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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.
SAVE THE DATE: The 45th Summer Interior Tour of Historic Homes will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 27, in Albany, Oregon. Several lovely historic homes will be open for touring, as well as the Monteith House, Albany Regional Museum, and other historic buildings.
More details to come. Tickets will go on sale online in June.
Visitors are asked to please not touch items in the homes and to not take photos or video while inside.
Proceeds from Albany’s Interior Tour of Historic Homes benefit the Monteith House Museum.
Photo by Melinda Martin.
Join Albany Regional Museum to hear Oregon’s Travelling Historian, Darrell Jabin, cover the mystery behind the infamous D.B. Cooper hijacking.
History Bites is free to attend. Admission to exhibits is now fee-based, but always free for members!
Light refreshments will be provided.
Come to the Native American Cultural Encampments summer of 2024, with Deitrich Peters and friends. The public is invited to come learn about Native culture, explore handcrafts and items for sale, watch the Pow-wow style dancing (there is usually one dance where you are invited to participate) and practice traditional skills and crafts. Listen to some beautiful flute playing, enjoy stories, and explore the drum and more. Many different tribes are represented at these gatherings.
SCEC will be there with a table showing Kalapuya Ways items of material culture, and presenting different crafts classes and atlatl throwing. Karen Rainsong, our Executive Director, presents this teaching and may also tell a few Kalapuya stories.
On Sunday mid afternoon there is a big feast where everyone can eat for free. “Indian tacos” are served. No need to RSVP. Please join the fun!
This is an alcohol and drug-free event. Children are welcome. Please keep pets leashed and under your control at all times.
DATES
June 29th – July 1st Roaring River County Park in Scio
July 20-21, Waterloo County Park in Lebanon
Aug 23 – 25, Cascadia County Park in Sweethome
For the first time ever, The Basset Hound Club of America National Specialty is coming to Albany!!
The event is taking place at the Linn County Expo Center from September 9 – September 13, 2024
This is a great dog event for families to visit and see Basset Hounds in many different events!
As the event gets closer, more specific times and details will be added but here’s some information to get you excited.
Monday – Friday: Dog show (what you sometimes see on TV)
Monday – Tuesday: Obedience and Rally
Tuesday – Wednesday: Scent Work (watch those great noses find hidden scent items!)
Wednesday: Agility (this will be all breed, so lots of dogs to watch run, jump, and generally get athletic!)
All week, there will be a lot of Bassets at the fairground, and if you ask, in all likelihood you’ll be able to say hi and pet them! There is nothing like watching a Basset Hound to brighten your day! Mark your calendars now and be sure to visit at least once during these days!
If you have an AKC registered show Basset and are interested in participating more information can be found here. You can also call Sylvie at 360.704.8473 or email sylviebhca2024@gmail.com
Pay your respects to the women and men who have fought for our country by visiting Downtown businesses where military uniforms will be on display Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2024. Displays include 18 uniforms from various branches of the military from the Civil War, WWI, WWI, Korea, and Vietnam to current campaigns. Uniform displays are provided in partnership with VFW 661-Uniform Display Museum.
Photo by Cathy Webb.
2023 Participating Business (2024 participants will be added in November 2024)
Pay your respects to the women and men who have fought for our country by visiting Downtown businesses where military uniforms will be on display Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2024. Displays include 18 uniforms from various branches of the military from the Civil War, WWI, WWI, Korea, and Vietnam to current campaigns. Uniform displays are provided in partnership with VFW 661-Uniform Display Museum.
Photo by Cathy Webb.
2023 Participating Business (2024 participants will be added in November 2024)
Pay your respects to the women and men who have fought for our country by visiting Downtown businesses where military uniforms will be on display Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2024. Displays include 18 uniforms from various branches of the military from the Civil War, WWI, WWI, Korea, and Vietnam to current campaigns. Uniform displays are provided in partnership with VFW 661-Uniform Display Museum.
Photo by Cathy Webb.
2023 Participating Business (2024 participants will be added in November 2024)
