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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.
Jul
20
Thu
Harrisburg Summer Sounds concert series
Thursday Nights, Food Trucks open at 5:30pm, Music starts at 6:30pm at Riverfront Park in Harrisburg
Free Admission
Bring a chair or blanket
- July 6, Caleb Davis Quartet
- July 13, McKayla Marie
- July 20, Outline Shine and Line Dancing
- July 27, Candy Apple Blue
- August 3, Whiskey Banditos
Photo: “Poppies Near Harrisburg” by Nancy Hunt
Live concerts in Timber Linn Park on Thursday nights at 7pm in July and August; Debbie Gibson on July 20, Spin Doctors on July 27, Home Free on August 3, and Foghat on August 10.
The event is free, but a $1 donation per person is appreciated. Visit their website, riverrhythms.org, for all the information.
Jul
21
Fri
Mennonite Village Heritage Day, Friday July 21st
9am – 1pm: Farmer’s Market and Vendor Fair
with live music from Chihuahua Desert and Fast Eddie Pramuk
– vendor booths – live music – food trucks – campus tours
5:30pm – 8:30pm: Free BBQ Dinner and Concert
with live music from The ByLines
– food trucks – raffle prizes – campus tours – ice cream – local vendors – and more!
Photo: Heritage Day Layout
Mennonite Village Heritage Day, Friday July 21st
9am – 1pm: Farmer’s Market and Vendor Fair
with live music from Chihuahua Desert and Fast Eddie Pramuk
– vendor booths – live music – food trucks – campus tours
5:30pm – 8:30pm: Free BBQ Dinner and Concert
with live music from The ByLines
– food trucks – raffle prizes – campus tours – ice cream – local vendors – and more!
Photo: Heritage Day Layout
CAVEMAN DAVE – LIVE MUSIC
Friday, July 21, 2023
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Calapooia Brewing, 140 Northeast Hill Street Albany, OR, 97321
Jul 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Gothard Sisters presented by Corvallis Folklore Society
A benefit concert for the first Corvallis Celtic Festival.
Friday, July 21, 2023
Doors: 6:00 pm
Show: 7:00 pm
Artist website: The Gothard Sisters
Event website: Corvallis Folklore Society
Come on time to see a special highland-piper open the show for The Gothard Sisters!
The Gothard Sisters are a dynamic supergroup of three American sisters who play contemporary Celtic music. Through over 14 years of performing, touring, and writing music together, the optimistic style of their music and performances continue to resonate with their fans, building a loyal international following.
Their latest album, Dragonfly, features the sisters playing an assortment of acoustic instruments and vocals combined with modern production to create music exploring themes of resilience and adventure. The band’s music is popular among a worldwide audience, and has over 15 million streams on Spotify, with a large social media following and 11.3 million views on youtube.
The Gothard Sisters have performed at performing arts centers, listening rooms, and festivals across the United States, including a show at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium stage in Washington DC, concerts with orchestras and symphonies, performances with Disney Cruise line in Europe, outreach appearances in schools across the United States and two tours in Japan with Min-On Global Music Network, performing over 50 shows there in 2019 and 2022.
Blending Celtic, folk, classical, and new age musical influences, the Gothard Sisters bring songs to life with violin, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bodhran, djembe, whistle, and vocal harmonies, creating music that is “vivid, inspirational and captivating.” (Tim Carroll, Folk Words Review 2018).
Writing and recording near their home in the Pacific Northwest, the band has released 9 albums and has performed over 2,000 live shows over the course of their career.
Tickets:
Online – $20 at tickettomato.com/event/8119
Door – $25
Corvallis Folklore Society Members will receive a $2.00 discount on tickets by applying the code at checkout.
All ages.
Tickets non-refundable.
Venue open 11 AM -10 PM, the band plays 7 – 9 PM.
The Barn Taproom has beer, wine, cider, with non-alcoholic beverages & a Food Cart Hub outside. Over 42 beers on tap! Enjoy the music from the courtyard or large covered outdoor patio with heated seating. 14 different Food Carts that offer all varieties of food.
Jul
22
Sat
Corvallis Celtic Festival 2023
Saturday, July 22, all day – All-day event in Central Park and the Corvallis Arts Center.
Saturday starts at 9:30am with a bagpiper’s parade. Then we’ll have a bevy of local and regional Celtic performers and artists in Central Park, the Corvallis Library and The Corvallis Arts Center. Everything from harps and fiddles to bagpipes, flutes, whistles, and singing will be represented. Expect musical performances and workshops, dancing, arts, crafts, and food vendors, children’s activities, whiskey tasting and a relaxed pace Celtic session where new players are very welcome.
The Corvallis Arts Center will transform into Celtic Harp Central from noon-5pm on Saturday. A hands on harp workshop and a performance by Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter are part of the program there.
A high energy Celtic session at Squirrels Tavern in downtown Corvallis caps off Saturday’s festivities. This session will run from 9pm to midnight and will be anchored by Portland band Biddy on the Bench. All those 21 and over are welcome to this session.
There will be an outdoor main stage with bands from near and far. Workshops and more intimate performances will be held inside the Corvallis Arts Center and other nearby venues. The day will include Ceili dancing, Celtic arts and crafts, Celtic history and genealogy, and children’s activities. Participatory workshops will include instrument playing, singing, and dancing. The day ends with an after-hours Celtic Session in a downtown Corvallis venue.
James Coates Live in Concert
James Coates is a singer-songwriter who combines elements of country, R&B, folk and soul to create a sonic tapestry that harkens back to the golden age of songwriting. James’s intimate solo performances combine humor, spontaneity and artistry to create unique moments of connection. Coates has been profiled by Seattle Weekly, featured on KEXP and opened for artists like Sheryl Crow.
Jul
23
Sun
Corvallis Celtic Festival 2023
Sunday, July 23
More free musical performances at multiple locations in downtown Corvallis.
- Music starts 10am-noon at The Old World Deli 341 SW 2nd St, Corvallis.
- Then Common Fields 545 SW 3rd St, Corvallis from 11am-2pm
- Another at Old World Deli 341 SW 2nd St, Corvallis from 2-4pm.
- The Brass Monkey 130 SW 1st St, Corvallis will have music from 4-6pm and a whiskey tasting at 4pm. There is a $25 fee for whiskey tasting.
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