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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.
OFFF is ON for 2023! Oct 14 & 15 at the Linn County Expo Center in Albany, OR.
Oregon Flock and Fiber is a weekend filled with classes, demonstrations, livestock shows, and an expansive marketplace with a wide array of fiber goods and accessories.
Admission is FREE!
Workshops will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
The marketplace is open Saturday 9am – 5pm and Sunday 9am – 4pm.
Please join them for a weekend of fiber fun and community.
For information visit Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival
Photo by Melinda Martin.
OFFF is ON for 2023! Oct 14 & 15 at the Linn County Expo Center in Albany, OR.
Oregon Flock and Fiber is a weekend filled with classes, demonstrations, livestock shows, and an expansive marketplace with a wide array of fiber goods and accessories.
Admission is FREE!
Workshops will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
The marketplace is open Saturday 9am – 5pm and Sunday 9am – 4pm.
Please join them for a weekend of fiber fun and community.
For information visit Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival
Photo by Melinda Martin.
Iron Water Ranch is proud to host their Fall Fiber Fest this October. This event is for the whole family and includes crafts and classes for all ages. There will be additional vendors offering beautiful fiber art supplies and finished products as well. This is a great event to visit and learn about all the different breeds of sheep they raise.
There will be: Raw fleeces, Dyed locks, Roving, Yarn, Needle felted gifts, Tons of fall and winter decor, Gifts for the holiday season
There will be 3 classes offered taught by Iron Water Shepherds and Audrey of Wee Woollies Fiber Arts.
Photo: Motherhood by Stephanie Low
Witches and Warlocks unite at HEX in Brownsville, OR on October 28th at 5:30pm for an easy 30+ minute stroll! Kids and pets welcome (no bikes please!)
Family friendly. Costumes encouraged (but not required.) Best costume wins a $50 gift card to HEX!
Iron Water Ranch is proud to host their Fall Fiber Fest this October. This event is for the whole family and includes crafts and classes for all ages. There will be additional vendors offering beautiful fiber art supplies and finished products as well. This is a great event to visit and learn about all the different breeds of sheep they raise.
There will be: Raw fleeces, Dyed locks, Roving, Yarn, Needle felted gifts, Tons of fall and winter decor, Gifts for the holiday season
There will be 3 classes offered taught by Iron Water Shepherds and Audrey of Wee Woollies Fiber Arts.
Photo: Motherhood by Stephanie Low
Create your own felted 7″ gnome or witch with seasoned fiber artist Anne Marie Cole.
$75 fee, 12 person limit. Workshop open to beginners or experts.
Contact HEX to register https://www.hexbrownsville.com/
Welcome the Market of the Strange to Brownsville in November, hosted by Hex, one of the coolest magical goods and gift shops around! Our witchy, occult, and magical vendors are coming together to offer you a harvest of delightful art, craft work, decor and more. Come out and help us celebrate the stranger side, enjoy some tasty treats, and cherish the bounty of creativity in our community.
This is an all ages event, with free admission.
Enduring A’s Swap Meet for antique and classic cars. Car parts, collectibles, and shop equipment only.
$5 general admission
Breakfast and lunch options available
Holiday Open Art Studio. Art Sale – Holiday Gifts. Visit the Misner Family Century Farm and Therese Misner’s Art studio for art and gifts.
The Misner Family and artist, Therese Misner, open their Century Farm for a festive day of art, gifts, and relaxing on the farm. Visit an artist working studio, home gallery, and tour the Misner Century Farm.
Deluxe Brewing and Sinister Distilling will host the Albany Toy Run on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the brewery located at 635 NE Water Ave. All motorcycle riders, classic car drivers and passengers are encouraged to participate in this fun event. New, unwrapped toys, for children of all ages are needed for donation. Community members are welcome to drop off donations with brewery staff during open business hours this week. The Deluxe Brewing taproom is open Monday through Friday, 3 – 9 pm, Saturday 12 – 9 pm, and this Sunday 11 am – 8 pm.
The Albany Toy Run parade will begin at 11 a.m., starting at the Walmart Supercenter
parking lot, at 1330 Goldfish Farm Rd SE, Albany, Ore. Motorcycle riders will be joined by
Santa Claus, riding on an Albany Fire Department truck, who will escort their donations
from Walmart to Deluxe Brewing where they will unload all of the donated toys and
enjoy a festive reception. Riders will depart Walmart at 11 a.m. exactly.
Between 1 and 4 p.m., children and their families are invited to visit Deluxe Brewing,
where they will have the opportunity to meet Santa and his elves who will help the
children choose a gift for Christmas. If you have a child or children with special needs
who are not able to attend the party, please contact Beth Walker at 541-730-1042.
The Albany Toy Run was first hosted in 1983 and was started by The Association for
Motorcyclists of Oregon. It is an annual event hosted by local motorcyclists to provide
Christmas joy to the children of the Albany area through donated toys. Throughout the
past 40 years, this event has been carried on by members who wanted to ensure that it
continues helping local children and their family’s have a better Christmas.
Admission to the event is free, and minors are welcome in Deluxe Brewing. The Deluxe
Food Cart will be open on Sunday, serving a limited menu from 12 – 2 pm to
accommodate the crowd. For more information about the Albany Toy Run or to view
details on how to donate, please visit the Deluxe Brewing Facebook page.
About Deluxe Brewing Company
Deluxe Brewing and Sinister Distilling is proud to be Albany’s first brewstillery, a
production brewery and distillery located along the Willamette River at 635 NE Water
Ave. Deluxe Brewing produces easy-drinking lagers and ales. For more information on
Deluxe Brewing and Sinister Distilling visit www.sinisterdeluxe.com.
