Oregon Coast Visitors Association http://visittheoregoncoast.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Newport Saturday Farmers’ Market /cities/newport/events/newport-saturday-farmers%e2%80%99-market/ /cities/newport/events/newport-saturday-farmers%e2%80%99-market/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:20 +0000 OCVA http://visittheoregoncoast.com/2011/05/11/newport-saturday-farmers%e2%80%99-market/ Local organic growers, market gardeners bring their fresh produce to the Newport Farmers’ Market.  You can find vibrant flowers, herbs, and bedding plants and an assortment of items such as soaps, honey, breads, pastries, fresh eggs, local arts & crafts and much more! Saturdays, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm located outside Newport City Hall, Hwy. 101 & Angle Street. Saturdays, May 7 – October 29, 2011

]]> Local organic growers, market gardeners bring their fresh produce to the Newport Farmers’ Market.  You can find vibrant flowers, herbs, and bedding plants and an assortment of items such as soaps, honey, breads, pastries, fresh eggs, local arts & crafts and much more! Saturdays, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm located outside Newport City Hall, Hwy. 101 & Angle Street.

Saturdays, May 7 – October 29, 2011

]]> /cities/newport/events/newport-saturday-farmers%e2%80%99-market/feed/ 0 Astoria Sunday Market /cities/astoria/events/astoria-sunday-market-2/ /cities/astoria/events/astoria-sunday-market-2/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:19 +0000 OCVA http://visittheoregoncoast.com/2011/05/11/astoria-sunday-market-2/ 200 vendors each week offering locally-made products that have been hand-crafted, grown, created or gathered by the farmers, craftspeople and artisans. 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, 12th Street. Sundays, May 8 – October 9, 2011

]]> 200 vendors each week offering locally-made products that have been hand-crafted, grown, created or gathered by the farmers, craftspeople and artisans. 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, 12th Street.

Sundays, May 8 – October 9, 2011

]]> /cities/astoria/events/astoria-sunday-market-2/feed/ 0 Yachats Farmers’ Market /cities/yachats/events/yachats-farmers%e2%80%99-market/ /cities/yachats/events/yachats-farmers%e2%80%99-market/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:19 +0000 OCVA http://visittheoregoncoast.com/2011/05/11/yachats-farmers%e2%80%99-market/ Open Sundays from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, offering locally grown organic produce and plants and locally made natural crafts. Watch for special events in conjunction with the market. Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th St. Sundays, May 22 – October 16, 2011

]]> Open Sundays from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, offering locally grown organic produce and plants and locally made natural crafts. Watch for special events in conjunction with the market. Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th St.

Sundays, May 22 – October 16, 2011

]]> /cities/yachats/events/yachats-farmers%e2%80%99-market/feed/ 0 Walport Annual July 3rd Fireworks /cities/waldport/events/walport-annual-july-3rd-fireworks-2/ /cities/waldport/events/walport-annual-july-3rd-fireworks-2/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:18 +0000 OCVA http://visittheoregoncoast.com/2011/05/12/walport-annual-july-3rd-fireworks-2/ Come celebrate Waldport’s Centennial and enjoy a spectacular display of fireworks over Alsea Bay beginning at dusk on July 3rd.  You’ll find plenty of sandy beach to enjoy the view surrounding Alsea Bay.  Parking at Patterson State Park; or, park in Waldport and view the festivities from the Historic Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center or along Keady Wayside.   Beginning at dusk Sunday, July 3, 2011

]]> Come celebrate Waldport’s Centennial and enjoy a spectacular display of fireworks over Alsea Bay beginning at dusk on July 3rd.  You’ll find plenty of sandy beach to enjoy the view surrounding Alsea Bay.  Parking at Patterson State Park; or, park in Waldport and view the festivities from the Historic Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center or along Keady Wayside.  

Beginning at dusk Sunday, July 3, 2011

]]> /cities/waldport/events/walport-annual-july-3rd-fireworks-2/feed/ 0 Garibaldi Days Parade & Festival /cities/garibaldi/events/garibaldi-days-parade-festival/ /cities/garibaldi/events/garibaldi-days-parade-festival/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:18 +0000 OCVA http://visittheoregoncoast.com/2011/05/11/garibaldi-days-parade-festival/ Food, fun, fireworks, parade complete with Air Force fly-by, art & vendor fair.

]]> Food, fun, fireworks, parade complete with Air Force fly-by, art & vendor fair.

]]> /cities/garibaldi/events/garibaldi-days-parade-festival/feed/ 0 Fall Kite Festival /cities/lincoln-city/events/fall-kite-festival-2/ /cities/lincoln-city/events/fall-kite-festival-2/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:17 +0000 OCVA /cities/florence/events/lrps-angry-housewives/ The Fall Kite Festival is the original kite festival in Lincoln City. Beginning in 1978, the festival was the dream of a group of local kite enthusiasts which has continued over the years! In it’s 33rd year, you can still see many of the original organizers participating in the festivities. Many of the featured fliers will tell you their passion for kite flying started here, in Lincoln City. “Lincoln City ROKS!” This year’s festival will…

]]> The Fall Kite Festival is the original kite festival in Lincoln City. Beginning in 1978, the festival was the dream of a group of local kite enthusiasts which has continued over the years! In it’s 33rd year, you can still see many of the original organizers participating in the festivities. Many of the featured fliers will tell you their passion for kite flying started here, in Lincoln City.

“Lincoln City ROKS!”

This year’s festival will include featured flier kite flying demonstrations, kids’ kite making, kids’ passport to kites, Rokkaku battle with past national champion Ronda Brewer, Build your own Rokkaku kite making class, Rokkaku mass ascension, and fun for the whole family. This year’s theme is “Rockin’ the Rokkaku!”.?

]]> /cities/lincoln-city/events/fall-kite-festival-2/feed/ 0 Walport Annual July 3rd Fireworks /cities/waldport/events/walport-annual-july-3rd-fireworks/ /cities/waldport/events/walport-annual-july-3rd-fireworks/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:17 +0000 OCVA http://visittheoregoncoast.com/2011/05/12/walport-annual-july-3rd-fireworks/ Enjoy a spectacular display of fireworks over Alsea Bay beginning at dusk on July 3rd.  You’ll find plenty of sandy beach to enjoy the view surrounding Alsea Bay.  Parking at Patterson State Park; or, park in Waldport and view the festivities from the Historic Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center or along Keady Wayside.

]]> Enjoy a spectacular display of fireworks over Alsea Bay beginning at dusk on July 3rd.  You’ll find plenty of sandy beach to enjoy the view surrounding Alsea Bay.  Parking at Patterson State Park; or, park in Waldport and view the festivities from the Historic Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center or along Keady Wayside.

]]> /cities/waldport/events/walport-annual-july-3rd-fireworks/feed/ 0 Pacific NW Wild Mushroom Cook-Off /cities/lincoln-city/events/pacific-nw-wild-mushroom-cook-off-2/ /cities/lincoln-city/events/pacific-nw-wild-mushroom-cook-off-2/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:16 +0000 OCVA /cities/florence/events/lrps-angry-housewives/ Join us at the Pacific NW Wild Mushroom Cook-off held in the Culinary Center in Lincoln City. See what our local Oregon Chef’s have prepared in an effort to dazzle your taste buds!The cook-off is open from 11am-2pm. Admission is free, with tasting sized portions available for a small fee. Come enjoy a live cooking competition, wild mushroom identification, food vendors, wild mushroom books, mushroom foray, people’s choice award and more!?

]]> Join us at the Pacific NW Wild Mushroom Cook-off held in the Culinary Center in Lincoln City. See what our local Oregon Chef’s have prepared in an effort to dazzle your taste buds!
The cook-off is open from 11am-2pm. Admission is free, with tasting sized portions available for a small fee.

Come enjoy a live cooking competition, wild mushroom identification, food vendors, wild mushroom books, mushroom foray, people’s choice award and more!?

]]> /cities/lincoln-city/events/pacific-nw-wild-mushroom-cook-off-2/feed/ 0 Chowder Cook-Off /cities/lincoln-city/events/chowder-cook-off/ /cities/lincoln-city/events/chowder-cook-off/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:16 +0000 OCVA /cities/florence/events/lrps-angry-housewives/ The comfort food of the Oregon coast, prepared by some of the best chefs in the Pacific Northwest, will be yours for the tasting at the Lincoln City Chowder Cook-Off on November 12, 2011 at the Culinary Center in Lincoln City. This annual event begins at 11AM and wraps up at 2PM. Cost at the door is FREE! (a token amount is charged for tastes)?

]]> The comfort food of the Oregon coast, prepared by some of the best chefs in the Pacific Northwest, will be yours for the tasting at the Lincoln City Chowder Cook-Off on November 12, 2011 at the Culinary Center in Lincoln City. This annual event begins at 11AM and wraps up at 2PM. Cost at the door is FREE! (a token amount is charged for tastes)?

]]> /cities/lincoln-city/events/chowder-cook-off/feed/ 0 Glass Gala /cities/lincoln-city/events/glass-gala-2/ /cities/lincoln-city/events/glass-gala-2/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:15 +0000 OCVA /cities/lincoln-city/events/iris-pride-festival-2/ This annual event kicks off the placement of hand-crafted, signed and numbered glass floats on the beaches of Lincoln City from Mid-October through Memorial Day. The kickoff to the 2011 Finders Keepers promotion is to be held at the Inn at Spanish Head at 4009 SW Highway 101. Doors open at 6PM with dinner served at 7. Dress every year is Semi-Formal. For more information call 1-800-452-2151. Tickets will be available the day after Labor…

]]> This annual event kicks off the placement of hand-crafted, signed and numbered glass floats on the beaches of Lincoln City from Mid-October through Memorial Day.

The kickoff to the 2011 Finders Keepers promotion is to be held at the Inn at Spanish Head at 4009 SW Highway 101. Doors open at 6PM with dinner served at 7. Dress every year is Semi-Formal. For more information call 1-800-452-2151. Tickets will be available the day after Labor Day!

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