Calendar

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.

Sep
30
Sat
RaSani Fair @ Linn County Expo Center
Sep 30 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
RaSani Fair @ Linn County Expo Center | Albany | Oregon | United States

The Rasani Fair is Oregon’s largest premier body mind spirit holistic fair. There will be a large variety of alternative and holistic independent practitioners, high-quality artisans, creative craftsman, and more.  20 Free presentations; two at the top of each hour will be held on both days. See the lineup of inspirational speakers at www.RaSaniFair.com/speakers.   A raffle will be held benefiting Family Tree Relief Nursery, our local nonprofit supporting children and their families to create a stronger healthier community.

Admission is $5 and kids 13 and under are free. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the days of the event. Cash is preferred, but cards are accepted.
Thai Express and N’Reeners New York Style Sandwiches will be available both days.

Open Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm
This year: on Sunday morning only from 9:30 am-9:50 am the public is invited to our outdoor drumming circle where we set the intention for the day, honor our loved ones, and drum/rattle together. Feel free to bring a rattle or drum and join in or just watch. It’s a powerful event! Held outside the Santiam building near our entrance.

Future Fair Dates:

October 5 & 6, 2024
April 12 & 13, 2025
October 4 & 5, 2025

 

Oct
1
Sun
RaSani Fair @ Linn County Expo Center
Oct 1 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
RaSani Fair @ Linn County Expo Center | Albany | Oregon | United States

The Rasani Fair is Oregon’s largest premier body mind spirit holistic fair. There will be a large variety of alternative and holistic independent practitioners, high-quality artisans, creative craftsman, and more.  20 Free presentations; two at the top of each hour will be held on both days. See the lineup of inspirational speakers at www.RaSaniFair.com/speakers.   A raffle will be held benefiting Family Tree Relief Nursery, our local nonprofit supporting children and their families to create a stronger healthier community.

Admission is $5 and kids 13 and under are free. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the days of the event. Cash is preferred, but cards are accepted.
Thai Express and N’Reeners New York Style Sandwiches will be available both days.

Open Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm
This year: on Sunday morning only from 9:30 am-9:50 am the public is invited to our outdoor drumming circle where we set the intention for the day, honor our loved ones, and drum/rattle together. Feel free to bring a rattle or drum and join in or just watch. It’s a powerful event! Held outside the Santiam building near our entrance.

Future Fair Dates:

October 5 & 6, 2024
April 12 & 13, 2025
October 4 & 5, 2025

 

Apr
13
Sat
RaSani Fair @ Linn County Expo Center
Apr 13 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
RaSani Fair @ Linn County Expo Center | Albany | Oregon | United States

The Rasani Fair is Oregon’s largest premier body mind spirit holistic fair. There will be a large variety of alternative and holistic independent practitioners, high-quality artisans, creative craftsman, and more.  20 Free presentations; two at the top of each hour will be held on both days. See the lineup of inspirational speakers at www.RaSaniFair.com/speakers.   A raffle will be held benefiting Family Tree Relief Nursery, our local nonprofit supporting children and their families to create a stronger healthier community.

Admission is $5 and kids 13 and under are free. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the days of the event. Cash is preferred, but cards are accepted.
Thai Express and N’Reeners New York Style Sandwiches will be available both days.

Open Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm
This year: on Sunday morning only from 9:30 am-9:50 am the public is invited to our outdoor drumming circle where we set the intention for the day, honor our loved ones, and drum/rattle together. Feel free to bring a rattle or drum and join in or just watch. It’s a powerful event! Held outside the Santiam building near our entrance.

Future Fair Dates:

October 5 & 6, 2024
April 12 & 13, 2025
October 4 & 5, 2025

 

Apr
14
Sun
RaSani Fair @ Linn County Expo Center
Apr 14 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
RaSani Fair @ Linn County Expo Center | Albany | Oregon | United States

The Rasani Fair is Oregon’s largest premier body mind spirit holistic fair. There will be a large variety of alternative and holistic independent practitioners, high-quality artisans, creative craftsman, and more.  20 Free presentations; two at the top of each hour will be held on both days. See the lineup of inspirational speakers at www.RaSaniFair.com/speakers.   A raffle will be held benefiting Family Tree Relief Nursery, our local nonprofit supporting children and their families to create a stronger healthier community.

Admission is $5 and kids 13 and under are free. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the days of the event. Cash is preferred, but cards are accepted.
Thai Express and N’Reeners New York Style Sandwiches will be available both days.

Open Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm
This year: on Sunday morning only from 9:30 am-9:50 am the public is invited to our outdoor drumming circle where we set the intention for the day, honor our loved ones, and drum/rattle together. Feel free to bring a rattle or drum and join in or just watch. It’s a powerful event! Held outside the Santiam building near our entrance.

Future Fair Dates:

October 5 & 6, 2024
April 12 & 13, 2025
October 4 & 5, 2025

 

May
11
Sat
Albany Tweed Ride 2024 @ The Natty Dresser
May 11 @ 9:30 am
Albany Tweed Ride 2024 @ The Natty Dresser | Albany | Oregon | United States

Don your finest tweed attire and join us for a bicycle tour of Albany’s National Historic Districts!
This event starts at The Natty Dresser, 124 Broadalbin St SW.

Arrive by 9:30 am to enter the costume and best bike contests. The ride starts at 10 am.  The tour will stop occasionally to talk about menswear and the historic buildings and sights along the way.  Bring a cup if it looks like it is going to be a warm day as there will be a water break along the way.
The ride ends at the Deluxe Brewery where they will be hosting their annual Vintage Bicycle Show and Swap Meet.
Food and drink will be available for purchase at the brewery, but riders are also welcome to bring a picnic lunch to the ride, as the brewery allows outside food.

May
24
Fri
4th Fridays at Springhill Cellars @ Springhill Cellars
May 24 @ 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
4th Fridays at Springhill Cellars @ Springhill Cellars | Albany | Oregon | United States
4th Fridays at  Springhill Cellars Winery begin on May 24th.
Every 4th Friday from May – September, Springhill Cellars will have extended hours; 5:30 pm to ~10:00 pm, to listen to live Jazz by friend of the winery-Just Lonna. Grab your friends, or make it a romantic date night but plan to stay late, drink wine, eat delicious local food, and watch the sunset over the mountains.
The seating starts at 5:30 pm, live music starts at 7:00 pm.
This event may require reservations and a small charge. Watch for details here and on Springhill Cellars Facebook Page
Listen to Just Lonna here.
Jun
16
Sun
Midway Farms presents Dads Appreciation Day! @ Midway Farms
Jun 16 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Midway Farms presents Dads Appreciation Day! @ Midway Farms | Albany | Oregon | United States
Take dad, uncle, grandpa or friend and head out to Midway Farms on Father’s Day!
From 12-5 pm, there will be wine tasting and snacks. Wine tasting is provided by  Saginaw Winery from Cottage Grove.
Start your summer off by spending time with the person(s) in your life you honor as a father or just an amazing man,  and relax into the day.
No charge, except for the wine tasting. 
Jun
22
Sat
Dam Right Drag Night presents ICONIC: A Drag Showcase @ Calapooia Brewing
Jun 22 @ 7:30 pm
Dam Right Drag Night presents ICONIC: A Drag Showcase @ Calapooia Brewing | Albany | Oregon | United States
You’re sure to have a great time with Albany’s own Nicole Onoscopi along with an absolutely iconic cast on Saturday 6/22, at the Albany Pride after-party at Calapooia Brewing Company! 18+, $10 cover.
This show is for 18+!  ID is required to enter.
Doors open at 7:30, show begins at 8:30.
$10 cash cover at the door.
Sponsored by Element Graphics and High Tide Smoke Shop
For those needing accommodations, contact damrightdragnight@gmail.com by June 15th.
Jun
23
Sun
“KiKi Film Screening and Panel Discussion- June 23, 2024 @ Russell Tripp Performance Center
Jun 23 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

KinCultivate & Albany Pride Present “KIKI” A FREE Documentary Screening  www.kikimovie.com

KinCultivate and Albany Pride Presents “KIKI”, a FREE film documentary screening hosted by Mid-Valley Productions, MVP at the Russell Tripp Performance Center within Linn-Benton Community College (Albany Campus) Reserve your FREE tickets today online at www.midvalleyproductions.org Click here to purchase tickets for this event. 

About Kiki and the movie:
In New York City, LGBTQ youth of color gather at the Christopher Street Pier to practice Ballroom, a performance-based art form popularized in the early 1990s by Madonna’s “Vogue” music video and the documentary “Paris Is Burning.” Twenty-five years after these cultural milestones, a new and distinct generation of LGBTQ youth has developed an artistic activist subculture known as the Kiki Scene.

“KIKI” follows seven members of the Kiki community over four years, using their preparations and performances at Kiki balls as a framework to explore their struggles with homelessness, illness, and discrimination, as well as their progress in gaining political influence and embracing gender expression. The film introduces us to Twiggy Pucci Garçon, the founder of the Haus of Pucci, alongside Chi Chi, Gia, Chris, Divo, Symba, and Zariya. Each of these individuals offers a unique and powerful personal story, shedding light on the Kiki scene and the broader experience of queer life for LGBTQ youth of color in the U.S.

Kiki balls, a central aspect of the Kiki subculture, provide a safe and empowering space for performers to express various gender identities, including stylized femininity that might otherwise provoke ridicule or violence in their home communities. Participants range from young teens to those in their twenties, many of whom have been cast out by their families or find themselves homeless. As LGBTQ people of color, they represent a minority within a minority, with a staggering 50% being HIV positive. The Kiki scene emerged as a peer-led initiative offering alternative family structures (“houses”), HIV awareness and testing, and performances promoting self-agency. It has grown into a significant organization with rules, leaders, and teams, now boasting hundreds of members in New York and beyond, including across the U.S. and Canada. Run by LGBTQ youth for LGBTQ youth, it draws on strategies from the Civil Rights, Gay Rights, and Black Power movements.

In this film, a collaboration between Kiki gatekeeper Twiggy Pucci Garçon and Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordenö, viewers gain exclusive access to this intense world, where fierce Ballroom competitions open up discussions about the Black Lives Matter and Trans Lives Matter movements. This new generation of Ballroom youth adopts the motto “Not About Us Without Us,” and “KIKI” reflects this ethos with extensive support and trust from the community, featuring an exhilarating score by the renowned Ballroom and Voguing Producer Collective Qween Beat. Twiggy and Sara’s insider-outsider perspective revitalizes the portrayal of a marginalized community striving for visibility and genuine political power.

The Russell Tripp Performance Center is located at the Albany Campus of Linn-Benton Community College, Takena Hall, 6500 Pacific Blvd SW, Albany, OR  97321.
Jun
28
Fri
4th Fridays at Springhill Cellars @ Springhill Cellars
Jun 28 @ 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
4th Fridays at Springhill Cellars @ Springhill Cellars | Albany | Oregon | United States
4th Fridays at  Springhill Cellars Winery begin on May 24th.
Every 4th Friday from May – September, Springhill Cellars will have extended hours; 5:30 pm to ~10:00 pm, to listen to live Jazz by friend of the winery-Just Lonna. Grab your friends, or make it a romantic date night but plan to stay late, drink wine, eat delicious local food, and watch the sunset over the mountains.
The seating starts at 5:30 pm, live music starts at 7:00 pm.
This event may require reservations and a small charge. Watch for details here and on Springhill Cellars Facebook Page
Listen to Just Lonna here.