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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.
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
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
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, 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. No need to RSVP. Please join the fun!
DATES
June 29th – June 30th Roaring River County Park in Scio
July 19- 21, Waterloo County Park in Lebanon
Aug 23 – 25, Cascadia County Park in Sweethome
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
Since 2007, the town has hosted Stand By Me Day, a celebration of the 1986 coming-of-age film that was primarily shot in the city.
The Committee has been busy making plans and rounding up volunteers to bring you a full slate of fun! There will be guided walking tours, a fan forum with videos, 50’s car Cruise In, Food trucks, a visit from Ima Blueberry and, of course, a down and dirty Blueberry Pie Eating Contest.
Join the fun between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm at Library Park in beautiful Downtown Brownsville. Check here for more information.
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.
