Explosions in the Sky
July 22 Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle
September MusicFest NW, Portland
Sublimity Harvest Festival, music, market, fun
run, monster trucks, kidzone and more, Sept.
9-11, Sublimity Harvest Festival Grounds, www.
sublimityharvestfest.com or (503) 769-3579. $8-$12
per day.
The B-52s + The Human League, Men Without
Hats, 6:30pm, Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville, www.
brittfest.org or (541) 773-6077. $30-$64.
Umpqua Valley Wine, Art & Music Festival, music
from Curtis Salgado, Nicolette Helm and others,
food, auction, dancing, wineries, classic cars and
more, 11am-9:30pm Sept. 10, 11am-5pm Sept.
11, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, www.
uvwineartandmusic.com $12, $5 kids.
John Prine, Ani DiFranco, 6:30pm, McMenamins
Edgefi eld, Troutdale, www.edgefi eldconcerts.com
or (800) 669-8610. $74/$42.
SATURDAY, 9/10
Mill-Luck Salmon Celebration, a celebration of
Native American & Coquille tribal culture with
vendors, canoe races, drummers and dancers,
cultural demonstrations, salmon bake, Joanne
Shenandoah concert & more, Sept. 10-12, Mill
Casino, Coos Bay. themillcasinohotel.com or (800)
953-4800. Outdoor festival is FREE; salmon bake,
$25; concert, $18.
SUNDAY, 9/11
O-Tsukimi (Moonviewing), traditional Japanese
festival honoring the full moon in autumn, with
music, haiku, tea ceremony and more, 6pm-
8:30pm Sept. 11-13, Portland Japanese Garden.
Reservations required (beginning Aug. 9), www.
japanesegarden.com $35, $25 mem.
Newport Wild Seafood Weekend and Great
Newport Wild Seafood Cook-Off, celebration of
the wild-caught seafood industry with culinary
team competition, Wild Seafood Auction, vendors,
tours and more, Sept. 10-11, Newport waterfront.
newportfi shermenswives.com
THURSDAY, 9/15
Mount Angel Oktoberfest, music, beer, food
chalets, Kindergarten with rides and shows, arts &
crafts, car show, weiner dog races & more, Sept.
15-18, Mount Angel, www.oktoberfest.org Most
events FREE; small cover charge for the Biergarten,
Weingarten & Alpinegarten; all-festival pass $25,
day passes $4-$15.
Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire An “educational
interactive adventure in history,” this ren fair invites
you to get blythe and merry “just 15 miles and 500
years away” from Corvallis. From Merry Merchants
to Fyne Feating to Friar Tuck’s Forest, Shrewsbury
has oodles to offer: reenactments, grub, bonnets
and bloomers, and ever so much more. The Villager
Guidebooke, which is ostensibly meant for those
applying to vend or otherwise work the faire, is a
surprisingly entertaining read, but if you start asking
“How stands the hour?” you’re absolutely allowed
to insist that you be parched and must away. 10am-
6pm Sept. 10 & 11, Kings Valley, www.shrewfaire.
com or (541) 929-4897. $11, $5 ages 6-12 and
seniors, under 5 FREE.
Oregon Grape Stomp Championship and Harvest
Celebration, 11am-6pm Sept. 10 & 11, Willamette
Valley Vineyards, Turner, www.wvv.com or (800)
344-9463. $10 admission, $10 per team per heat to
stomp (call to reserve stomping time).
FRIDAY, 9/16
Iris Pride Festival, superhero theme, Sept. 16-18,
Taft District, Lincoln City, www.oregoncoast.org or
(800) 452-2151.
Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, 7pm, Britt Pavilion,
Jacksonville, www.brittfest.org or (541) 773-6077.
$39-$86.
SATURDAY, 9/17
Rocktober Fest/Autumn Festival, music, beer garden,
vendors, food & more, Sept. 17 & 18, downtown
Rockaway Beach, www.rockawaybeach.net
Smokey Robinson, 7:30pm, Britt Pavilion, Jackson-
ville, www.brittfest.org or (541) 773-6077. $39-$86.
WEDNESDAY, 9/21
Rootstalk, music festival on 300 acres of old-growth
forest, through Sept. 25, Oregon 4-H Center, 5390
4 H Rd, Salem, www.rootstalkfest.com $249-$279.
Tim McGraw
June 17, Sleep Country Amphitheater
June 18, The Gorge Amphitheater
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