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

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Sep
23
Sat
9th Annual Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser @ Westport Winery
Sep 23 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
9th Annual Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser @ Westport Winery | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Opal Art Glass is holding it’s annual fundraiser with a portion of proceeds going to the Aberdeen Girls Softball Association. For more information, read here.

Maritime Music Festival @ Wesport Maritime Museum
Sep 23 @ 12:00 pm

Come and enjoy great music, vendors, food, and beer garden on the grounds of the Westport Maritime Museum. This 3 day music festival encompasses all genres of music.

Footloose Screening @ 7th Street Theatre
Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm

Based on a real American town where “your mama don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock’n’ roll,” the 1984 movie “Footloose” comes to downtown Hoquiam’s historic 7th Street Theatre.

Advance tickets are available at Harbor Drug and Crown Drug in Hoquiam, City Drug in Aberdeen and at the website, www.7thstreettheatre.com.

Sep
30
Sat
Auditions for Billy Elliot @ Bishop Center for Performing Arts
Sep 30 @ 10:00 am
Auditions for Billy Elliot @ Bishop Center for Performing Arts | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Auditions certain roles for the Bishop Center’s Spring production of Billy Elliot. We are auditioning the roles of:
– the Dance teacher
– Mr. Braithwaite (dance teacher’s assistant)
– All ballet dancers (ages 7-17)

Ballet girls should come in tights and leotards. No baggy clothing please! Bring tap shoes to the audition for Dance teacher, Mr. Braithwaite and ballet girls.

Oct
5
Thu
HYPE – First Thursday @ 8th Street Ale House
Oct 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
HYPE - First Thursday @ 8th Street Ale House | Hoquiam | Washington | United States

A fun, purely social event with no agenda other than meeting other young professionals age 21 – 40. Come and meet with other young professionals from around Grays Harbor.

Oct
7
Sat
Open Mic Night @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Oct 7 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

For adults. Showcase your talent in music and spoken word poetry at the library after-hours event! Sign-up begins at 5:00 p.m., performances at 5:30 p.m. In partnership with The 98520 & 98550 Music & Arts District Initiative.

God is a Scottish Drag Queen @ Bishop Center of Performing Arts
Oct 7 @ 7:30 pm
God is a Scottish Drag Queen @ Bishop Center of Performing Arts | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Critically acclaimed and award winning Canadian comedian Mike Delamont brings “God is a Scottish Drag Queen” to the Bishop Center stage! This highly acclaimed night of comedy with everyone’s favorite deity, god, dressed in a floral power suit, comes to skewer everything from Justin Bieber to the pope.

 

Oct
9
Mon
Greater Grays Harbor Business After Hours
Oct 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

 

Second Tuesday of each month

For location information, click here.

Oct
14
Sat
For Love and Profit: Independent Authors Today @ McCleary Timberland Library
Oct 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Join Timberland Regional Library’s District Manager and author Ryan M. Williams for an informative discussion on writing and publishing opportunities today. Learn how the library can help with your dream of publishing.

Oct
18
Wed
SongCatchers @ Bishop Center for the Performing Arts
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm
SongCatchers @ Bishop Center for the Performing Arts | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

The SongCatchers will perform their Dreaming In Color Album originally released on A&M Records plus additional songs on October 18th in Aberdeen at the Bishop Center Theater, a performance arts space known for great world music.

 

Oct
21
Sat
Mowgli: The Jungle Book Ballet @ Bishop Center for the Performing Arts
Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm
Mowgli: The Jungle Book Ballet @ Bishop Center for the Performing Arts | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

The Eugene Ballet Company returns to the Bishop Center to present “Mowgli – The Jungle Book Ballet.” Enjoy the spirited adventures of Mowgli as he befriends Baloo the Bear, and battles larger-than-life Shere Khan the Tiger and Kara the Snake. All ages will enjoy this exotic retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s stories, with fanciful costumes, masks, magical sets and world music creating life in the jungle.

Saint Martin’s Chorale Concert @ Saint Martin’s Abbey Church
Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm

The concert is a collaboration of the University’s music department, Office of Campus Ministry and Benedictine Institute. The tradition began 15 years ago as a way of honoring the University’s patron saint, Saint Martin of Tours, whose feast day is November 11.

“The Sacred Music concerts include Renaissance music, gospel, and contemporary music,” says Darrell Born, associate professor of music and Saint Martin’s Chorale director. “Readings and poetry will be interspersed throughout the concert to punctuate the performances.”

Wizard of OZ Screening @ 7th Street Theatre
Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm

The 1939 movie launched 17-year-old Judy Garland to stardom as Dorothy Gale, the brave heroine of L. Frank Baum’s classic fantasy novel. She won a special Oscar for “Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor,” and the film earned Academy Awards for Best Music and Best Song, Garland’s iconic rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Oct
22
Sun
Wizard of OZ Screening @ 7th Street Theatre
Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm

The 1939 movie launched 17-year-old Judy Garland to stardom as Dorothy Gale, the brave heroine of L. Frank Baum’s classic fantasy novel. She won a special Oscar for “Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor,” and the film earned Academy Awards for Best Music and Best Song, Garland’s iconic rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Oct
24
Tue
Housing Stakeholder Coalition Meeting @ Harbor Room at the Pearsall Building
Oct 24 @ 9:00 am

Interested in learning more about efforts to address homelessness and affordable housing in our community? A Housing Stakeholder Coalition has been formed and is a platform for education and discussion around pertinent housing issues.

The October meeting will include:

  • Update from Union Gospel  Mission on their remodel and new day services
  • Update on new High Intensity Behavioral Health programs coming online in Grays Harbor and potential impact to housing services
  • Budget recap: current impacts and long term sustainability planning
  • Housing resources in context of “Local Supply and Demand”
  • Updates from Committees (Coordinated Entry, Affordable Housing, Serving Vulnerable Populations)
Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival @ Ocean Shores
Oct 24 @ 6:00 pm

2017 will herald the 14th year of the Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival, celebrating Irish songs, ballads, players and bands. An eclectic mix of Irish bands, choirs and dancers hailing from throughout the United States, Canada and, of course, Ireland will be rounding out this year’s entertainment.

Minors are allowed at the Convention Center, but not at Galway Bay or 8th Street. Children under 12 Are Free.

Oct
25
Wed
Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival @ Ocean Shores
Oct 25 @ 12:00 pm

2017 will herald the 14th year of the Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival, celebrating Irish songs, ballads, players and bands. An eclectic mix of Irish bands, choirs and dancers hailing from throughout the United States, Canada and, of course, Ireland will be rounding out this year’s entertainment.

Minors are allowed at the Convention Center, but not at Galway Bay or 8th Street. Children under 12 Are Free.

Oct
26
Thu
Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival @ Ocean Shores
Oct 26 @ 12:00 pm

2017 will herald the 14th year of the Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival, celebrating Irish songs, ballads, players and bands. An eclectic mix of Irish bands, choirs and dancers hailing from throughout the United States, Canada and, of course, Ireland will be rounding out this year’s entertainment.

Minors are allowed at the Convention Center, but not at Galway Bay or 8th Street. Children under 12 Are Free.

Jeremy Kittel Trio @ Bishop Center For Performing Arts
Oct 26 @ 7:00 pm
Jeremy Kittel Trio @ Bishop Center For Performing Arts | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Fiddler, violinist, composer, Jeremy Kittel plays original music from traditional roots, jazz, Celtic, classical, electronic and much more. The Trio performed on “A Prairie Home Companion” and now on the Bishop Center stage.

All Tickets $15, Ages 12 & under free with paying ticket holder

Oct
27
Fri
Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival @ Ocean Shores
Oct 27 @ 12:00 pm

2017 will herald the 14th year of the Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival, celebrating Irish songs, ballads, players and bands. An eclectic mix of Irish bands, choirs and dancers hailing from throughout the United States, Canada and, of course, Ireland will be rounding out this year’s entertainment.

Minors are allowed at the Convention Center, but not at Galway Bay or 8th Street. Children under 12 Are Free.

Oct
28
Sat
Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival @ Ocean Shores
Oct 28 @ 10:45 am

2017 will herald the 14th year of the Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival, celebrating Irish songs, ballads, players and bands. An eclectic mix of Irish bands, choirs and dancers hailing from throughout the United States, Canada and, of course, Ireland will be rounding out this year’s entertainment.

Minors are allowed at the Convention Center, but not at Galway Bay or 8th Street. Children under 12 Are Free.

NTL’s Frankenstein @ Bishop Center for Performing Arts
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm
NTL's Frankenstein @ Bishop Center for Performing Arts | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

National Theatre Live’s thrilling broadcast of Frankenstein returns for a limited time, due to unprecedented audience demand.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered Creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.