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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.
Stroll the sidewalks in Downtown Albany and find Holiday Movie Character posters on member businesses. Print your entry form from the ADA WEBSITE to find up to 30+ posters. Receive one entry per character found. https://albanydowntown.com/.
Stroll the sidewalks in Downtown Albany and find Holiday Movie Character posters on member businesses. Print your entry form from the ADA WEBSITE to find up to 30+ posters. Receive one entry per character found. https://albanydowntown.com/.
Find holiday treasures in the Barn full of handmade decor, quilts, wreaths, furniture, gifts, toys, and more, all made with love by our family for you. The show continues on Fridays and Saturdays until December 3, 2022.
Celebrate the holiday season and join ACT for a fun afternoon of activities for the whole family! Enjoy snacks, hot cocoa, cider and some photo opportunities with Pirate Santa, the Grinch, and a Christmas Elf! There will also be storytelling, a sing-along, a Muppet Christmas movie and coloring pages for kids. This event is free, but donations are gladly accepted.
Legacy Ballet’s annual production is a full-length Nutcracker in a new theater venue, The Albany Performing Arts Center. Join Legacy this holiday season and celebrate the return of an annual tradition for so many in our community! There are four performances on December 2, 7-9 p.m., December 3, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. and December 4, 2-4 p.m. Tickets are $15 each, reserved seating. Available at: https://legacyballet.ludus.com/22033
Explore the holiday-themed walking path around the park, shop the holiday marketplace and enjoy some great food, fun games and festive music. Fun for all ages! Admission is $5 and includes a fun holiday glow item and keepsake picture. Advance registration required – visit City of Albany Parks or call 541-917-7760.
Legacy Ballet’s annual production is a full-length Nutcracker in a new theater venue, The Albany Performing Arts Center. Join Legacy this holiday season and celebrate the return of an annual tradition for so many in our community! There are four performances on December 2, 7-9 p.m., December 3, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. and December 4, 2-4 p.m. Tickets are $15 each, reserved seating. Available at: https://legacyballet.ludus.com/22033
Stroll the sidewalks in Downtown Albany and find Holiday Movie Character posters on member businesses. Print your entry form from the ADA WEBSITE to find up to 30+ posters. Receive one entry per character found. https://albanydowntown.com/.
Legacy Ballet’s annual production is a full-length Nutcracker in a new theater venue, The Albany Performing Arts Center. Join Legacy this holiday season and celebrate the return of an annual tradition for so many in our community! There are four performances on December 2, 7-9 p.m., December 3, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. and December 4, 2-4 p.m. Tickets are $15 each, reserved seating. Available at: https://legacyballet.ludus.com/22033
SAVE the DATE for this fun event! Celebrate the Christmas season the way the pioneers would have done in the 1800s by joining the festivities at the Monteith House. Children ages 5-16 are invited to join the Monteith Historical Society for a Christmas party. Children will make pioneer Christmas crafts, decorate the Christmas tree at the Monteith House, sing carols, eat Christmas cookies, and have the option to ride on the horse-drawn wagon in the “Twice Around Downtown Christmas Parade” at 5 p.m. Tickets are required and sell out fast – check the Monteith House website for ticket sales information.
