Calendar

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.

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All-day Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Dec 11 all-day Tickets The 2022 Nighttime Magic Holiday Light Contest is ON! Houses throughout Albany are decked out in holiday themes, and YOU can help choose the winners! You can also just enjoy the lights. For information and a map go... Read More Candy Cane Express @ Santiam Excursion Trains Candy Cane Express @ Santiam Excursion Trains Dec 11 all-day Tickets Enjoy the holiday season on the Santiam Excursion train with Santa, Mrs. Clause and maybe an elf or two on each ride for family photo ops and to make sure your wish list gets to the right man.... Read More Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Dec 11 all-day Tickets Stroll the sidewalks in Downtown Albany and find Holiday Movie Character posters on member businesses. Print your entry form from the ADA WEBSITE to find up to 30+ posters. Receive one entry per character found. https://albanydowntown.com/.	Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Dec 12 all-day Tickets The 2022 Nighttime Magic Holiday Light Contest is ON! Houses throughout Albany are decked out in holiday themes, and YOU can help choose the winners! You can also just enjoy the lights. For information and a map go... Read More Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Dec 12 all-day Tickets Stroll the sidewalks in Downtown Albany and find Holiday Movie Character posters on member businesses. Print your entry form from the ADA WEBSITE to find up to 30+ posters. Receive one entry per character found. https://albanydowntown.com/.	Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Dec 13 all-day Tickets The 2022 Nighttime Magic Holiday Light Contest is ON! Houses throughout Albany are decked out in holiday themes, and YOU can help choose the winners! You can also just enjoy the lights. For information and a map go... Read More Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Dec 13 all-day Tickets Stroll the sidewalks in Downtown Albany and find Holiday Movie Character posters on member businesses. Print your entry form from the ADA WEBSITE to find up to 30+ posters. Receive one entry per character found. https://albanydowntown.com/.	Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Dec 14 all-day Tickets The 2022 Nighttime Magic Holiday Light Contest is ON! Houses throughout Albany are decked out in holiday themes, and YOU can help choose the winners! You can also just enjoy the lights. For information and a map go... Read More Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Dec 14 all-day Tickets Stroll the sidewalks in Downtown Albany and find Holiday Movie Character posters on member businesses. Print your entry form from the ADA WEBSITE to find up to 30+ posters. Receive one entry per character found. https://albanydowntown.com/.	Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Dec 15 all-day Tickets The 2022 Nighttime Magic Holiday Light Contest is ON! Houses throughout Albany are decked out in holiday themes, and YOU can help choose the winners! You can also just enjoy the lights. For information and a map go... Read More Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Downtown Holiday Character Hunt 2022 @ Albany Downtown Association Dec 15 all-day Tickets Stroll the sidewalks in Downtown Albany and find Holiday Movie Character posters on member businesses. Print your entry form from the ADA WEBSITE to find up to 30+ posters. Receive one entry per character found. https://albanydowntown.com/.	Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Dec 16 all-day Tickets The 2022 Nighttime Magic Holiday Light Contest is ON! Houses throughout Albany are decked out in holiday themes, and YOU can help choose the winners! You can also just enjoy the lights. For information and a map go... Read More	Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Night Time Magic Holiday Light Contest @ Albany, Oregon Dec 17 all-day Tickets The 2022 Nighttime Magic Holiday Light Contest is ON! Houses throughout Albany are decked out in holiday themes, and YOU can help choose the winners! You can also just enjoy the lights. For information and a map go... Read More Annual Ornament Hunt and Sweepstakes Annual Ornament Hunt and Sweepstakes Dec 17 all-day Tickets The Willamette Valley Visitors Association is teaming up with the Willamette National Forest and the Umpqua National Forest to place 200 wooden ornaments, featuring a colorful valley scene, across non-wilderness trails in both national forests. Beginning November 25,... Read More Candy Cane Express @ Santiam Excursion Trains Candy Cane Express @ Santiam Excursion Trains Dec 17 all-day Tickets Enjoy the holiday season on the Santiam Excursion train with Santa, Mrs. Clause and maybe an elf or two on each ride for family photo ops and to make sure your wish list gets to the right man.... Read More
12:00 am 1:00 am 2:00 am 3:00 am 4:00 am 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm 11:00 am Santa at the Carousel @ Historic Carousel & Museum Santa at the Carousel @ Historic Carousel & Museum Dec 11 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Join Santa at the Carousel every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. until Christmas and during First Friday on December 2nd from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Littles can visit and tell him what they want... Read More 2:00 pm Christmas Parlour Tour @ Albany Visitors Association Christmas Parlour Tour @ Albany Visitors Association Dec 11 @ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Come to Albany, Oregon, and enjoy the sights and sounds of an old-fashioned holiday celebration in Historic Downtown Albany. The Christmas Parlour Tour is an “insider’s” peek into the past. Step inside some of our most intriguing historic... Read More		12:00 pm Cooking Classes with Novak’s @ Novak's Hungarian Restaurant Cooking Classes with Novak’s @ Novak's Hungarian Restaurant Dec 13 @ 12:00 pm Tickets Novak’s invites you to make beautiful food and beautiful memories. In each class, you can enjoy appetizers with your choice of wine and other beverages as you work together to create some of Novak’s exquisite foods. When you... Read More			5:00 pm Christmas Caroling by Horse Drawn Wagon @ Monteith House Museum Christmas Caroling by Horse Drawn Wagon @ Monteith House Museum Dec 16 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join the Monteith Historical Society to spread a little Christmas Cheer! Visitors will ride in a horse drawn wagon around the Monteith Historic District and serenade the neighborhood with Christmas Carols. After the tour, visitors will be invited... Read More	11:00 am Santa at the Carousel @ Historic Carousel & Museum Santa at the Carousel @ Historic Carousel & Museum Dec 17 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Join Santa at the Carousel every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. until Christmas and during First Friday on December 2nd from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Littles can visit and tell him what they want... Read More 3:00 pm Christmas Concert @ Albany Performing Arts Center Christmas Concert @ Albany Performing Arts Center Dec 17 @ 3:00 pm Tickets 5:00 pm Christmas Caroling by Horse Drawn Wagon @ Monteith House Museum Christmas Caroling by Horse Drawn Wagon @ Monteith House Museum Dec 17 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join the Monteith Historical Society to spread a little Christmas Cheer! Visitors will ride in a horse drawn wagon around the Monteith Historic District and serenade the neighborhood with Christmas Carols. After the tour, visitors will be invited... Read More

Week of December 11