Aberdeen Events Calendar

Do you love beachcombing and tide pools? Join our Tide Pool Walk with a naturalist docent from the Coastal Interpretive Center. Meet at the Oyhut Bay Welcome Center to start the walk/talk. $10 per person (cash or check).

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life movement is the world’s largest and most impactful fundraising event to end cancer. It unites communities across the globe to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and take action to finish the fight once and for all. With the support of thousands of volunteers like you, the American Cancer Society is helping save more than 500 lives a day. Please join us and take action against a disease that has taken too much!

The Beach Volleyball Tournament is hosted by the AVA Volleyball Association and will  run from Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. through Sunday evening. This Grand Slam tournament will showcase juniors, adult, and professional volleyball players from all over the region. This will be exciting to watch as they compete for prize money equaling $10K! Come early, bring beach chairs, and spend your day on the sand!

The Beginner’s Fun 4s tournament will be on Saturday and Sunday. Non-pro, co-ed adult teams of 4 people. 100% of the money raised from registration fees of the Beginner’s 4s ($100 per team) will go to support Grays Harbor Community Hospital.  You will get 4 t-shirts for your team with registration fee.  Please see the AVA website for links on how to sign your team up and tournament details. REGISTER HERE.

Rusty Anchor Fitness Fun Run-Saturday June 18-proceeds go to GHCH Foundation

•  Registration begins at 10AM  at Crescent Park
• $30 for Adults
• $15 for kids under 12
• Includes a We Heart Dads T-shirt and entrance to Fun Run.

There will be a 5k for all ages (with some hills and difficulty) and a much shorter fun dash for the little runners 6 and under. Races will start around 11:00 a.m. , so try and get all registered before 11:00 a.m.  Prizes for fastest lady runner, fastest gentleman runner, and overall quickest to the finish line will be given. Everyone  will get a participation ribbon also.

Mill 109 BBQs in the Park:

• Burgers, Veggie Burgers, Home-made Beans & Potato Salad
• Noon (after Fun Run) and 630PM (after Volleyball Tourney ends)
• $15 for adults & kids over 12
• $8 for kids under 12

If running  or beach volleyball isn’t your thing, come to watch and for the BBQs which will have sack races & other family activities also! It is all for a GREAT CAUSE!

Water To Go from Aberdeen is providing water stations at both the park and beach approach to volleyball tournament where we will be selling $5 reusable Washington CoastSavers water bottles to help minimize plastic water bottle trash on the beach.
You can fill your CoastSavers logo water bottle up all weekend for free!

The Beach Volleyball Tournament is hosted by the AVA Volleyball Association and will  run from Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. through Sunday evening. This Grand Slam tournament will showcase juniors, adult, and professional volleyball players from all over the region. This will be exciting to watch as they compete for prize money equaling $10K! Come early, bring beach chairs, and spend your day on the sand!

The Beginner’s Fun 4s tournament will be on Saturday and Sunday. Non-pro, co-ed adult teams of 4 people. 100% of the money raised from registration fees of the Beginner’s 4s ($100 per team) will go to support Grays Harbor Community Hospital.  You will get 4 t-shirts for your team with registration fee.  Please see the AVA website for links on how to sign your team up and tournament details. REGISTER HERE.

Rusty Anchor Fitness Fun Run-Saturday June 18-proceeds go to GHCH Foundation

•  Registration begins at 10AM  at Crescent Park
• $30 for Adults
• $15 for kids under 12
• Includes a We Heart Dads T-shirt and entrance to Fun Run.

There will be a 5k for all ages (with some hills and difficulty) and a much shorter fun dash for the little runners 6 and under. Races will start around 11:00 a.m. , so try and get all registered before 11:00 a.m.  Prizes for fastest lady runner, fastest gentleman runner, and overall quickest to the finish line will be given. Everyone  will get a participation ribbon also.

Mill 109 BBQs in the Park:

• Burgers, Veggie Burgers, Home-made Beans & Potato Salad
• Noon (after Fun Run) and 630PM (after Volleyball Tourney ends)
• $15 for adults & kids over 12
• $8 for kids under 12

If running  or beach volleyball isn’t your thing, come to watch and for the BBQs which will have sack races & other family activities also! It is all for a GREAT CAUSE!

Water To Go from Aberdeen is providing water stations at both the park and beach approach to volleyball tournament where we will be selling $5 reusable Washington CoastSavers water bottles to help minimize plastic water bottle trash on the beach.
You can fill your CoastSavers logo water bottle up all weekend for free!

Seventy-Five years ago this year, the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) established the first certified tree farm in North America on the Clemons Tree Farm near the City of Montesano, in Grays Harbor County, Washington. From that beginning , the ATFS has grown to over 80,000 family owned tree farms nationwide, and over 900 in Washington State alone. A coalition of forestry partners has come together to organize the celebration of the significant milestone.

The morning will be a ceremony “Honoring Tree Farmers” who epitomize what it is to be Stewards of the Land, and then head out for some interesting forester-led tours of Lake Sylvia State Park after lunch at Montesano high school.

The Beach Volleyball Tournament is hosted by the AVA Volleyball Association and will  run from Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. through Sunday evening. This Grand Slam tournament will showcase juniors, adult, and professional volleyball players from all over the region. This will be exciting to watch as they compete for prize money equaling $10K! Come early, bring beach chairs, and spend your day on the sand!

The Beginner’s Fun 4s tournament will be on Saturday and Sunday. Non-pro, co-ed adult teams of 4 people. 100% of the money raised from registration fees of the Beginner’s 4s ($100 per team) will go to support Grays Harbor Community Hospital.  You will get 4 t-shirts for your team with registration fee.  Please see the AVA website for links on how to sign your team up and tournament details. REGISTER HERE.

Rusty Anchor Fitness Fun Run-Saturday June 18-proceeds go to GHCH Foundation

•  Registration begins at 10AM  at Crescent Park
• $30 for Adults
• $15 for kids under 12
• Includes a We Heart Dads T-shirt and entrance to Fun Run.

There will be a 5k for all ages (with some hills and difficulty) and a much shorter fun dash for the little runners 6 and under. Races will start around 11:00 a.m. , so try and get all registered before 11:00 a.m.  Prizes for fastest lady runner, fastest gentleman runner, and overall quickest to the finish line will be given. Everyone  will get a participation ribbon also.

Mill 109 BBQs in the Park:

• Burgers, Veggie Burgers, Home-made Beans & Potato Salad
• Noon (after Fun Run) and 630PM (after Volleyball Tourney ends)
• $15 for adults & kids over 12
• $8 for kids under 12

If running  or beach volleyball isn’t your thing, come to watch and for the BBQs which will have sack races & other family activities also! It is all for a GREAT CAUSE!

Water To Go from Aberdeen is providing water stations at both the park and beach approach to volleyball tournament where we will be selling $5 reusable Washington CoastSavers water bottles to help minimize plastic water bottle trash on the beach.
You can fill your CoastSavers logo water bottle up all weekend for free!

The Dirty Dash is where a military boot camp meets your inner five-year-old’s fantasy. Simply put, it’s a mud run obstacle course with more mud and less torture than the races of yore.

South Beach Arts Association will open That Summer Gallery every Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. from July 1 through Sept 25. Over 50 artists from the Harbor and surrounding communities will display and sell their artwork. Wide variety of medium including glass, pottery, hand tied knots on glass floats, jewelry, mosaics, silver jewelry, painting, photography

During the summer, there will be special weekends at the gallery.  July 1–4 will feature artwork from grade school students who participated in the Fine Arts portion of the After School Program at Ocosta School. Members of the SBAA took turns teaching an art medium each month. The following is a schedule of other special weekends to look forward to this summer at the gallery: 

• July 9–10:  Garden art and plant sale
• Aug. 6–7: Join us for a collaborative urban art project.
• Aug. 27: Silk scarf painting demonstration with Kristi Beitzel
• Sept 24–25: Fall Out with the miniature art exhibit.

For more information about the gallery, visit SBAA’s Facebook page here.

100 Artist and Craft Vendors surround the Downtiwn core. Kids cornet, live entertainment all day and 4 block of classic cars. Evening concert at the D&R Theater featuring KANSAS. All day family fun.

Associated Arts of Ocean Shores and Oyhut Bay present an Art Show at Oyhut Bay. Come stroll and view local art under the Big Tent! Bring the family and meet artists in action.

All art will be for sale and the AAOS booth will also be open for business selling AAOS postcards and posters.

While you’re at Oyhut Bay, enjoy:
Live Jazz with the Paul Bouma Trio on Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Lunch from Gigi’s Food Truck Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Saturday Market 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Associated Arts of Ocean Shores and Oyhut Bay present an Art Show at Oyhut Bay. Come stroll and view local art under the Big Tent! Bring the family and meet artists in action.

All art will be for sale and the AAOS booth will also be open for business selling AAOS postcards and posters.

While you’re at Oyhut Bay, enjoy:
Live Jazz with the Paul Bouma Trio on Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Lunch from Gigi’s Food Truck Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Saturday Market 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Associated Arts of Ocean Shores and Oyhut Bay present an Art Show at Oyhut Bay. Come stroll and view local art under the Big Tent! Bring the family and meet artists in action.

All art will be for sale and the AAOS booth will also be open for business selling AAOS postcards and posters.

While you’re at Oyhut Bay, enjoy:
Live Jazz with the Paul Bouma Trio on Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Lunch from Gigi’s Food Truck Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Saturday Market 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Associated Arts of Ocean Shores and Oyhut Bay present an Art Show at Oyhut Bay. Come stroll and view local art under the Big Tent! Bring the family and meet artists in action.

All art will be for sale and the AAOS booth will also be open for business selling AAOS postcards and posters.

While you’re at Oyhut Bay, enjoy:
Live Jazz with the Paul Bouma Trio on Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Lunch from Gigi’s Food Truck Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Saturday Market 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Associated Arts of Ocean Shores and Oyhut Bay present an Art Show at Oyhut Bay. Come stroll and view local art under the Big Tent! Bring the family and meet artists in action.

All art will be for sale and the AAOS booth will also be open for business selling AAOS postcards and posters.

While you’re at Oyhut Bay, enjoy:
Live Jazz with the Paul Bouma Trio on Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Lunch from Gigi’s Food Truck Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Saturday Market 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The opening reception for the community’s annual Fall Gala art exhibit is slated for Friday, November 4, at the Spellman Library gallery on the Grays Harbor College campus in Aberdeen. The reception is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. This is the 24th annual Fall exhibit by the group of area artists.

Participating Harbor artists include Kathryn Cotnoir, Matthew Coyle, Julie Daniels, Ken Hunt, Kimmi Kerns, Brent Knott, Susan LaMadrid, Loni Lou LaQuill, Carrie L. Larson, Joan Lohr, Roy Lowry, Bev King Lufkin, Ivy M. Moyer, Douglas Orr, Brenda S. Peterson, Erik Sandgren, Ed Schroll, Barb Shillinger, Cara Beth Stevenson, Andrea Vingo, Ron Westman and Nathan Whorton.

The exhibit may also be viewed through December 9 during regular library hours, which are Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursdays until 6 p.m., Fridays until 4:30 p.m.; and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has opened times for razor clam digging. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has opened times for razor clam digging. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has opened times for razor clam digging. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has opened times for razor clam digging. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has opened times for razor clam digging. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has opened times for razor clam digging. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has opened times for razor clam digging. For more information and additional dates, follow the link here.