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.

Feb
3
Fri
Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Feb 3 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
Feb
10
Fri
Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Feb 10 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
Feb
11
Sat
Valentine’s Dance & Auction @ Aberdeen Elks
Feb 11 @ 7:00 pm – Feb 12 @ 12:00 am
Valentine's Dance & Auction @ Aberdeen Elks  | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

AHS Class of 2017 Parent Fundraiser benefitting the Safe & Sober Graduation Party
Contact a senior parent for tickets also at Huckle-Bearies or at the door

Feb
17
Fri
Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Feb 17 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
Feb
24
Fri
Chocolate on the Beach Festival @ Pacific Beach
Feb 24 all-day
Chocolate on the Beach Festival @ Pacific Beach

The North Beach is celebrating a Decade of Decadence with “Death by Chocolate” at the 10th Annual Chocolate on the Beach Festival! Chocolate recipe contests, chocolate demonstrations, local chocolate food & drink contests and on Saturday and Sunday chocolatiers and craft vendors.

Rainy Day Reading Reviews @ Aberdeen Timberland Library
Feb 24 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Rainy Day Reading Reviews is a program developed by the Aberdeen Timberland Library to engage local booklovers. Here’s how it works: a library patron or friend is asked to read a book of her or his choosing, prepare a review of the book, then offer the review – in person and out-loud – at a public gathering. It’s all about reading, reflecting and sharing.

January 6 – Robin Moore reviews “The Last Hurrah” by Edwin O’Connor 
January 13 – Martha Hill reviews “Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds” by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto 
January 20 – Patricia Warren reviews “Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World” by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
January 27 – Nancy Neisinger reviews “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard
February 3 – Pam Earnest reviews “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss
February 10 – Bill Garrison reviews “Joseph Anton: A Memoir” by Salman Rushdie
February 17 – Mona Gallo reviews “Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River” by William Dietrich
February 24 – Bill Carter reviews “The Iliad” by Homer
Mar
10
Fri
Galactic Wisdom Conference @ Washington Land Yacht Harbor RV and Convention Center
Mar 10 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Galactic Wisdom Conference @ Washington Land Yacht Harbor RV and Convention Center | Olympia | Washington | United States

Out of this World Radio (www.outofthisworld1150.com) is sponsoring a fantastic spiritual healing and UFO/ET event, with workshops and vendors on psychic phenomena, UFOs and ETs, and much more in Olympia, Washington March 10, 11, and 12, 2017!

Speakers include the Famous Paul Hellyer (Canadian Minister of Defence), Jim Marrs (Famous American journalist), Simon Parkes (Famous English ET contactee), Tony Rodrigues (Lived for 20 years on Mars and on Ceres in Secret Space Program), Seiichro Yoshinouchi (aka Dr. Yoshi – Famous Hado/vibrational healer from Tokyo, Japan), Michiko Hayashi (Emoto Peace Project, Tokyo, Japan). Dr. Gerald Pollack (Famous water scientist), Emma Louise Hansen (Andromedia contactee from Norway on the New Earth), Scott Lemriel (Galactic Alliance UFO contactee), Billy Woodard & Zorra (Hollow Earth and former Base Commander, Area 51), Robbie Holtz (Fantastic Australian Aboriginal healer), Carolyn White (Wonderful psychic, author and aura reader), & Ted Mahr (Out of this World Radio & TV), among others.

The first day (Friday, March 10th) is FREE, with $197 USD or $197 CAD for the weekend on March 11th and 12th. Also, on March 14th and 15th, Dr. Yoshi will be giving treatments and demonstrating the famous Hado vibrational machines!

Last year, UFOs from the Galactic Alliance showed up during the day, and they have promised to come again, and give us protection! For those who would like to see an actual UFO, please come!

Mar
11
Sat
Galactic Wisdom Conference @ Washington Land Yacht Harbor RV and Convention Center
Mar 11 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Galactic Wisdom Conference @ Washington Land Yacht Harbor RV and Convention Center | Olympia | Washington | United States

Out of this World Radio (www.outofthisworld1150.com) is sponsoring a fantastic spiritual healing and UFO/ET event, with workshops and vendors on psychic phenomena, UFOs and ETs, and much more in Olympia, Washington March 10, 11, and 12, 2017!

Speakers include the Famous Paul Hellyer (Canadian Minister of Defence), Jim Marrs (Famous American journalist), Simon Parkes (Famous English ET contactee), Tony Rodrigues (Lived for 20 years on Mars and on Ceres in Secret Space Program), Seiichro Yoshinouchi (aka Dr. Yoshi – Famous Hado/vibrational healer from Tokyo, Japan), Michiko Hayashi (Emoto Peace Project, Tokyo, Japan). Dr. Gerald Pollack (Famous water scientist), Emma Louise Hansen (Andromedia contactee from Norway on the New Earth), Scott Lemriel (Galactic Alliance UFO contactee), Billy Woodard & Zorra (Hollow Earth and former Base Commander, Area 51), Robbie Holtz (Fantastic Australian Aboriginal healer), Carolyn White (Wonderful psychic, author and aura reader), & Ted Mahr (Out of this World Radio & TV), among others.

The first day (Friday, March 10th) is FREE, with $197 USD or $197 CAD for the weekend on March 11th and 12th. Also, on March 14th and 15th, Dr. Yoshi will be giving treatments and demonstrating the famous Hado vibrational machines!

Last year, UFOs from the Galactic Alliance showed up during the day, and they have promised to come again, and give us protection! For those who would like to see an actual UFO, please come!

Mar
12
Sun
Galactic Wisdom Conference @ Washington Land Yacht Harbor RV and Convention Center
Mar 12 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Galactic Wisdom Conference @ Washington Land Yacht Harbor RV and Convention Center | Olympia | Washington | United States

Out of this World Radio (www.outofthisworld1150.com) is sponsoring a fantastic spiritual healing and UFO/ET event, with workshops and vendors on psychic phenomena, UFOs and ETs, and much more in Olympia, Washington March 10, 11, and 12, 2017!

Speakers include the Famous Paul Hellyer (Canadian Minister of Defence), Jim Marrs (Famous American journalist), Simon Parkes (Famous English ET contactee), Tony Rodrigues (Lived for 20 years on Mars and on Ceres in Secret Space Program), Seiichro Yoshinouchi (aka Dr. Yoshi – Famous Hado/vibrational healer from Tokyo, Japan), Michiko Hayashi (Emoto Peace Project, Tokyo, Japan). Dr. Gerald Pollack (Famous water scientist), Emma Louise Hansen (Andromedia contactee from Norway on the New Earth), Scott Lemriel (Galactic Alliance UFO contactee), Billy Woodard & Zorra (Hollow Earth and former Base Commander, Area 51), Robbie Holtz (Fantastic Australian Aboriginal healer), Carolyn White (Wonderful psychic, author and aura reader), & Ted Mahr (Out of this World Radio & TV), among others.

The first day (Friday, March 10th) is FREE, with $197 USD or $197 CAD for the weekend on March 11th and 12th. Also, on March 14th and 15th, Dr. Yoshi will be giving treatments and demonstrating the famous Hado vibrational machines!

Last year, UFOs from the Galactic Alliance showed up during the day, and they have promised to come again, and give us protection! For those who would like to see an actual UFO, please come!

Mar
17
Fri
Oceans Shores 11th Annual Razor Clam Festival @ Ocean Shores Convention Center
Mar 17 @ 12:00 pm – 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.

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 from the Harbor – Giving Voice to Experience @ Driftwood Players Theater
Mar 18 @ 2:00 pm
Voices from the Harbor - Giving Voice to Experience @ Driftwood Players Theater  | Aberdeen | Washington | United States

Listen to selections from oral histories gathered by Harbor area students come to life through readings and narrator panels. Through these voices we will explore what draws us to this place, what helps us persevere during times of struggle, and what cultivates our sense of belonging to the area known as “The Harbor.”

Voices from the Harbor is an event series produced with funding from Humanities Washington. This is the first in a series of three events.

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
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
22
Sat
Historic Hoquiam Memories @ Historic Hotel Emerson aka Emerson Manor
Apr 22 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

A get together of local history and memorabilia. Hotel Emerson was opened in April 1924 and will be 93years old on the 30th of the month. Stop in and tour the lobby and what is now the Hoquiam Senior Center, which was a part of original hotel building.
Several local buildings will be represented at this event.

To date the following have made a commitment to attend and share the time relating stories of the buildings and history of Hoquiam events.

Their will also be several Hoquiam Memorabilia Collectors attending and sharing stories and their memorabilia of local historic events. Bring your stories and memorabilia and share. Please contact me if you would like to participate.

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.