Port Orchard Waterfront

06/04/2026

06/01/2026

🚶‍♀️🗺️ Have you picked up the updated Downtown Port Orchard walking map yet?
The Port Orchard Waterfront Alliance (POWA) has refreshed the downtown walking map, and FREE copies are available throughout Bay Street! Whether you’re a longtime local or visiting for the first time, it’s a great way to discover the shops, restaurants, waterfront views, and hidden gems that make downtown Port Orchard special.
You can also view the map online here: https://www.pobsa.com/about
Did you know? The Port Orchard Waterfront Alliance (POWA) helps support our downtown by building community, encouraging local involvement, marketing our waterfront destination, and promoting a thriving downtown for businesses, residents, and visitors alike. POWA is governed by 13 board directors representing a variety of voices from our downtown community.
Grab a map, take a stroll, and get to know all the amazing things our waterfront community has to offer!

05/27/2026

So many folks to thank for a tremendous 3rd Annual Mosquito Fleet Fest! Volunteers, vendors, Virginia V, Kitsap Transit and Carlisle II, LoveKitsap, our downtown association Board, Maritime Washington National Heritage Area, our Kitsap Ferries Panel, Port Orchard Marina, Robert Heays Port Orchard Yacht Sales, POWA members, WWCA - Western Washington Center for the Arts, Polaris Theater, South Kitsap Artists, out Storywalk narrators AND all of you who came to downtown Port Orchard, shopped, dined, rode the ships and participated in all the events and activities!! Thanks!
Hope you enjoyed!

05/24/2026

Mondays at the Sidney

4th Monday | May 25, 2025

Then and Now: Our History

12 pm - 2 pm

This month, join us for a continuing discussion about the history of the Mosquito Fleet.

Presented and hosted by Talia Ronge.

There will be time to share your own stories and make connections while enjoying coffee, tea, and a treat.

05/24/2026

Another reason to come downtown to the second day of the Mosquito Fleet Fest (besides vendors, artists, Virginia V cruises, Kitsap Ferries Presentation, Scavenger Hunt. Shopping , food and a Mosquito Fleet Trivia Contest!?!? FREE Port Orchard Historic Storywalk! Starts at noon At Soroptimist Overlook Waterfront Park in downtown Port Orchard. See you there!

05/24/2026

“Kitsap Fast Ferries:Past, Present & Future” Panel Presentation Sunday May 24th, 3pm! What did marine transportation look like in the past, how can we recapture more and more efficient marine transportation in Puget Sound? What does the future hold for ferries in Kitsap and West Puget Sound?
Join Ed Brown, Virginia V Foundation , Greg Nance, 23rd District Representative , Katie Walters CK Commissioner , Steve Sego Friends of the Fast Ferry and Carla Sawyer, Marine Transportation Consultant with moderator Josh Farley in the back of Gathered, 702 Bay St. downtown Port Orchard!

05/24/2026

Mosquito Fleet Fest continues tomorrow/Sunday, May 24th! Celebrating the Historical Mosquito Fleet that plied the Puget Sound 100 years ago. The Virginia V is one of the last two remaining Mosquito Fleet boats and you can join in on one of two harbor cruises tomorrow— STILL ROOM! !!
Sailings at noon and 2pm. Make your reservations NOW, https://virginiav.org/calendar/
For details and other activities visit https://www.pobsa.com/mosquito-fleet-fest
Photo credit LoveKitsap