Aberdeen Events Calendar

This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Grays Harbor County including Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Westport, Ocean Shores, Elma, Montesano and beyond.

Have an event that isn’t listed? Please email events@GraysHarborTalk.com with the following information:

  • Name of Event
  • Date, time and location (name of business if applicable and complete address)
  • Organizer(s) name
  • Cost
  • URL to purchase tickets
  • Website URL
  • SHORT description of event
  • Photo

Our editors will review and post within a few business days.

Feb
3
Wed
Dance Lessons: Salsa with Arlene Hoiland @ Grays Harbor College
Feb 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Dance Lessons: Salsa with Arlene Hoiland @ Grays Harbor College | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Come learn the hottest salsa dance steps with instructor Arlene Hoiland.
Class starts February 3 and runs until March 2 on Wednesday evenings.
Class cost includes five lessons.
Class is located at the Grays Harbor College Hub.

Feb
4
Thu
WDFW Conservation Public Meeting @ Willapa Harbor Community Center
Feb 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
WDFW Conservation Public Meeting @ Willapa Harbor Community Center | South Bend | Washington | United States

State fish and wildlife managers are asking people in coastal communities to attend a public forum next month to share their views on the values and priorities that should guide the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).

The meeting will be the seventh public forum conducted through WDFW’s ongoing outreach initiative, “Washington’s Wild Future.” More information is available online at http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/wildfuture.

The meeting will include a brief presentation about the importance of fish and wildlife management to Washington’s quality of life and the economies of communities throughout the state. Participants will then be invited to talk in small groups with representatives of the department’s Fish, Wildlife, Enforcement, Licensing, and Habitat programs, as well as WDFW Director Jim Unsworth and his staff.

Comments will also continue to be accepted on WDFW’s website athttp://wdfw.wa.gov/wildfuture/form.html and by email to WildFuture@dfw.wa.gov.

Feb
7
Sun
Hoquiam City Council Meeting @ Hoquiam City Hall
Feb 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Feb
8
Mon
Montesano City Council Meeting @ Montesano City Hall
Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Feb
10
Wed
PageTurners Book Discussion @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Feb 10 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
PageTurners Book Discussion @ Aberdeen Timberland Library | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Everyone is welcome to attend this monthly event. Visit the Aberdeen Timberland Library’s website here for current reading list information and additional event details.

Aberdeen City Council Meeting @ Aberdeen City Hall
Feb 10 @ 7:15 pm
Feb
15
Mon
Elma City Council Meeting @ Elma City Hall
Feb 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Feb
18
Thu
Parent to Parent Grays Harbor @ The Arc of Grays Harbor
Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm

On the third Thursday of each month, The Arc of Grays Harbor offers an informative Parent Support group for parents of kids with developmental disabilities. Contact Charlene at 360-537-7000 for more information.

Feb
19
Fri
Razor Clam Dig @ Copalis Beach
Feb 19 @ 4:30 pm
Razor Clam Dig @ Copalis Beach | Copalis Beach | Washington | United States

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed two digs at Copalis during February. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here: www.graysharbortalk.com/2016/02/05/razor-clam-digs-at-copalis

 

Feb
20
Sat
Cupid Shuffle 5k/10k @ Elma
Feb 20 @ 9:00 am
Cupid Shuffle 5k/10k  @ Elma | Elma | Washington | United States

Walk or run during the Cupid Shuffle 5K/10K in Elma.

PageTurners Book Discussion @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Feb 20 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
PageTurners Book Discussion @ Aberdeen Timberland Library | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Everyone is welcome to attend this monthly event. Visit the Aberdeen Timberland Library’s website here for current reading list information and additional event details.

Razor Clam Dig @ Copalis Beach
Feb 20 @ 5:15 pm
Razor Clam Dig @ Copalis Beach | Copalis Beach | Washington | United States

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed two digs at Copalis during February. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here: www.graysharbortalk.com/2016/02/05/razor-clam-digs-at-copalis

 

Feb
22
Mon
Montesano City Council Meeting @ Montesano City Hall
Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Feb
24
Wed
Aberdeen City Council Meeting @ Aberdeen City Hall
Feb 24 @ 6:30 pm
Feb
27
Sat
Entrepreneurship Training @ Grays Harbor College
Feb 27 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Entrepreneurship Training @ Grays Harbor College | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Presented by Enterprise for Equity in collaboration with USDA and the Washington CoastWorks.

This class uses a mix of hands-on lessons, interactive videos and real life stories of successful entrepreneurs to help participants triumph over hardship by embracing an entrepreneurial mindset.

Are you someone who sees a problem and figures out a solution? Do you notice a need and fill it? If so, this is the class for you!

Develop critical thinking skills that will enable them to identify and evaluate opportunities, manage risks, and learn from the results.

Understand the process that enables entrepreneurs with limited resources to transform an idea into a sustainable success.

Understand and apply fundamental aspects of entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and as a means of personal empowerment.

Establish goals, identify resources, and determine the steps required to accomplish their goals and identify and interact with local entrepreneurs within their own communities.”

Contact office@enterpriseforequity.org for more information

Surf & Turf Dinner/Auction @ Masonic Building
Feb 27 @ 4:00 pm

The lodge has combined its public awards and scholarship fundraiser into one event. Local firefighters and police officers will be recognized for their outstanding service. Dinner will be followed by an auction. Proceeds from the auction benefit local high school graduates.

Doors: 4:00 p.m. | Dinner: 5:00 p.m. | Auction/Awards: 6:00 p.m.

Feb
28
Sun
Entrepreneurship Training @ Grays Harbor College
Feb 28 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Entrepreneurship Training @ Grays Harbor College | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Presented by Enterprise for Equity in collaboration with USDA and the Washington CoastWorks.

This class uses a mix of hands-on lessons, interactive videos and real life stories of successful entrepreneurs to help participants triumph over hardship by embracing an entrepreneurial mindset.

Are you someone who sees a problem and figures out a solution? Do you notice a need and fill it? If so, this is the class for you!

Develop critical thinking skills that will enable them to identify and evaluate opportunities, manage risks, and learn from the results.

Understand the process that enables entrepreneurs with limited resources to transform an idea into a sustainable success.

Understand and apply fundamental aspects of entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and as a means of personal empowerment.

Establish goals, identify resources, and determine the steps required to accomplish their goals and identify and interact with local entrepreneurs within their own communities.”

Contact office@enterpriseforequity.org for more information

Mar
3
Thu
Coast Works Info Session @ Hoquiam Timberland Library
Mar 3 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Coast Works Info Session @ Hoquiam Timberland Library | Hoquiam | Washington | United States

Do you have an idea to start or expand a business that makes money, builds community and conserves the environment? Washington Coast Works and Enterprise for Equity invite you to a free information session to learn more about the Washington Coast Works Sustainable Small Business Competition.

The competition has been established by The Nature Conservancy, in collaboration with Enterprise for Equity, Pinchot University’s Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship and the Taala Fund, and funded in part by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business Development Grant U.S. Department of Agriculture

The competition will be open to applicants starting new businesses in Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Clallam Counties, including the tribal communities of Neah Bay, La Push, Hoh, Queets and Taholah, as well as other rural communities, and the cities of Forks, Ocean Shores, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Montesano, Cosmopolis and Westport.

The competition is designed to diversify the local economy through the development of new small businesses, build business leadership in local communities, grow a constituency that supports conservation and sustainable natural resource use, and ultimately contribute to a new vision of sustainable community and economic development on the Washington Coast.

Contestants will be selected from graduates of Enterprise for Equity’s Business Readiness Workshop and will be required to complete Enterprise for Equity’s Business Planning Program.

visit www.enterpriseforequity.org or call 360-704-3375 for more information. No registration is required for this information session.

Mar
4
Fri
UFO Paranormal Summit @ Quinault Beach Resort and Casino
Mar 4 all-day
UFO Paranormal Summit @ Quinault Beach Resort and Casino | Oyehut-Hogans Corner | Washington | United States

The UFO/Paranormal Summit is a showcase of presentations, research and evidence that consist of unidentified flying objects, alien life, portals and other typically “unknown” topics that have been pursued, researched and now presented to you by the worlds highest authorities on such topics. We invite you to share your witness experience, see the evidence for yourself and have a good time with like-minded people.

Tickets, T-shirts & Info at www.ufosummit.com.

Mar
5
Sat
UFO Paranormal Summit @ Quinault Beach Resort and Casino
Mar 5 all-day
UFO Paranormal Summit @ Quinault Beach Resort and Casino | Oyehut-Hogans Corner | Washington | United States

The UFO/Paranormal Summit is a showcase of presentations, research and evidence that consist of unidentified flying objects, alien life, portals and other typically “unknown” topics that have been pursued, researched and now presented to you by the worlds highest authorities on such topics. We invite you to share your witness experience, see the evidence for yourself and have a good time with like-minded people.

Tickets, T-shirts & Info at www.ufosummit.com.

Mar
6
Sun
Elma City Council Meeting @ Elma City Hall
Mar 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mar
7
Mon
Montesano City Council Meeting @ Montesano City Hall
Mar 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm