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 18 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 18 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					Christmas Sing Along & Skating @ Roller Dome Christmas Sing Along & Skating @ Roller Dome Dec 23 all-day Tickets Albany’s Roller Dome is bringing back traditions! Slip on your ugliest sweater and skate and sing Christmas songs, with the lyrics displayed on three large projection screens. 7:00m-9:00 pm ( All Ages ), 9:30 pm-11:30 pm ( 18+... Read More	Annual Ornament Hunt and Sweepstakes Annual Ornament Hunt and Sweepstakes Dec 24 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
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 18 @ 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 5:00 pm Christmas Caroling by Horse Drawn Wagon @ Monteith House Museum Christmas Caroling by Horse Drawn Wagon @ Monteith House Museum Dec 18 @ 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		12:00 pm Cooking Classes with Novak’s @ Novak's Hungarian Restaurant Cooking Classes with Novak’s @ Novak's Hungarian Restaurant Dec 20 @ 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 6:00 pm HooDoo Wintervention @ The Barn HooDoo Wintervention @ The Barn Dec 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets HooDoo Ski & Recreations will be giving away thousands of dollars in prizes including lift tickets, lodging, skis, snowboards, gear, goods and more! No Purchase Necessary. Free Event. All Ages are Welcome! For information visit the Barn’s event... Read More			11:00 am Santa at the Carousel @ Historic Carousel & Museum Santa at the Carousel @ Historic Carousel & Museum Dec 23 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Join Santa at the Carousel! Littles can visit and tell him what they want for Christmas while their adult snags a photo of a precious Christmas memory- all for FREE. While you are here, make sure and grab... Read More	11:00 am Santa at the Carousel @ Historic Carousel & Museum Santa at the Carousel @ Historic Carousel & Museum Dec 24 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets Join Santa at the Carousel! Littles can visit and tell him what they want for Christmas while their adult snags a photo of a precious Christmas memory- all for FREE. While you are here, make sure and grab... Read More 7:00 pm Whitespires Christmas Eve Program @ Whitespires Whitespires Christmas Eve Program @ Whitespires Dec 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join the Whitespires Church in Historic Downtown Albany for a traditional Christmas Eve sing-along.

Week of December 18