It is Cherry Festival weekend in The Dalles. The Open Air Market downtown opens at 4 p.m. Friday, with the Family Pit Party set to begin on the stage at the same time. Saturday features the Tonkin Subaru Cherry Festival Parade at 10 a.m. following the usual route. Lisa Farquharson of The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce says this year’s grand marshal is Barbara Pashek. A guide to this weekend’s Cherry Festival activities is available at gorgeradio.com. The Bicoastal Media Guild Mortgage Home and Lifestyle Show is a part of the Cherry Festival weekend. It will be open Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in The Dalles Civic Auditorium, and admission is free.