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.

Jul
1
Tue
Gravity Catastrophe, Physics and Comedy @ Elma Timberland Library
Jul 1 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Alex Zerbe’s zany new show, “Gravity Catastrophe,” demonstrates basic concepts of physics through the art of juggling. In his wacky way, Zerbe helps kids understand gravity, friction, center of mass and gyroscopic stability. Children will also discover the six simple machines and see the lever, inclined plane and the wheel and axle in action. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.

 

Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain Walk-on Tours @ Port of Grays Harbor
Jul 1 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain Walk-on Tours @ Port of Grays Harbor | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Come aboard the Lady Washington and/or Hawaiian Chieftain for a self-guided tour of each ship. Crew will be on hand in period costume to answer questions and tell stories. A ticket is not required. A $3 donation per person is appreciated.

Jul
2
Wed
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain Walk-on Tours @ Port of Grays Harbor
Jul 2 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain Walk-on Tours @ Port of Grays Harbor | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Come aboard the Lady Washington and/or Hawaiian Chieftain for a self-guided tour of each ship. Crew will be on hand in period costume to answer questions and tell stories. A ticket is not required. A $3 donation per person is appreciated.

Jul
3
Thu
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain Walk-on Tours @ Port of Grays Harbor
Jul 3 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain Walk-on Tours @ Port of Grays Harbor | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Come aboard the Lady Washington and/or Hawaiian Chieftain for a self-guided tour of each ship. Crew will be on hand in period costume to answer questions and tell stories. A ticket is not required. A $3 donation per person is appreciated.

Jul
8
Tue
Teen LabARTory: Experiments of a Mad Scientist @ Elma Timberland Library
Jul 8 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Magic mud, cloud jars, balloon banshees and more–oh my! See mad science experiment demonstrations and try your own hand at a few. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.

Jul
9
Wed
Port of Grays Harbor Marine Terminal Tour @ Port of Grays Harbor and Satsop Business Park
Jul 9 @ 3:00 pm

The Port of Grays Harbor is once again pleased to announce that it will be offering public tours of its industrial properties and marine terminals, as well as walking tours of the Satsop Business Park.

The popular hour and a half marine terminals tour will begin with a brief overview presentation of Port history and current happenings, followed by a bus tour, courtesy of Channel Point Village, of the surrounding industrial properties and marine terminals.

Reservations are required for both tours, as space is limited.  To reserve your spot, or for more information, call 360-533-9528.

Port of Grays Harbor Marine Terminal Tour @ Port of Grays Harbor and Satsop Business Park
Jul 9 @ 5:30 pm

The Port of Grays Harbor is once again pleased to announce that it will be offering public tours of its industrial properties and marine terminals, as well as walking tours of the Satsop Business Park.

The popular hour and a half marine terminals tour will begin with a brief overview presentation of Port history and current happenings, followed by a bus tour, courtesy of Channel Point Village, of the surrounding industrial properties and marine terminals.

Reservations are required for both tours, as space is limited.  To reserve your spot, or for more information, call 360-533-9528.

Jul
10
Thu
LabARTory: All About Butterflies @ Elma Timberland Library
Jul 10 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Enjoy listening to books about butterflies and then take part in creating incredible tissue paper butterflies. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional library districtwide program.

Jul
15
Tue
Teen LabARTory: Tie-Dying @ Elma Timberland Library
Jul 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Create your own tie-dyed T-shirt, socks, shorts, or headband. Bring a laundered white item of clothing (100% cotton works best) and library staff will provide the rest. Wear old clothes–the project might be messy. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.

Jul
17
Thu
LabARTory: I’m All Ears @ Elma Timberland Library
Jul 17 @ 11:30 am – 12:15 pm

Stop by the library to create a super silly headband with giant ears. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.

Preserve the Taste of Summer: Expert Food Preservation Advice @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Jul 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Preserve the Taste of Summer: Expert Food Preservation Advice @ Aberdeen Timberland Library | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Grays Harbor County Extension staff will present a session on preserving homegrown and farm fresh produce on Thursday, July 17 from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Aberdeen Timberland Library.

This program is designed for adults looking for expert advice, answers to questions and the latest tips in time for the harvest and canning season. Attendees may bring their pressure canner gauges to be checked.

 

 

Jul
18
Fri
Meet Teen Book Author April Henry @ Winlock Timberland Library
Jul 18 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

April Henry is the award-winning New York Times best-selling author of fast-paced mysteries and thrillers, including “Torched,” “Girl, Stolen,” “The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die,” and her newest book, “The Body in the Woods.”

Teens and their families are invited to join Ms. Henry as she offers down-to-earth tips on writing, publishing, and juggling life with the creative process. For background for her novels, she interviews experts in fields such as crime-fighting and medicine and has spent time with the Portland Police Bureau’s Forensic Evidence Division. Fun facts: Henry wrote on her website, www.aprilhenrymysteries.com, that she “loves kung fu, running, and all things salty,” and has written an episode for the phone app “Zombies, Run!”

Meet Teen Book Author April Henry @ Tumwater Timberland Library
Jul 18 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

April Henry is the award-winning New York Times best-selling author of fast-paced mysteries and thrillers, including “Torched,” “Girl, Stolen,” “The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die,” and her newest book, “The Body in the Woods.”

Teens and their families are invited to join Ms. Henry as she offers down-to-earth tips on writing, publishing, and juggling life with the creative process. For background for her novels, she interviews experts in fields such as crime-fighting and medicine and has spent time with the Portland Police Bureau’s Forensic Evidence Division. Fun facts: Henry wrote on her website, www.aprilhenrymysteries.com, that she “loves kung fu, running, and all things salty,” and has written an episode for the phone app “Zombies, Run!”

 

Jul
19
Sat
Meet Teen Book Author April Henry @ McCleary Timberland Library
Jul 19 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

April Henry is the award-winning New York Times best-selling author of fast-paced mysteries and thrillers, including “Torched,” “Girl, Stolen,” “The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die,” and her newest book, “The Body in the Woods.”

Teens and their families are invited to join Ms. Henry as she offers down-to-earth tips on writing, publishing, and juggling life with the creative process. For background for her novels, she interviews experts in fields such as crime-fighting and medicine and has spent time with the Portland Police Bureau’s Forensic Evidence Division. Fun facts: Henry wrote on her website, www.aprilhenrymysteries.com, that she “loves kung fu, running, and all things salty,” and has written an episode for the phone app “Zombies, Run!”

 

 

Meet Teen Book Author April Henry @ Shelton Timberland Library
Jul 19 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

April Henry is the award-winning New York Times best-selling author of fast-paced mysteries and thrillers, including “Torched,” “Girl, Stolen,” “The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die,” and her newest book, “The Body in the Woods.”

Teens and their families are invited to join Ms. Henry as she offers down-to-earth tips on writing, publishing, and juggling life with the creative process. For background for her novels, she interviews experts in fields such as crime-fighting and medicine and has spent time with the Portland Police Bureau’s Forensic Evidence Division. Fun facts: Henry wrote on her website, www.aprilhenrymysteries.com, that she “loves kung fu, running, and all things salty,” and has written an episode for the phone app “Zombies, Run!”

 

Jul
22
Tue
ReferenceUSA Training Session for Job Seekers, Small Businesses and Students @ TRL Administrative Service Center
Jul 22 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) will hold three training sessions on July 22 and 23 to teach people how to use ReferenceUSA, a powerful, online research tool that can be especially helpful for small business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profit researchers, job seekers, students, writers and media professionals. In addition to professional use, ReferenceUSA can assist anyone looking for information on schools, childcare centers, doctors, hospitals, churches, businesses and other vital services.

ReferenceUSA is one of more than 70 subscription databases that TRL provides to the public.

For more information, contact Central Reference/Ask-a-Librarian Service at 360-704-4636 or 800-562-6022 outside the Olympia calling area, or visit www.TRL.org.

ReferenceUSA Training Session for Job Seekers, Small Businesses and Students @ Tumwater Timberland Library
Jul 22 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) will hold three training sessions on July 22 and 23 to teach people how to use ReferenceUSA, a powerful, online research tool that can be especially helpful for small business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profit researchers, job seekers, students, writers and media professionals. In addition to professional use, ReferenceUSA can assist anyone looking for information on schools, childcare centers, doctors, hospitals, churches, businesses and other vital services.

ReferenceUSA is one of more than 70 subscription databases that TRL provides to the public.

For more information, contact Central Reference/Ask-a-Librarian Service at 360-704-4636 or 800-562-6022 outside the Olympia calling area, or visit www.TRL.org.

Jul
23
Wed
ReferenceUSA Training Session for Job Seekers, Small Businesses and Students @ TRL Administrative Service Center
Jul 23 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 am

The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) will hold three training sessions on July 22 and 23 to teach people how to use ReferenceUSA, a powerful, online research tool that can be especially helpful for small business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profit researchers, job seekers, students, writers and media professionals. In addition to professional use, ReferenceUSA can assist anyone looking for information on schools, childcare centers, doctors, hospitals, churches, businesses and other vital services.

ReferenceUSA is one of more than 70 subscription databases that TRL provides to the public.

For more information, contact Central Reference/Ask-a-Librarian Service at 360-704-4636 or 800-562-6022 outside the Olympia calling area, or visit www.TRL.org.

LabARTory: Experiments of a Mad Scientist @ Elma Timberland Library
Jul 23 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Magic mud, cloud jars, balloon banshees and more–oh my! See mad science experiment demonstrations and try your own hand at a few. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.

Jul
24
Thu
Free Parent Practicum @ Grays Harbor Foursquare Church
Jul 24 – Jul 26 all-day
Free Parent Practicum  @ Grays Harbor Foursquare Church | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Practicum (‘prak-ti-k’m). The word practicum indicates that education should be practical. It points to the acquisition and mastery of knowledge in a manner that is useful and effective. It derives from the Latin practicus, a noun which means “one who practices or takes action.”

Are you new to homeschooling and feeling overwhelmed? We want to help you succeed in your home education mission. Join us this summer as experienced homeschoolers present three-day training sessions for parents. Rather than taking a well-deserved break from school and all things educational, these experienced homeschoolers begin to travel across their regions and around the country to present three-day training sessions to reinforce the classical, Christian model.

Are you new to classical education? Our morning sessions will unpack the classical, Christian model and allow you to practice skills for learning alongside your children at home. Afternoon sessions will go in depth with particular subjects. In both sessions, parents will have opportunities to discuss new ideas and to practice their new-found skills.

Are you discouraged with your home school? Or, do you feel you could encourage others? In addition to providing a place to practice the teaching tools, our FREE one-day and three-day Parent Practicums equip our families across the nation each year with the encouragement and camaraderie they need to teach their children well. Each practicum is a place to connect, to question, to celebrate both failure and success, and to gain confidence in our ability to use the classical model to learn and to teach our children any subject.

In 2013, Classical Conversations hosted hundreds of FREE training events for over 15,000 adults who wanted to learn more about teaching grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric skills to their students.

Academic & nursery day camps are also offered for children between the ages of 0-12 years for a low cost of $35 per child, which covers all 3 days. **Space is limited**

Please contact Nichol Strode or Julie Bradbury for registration details.

Jul
25
Fri
Hog Wild @ Quinault Beach Resort & Casino
Jul 25 all-day

Hog Wild is three days of fun, excitement, music, food, vendors and beautiful northwestern scenery, as well as a chance to win a 2014 Indian Chief Custom Motorcycle.

For more information about this event, click here.

Friday, July 25

8 a.m.-9 p.m.: Registration Open
11:30 a.m.: Beer Garen Opens
11:30 a.m.: DJ starts
11:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.: Band (TBD)
noon-9 p.m.: Vendors Open
12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Men’s small piece tattoo competition
1:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Ladies’ small piece tattoo competition
2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Hog Hollerin’/Whistlin’ competition
3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Slow Bikes Races
4 p.m.: Poker Walk
4 p.m.-10 p.m.: Spirit Ride Prime Rib Buffet
4:15 p.m.: Band (TBD)
5 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Swimsuit Competition
6 p.m.-6:15 p.m.: Slow Bike Finals
7 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Bike Stereo Competition
8 p.m.-9 p.m.: Bikes on parade
9 p.m.-10:30 p.m.: Skynnyn Lynnyrd Concert

Saturday, July 26th
8 a.m.-9 p.m.: Registration is open
10 a.m.-9 p.m.: Vendors Open
10 a.m.: DJ Starts
10 a.m.-9 p.m.: Ride in bike show
10:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m.: Band (TBD)
11 a.m.: Beer Garden Opens
11 a.m.-2 p.m.: Poker Run
11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Mr. Hog Wild
12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Hog Hollerin’/Whistlin’ Competition
1:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Miss Hog Wild Competition
2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Slow Bike Races
3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Entertainment/Band (TBD)
4:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Bikes on Parade
5 p.m.-9 p.m.: Poker Walk
4 p.m.-10 p.m.: Hog Wild Barbecue Feast
6 p.m.-6:15 p.m.: Men’s Large Piece Tattoo Competition
7 p.m.-7:15 p.m.: Slow Bike Finals
8 p.m.-8:15 p.m.: Ladies’ Large Piece Tattoo Competition
8:45 p.m.-9:30 p.m.: Bike Competition
9:30 p.m.-11 p.m.: Hell’s Belles
Sunday, July 27th
9 a.m.-2 p.m.: Hog Wild Hangover Breakfast Buffet ($19.95)
10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Vendors Open
Entertainment TBA
2 p.m.: Spirit Ride Grand Finale Bike Giveaway
Teen Author Visit: Kevin Emerson @ Elma Timberland Library
Jul 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Seattle’s Kevin Emerson, author of such science fiction titles as “The Lost Code” and “The Dark Shore,” and the humorous adventure, “The Fellowship of Alien Detection” will visit the Hoquiam, Elma, Ilwaco and Lacey Timberland libraries on July 25 and 26 to talk with teens about his books and writing. Books will be available for purchase and signing. All teens are invited. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.