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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.
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.
This special evening begins with Strawberry Brie en Croute with Basil, Red Onion, Balsamic Reduction and Hint of Vanilla paired with Going Coastal and Fresh Orange Juice Mimosa. The second course is Fresh Broccoli Bisque with Brown Butter Croutons and Grated Parmesan paired with Mercy Hard Apple Cider. The third course is a Baby Spinach Salad with Crispy Bacon, Sliced Almonds, Hard-Boiled Egg and Warm Balsamic Vinaigrette paired with Bordello Blonde. The main course is Westport’s signature Surf and Turf with primeCertified Angus Beef Filet Mignon and Mermaids on Horseback (bacon-wrapped prawns with pineapple-horseradish glaze), Baked Yukon Gold Potato with Herbed Butter, and Sesame Seared Garden Vegetables paired with Nirvana. The evening will conclude with Fresh Berry Trifle with Vanilla Bean Pound Cake and Galliano Custard paired with Red Sky at Night.
The Ocean Shores Convention Center will host the 7th Annual Grays Harbor County Expo Memorial Day Weekend.
You won’t want to miss this multifaceted event which consists of the “Original” Grays Harbor Home Show, Oceans of Fine Arts, Roadside Chainsaw Carving Competition, Hotrod & Classic car show and a Special Memorial weekend Celebration.
The Home Show features businesses showcasing the latest in home decor and home improvement ideas. What a great opportunity to find them all in a central location! The Art Expo features incredible artists from all over the Northwest. You are sure to be intrigued with a variety of juried art available to grace your
home.
The Roadside Chainsaw Carvers will be active in the parking lot, creating works of art for your lawn, garden or home. An auction will be held Sunday afternoon. What will they create to intrigue you?
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will lead this years Memorial Service at 12:00 p.m., May 24th in the convention centers grass courtyard. What a great opportunity to commemorate a friend or family member. You will be able to post a note, picture or photo in their honor and to remind us all the true meaning of this holiday.
This is just the “tip of the iceberg” for this event.
You will find free parking and free admission to everything, so be sure to put this event on your “must do list”.
The Ocean Shores Convention Center will host the 7th Annual Grays Harbor County Expo Memorial Day Weekend.
You won’t want to miss this multifaceted event which consists of the “Original” Grays Harbor Home Show, Oceans of Fine Arts, Roadside Chainsaw Carving Competition, Hotrod & Classic car show and a Special Memorial weekend Celebration.
The Home Show features businesses showcasing the latest in home decor and home improvement ideas. What a great opportunity to find them all in a central location! The Art Expo features incredible artists from all over the Northwest. You are sure to be intrigued with a variety of juried art available to grace your
home.
The Roadside Chainsaw Carvers will be active in the parking lot, creating works of art for your lawn, garden or home. An auction will be held Sunday afternoon. What will they create to intrigue you?
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will lead this years Memorial Service at 12:00 p.m., May 24th in the convention centers grass courtyard. What a great opportunity to commemorate a friend or family member. You will be able to post a note, picture or photo in their honor and to remind us all the true meaning of this holiday.
This is just the “tip of the iceberg” for this event.
You will find free parking and free admission to everything, so be sure to put this event on your “must do list”.
The Ocean Shores Convention Center will host the 7th Annual Grays Harbor County Expo Memorial Day Weekend.
You won’t want to miss this multifaceted event which consists of the “Original” Grays Harbor Home Show, Oceans of Fine Arts, Roadside Chainsaw Carving Competition, Hotrod & Classic car show and a Special Memorial weekend Celebration.
The Home Show features businesses showcasing the latest in home decor and home improvement ideas. What a great opportunity to find them all in a central location! The Art Expo features incredible artists from all over the Northwest. You are sure to be intrigued with a variety of juried art available to grace your
home.
The Roadside Chainsaw Carvers will be active in the parking lot, creating works of art for your lawn, garden or home. An auction will be held Sunday afternoon. What will they create to intrigue you?
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will lead this years Memorial Service at 12:00 p.m., May 24th in the convention centers grass courtyard. What a great opportunity to commemorate a friend or family member. You will be able to post a note, picture or photo in their honor and to remind us all the true meaning of this holiday.
This is just the “tip of the iceberg” for this event.
You will find free parking and free admission to everything, so be sure to put this event on your “must do list”.
Guests of all ages are invited to celebrate all things French as the farm’s 5,000 irises bloom.
This year the festival also includes a French style marketplace called Art In The Vines hosted by the Westport Art Festival serving as an exciting precursor to the annual Westport Art Festival in August.
Eat ice cream, talk about books you like, and hear about more books. Help make the second annual Ice Cream and Books zine (a handmade magazine) about a book you like. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.
Hoquiam businesses are celebrating spring with the “First Thursdays” events continuing into 2014. The result of the event, now in its third year, has been increased foot traffic in downtown, a spike in sales for local businesses, join participating businesses every First Thursday from May through September and enjoy special deals, food, music and local art.
Each year Ocean Shores plays host to more than 50,000 guests for a fantastic and fabulous 4th of July celebration.
This year ACT will join the celebration with the Family Fourth Festival, a day of fun and games for the whole family to enjoy and participate in.
There will be games, food, vendors and entertainment for all.
