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.

Mar
18
Sat
Oceans Shores 11th Annual Razor Clam Festival @ Ocean Shores Convention Center
Mar 18 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Oceans Shores 11th Annual Razor Clam Festival @ Ocean Shores Convention Center | Ocean Shores | Washington | United States

This festival is dedicated to all things “razor clam.” The razor clam chowder restaurant contest is perhaps the most popular of the festival events. The judging is done by both the public and by professional chefs. The amateur razor clam chowder cook-off draws dozens of folks showing their “razor clam chowder” skills and is judged by professional chefs as well as 2016 amateur winners, in this case a team including Tyson and Annelise Diers from NewCastle and Nick and Katie Harmston. Visitors are likely to be able to taste some other restaurant seafood specialties as well. Wine and food pairing demonstrations was also very popular last year and likely to be very busy again. This year, there will be cooking demonstrations on the Main Stage to peak your interest. Tickets will be for sale to enjoy “Foods From Around the World” and wine during the demonstrations.

For those visiting that like shopping to go with their food tasting, nearly six dozen vendors will offer everything from jams and jelly to jewelry and lamps and more. Pirates providing treasures for adults and kids alike are always a hit with the visitors. Games for the kids at the festival always make for great memories.

Author Talk about Sasquatch with Author David George Gordon @ Amanda Park Timberland Library
Mar 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

People in the Northwest have reported encounters with Sasquatch for hundreds of years. There are footprint casts and eyewitness accounts, some from the earliest Northwestern inhabitants. With all this “evidence,” however, researchers have failed to scientifically prove the creature’s existence.

Author David George Gordon will discuss the data, the scientific method, and the possibilities that Sasquatch exists at the Amanda Park Timberland Library, Saturday, March 18 from 2-3 p.m.

Voices of the Harbor Project: Giving Voice to Experience @ Driftwood Players Theater
Mar 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The public is invited to join local historians and students from the Evergreen State College as they share selections from oral histories collected by and from Harbor residents. Participants will learn about the craft of composing oral histories as they listen to stories about the Harbor Region from the perspective of local residents.

Giving Voice to Experience is the first of three events planned for the Voices of the Harbor project – produced through a collaboration between the Evergreen State College and Window Seat Media; with support from Humanities Washington.

Mar
19
Sun
Oceans Shores 11th Annual Razor Clam Festival @ Ocean Shores Convention Center
Mar 19 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Oceans Shores 11th Annual Razor Clam Festival @ Ocean Shores Convention Center | Ocean Shores | Washington | United States

This festival is dedicated to all things “razor clam.” The razor clam chowder restaurant contest is perhaps the most popular of the festival events. The judging is done by both the public and by professional chefs. The amateur razor clam chowder cook-off draws dozens of folks showing their “razor clam chowder” skills and is judged by professional chefs as well as 2016 amateur winners, in this case a team including Tyson and Annelise Diers from NewCastle and Nick and Katie Harmston. Visitors are likely to be able to taste some other restaurant seafood specialties as well. Wine and food pairing demonstrations was also very popular last year and likely to be very busy again. This year, there will be cooking demonstrations on the Main Stage to peak your interest. Tickets will be for sale to enjoy “Foods From Around the World” and wine during the demonstrations.

For those visiting that like shopping to go with their food tasting, nearly six dozen vendors will offer everything from jams and jelly to jewelry and lamps and more. Pirates providing treasures for adults and kids alike are always a hit with the visitors. Games for the kids at the festival always make for great memories.

Mar
25
Sat
History Talk: The Evergreen State in World War I @ Westport Timberland Library
Mar 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Historian Lorraine McConaghy will begin the program with an illustrated introduction to the war’s themes. Following that, guests may participate in a scripted “Readers’ Theater,” designed to portray the turmoil of the years 1914 – 1919.  The script is drawn from first-person sources such as letters, diaries and news paper stories. It allows modern readers to speak aloud the words of a past generation, and gain an sense of how Washingtonians of that era experienced the great social, economic and political changes: industrialization, immigration, women’s rights, radical labor, epidemic disease, and worldwide turmoil.

Mar
26
Sun
Book Signing: Washington Remembers WWII @ Temple Beth Israel
Mar 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join us as we salute Arnold Samuels, a local legend, and meet his biographer, John C. Hughes, chief historian for the Office of the Secretary of State.

Samuels’ remarkable Army service during WWII found him serving in Counter Intelligence Corps, helping liberate the horrific concentration camp at Dachau and working with another young Jewish G.I., Henry Kissinger.  Arnold Samuels is also the only person ever elected to the Ocean Shores City Council as a write-in.

Don’t miss this opportunity to own a signed copy of Washington Remembers WWII! Be there for this extraordinary presentation!

Apr
1
Sat
Driftwood Show & Glass Float Hunt @ Grayland Beach
Apr 1 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Shop Vendors!
Vote on your favorite driftwood art
Photography, Furniture, Flotsam, Jetsam & Glass Floats
Live Music
Experts on hand to interpret your beach finds
Prizes and Surprises!
Apr
2
Sun
Driftwood Show & Glass Float Hunt @ Grayland Beach
Apr 2 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Shop Vendors!
Vote on your favorite driftwood art
Photography, Furniture, Flotsam, Jetsam & Glass Floats
Live Music
Experts on hand to interpret your beach finds
Prizes and Surprises!
Apr
8
Sat
Sharon Grange Oyster Feed @ Sharon Grange
Apr 8 all-day

Best oysters on the Harbor and all you can eat!

Apr
15
Sat
Talk: A Cheapskate’s Road Map to Happiness @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Apr 15 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Jeff Yeager is “the Ultimate Cheapskate.” NBC TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer said so. Even before becoming a darling of national media, when he ran nonprofit organizations in Washington, D.C., Yeager was famous for skinny budgets and impressive outcomes. In those days he called himself a “Titan of Tightwads.” 
Yeager has created a lifestyle that allowed him to retire at age 46.  He continues to live a rich, happy life, doing exactly what he wants to do. Thank goodness he loves to share his secrets with the rest of us.
Apr
16
Sun
Crab Races & Crab Feed @ Westport Marina
Apr 16 @ 11:00 am

A unique family fun experience at the Marina in Westport. Come EAT * RACE * ENJOY!

Apr
25
Tue
Art and Artists of the Twin Harbors
Apr 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Local artist and teacher Erik Sandgren will present a talk and slide show, “Harbor Artists: A Legacy.”

The presentation will include the  work of Alexander Calder, Robert Motherwell, Lance Wood Hart, Lee Friedlander and the Runquist brothers, Albert and Arthur. A discussion of artistic intent and influence will follow the slide presentation.

Apr
29
Sat
Rock and Gem Show @ Grays Harbor Fair & Event Center
Apr 29 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Find your gem at the 49th Annual Grays Harbor Rock & Gem show, at the Fairgrounds. Exhibits, Lapidary Dealers, Demonstrations and a silent auction!

Apr
30
Sun
Rock and Gem Show @ Grays Harbor Fair & Event Center
Apr 30 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Find your gem at the 49th Annual Grays Harbor Rock & Gem show, at the Fairgrounds. Exhibits, Lapidary Dealers, Demonstrations and a silent auction!

May
5
Fri
Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival @ Various locations
May 5 @ 9:17 am – May 7 @ 10:17 am

The shorebird spectacle happens every year at Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge and in other parts of the County. People from around the world come to view this event of hemispheric importance. The Festival works to bring people together for this incredible natural phenomenon.

May
6
Sat
Savor Seabrook Seafood & Wine Festival @ Crescent Park
May 6 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Come to Crescent Park for the 7th Annual Savor Seabrook Seafood and Wine Festival that benefits the Seabrook Community Foundation!

Washington Wineries, local seafood from some of the area’s greatest restaurants, and live music with Ericka Corban and Shannon DeLong & Daniel Walker, Sarah Gerritsen & the Shadow Catchers and Old Coast.

Wine tasting area is 21+ but we will have a “kids zone” with a bouncy house in the park also!

Ocosta Oyster Feed @ Ocosta Recreation Hall
May 6 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Steamed Oysters, Fried Oysters, Clam Chowder, Spaghetti, Asian-style Noodle Salad, Ambrosia, Cole Slaw, Garlic Bread, Hot Dogs.

Beer and Wine available for an additional fee.
May
13
Sat
Syttende Mai Parade @ Begins at Dorothy Anderson Cabin
May 13 @ 10:00 am

Annual Norwegian Independence Day Parade will begin at Dorothy Anderson Cabin and parade around town. Traditional clothing encouraged!

Parade will end at Meriweather Street with an ice cream social.

Habitat for Humani-Tea @ Seabrook Town Hall
May 13 @ 1:00 pm

We will host the 3rd annual ladies Habitat for Humani-Tea in the town hall to benefit our local Habitat for Humanity non-profit organization. Each year, Seabrook Community Foundation grants money to this organization to do the good work they do in our community. The ladies tea is a celebration of that work and also a way to increase fundraising beyond what the SCF grant money can accomplish.

You will enjoy tea, great food, great company, live music, a mimosa bar, dessert auction, and fabulous guest speakers!

May
20
Sat
Grays Harbor Home & Garden Show @ Grays Harbor Fair & Event Center
May 20 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Are you thinking of a new backyard? Maybe you’re thinking of a new front yard? Or maybe you just want to add a little color? The Grays Harbor County Fair & Events Centers Master Gardeners Foundation of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties Home & Garden Show will be the place to be for all of that and much more! From sheds, to shrubs, to flowers, or even decorative items, the Home and Garden show will have it! Saturday and Sunday, May 20th & 21st.

May
21
Sun
Grays Harbor Home & Garden Show @ Grays Harbor Fair & Event Center
May 21 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Are you thinking of a new backyard? Maybe you’re thinking of a new front yard? Or maybe you just want to add a little color? The Grays Harbor County Fair & Events Centers Master Gardeners Foundation of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties Home & Garden Show will be the place to be for all of that and much more! From sheds, to shrubs, to flowers, or even decorative items, the Home and Garden show will have it! Saturday and Sunday, May 20th & 21st.

May
26
Fri
Giant Garage Sale @ VFW
May 26 – May 28 all-day

There will be a joint effort between the Coastal Interpretive Center and our local VFW Post 8956 to have a really large garage sale on the weekend of Memorial Day.

Donations will be accepted at the VFW between 9am and 11 am Monday through Friday, starting the 20th of March and running up till the weekend of the sale. If you need to drop off items other than between these hours, please call and leave a message 360-591-7595 and we will be pleased to set up a time. Also if you need things picked up please call the same number.