second Child will be joining us all three days of the fest! Upcycled clothing, candles, and other merchandise for sale.

  • Claire Ragland will be doing flash tattoos on July 3rd and 4th!

  • Snout Studios will be joining us July 4th and 5th. Super cool up cycled clothes and prints!

  • Two Trees Creations will be joining us on July 4th and 5th with their beautiful hand-crafted jewelry.

  • Joining us all three days of the festival!

    Bespoke dyed textiles. These are one of a kind wearable art pieces!

  • Joining us Saturday, July 5th!

    Beaded jewelry using a worldly mixture of beads.

Policies

  • Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board regulations prohibit outside alcohol at the event. Any campers in violation of this policy will be asked to take their alcohol back to their cars.  Beer, wine and cider will be available for purchase at the festival.

  • While cannabis is legal in WA state, it is illegal to consume cannabis in public.  Cannabis is not allowed at the event.

  • TARBOO is a private event and as a private event, weapons are not permitted beyond our festival entrance.

  • The TARBOO team and Quilcene Lantern believe in the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. TARBOO and all Lantern events implement safe spaces for people of all identities and backgrounds.

  • As much fun as it is to light off fireworks for the Independence Day holiday, The Quilcene Lantern is a fireworks free campus. Our dry season is getting increasingly intense each year due to climate change, and we take the risk of forest fires seriously.

  • We are a family owned and operated venue and festival! That means we have limited human power as it is, and it helps our team immensely to not have to clean up unnecessary messes!

  • Quiet ours on the festival grounds are from 12am until 8am each day of the festival.

FAQs

  • Yes! Regardless of weather, the festival will run. The main performances and amenities are inside a 100 year old barn, so rain or extreme weather will not affect the main stage.

  • There is a daily parking fee at TARBOO. Please follow the ticket link to see prices. In/out privileges are allowed, however space is not guaranteed in the main parking lot upon return. Returning vehicles may be directed to the overflow parking lot. Parking should be purchased in advance and all parking pass sales are final.

  • Yes. Re-entry is allowed. If you paid for parking, keep your parking pass with your vehicle for re-entry.  Returning vehicles may be directed to the overflow parking lot.

  • We welcome and depend on volunteers! See volunteer information at the bottom of this webpage.

  • Due to WA State liquor laws, no outside alcohol is allowed on the premises. However, our bar at the Milkshed Barn carries beer, wine, and cider at affordable prices.

  • We allow bottled-gas powered camp stoves and small grills at campsites.

  • We love your pets! But for the safety and ease of all, including our goats, pets are not allowed at the Quilcene Lantern during the festival.

  • There is plenty of natural shade throughout the property, both near the barn venue and in the campground. The main stage is inside a large barn which stays cool and aerated throughout the day.

  • There will be food vendors and snack food at the Lantern bar throughout the festival.

Volunteer

Become a member of the 2025 TARBOO Crew and help make the magic happen! Our small indie festival could not be successful without the incredible work of volunteers. PERKS include one FREE festival pass, FREE camping + parking, and one FREE TARBOO T-Shirt.

Thursday July, 3

Gates Open at 3pm

Friday July, 4

Gates open all day.

Saturday July, 5

Gates open all day.

Extracurricular schedule coming soon!