Aberdeen Events Calendar

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Apr
30
Tue
DigiMarCon Pacific Northwest 2024 – Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference & Exhibition @ The Westin Seattle Hotel
Apr 30 @ 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
DigiMarCon Pacific Northwest 2024 - Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference & Exhibition @ The Westin Seattle Hotel

DigiMarCon Pacific Northwest 2024 is your chance to …

– Hear from some of the most audacious and thought-provoking speakers in the digital marketing, media and advertising industry.
– Gain insight into emerging strategies, the latest innovative technologies, and best practices to move your business to the next level.
– Network with thought leaders, reunite with your peers, and build your professional network.

The 3rd annual DigiMarCon Pacific Northwest, the Premier Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference & Exhibition in the Pacific Northwest Region, returns April 29th and 30th, 2024 to The Westin Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Join your peers in-person or online for 2-days jam-packed with digital marketing best practices, latest trends, practical solutions, strategy, and networking, also check out the next generation of technology & innovation; Internet, Mobile, AdTech, MarTech & SaaS Technology.

Expand your knowledge on the following topics: Artificial Intelligence & ChatGPT, Marketing Automation, Account-Based Marketing, Behavioral & Neuromarketing, Content Marketing, Conversational Marketing, Conversion Rate Optimization, Data Science & Big Data, Email Marketing, Geo-Targeting & Proximity Marketing, Growth Hacking, Inbound & Outbound Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Native & Contextual Advertising, Omnichannel Marketing, Paid Search Marketing, Personalization & Privacy.

You’ll also learn the following: Podcast & Webinar Marketing, PR & Cause Marketing, Predictive Analytics & Attribution, Programmatic Advertising, Sales & Marketing Automation, Search Engine Optimization, Shopper Marketing, Marketing & Customer Experience, Social Commerce, Social Media Marketing, UI / UX Design, User-Generated Content, Video Marketing, Viral & Buzz Marketing, Visual & Voice Search, Web Analytics, and much more!

At DigiMarCon Pacific Northwest 2024, you will receive all the elements you need to achieve digital marketing success! Conventional thoughts will be challenged, and new ways of thinking will emerge. You will leave with your head, notebooks, and professional toolkit full of action items and ideas to lead and supercharge your agency/team/account to even greater success.

Be a part of DigiMarCon Pacific Northwest 2024 and discover how to thrive and succeed as a marketer in a rapidly evolving digital world. Top keynotes, case studies, strategy sessions and networking!

See why people keep coming back year after year to this must-attend event! Register and secure your seat today.

For more details visit https://digimarconpacificnorthwest.com.

May
4
Sat
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library
May 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library

Humanities Washington Speaker Event: Un-American Activities: The Blacklist Era and Hollywood-Robert Horton
“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”

The answer to this question—or the refusal to answer it—cast hundreds of lives into turmoil at the dawn of the Cold War. The Red Scare that erupted in the 1940s allowed the House Committee on Un-American Activities to grab headlines by parading prominent Hollywood figures before the cameras. Witnesses could either defy the hearings at the risk of their own careers, or “name names”—inform on their colleagues and friends. The resulting blacklist threw many moviemaking professionals out of work.

This presentation, illustrated with film clips, tells the stories from this heartbreaking and scandalous era, and how notables such as Humphrey Bogart, Elia Kazan, and Charlie Chaplin were swept up in the frenzy. We’ll also ask a question: With today’s politics at a boiling point, are we living in such a period again?

May
12
Sun
Mother’s Day Breakfast @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen
May 12 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Mother's Day Breakfast @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a Delightful Breakfast and Stay for Worship. First Presbyterian Church Men’s Group invites you to a Mother’s Day Breakfast on May 12, 2024 from 8:30 – 9:30 am.   We are located at 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA  98520.  For more info, check out our web site at aberdeenpres.org

Jun
21
Fri
World Music Day @ Downtown Aberdeen
Jun 21 @ 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
World Music Day @ Downtown Aberdeen

Local musicians playing throughout downtown

Preview of Kurt Cobain Tribute Gallery

Gibson Les Paul Guitar drawing for participating musicians

Group “Come As You Are” song by Nirvana

Artist Stage, Bridge Stage, Local Venues, and much more (something for everyone)

Special Appearance from Portlandia “Angel Bouchet” as her blues band

Roger Fisher’s (Heart) The Human Tribe on The Music Project’s Main Stage

The Boni Fide Band featuring Krist Novoselic on The Music Project’s Main Stage

Jun
29
Sat
Mocktails & Melodies “Neil Diamond Nights” By Music Memories with Terry Bartelme @ McCleary Event Center
Jun 29 @ 3:00 pm
Mocktails & Melodies "Neil Diamond Nights" By Music Memories with Terry Bartelme @ McCleary Event Center

Join the McCleary Museum and Event Center for a Mocktail Social from 3:00-3:30 followed by “Neil Diamond Nights” a tribute performance from Music Memories with Terry Bartelme from 3:30-4:30

Jul
10
Wed
Summer Concert Series @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen
Jul 10 @ 6:30 pm
Summer Concert Series @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen

First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen will hold four concerts this summer as part of our summer lawn concert series. The performances will be held Wednesday, July 10, July 24, August 14, and August 28 at 6:30 PM.

Performers for the series will include:

Jul 10 – Approaching Standards, Local Jazz Group
Jul 24 – The Other Thing, Bellingham-based Jazz Group
Aug 14 – Angel Phoenix, Local Vocalist
Aug 28 – The Coast Trio, Featuring John & Leslie O’Brien and Debbie Akerlund

Concerts are free; attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. If inclement weather, the concerts will be moved inside of the church.

First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen is located at 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA 98520. For more info, go to our web site at www.aberdeenpres.org.

Jul
24
Wed
Summer Concert Series @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen
Jul 24 @ 6:30 pm
Summer Concert Series @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen

First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen will hold four concerts this summer as part of our summer lawn concert series. The performances will be held Wednesday, July 10, July 24, August 14, and August 28 at 6:30 PM.

Performers for the series will include:

Jul 10 – Approaching Standards, Local Jazz Group
Jul 24 – The Other Thing, Bellingham-based Jazz Group
Aug 14 – Angel Phoenix, Local Vocalist
Aug 28 – The Coast Trio, Featuring John & Leslie O’Brien and Debbie Akerlund

Concerts are free; attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. If inclement weather, the concerts will be moved inside of the church.

First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen is located at 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA 98520. For more info, go to our web site at www.aberdeenpres.org.

Aug
10
Sat
Songs from the American Songbook with Jessica Blinn & Vince Brown @ The McCleary Museum & Event Center
Aug 10 @ 3:00 pm
Songs from the American Songbook with Jessica Blinn & Vince Brown @ The McCleary Museum & Event Center

The McCleary Museum & Event Center will host the talented Jessica Blinn & Vince Brown at 3PM on Saturday, August 10th 2024 as they perform songs from the American Songbook.  This all ages event will transport you to the “Golden Age” of music as they play popular songs from the 1920’s through

Aug
14
Wed
Summer Concert Series @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen
Aug 14 @ 6:30 pm
Summer Concert Series @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen

First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen will hold four concerts this summer as part of our summer lawn concert series. The performances will be held Wednesday, July 10, July 24, August 14, and August 28 at 6:30 PM.

Performers for the series will include:

Jul 10 – Approaching Standards, Local Jazz Group
Jul 24 – The Other Thing, Bellingham-based Jazz Group
Aug 14 – Angel Phoenix, Local Vocalist
Aug 28 – The Coast Trio, Featuring John & Leslie O’Brien and Debbie Akerlund

Concerts are free; attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. If inclement weather, the concerts will be moved inside of the church.

First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen is located at 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA 98520. For more info, go to our web site at www.aberdeenpres.org.

Aug
28
Wed
Summer Concert Series @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen
Aug 28 @ 6:30 pm
Summer Concert Series @ First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen

First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen will hold four concerts this summer as part of our summer lawn concert series. The performances will be held Wednesday, July 10, July 24, August 14, and August 28 at 6:30 PM.

Performers for the series will include:

Jul 10 – Approaching Standards, Local Jazz Group
Jul 24 – The Other Thing, Bellingham-based Jazz Group
Aug 14 – Angel Phoenix, Local Vocalist
Aug 28 – The Coast Trio, Featuring John & Leslie O’Brien and Debbie Akerlund

Concerts are free; attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. If inclement weather, the concerts will be moved inside of the church.

First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen is located at 420 N Broadway, Aberdeen, WA 98520. For more info, go to our web site at www.aberdeenpres.org.

Sep
7
Sat
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library
Sep 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library

Humanities Washington Speaker Event:
Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty-Aaron Whitefoot
What happens when the sovereignty of one nation conflicts with the laws and practices of another?

The Treaty of 1855 is a document signed by Native American leaders, Washington Territory’s Governor Isaac Stevens, and Oregon Territory’s Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Joel Palmer. Palmer and Stevens pushed for “exploitative treaties” by “cajoling and threatening the delegates,” according to historians at the National Park Service. Despite resistance from Yakama Chief Kamiakin, Nations were confined to reservations and other areas were opened for white settlement, including “ceded land.” While the Yakamas could continue to hunt and use this land, the treaty removed the Yakamas’ exclusive use of it, granting wide access to of the land to white settlers.

Northwest treaty rights continue to be frequently discussed in communities and courtrooms. In his talk, Yakama hunter and fisherman Aaron Paul Whitefoot discusses the history and tensions that linger from this treaty. While exercising the hunting and fishing rights reserved for him by the treaty, Whitefoot often clashes with state game wardens trying to implement state laws on ceded land. Learn how this struggle is emblematic of the larger history of colonialism, sovereignty, the value of nature, and traditional cultures.

Sep
28
Sat
The Ms. Maki Quartet @ McCleary Museum & Event Center
Sep 28 @ 7:00 pm
The Ms. Maki Quartet @ McCleary Museum & Event Center

The Ms.Maki Quartet will be performing blues, swing and a little bit of everything.  Open to all ages.  Donations for the McCleary Food bank will be accepted.

Oct
5
Sat
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library
Oct 5 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library

Humanities Washington Speaker Event:
Race, Gender, and Monsters: What Vampires and Werewolves Reveal About Ourselves and Our Culture- Bernadette Calafell
Why do some monsters seem to resonate through time?

What do they say about our social and cultural anxieties around difference—in particular race, class, gender, sexuality, nationality, and ability?

This talk explores the shifting meanings vampires and werewolves have taken in popular culture, with a particular focus on the 1980s through the 2000s. In addition, these figures will be compared to the early Universal horror film monsters Dracula and The Wolf Man. Discover how the monsters we love tell us a great deal about ourselves and our changing cultural ideas about difference.

Oct
26
Sat
Murder Mystery Dinner @ Lake Quinault Lodge
Oct 26 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Murder Mystery Dinner @ Lake Quinault Lodge

2nd seating time added due to demand! 8:00 PM-10:00 PM

Each performance will be unique so guests who sit down for the second performance don’t have to worry about spoilers!

Celebrate spooky season in the dark northwest forests by solving a murder mystery at the Lake Quinault Lodge. Come dressed in your best 1920s costume, enjoy a premium buffet dinner from the Roosevelt Room, and flout prohibition with cocktails and other drinks. Anticipate mystery, hijinks, and maybe even a haunting. Anything can happen out here.

All costumes are welcome. There will be a prize for the best dressed.

Nov
2
Sat
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event
Nov 2 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event

Humanities Washington Speaker Event:
What is a Chief? How native Values Can Teach Resilience-John Halliday
Most museums display no more than 10 percent of their holdings, often citing “not enough space” as the reason. But there are also a wide range of cultural, philosophical, political, environmental, historic, and even superstitious reasons why museums keep some objects from public view.

In this talk, explore a wide range of hidden objects found in the back rooms of museums in our state and around the country. Examples include a Spokane institution that holds Bing Crosby’s toupées and a museum in Lynden that’s home to a 150-year-old pickle. When possible, we will have local museum curators on hand to answer questions, participate in our discussions, and unbox a few hidden treasures.

Dec
1
Sun
The Olympia Women’s Jazz Choir Holiday Concert @ McCleary Museum & Event Center
Dec 1 @ 2:00 pm

The Olympia Women’s Jazz Choir will be bringing their holiday spirit as they share seasonal favorites under the direction of Jessica Blinn

Dec
7
Sat
Simpson Railroad Santa Special @ Simpson Railroad
Dec 7 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Simpson Railroad Santa Special @ Simpson Railroad

Train Ride with a stop to see Santa, Have a hot chocolate, Tour the museum and recently restored caboose 1201

Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library
Dec 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Humanities Washington Online Speaker Event @ Westport Timberland Library

Humanities Washington Speaker Event: Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State’s Museums-Harriet Baskas
Most museums display no more than 10 percent of their holdings, often citing “not enough space” as the reason. But there are also a wide range of cultural, philosophical, political, environmental, historic, and even superstitious reasons why museums keep some objects from public view.

In this talk, explore a wide range of hidden objects found in the back rooms of museums in our state and around the country. Examples include a Spokane institution that holds Bing Crosby’s toupées and a museum in Lynden that’s home to a 150-year-old pickle. When possible, we will have local museum curators on hand to answer questions, participate in our discussions, and unbox a few hidden treasures.

This is an online event may view the presentation from home or visit the library to view this online event.

Dec
8
Sun
Simpson Railroad Santa Special @ Simpson Railroad
Dec 8 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Simpson Railroad Santa Special @ Simpson Railroad

Train Ride with a stop to see Santa, Have a hot chocolate, Tour the museum and recently restored caboose 1201

Dec
14
Sat
Simpson Railroad Santa Special @ Simpson Railroad
Dec 14 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Simpson Railroad Santa Special @ Simpson Railroad

Train Ride with a stop to see Santa, Have a hot chocolate, Tour the museum and recently restored caboose 1201

“wHo, wHo, wHo Killed Christmas?” A Murder Mystery Dessert Bar @ McCleary Museum & Event Center
Dec 14 @ 2:00 pm

Put on your favorite ugly Christmas sweater and get ready to graze a full holiday dessert bar as we use the clues to find out wHo, wHo, wHo killed Christmas!

Dec
15
Sun
Simpson Railroad Santa Special @ Simpson Railroad
Dec 15 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Simpson Railroad Santa Special @ Simpson Railroad

Train Ride with a stop to see Santa, Have a hot chocolate, Tour the museum and recently restored caboose 1201