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.

Sep
3
Sun
A.A.O.S Arts & Crafts Festival @ Ocean Shores Convention Center
Sep 3 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

The 49th annual Arts & Crafts show is moving to Labor Day Weekend this year along with a few changes, such as live entertainment and a beer garden on Saturday. Thousands of unique, handcrafted items created by gifted artists and craft people.

Live entertainment Saturday afternoon with the Bruce Hughes Band and drum circles.

Sep
9
Sat
Harvest Moon Symposium @ Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds
Sep 9 @ 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Harvest Moon Symposium @ Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds | Elma | Washington | United States

The Harvest Moon Symposium is a wellness event designed to highlight all forms of wellness, and celebrate the gift of LIFE! Preventative measures to Keep the Body in Good Condition throughout a Lifetime, Diet, Exercise, Stress Management, and Education. Healing Techniques and Options for Mending an Ailing System. Pharmaceuticals, Herbs, Body Manipulation, and BioFeedback. Coping Techniques for Better Living, Relaxation, Hobbies, Spiritual Practices, and Relationships. Every facet of the event is examined to make it work hard for everyone involved. We promote the event but also promote the vendors. Tickets to the events open the door to speakers and workshops as well as live music and other events. There is no charge for parking.

Oyster Feed @ Brady's Oysters
Sep 9 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The famous Oyster Feed is back. More details to come, check their Facebook page listed above.

Sep
10
Sun
Harvest Moon Symposium @ Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds
Sep 10 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Harvest Moon Symposium @ Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds | Elma | Washington | United States

The Harvest Moon Symposium is a wellness event designed to highlight all forms of wellness, and celebrate the gift of LIFE! Preventative measures to Keep the Body in Good Condition throughout a Lifetime, Diet, Exercise, Stress Management, and Education. Healing Techniques and Options for Mending an Ailing System. Pharmaceuticals, Herbs, Body Manipulation, and BioFeedback. Coping Techniques for Better Living, Relaxation, Hobbies, Spiritual Practices, and Relationships. Every facet of the event is examined to make it work hard for everyone involved. We promote the event but also promote the vendors. Tickets to the events open the door to speakers and workshops as well as live music and other events. There is no charge for parking.

Sep
15
Fri
Whale of a Quilt Show @ Ocean Shores Convention Center
Sep 15 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

showHourly door prizes, everyday
Demonstrations
Great vendors & shopping galore
Sea Pal Quilters Unique Boutique
Vote for your favorite quilts
Purchase your raffle quilt tickets

Sep
16
Sat
8th Annual Lake Sylvia Fall Festival @ Lake Sylvia State Park
Sep 16 @ 7:00 am – 4:00 pm

Shuttle service will be available at Simpson Elementary School. For those wishing to park at the lake, you must have a Discover Pass (passes are available at the park).

Activities include: Camp Pancake Breakfast; Trail Races; Music in the Park; Kids Games and Races; Artists’ Market; Food Vendors and more.

Chehalis Watershed Festival @ Lake Sylvia State Park
Sep 16 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

The Chehalis Watershed Festival will be a part of the festivities at the Lake Sylvia Fall Festival. Look for exhibitors by the lake and try out the fun arts, crafts and water-related learning activities with your whole family.

Whale of a Quilt Show @ Ocean Shores Convention Center
Sep 16 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

showHourly door prizes, everyday
Demonstrations
Great vendors & shopping galore
Sea Pal Quilters Unique Boutique
Vote for your favorite quilts
Purchase your raffle quilt tickets

Sep
17
Sun
Whale of a Quilt Show @ Ocean Shores Convention Center
Sep 17 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

showHourly door prizes, everyday
Demonstrations
Great vendors & shopping galore
Sea Pal Quilters Unique Boutique
Vote for your favorite quilts
Purchase your raffle quilt tickets

Sep
22
Fri
Maritime Music Festival @ Wesport Maritime Museum
Sep 22 @ 6:00 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.

Sep
23
Sat
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.

Sep
30
Sat
Oktoberfest Fundraiser @ Saron Lutheran
Sep 30 @ 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The cost of the ticket covers entry into a door prize drawing, live entertainment, non-alcoholic drinks, and a large German themed meal. Beer and wine will be available for purchase.

All money raised will be used to help our neighbors in the Grays Harbor community. Projects include expanding 1st Presbyterian’s facility into a larger community garden, purchasing hygiene and school items for distribution by local churches and nonprofits, other assistance for families and neighbors in need, and funding Saron’s new monthly after school and free dinner program. For more information, go here.

Oct
7
Sat
Cider Press @ The Norton's House
Oct 7 @ 8:00 am

Runs through the day until everyone’s done. Bring jugs, apples, and a potluck dish to share.

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.

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
Free 5k Fun Run and Walk @ Summit Pacific Medical Center
Oct 14 @ 8:00 am
Free 5k Fun Run and Walk @ Summit Pacific Medical Center | Elma | Washington | United States

The course will weave through downtown Elma, past the high school and back through the community, ending on Summit Pacific’s community wellness trail and healing garden.

Stay for the Peak Health Wellness Fair afterwards. Read more here.

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.

Peak Health Wellness Fair @ Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds
Oct 14 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Peak Health Wellness Fair @ Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds | Elma | Washington | United States

The Peak Health Wellness Fair will host more than 30 vendors who will be providing free information, giveaways and health screenings such as vision, hearing, blood pressure and glucose testing. Thanks in part to Summit Pacific Medical Foundation, children will have access to free bike helmets (while supplies last), important safety lessons at the bike rodeo hosted by Elma High School and have an opportunity to tour vehicles such as an ambulance and fire truck. Some other crowd favorite activities are the massage and reflexology booths!

Read more here.

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
19
Thu
Tsunami Alert Sirens Test @ Coastal Cities
Oct 19 @ 10:15 am

As part of the Great Washington ShakeOut, tsunami alert sirens will be tested at 10:19 a.m. using the real sound of the siren, not the Westminster Chimes that typically happen during the monthly tests. NOAA weather radios set to receive the required monthly test will also activate during this test. The tests will happen across every coastal community in the state, except for Sandy Point in Whatcom County, which has opted out of the test. The state works with local jurisdictions to install the All Hazard Alert Broadcast sirens on the coast. Five new sirens are being installed this month in Seabrook, Ocean Shores, Bellingham, Port of Chinook and Raymond bringing the total number of coastal sirens to 69.