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.
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!
Continuing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Albany General Hospital, Regina Leytem, RN, CPAN, and Kim Sass will team up to offer local stories expressing the ever-changing nursing profession. Individuals from the 1850s to 2024 will be highlighted. Regina has been a nurse for nearly 50 years and currently works in the SAGH peri-operative care unit. Kim is a retired hospital employee and Albany history enthusiast.
History Bites is free to attend. Admission to exhibits is now fee-based, but always free for members!
SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH 12PM-2PM Monteith LIVING HISTORY ACTIVITIES
Step into 1850 with them on the second Saturday of each month, from 12 pm to 2 pm, at the Historic Monteith House. Exciting activities like, woodworking, pioneer doll making, baking biscuits, making butter, and so many other family-friendly activities! Each time will be something new, and you’ll learn a little more about this important piece of Albany’s history.
Cultural encampment is a group of Native Americans from different parts of the United States coming together, making village-type settings with tipis and tents. We share our individual cultures and traditional information with the community.
Many moons ago, traveling through an area, you might see groups of tipis or tents for a short time in each area. There were there to gather together, trade or meet family members and to celebrate life by having a big feast as they traveled from one area to another.
Activities
See our schedule on site for daily activities.
Craft classes, materials provided
Pow-Wow style dancing, including a dance where anyone can participate Shopping at booths Raffle – Many great prizes to win!
Field activities such as atlatl throwing
Explore nature nearby at the river and park grounds
Lunchtime feast on Sunday, all are welcome
DATES
July 20 and 21, Waterloo County Park, 39510 Gross St, Lebanon, OR
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.
{SAVE THE DATES} for Hoop Jam! A 3-on-3 street basketball tournament, at the LBCC Parking Lot, on August 10-11, 2024. Hoop Jam is a great way to focus on youth, community building, and character development through an athletic venue.
They anticipate over 3,000 players and families will be enjoying all that Albany has to offer during the Hoop Jam. As is true for all of the Boys & Girls Club of Albany’s events and programs, the youth are the true benefactors.
SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH 12PM-2PM Monteith LIVING HISTORY ACTIVITIES
Step into 1850 with them on the second Saturday of each month, from 12 pm to 2 pm, at the Historic Monteith House. Exciting activities like, woodworking, pioneer doll making, baking biscuits, making butter, and so many other family-friendly activities! Each time will be something new, and you’ll learn a little more about this important piece of Albany’s history.
This fantastic one-day cycling event takes place in the scenic mid-Willamette Valley. Established in the late 1970s, the CBBT offers a variety of route options, rest stops, delicious food, and SAG (support and gear) support tailored to cyclists of all levels. Plus, you’ll have the chance to pedal through up to five picturesque covered bridges, depending on the route you select. Join us for a memorable day of cycling and exploration!
CHECK IN FOR ALL RIDERS IS AT THE LINN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FROM 7:00 – 9:00 am. Register Here.
Please note that the 23 mile riders (Shortest route) will first check in at the fairgrounds and then proceed to Scio for the start of the ride.
Experience the charm of Linn County’s rural roads as you pedal through historic covered bridges in the picturesque Mid-Willamette Valley. Enjoy scenic views, open fields, rolling hills, and minimal traffic lights along the way. Plus, a portion of your entry fee supports Bicycle Education & Safety programs in our community.
Bring your family and invite your friends to join this unforgettable one-day ride! Lunch is included for riders on the Full Century, Metric Century, and Almost Century routes. Please note that lunch is not provided for the 44-mile and shorter rides.
Late registration begins on August 1st (with a $5 increase).
We look forward to riding with you at the CBBT this year!
Five covered bridges over varied terrain. Some hills along with rollers.
85 miles
2600 feet of climbing.
Lunch stop and several rest/snack stops.
Five covered bridges. Varied terrain with vistas. Hills and rollers for elevation gain of 3500 feet total.
101 miles.
Lunch stop and several rest/snack stops.
Four covered bridges with one steep hill and plenty of rollers. Woods and some scenic vistas.
68 miles
1900 feet of climbing.
Lunch stop and several rest/snack stops.
Mostly flat through cultivated farmlands, so if there’s a breeze you may feel it.
44 miles
3 covered bridges.
2 supported rest and snack stops.
This ride starts and ends at the high school in the town of Scio, but check-in still happens at the Fairgrounds in Albany. The ride covers a flat 23 miles. Highlights include 3 covered bridges, 2 rest stops. Mostly very quiet country roads through the farmlands.
Discounted fees for our younger participants. Under 18 years of age are included. Adult accompaniment is encouraged.
Mid-Valley Bicycle Club ● info@mvbc.com ● mvbc.com
About MVBC;
The Mid-Valley Bicycle Club is a non-profit cycling club centered in Corvallis, Oregon, one of the nation’s top bicycle commuting cities. The club was founded in 1974, and is open to cyclists of all ages and abilities. Its primary purpose is to promote general interest in cycling relative to bicycle education, safety, transportation and recreation.
{SAVE THE DATES} for Hoop Jam! A 3-on-3 street basketball tournament, at the LBCC Parking Lot, on August 10-11, 2024. Hoop Jam is a great way to focus on youth, community building, and character development through an athletic venue.
They anticipate over 3,000 players and families will be enjoying all that Albany has to offer during the Hoop Jam. As is true for all of the Boys & Girls Club of Albany’s events and programs, the youth are the true benefactors.