Members of the Cal Poly Humboldt Marching Lumberjacks from Arcata, Calif., perform their signature scatter-band style in the Paul Bunyan Days Labor Day Parade in Fort Bragg, Calif., on Sept. 1, 2025. (Mary Rose Kaczorowski via Bay City News)

FORT BRAGG, CA., 8/28/26 — A community BBQ where kids can eat free will follow the parade at Fort Bragg’s Paul Bunyan Days on Labor Day, the city announced Thursday. 

A tradition in Fort Bragg since 1939, Paul Bunyan Days is a festival that is “always lumberjack rowdy” and named after the “larger-than-life logger,” according to the event website. The site says it’s the oldest festival on the Mendocino Coast. 

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Savana Robinson is a staff writer and photographer based in Ukiah, California.