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===Annual events=== [[File:ThreshingbeeColfaxWA.jpg|thumb|Old-fashioned threshing techniques are demonstrated at the annual threshing bee]] * '''Palouse Plowing Bee''' and '''Palouse Empire Threshing Bee'''β held respectively on the third weekend in April and the first weekend after [[Labor Day]]. Farmers demonstrate traditional plowing and harvesting methods in a {{convert|15|acre|m2|adj=on}} field {{convert|5|mi|abbr=on}} west of town. * '''Perkins House Ice Cream Social''' β Held on the last Sunday in June on the lawn of the Perkins House; ice cream, pie, live [[Dixieland]] music, displays, and free house tours. * '''Concrete River Days''' β A summer festival held on the second weekend in July, with a parade, sidewalk sales, and many outdoor activities; so named because the Palouse riverbed in downtown Colfax has been lined with concrete for the sake of flood control, and the water descends into a narrow central channel during the dry season. The festival is no longer held as of 2016. * '''Palouse Empire Fair''' β Held in early September {{convert|5|mi|abbr=on}} west of town; a midway, a rodeo, live music, and barns full of livestock and handicrafts. * '''Winter Festival'''β a night parade held in downtown Colfax, Main Street, on the first Thursday in December. Festive floats, free candy, special programs at the public library, and Santa Claus.
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