The Harrison Tulip Festival took place in 2024. It happened at the same farm as the Harrison Sunflower Festival and Harrison Pumpkin Festival.
The biggest tulip festival in the province returned to its original home outside of Harrison Hot Springs in April 2024 after years away. This year it ran from April 6th until the first weekend in May. The festival officially closed for the season on May 5th.
The Harrison Tulip Festival used to happen in the Agassiz-Harrison area. The festival then moved to Chilliwack and operated there for a number of years, first as the Tulips of the Valley, and then later as the Chilliwack Tulip Festival. The farming family that ran both of those festivals has now moved back to Agassiz, as of 2023. The family once again opened its tulip fields to the public, but this past year at their new location.
The Harrison Tulip Festival isn’t in the exact same spot it was years ago. It is, though, in the same region, not far from where it originally started. Visit harrisontulipfest.com for the festival’s official website.
This article contains the following information about the Harrison Tulip Festival:
Where & When | Prices | What to Expect | Other Events at the Venue | Other Information
The Harrison Tulip Festival in 2024
The Tulips of the Valley festival was founded in 2006 in Agassiz, just outside of Harrison Hot Springs. The festival was both the first of its kind in BC and remained the province’s largest tulip festival in the years that followed. The festival moved to Chilliwack in 2017. It returned to Agassiz in the spring of 2024. The Onos family runs both festivals.
The move from Chilliwack to the Agassiz-Harrison region comes in conjunction with the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival changing its name to the Harrison Sunflower Festival. That festival celebrated its first year at the Onos family’s new farm in the fall of 2023.
The new Harrison Tulip Festival was very similar to the Chilliwack Tulip Festival, just in a different location. The new farm is further from Vancouver, but in an even more beautiful spot! In 2024 the festival ran from Saturday, April 6th, until Sunday, May 5th (weather permitting). The festival returns in the spring of 2025.
Visit harrisontulipfest.com for the festival’s official website.
Where & When is the Festival?
The Harrison Tulip Festival’s new home is at 5039 Lougheed Highway in Agassiz. There is free parking at the site which is nice because driving is the only way to get to the festival.
The fields are located just off the highway close to the turn-off for Harrison Hot Springs. It’s about a 30-minute drive from the old Chilliwack Tulip Festival location.
The Harrison Tulip Festival was open daily between April 6th and May 5th (assuming the weather cooperated). It was open on weekdays between 10:00 am and 6:30 pm. Hours of operation on Saturdays and Sundays were from 6:00 am until 6:30 pm. (Note: Guests had to arrive by 6:30 pm but could stay until 7:30 pm.)
(Note: The photo above is of the Harrison Tulip Festival with Mt. Cheam in the background from when the festival was in Agassiz years ago at its original location. The view from the new farm is similar, but not exactly the same.)
For full details about the event, visit the Harrison Tulip Festival website.
2024 Admission Prices
Ticket prices for the Harrison Tulip Festival vary depending on a number of factors. Admission rates are listed below for both weekdays and weekends in 2024. The first price in each age category was for tickets purchased in advance, while the second price was for tickets bought at the gate. (Note: Exact details were subject to change.)
Weekday Rates
- General Admission (ages 19 to 64) – $12 or $15
- Seniors (ages 65+) – $9 or $12
- Youth (ages 13 to 18) – $9 or $12
- Children (ages 3 to 12) – $7 or $10
- Little Kids (ages 2 and under) – Free
Weekend Rates
- General Admission (ages 19 to 64) – $17 or $20
- Seniors (ages 65+) – $12 or $15
- Youth (ages 13 to 18) – $12 or $15
- Children (ages 3 to 12) – $10 or $13
- Little Kids (ages 2 and under) – Free
Visit the harrisontulipfest.com website to purchase tickets to the festival online when it returns in 2025.
What to Expect
The inaugural Harrison Tulip Festival features millions of flowers spread across 35 acres or so of land. There are around 50 different varieties of tulips as well as many kinds of daffodils and hyacinths.
New since the farm hosted the Harrison Sunflower Festival and Harrison Pumpkin Festival last fall, there is now a nice grassy area surrounded by gardens for lawn games, picnicking and other activities. There are also great photo opportunities on raised platforms, along with antique items like bicycles and tractors scattered around the property.
Peak season for viewing the flowers was likely between around April 16th and the end of that month.
To learn more about what the previous version of the festival used to look like, see our article about the Chilliwack Tulip Festival.
Other Events at the Venue
Agassiz is not just home to the new tulip festival. At the same farm there is also the Harrison Sunflower Festival in August/September and the Harrison Pumpkin Festival later in the fall. Both of those events celebrated their first years in 2023.
The sunflower festival featured close to 15 acres of flowers, primarily sunflowers but also dahlias, zinnias and cosmos.
Other Information
For more information about the event, visit the Harrison Tulip Festival website.
To learn more about the area and other things to do in the region, see our articles about Harrison Hot Springs and the Fraser Valley.
For details about other events at the same farm at other times of the year, see our articles about the Harrison Sunflower Festival and Harrison Pumpkin Festival.
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