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.

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Oct
7
Sat
36th Annual OysterFest @ Shelton
Oct 7 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Hosted by the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club Foundation and attended by thousands, OysterFest is home to the West Coast Oyster Shucking Championships and is Washington State’s official seafood festival.

The festival also features a popular cook-off, hands-on water quality exhibits, and is itself a giant a food pavilion with nearly 100 unique items on the menu: BBQ oysters, fritters, spring rolls, garlic shrimp, fresh cider and so much more. Better yet, your culinary adventure supports about 100 local non-profit service clubs and organizations, as well as funding scholarships and local community improvement projects.

Bigfoot Brew Fest @ Crescent Park
Oct 7 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

5th Annual Beer Festival on the Washington Coast
benefiting The Seabrook Community Foundation. Craft Brewers, Big Foot, Food, & Live Music. Entry fee includes festival admission, 6 beer tasting tickes, BFBF pint glass. Additional tasting tickets available. Food and other vendors cash/credit.

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
8
Sun
36th Annual OysterFest @ Shelton
Oct 8 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Hosted by the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club Foundation and attended by thousands, OysterFest is home to the West Coast Oyster Shucking Championships and is Washington State’s official seafood festival.

The festival also features a popular cook-off, hands-on water quality exhibits, and is itself a giant a food pavilion with nearly 100 unique items on the menu: BBQ oysters, fritters, spring rolls, garlic shrimp, fresh cider and so much more. Better yet, your culinary adventure supports about 100 local non-profit service clubs and organizations, as well as funding scholarships and local community improvement projects.

Oct
14
Sat
Used Book Sale @ Friends of Ocean Shores Library
Oct 14 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Books Galore: paperbacks, hard cover, fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, children’s, local interest, audio books, DVD’s, and so much more! Most are 2 for $1.

All proceeds and donations to Friends of the Library go to supplement library programs and services. Help us help your local library.

Cranberry Harvest Festival @ Grayland Community Hall
Oct 14 @ 10:00 am

Bog tours, Cranberry cook off, and firelight parade.

Jog the Bog and Beach – 10K & 5K run / 3K walk
Event begins at 9:00 AM, Sunday at the Grayland Community Hall.

Oct
15
Sun
Cranberry Harvest Festival @ Grayland Community Hall
Oct 15 @ 10:00 am

Bog tours, Cranberry cook off, and firelight parade.

Jog the Bog and Beach – 10K & 5K run / 3K walk
Event begins at 9:00 AM, Sunday at the Grayland Community Hall.

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
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.

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.

 

Oct
29
Sun
Galway Bay Celtic Music Festival @ Ocean Shores
Oct 29 @ 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.

Oct
31
Tue
Harvest Fair Carnival @ Elma Middle School
Oct 31 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Nov
4
Sat
Toast the Harbor Wine and Food Festival @ Toast the Harbor Wine and Food Festival
Nov 4 @ 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A Wine and Food Tasting event featuring Northwest wineries, local distillers, and breweries along with local food vendors.

The Dirty Dozen Screening @ 7th Street Theatre
Nov 4 @ 7:30 pm

The 1967 film works on several levels as it follows the WWII story of a dozen mostly bad men given a chance at redemption and heroism with an outlandish plot to parachute behind enemy lines and sneak into a French chateau to assassinate some Nazi generals, just before D-Day.