Aberdeen Events Calendar

Network with fellow business owners at Business After Hours, hosted by Rich Hartman’s Five-Star Toyota Scion in South Aberdeen on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Sponsored by Greater Grays Harbor Inc., there will be food catered by Mazatlan and prizes contributed by businesses.

The new dealership is located at 212 S. Boone St. Reservations not required.

This is our monthly ladies night!! It is typically the second Wednesday of every month with January, being the 3rd Wednesday. We welcome everyone to come by, have a glass of wine, shop with Mary Kay and Stella & Dot and have a relaxing chair massage with Shari Field, licensed massage therapist.

Enjoy tastes from 25 wineries.

Purchase advance tickets at Aberdeen Honda, Whitney’s Chevrolet Montesano, Liquor & the Like – Elma, Guesthouse Inn Elma, Les Schwab Tires – Elma and West Olympia

Live Music all day

Must be over 21 to attend

Sons of Italy, Amerigo Vespucci Lodge No. 1814’s annual Valentine’s Dinner. Dinner includes spaghetti with homemade Italian meatballs, salad, garlic bread, wine, beer, biscotti and spumoni ice cream. For more information or to reserve tickets call 533-4529.

The 7th Annual Chocolate on the Beach Festival is a fun and affordable festival with something chocolate for the whole family!  All the kids events and parking are FREE!  Our vendors carry all kinds of chocolate, whether it be organic, fair trade, vegan or gluten free!

There are events going on throughout the North Beach communities.  Bowling for Chocolate, chocolate demos from local chefs Jess Owen & Andy Bickar, Chocolate Cocktail Throwdown, silent auction and more.

This year’s festival will be supporting Grays Harbor Volunteer Search & Rescue, a new scoreboard for the Pacific Beach Elementary School and the Voss Acres Produce Market & Historic Landmark Park.

The 7th Annual Chocolate on the Beach Festival is a fun and affordable festival with something chocolate for the whole family!  All the kids events and parking are FREE!  Our vendors carry all kinds of chocolate, whether it be organic, fair trade, vegan or gluten free!

There are events going on throughout the North Beach communities.  Bowling for Chocolate, chocolate demos from local chefs Jess Owen & Andy Bickar, Chocolate Cocktail Throwdown, silent auction and more.

This year’s festival will be supporting Grays Harbor Volunteer Search & Rescue, a new scoreboard for the Pacific Beach Elementary School and the Voss Acres Produce Market & Historic Landmark Park.

For more information about eating fresh crab, click here.

Julie Rajcich Photography and GH Wine Sellars present ‘Sip & Smile.’ Sip & Smile is a Corporate Portrait Event, portrait packages start at $50. First come, first serve, no appointments. Stop by GH Wine Sellars during this event to get a new business portrait by Julie Rajcich Photography and enjoy some wine. GH Wine Sellars will be selling wine by the glass.
$50 Base Package Includes:
*Brief session at GH Wine Sellars w/ gray background
*Basic professional editing for lighting, color, & contrast
*A password protected online viewing gallery
*2 final images delivered via email
*Full usage rights

Add-ons available:
*Photoshop services, $25 per image
*Additional images, $25 per image or
$50 per image if Photoshopped
*Images delivered via CD or DVD, $5
*Black & white duplicates of selected images, $10

What’s Next Grays Harbor?

The Grays Harbor 2020 Board of Directors invites you to join us as we report on progress achieved to date and begin to shape the 2015 Action Plan Update. Open house activities begin at 5:30, followed by a brief presentation and community discussion about future priorities.

GUEST SPEAKER: CARY BOZEMAN, former mayor of Bellevue and Bremerton

Community Partner Stations l Pizza & Light Refreshments l Free Commemorative Calendars

Join Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. as an exhibitor in EXPO Grays Harbor and The Bite of Grays Harbor, the Harbor’s only local trade show that pairs local businesses with local customers.

Raise your profile in the community, and demonstrate your products and services face-to-face with people who care about Shopping the Harbor First.

Reservations required by contacting Angela.

Raindrop Cooperative Preschool will be celebrating over 30 years in Grays Harbor County. We will be holding our annual spring auction on Saturday March 22, at 6:00pm. You are invited to mark your calenders and invite friends to this event!
Please call the preschool for more information at 533-8058

Event organizers will discuss the timeline, expectations, logistics and promotional opportunities of “First Thursdays” and allow time for question-and-answer where ideas and concerns could be shared.

We will be inviting some past participants to share their experiences, both positive and what they learned that helped them improve the outcome for their business.

Attendance at the Kick-off is highly encouraged for all businesses that are considering participating, and please include any staff members who may be working face-to-face with customers during the event so your team is on the same page.

Please RSVP with the Grays Harbor Community Foundation. For more information, click here.

Celebrate 1914, the year Westport was founded, by attending a tea party straight from the Edwardian Age.

English teas, cucumber and salmon pate sandwiches, crumpets with jam, Devonshire clotted cream and more will be served. Dress up in period costumes and enter a contest to win prizes for the most authentic wardrobe of the period and the most authentic character from the history of the HMS Titanic.

Call ahead to make your reservation and receive your Titanic boarding pass. Free admission for a couple is the reward for a new or renewal membership at the $40 family membership level.

In celebration of creating Grays Harbor’s first arboretum, Westport Winery is hosting its inaugural Arbor Festival on Sunday, April 13, from noon to 4p.m. As part of this event, the Grays Harbor and Pacific County Master Gardeners will unveil a bench in the winery’s new Don Tapio Dwarf Conifer Collection in appreciation for Tapio’s considerable service to the community. This dedication will be held at 2 p.m. in the winery gardens. A reception will follow under the winery’s solar panels.

At 1 p.m. the winery will lead its weekly Backstage Winemaker’s Tour of their production facility. The price to join this tour is $5 per person. Wine club members may join this tour at no charge. Check in for this tour is 12:45 p.m. at the tasting bar.

At 3 p.m. winery co-owner, Kim Roberts will lead the first walking tour of the arboretum and a discussion of the winery’s design plans for the garden. All guests purchasing plants in the winery’s nursery will be given a free tree for Arbor Day. The winery’s arboretum was the brain child of retired WSU County Extension Agent Don Tapio.

For both the production and the arboretum tour good walking shoes and the ability to walk on rough surfaces over a moderate distance is required as these areas are working farms.

Jessica Marie Porter will be performing in the winery’s Farm to Fork Restaurant & Bakery from noon to 4 p.m. Full wine tasting will be offered at both of the winery’s bars (but not in the restaurant).

In May, the state celebrates the 100 year anniversary of the WSU Extension Program. Don Tapio’s advice to the Roberts family who created Westport Winery will be featured in a story about the impact of the extension program and agents.

Westport Winery and Vineyards By-the-Sea with its unique sculpture garden, lavender labyrinth, musical fence, 9-hole executive golf course, giant chess set, outdoor scrabble game, and grape maze, is located on the corner of Highway 105 and South Arbor Road halfway between Aberdeen and Westport. Their award-winning wines are exclusively available at this location. The tasting room, gift shop, produce market and bakery are open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The restaurant is open for lunch daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and for dinner on Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information contact Westport Winery at 360-648-2224 or visit the website at www.westportwinery.com.

Part of the Long Beach Razor Clam Festival, local restaurants are set to compete in a People’s Choice competition for the coveted Best Chowder trophy.  Admission includes chowder tastes, a drink, a free 2014 Tide Book, and ‘clammy’ music by North Coast Blues.

Enjoy live entertainment from Dennis Duck, the Beard’s Hollow Pirates, “Digger” the Clam, and Queen La De Da and her Merry Mermaids as they roam the streets of downtown Long Beach during the Long Beach Razor Clam Festival.

The Aberdeen Elks Lodge will provide  hot dogs, chips and juice, as well as games, prizes and pictures during this Easter family event.

Join the Mayor of Long Beach in rededicating the newly recommissioned “World’s Largest Spitting Clam.” This ribbon cutting ceremony will include the Clam’s inaugural “spit” and will feature the additions to this great attraction.

The shiny, newer replica of the original “World’s Largest Fry Pan” Clam Pan will be used for a clam fritter cook-off by the Ilwaco High School Culinary Arts Program students. Four celebrity chefs – Brock Johnson,Dahlia Lounge, Adrienne Chamberlain, Etta’s, Dezi Bonow, Palace Kitchen, and Liam Spence, Lola – from Tom Douglas restaurants in Seattle will be the judges.

Enjoy all the oysters you can eat at this 32nd annual event. Guests will enjoy everything from steamed oysters and clam chowder, to spaghetti, cole slaw and more. Beer and wine are available for an additional fee.

Come enjoy the best Prime Rib in town and help raise money for the annual Strong Kids Campaign through the YMCA of Grays Harbor. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the campaign to help provide scholarships and funding for local youth. There will also be a 50/50 raffle at this event! Start your Friday off right and help raise money for our local kids!
This is a 21+ establishment, however, you can call 360-533-5060 for orders to go!

Westport Winery has announced the menu for its Inaugural Mother’s Day Winemaker Dinner with Director of Winemaking, Dana Roberts. This five-course meal is limited to 18 guests and reservations are recommended.