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.

Apr
4
Thu
Live Professional Comedy at the Garage @ The Garage
Apr 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Live Professional Comedy at the Garage @ The Garage | Albany | Oregon | United States

Live Professional Comedy at The Garage!
Every Thursday @ 6:30pm

No Cover, $20 suggested donation

Music Bingo at Deluxe Brewing @ Deluxe Brewing Co.
Apr 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Music Bingo at Deluxe Brewing @ Deluxe Brewing Co. | Albany | Oregon | United States
Join Deluxe Brewing for Music Bingo Night from 6:30-8:30PM in the taproom! Due to high demand from eager customers, they will be hosting this event every first and third Thursday of the month.
Come prepared to flex your knowledge of music through the ages and genres. Bring your friends or come alone for a night of fun and competition against the crowd with a chance to win Deluxe Brewing swag. Picture the perfect marriage of Bingo and Name That Tune – and throw in great craft beer and cocktails!
Their taproom is family and pet-friendly. There is no cost to participate, although they encourage you to enjoy a cold pint or cocktail with your friends as you compete. They serve Deluxe Brewing craft beers, Sinister Distilling cocktails, cider, wines and sodas. Their Deluxe Food Cart is open during all standard taproom business hours and serves delicious brewery fare to their customers.
For more information: https://linktr.ee/sinisterdeluxe
Apr
5
Fri
Dollar Sale @ 1st Hand Seconds
Apr 5 @ 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Dollar Sale @ 1st Hand Seconds | Albany | Oregon | United States

1st Hand Seconds Unique Boutique’s dollar sales are legendary!

Every 3 months, January, April, July, and October; they hold a special sale where thousands of items are only a dollar!

https://www.facebook.com/1stHandSeconds/

https://1sthandseconds.org/

Downtown 1st Friday @ Downtown Albany
Apr 5 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Downtown 1st Friday @ Downtown Albany

Participating downtown Albany businesses have special sales, events, and fun each first Friday of the month!

Photo: “Downtown Albany” by David Maestas

First Friday & Artist Reception- Featuring The Commissioners’ Show! @ Albany City Hall
Apr 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
First Friday & Artist Reception- Featuring The Commissioners' Show! @ Albany City Hall | Albany | Oregon | United States

The Albany Arts Commission (AAC) will participate in Albany’s First Friday event in April with its first-ever commission members show.

On First Friday, April 5, 2024, members of the AAC will host a reception at City Hall from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

This event is free and open to the public. Come meet your AAC active artist members, enjoy refreshments, view the variety of their work, and learn more about AAC’s mission and goals to support the arts in our community.

The AAC has raised public funds to support ongoing artist receptions for First Friday downtown for the rest of 2024.

Natty Dresser 1st Friday @ The Natty Dresser
Apr 5 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Natty Dresser 1st Friday @ The Natty Dresser | Albany | Oregon | United States

Join them on the First Friday of every month for a fun evening of music, and shopping. They have a different theme each month!

In-store specials 5 – 7pm

124 Broadalbin St SW, Albany, OR 97321, USA

Carousel 1st Friday @ Historic Carousel & Museum
Apr 5 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Carousel 1st Friday @ Historic Carousel & Museum | Albany | Oregon | United States

On the 1st Friday of every month, the carousel is open from 5:30-8:00 p.m., and for just $5 per person you get UNLIMITED CAROUSEL RIDES, plus a fun activity or craft for the family, along with gift shop specials and a great deal on a tasty treat at the Carousel Café! Photo by Nathan Pendley.

Gallery Calapooia 1st Friday & Artist Reception @ Gallery Calapooia
Apr 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Gallery Calapooia 1st Friday & Artist Reception @ Gallery Calapooia | Albany | Oregon | United States

1st Friday Opening

Gallery Calapooia will be open as part of Albany’s 1st Friday – April 5, 2024 from 6-8 pm

“Something Different, Something New”

Community Art Exhibit 2024

It’s finally here! The exhibit we wait for all year – the Community Art Exhibit! Known officially as “The Big Show of Little Art”, this is the exhibit where we invite the community to enter family friendly art in Gallery Calapooia. For this month, our members squeeze together to be able to free up two of our 21 panels for the display of the art made by anyone who can get their art here to the Gallery at the entry time. The pieces have to be 8 inches by 8 inches or if they are 3D, 8 x 8 x 8.

This exhibit is such a lot of fun! We get art work from people of all ages and in many different media. When you come to the Gallery, you will see work by toddlers hanging right next to the work of professional artists.

Being aware that folks of many ages will be attending our reception party for this event so the refreshments will also be family friendly. There will be a great ice cream punch, but no wine or beer. Cookies and chocolates will also be available.

Come and help us celebrate the terrific artists from around our region who braved the bad weather earlier this month to enter their art work for us all to see and enjoy. Also remember that everything is for sale, so you might be able to get a lovely art piece for your valentine!

 

Gallery Calapooia First Friday & Artist Reception April 5, 2024 @ Gallery Calapooia
Apr 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Every First Friday, you can meet the artists whose artwork will be displayed this month at Gallery Calapooia at their Artist Reception.

April featured artists: Koka Filipovic and Bill Thompson

Albany Civic Theater presents: The Prom @ Albany Civic Theater
Apr 5 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Albany Civic Theater presents: The Prom @ Albany Civic Theater | Albany | Oregon | United States

The Prom
Music by Matthew Sklar
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Book by Chad Beguelin & Bob Martin

Directed by: Christi E. Sears and Mirinda Keeling
Performances: Apr. 5, 6, 12, 13, 14(m), 18, 19, 20, 21(m), 25, 26, 27, 2024

Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is love that brings them all together. Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical, The Prom expertly captures all the humor and heart of a classic musical comedy with a message that resonates with audiences now more than ever. (Theatrical Rights Worldwide)

Box office opens 45 minutes before performances