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Welcome to AVA’s monthly calendar of events. Take a peek and plan your stay-cation or your next visit to our region. The city’s most notable annual events include historic home tours, outdoor summer concerts and movies under the stars, and the Northwest Art and Air Festival.
*Note for event organizers: If you’d like to have your event listed on the AVA calendar, head over to our contact page and submit your event to us.
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories ranging from classics like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Devil’s Grandmother and The Girl Without Hands. A wild, free-form comedy with lots of audience participation and madcap fun. Written by Don Zolidis and directed by Conner Riley. For information please call: (541) 928-4603, or visit: albanycivic.org
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories ranging from classics like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Devil’s Grandmother and The Girl Without Hands. A wild, free-form comedy with lots of audience participation and madcap fun. Written by Don Zolidis and directed by Conner Riley. For information please call: (541) 928-4603, or visit: albanycivic.org
Enjoy an old-fashioned Fourth of July in historic Brownsville. Head down to the park in the morning for a pancake breakfast, and spread out a blanket at dusk for a fireworks show over the Calapooia River. For information call: (541) 928-0831 or visit: historicbrownsville
The biggest event in Harrisburg is the Old Fashioned 4th of July celebration. Get a good night’s rest on July 3rd so you can be ready for activities on July 4th that begin in the morning and do not end until the glow of fireworks fades. It doesn’t matter what day the 4th of July falls on. We always celebrate the 4th of July, on the 4th! Harrisburg still honors our nations birthday today much the way it was done a hundred years ago–and we hopefully will be doing it the same way in another hundred years! For information call the City of Harrisburg: 541-995-6655, or visit: harrisburg
Come to the Brownsville Thursday Marketplace to find the best in-season, locally grown produce available in the Willamette Valley! Meet up with your friends and family, save tons of money on your grocery budget, and enjoy all the benefits of healthy, inexpensive, nourishing REAL FOOD! For information visit the event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cfathursdaymarket/
Ready for a summer luau? Wear your grass skirt and come party with the Polynesian Princess! There will be coloring, and Face Painting by FairyG! Make your own ‘Heart of Te Fiti’ necklace. Admission to the Luau is $5 which includes a ride token! For information call: 541-497-2934, or visit: Albany Historic Carousel
Come to the Brownsville Thursday Marketplace to find the best in-season, locally grown produce available in the Willamette Valley! Meet up with your friends and family, save tons of money on your grocery budget, and enjoy all the benefits of healthy, inexpensive, nourishing REAL FOOD! For information visit the event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cfathursdaymarket/
Children will explore pioneer life through stories and hands-on activities. Topics covered include life on the Oregon Trail and in Albany in the Pioneer era and what children were expected to do as members of their families and community. Children in Kindergarten through 6th grade are welcome, although we will consider older kids if they are attending with younger siblings. Register by contacting the Albany Visitors Association at 541-928-0911. Space limited to 15 children. Partial costumes and snacks will be provided. Cost is $ 50. per child. For information visit: monteithhouse
Children will explore pioneer life through stories and hands-on activities. Topics covered include life on the Oregon Trail and in Albany in the Pioneer era and what children were expected to do as members of their families and community. Children in Kindergarten through 6th grade are welcome, although we will consider older kids if they are attending with younger siblings. Register by contacting the Albany Visitors Association at 541-928-0911. Space limited to 15 children. Partial costumes and snacks will be provided. Cost is $ 50. per child. For information visit: monteithhouse