moxee hop festival

The Moxee Hop Festival is always fun, but this year it had a little added star power -- Seattle Seahawks cheerleaders Christian and Melanie hung out with us all afternoon to sign autographs and pose for pictures. We got some pictures of our own (see gallery above) before after Moxee's Stan Fortier introduced the Sea Gals to the crowd (see video below)...

Under deep blue skies and just enough breeze to keep everybody comfortable, the Moxee Hop Festival was as good as ever this year -- a grand parade, a 5K run, inflatable rides and slides, an entertainment stage that kept going day and night, food to please any palate and of course, the whole point of the celebration to begin with, beer -- the beverage all those hops help produce...

The Moxee Hop Festival has been drawing attendees from far beyond the East Valley for years, but organizers might have outdone themselves this time. Two members of the Seattle Seahawks cheer squad -- the Sea Gals -- will be on hand the afternoon of Aug. 6

At the 2015 Moxee Hop Festival we invited you to take selfies and hashtag your pictures with #MoxeeHopFestSelfie. We're proud to announce our winner! Congrats, Andrew Stone! He's the winner of the Apple Watch for taking this awesome selfie...

We aren't sure where you were, but here are a few of the images we saw along the parade route at Saturday's Moxee Hop Festival ...  

When it comes to hops, the Yakima Valley doesn't disappoint -- roughly three-quarters of the beer in this country comes from local hop yards. And when it comes to hop festivals, neither does Moxee. The annual Moxee Hop Festival drew thousands to the East Valley this weekend to savor barbecues, games, music, vendors, inflatable play equipment ...

We gotta be honest: They had us at beer. But that's only one part of this Friday and Saturday's (Aug. 7-8) annual Moxee Hop Festival, the biggest celebration in these parts of the crop that gives birth to all our favorite beers. From Saturday's 10 a...

With the Moxee Hop Festival barely a week away, the festival's royal court is getting ready for one of the best parts of the annual community event: the crowning of Miss East Valley this Saturday (Aug. 1). The royalty will showcase their talents, model evening gowns and take onstage questions during the pageant, which starts at 4 p...

With the Moxee Hop Festival barely a week away, the festival's royal court is getting ready for one of the best parts of the annual community event: the crowning of Miss East Valley this Saturday (Aug. 1). The royalty will showcase their talents, model evening gowns and take onstage questions during the pageant, which starts at 4 p...

Everybody loves a parade, right? The color guard, the waving princesses, the bands, the horses, the classic cars, people slinging free candy all over the place — what's not to like? That's how it is at the Moxee Hop Festival. Has been for decades...

She's short, feisty and can sing like an angel. I have to say that Carrie and her band cover some of the forgotten hits of country music. Everything from "Pour Me" to "When God Fearing Women Get the Blues" -- and that was just their warmup set.

An East Valley celebration of our area's production of the beer flavoring agent will provide a great time for all this Friday and Saturday in the Moxee City Park.