Carnival tickets are on sale this week, offering substantial savings for early birds, a chamber of commerce official reported.

Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal stated those who purchase carnival tickets by Thursday, May 10, will save $10. Tickets for early buyers are $20, while the same ticket will cost $30 the day of the carnival.

Nevsimal said tickets will be available at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce office, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, Coulee Hardware, The Star newspaper, Loepps Furniture, H&H Grocery and the Trading Post at the Colville Indian Agency.

The carnival has added five hours on Sunday, providing four days of carnival entertainment for Colorama fans.

Carnival hours will be from 4-9 on Thursday, May 10; 4-9 on Friday, May 11; 12-9 on Saturday, May 12; and 12-5 on Sunday, Mother’s Day.

This marks the second year for the popular Rainier Amusements, a family-owned carnival out of Portland, Oregon.

“We are happy to have Rainier Amusements back for their second year,” Nevsimal stated Tuesday. The Portland-based carnival company is under contract to return again next year.

Rainier Amusements regularly travels to festival sites in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Tickets go on sale at all seven sites beginning today, Wednesday.