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
6
Sat
Join Iron Water Ranch for a fibery fun day with lambs to pet, fleeces to touch, and classes to take!
There will be a whole variety of raw fleeces available, natural and dyed yarns, washed locks, dryer balls, and fiber arts equipment and supplies!
2 Classes Available: Shepherding 101 for newer shepherds is from 12 pm to 2 pm, and a beginning Crochet Class from 1 pm – 3 pm. To purchase tickets for these classes and for additional information visit Iron Water Ranch.
You’ll have a wooly good time!
Apr
17
Wed
REENACTORS TALK ON CIVIL WAR MEDICINE
Keith Menk and Ashley Wendell, Civil War reenactors, who specialize in happenings within the medical tent, will give a talk on Civil War medicine on Wednesday, April 17, at the Lebanon Public Library. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. and last for about an hour.
Sponsored by the Lebanon Museum Foundation and the Lebanon Public Library, this program is open to the public and free for all. The library is at 55 Academy Street.
For more information about this program or about the Lebanon Museum Foundation visit “Lebanon Museum” on Facebook, or see the website at lebanonmuseum.org.
May
11
Sat
Join the Albany String Orchestra for their Spring Concert!
Pieces featured are: Vivaldi; Concerto for Four Violins in b minor,
Warlock; Capriol Suite and Jenkins; “Diamond Music” from Palladio.
The concert will be held at Albany First Christian Church on Saturday, May 11th at 3:00 PM.
Free admission and open to all.
May
17
Fri
SAVE the DATE for this fun family event with a parade, live music, exhibits, quilt show, car show, and sheepdog trials and more!
The Fat Lamb Fiber Fest is part of the Lamb & Wool Fair activities.
May 17, 18, 19, 2024
May
18
Sat
SAVE the DATE for this fun family event with a parade, live music, exhibits, quilt show, car show, and sheepdog trials and more!
The Fat Lamb Fiber Fest is part of the Lamb & Wool Fair activities.
May 17, 18, 19, 2024
May
19
Sun
SAVE the DATE for this fun family event with a parade, live music, exhibits, quilt show, car show, and sheepdog trials and more!
The Fat Lamb Fiber Fest is part of the Lamb & Wool Fair activities.
May 17, 18, 19, 2024
Jun
28
Fri
The 48th Annual Black Sheep Gathering, taking place Friday through Sunday, celebrates natural-colored animals and their fiber.
Don’t miss the most charming sheep in the barn and spectacular fiber entries. 📷 by Melinda Martin
Jun
29
Sat
The 48th Annual Black Sheep Gathering, taking place Friday through Sunday, celebrates natural-colored animals and their fiber.
Don’t miss the most charming sheep in the barn and spectacular fiber entries. 📷 by Melinda Martin
Jun
30
Sun
The 478h Annual Black Sheep Gathering, taking place Friday through Sunday, celebrates natural-colored animals and their fiber.
Don’t miss the most charming sheep in the barn and spectacular fiber entries. 📷 by Melinda Martin
Sep
21
Sat
OFFF is ON for 2024! September 21 and 22, 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.
Workshops will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! See the Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival website for cost and other information.
The marketplace is open Saturday 9am – 5pm and Sunday 9am – 4pm. Admission is FREE!
Please join them for a weekend of fiber fun and community.
Photo by Melinda Martin.
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