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FUN ON THE COAST 2018-19 LONG BEACH PENINSULA CALENDAR OF EVENTS MAY 19 20 25-26 25-28 AUGUST Cape D Triathlon, Ilwaco Great White Tail Run Grays River Valley Center Super Sale World’s Longest Garage Sale, Peninsula JUNE 2 7 9 9 9 9 15 15 16 16 16-17 22-24 23-24 23 30 Rods & Reels Car Show, Skamokawa Goonies Anniversary, Astoria Naselle High School Graduation Waikiki Beach Concert, Cape D National Get Outdoors Day Flea Market, Skamokawa-Wahkiakum Fairgrounds Wahkiakum High School Graduation Father’s Day Evening Celebration, Tsuga Gallery, Cathlamet Beach to Chowder Run/Walk, Long Beach Early Father’s Day Breakfast, Grays River Valley Center Northwest Garlic Festival, Ocean Park Puget Island Garage & Yard Sales Vista Park Kite Festival, Skamokawa Waikiki Beach Concert, Cape D Parade & Old Fashion Family Picnic, Tokeland JULY 1 4 4 4 5 7 7 14 14-15 18-22 20-22 21 21 21-22 22 27-29 28 28-29 29-31 Tokeland Trek Old Fashioned 4th of July Parade, Ocean Park Fireworks on the beach, Long Beach Art in the Park, Ocean Park Beach clean up day, Peninsula-wide Firecracker 5K Walk/Run, Ilwaco Fireworks at the Port, Ilwaco Waikiki Concert Series, Cape D Clamshell Railroad Days, Ilwaco SandSations & City SandSations, Long Beach and Ilwaco Tsuga Gallery Anniversary & Bald Eagle Days Festival, Cathlamet Bald Eagle Days “Beer Garden & Band”, Cathlamet Music in the Gardens Tour, Peninsula-wide Tokeland Wood & Art Fest Community Potluck Picnic, Grays River Valley Center Finnish-American Folk Festival, Naselle Waikiki Beach Concert, Cape D NPRA Rodeo, Long Beach Finnish American Folk Festival, Naselle Cape Disappointment ......................................7 Carriage Museum ..........................................27 Clamming ......................................................15 Cranberries ......................................................9 Discovery Trail ................................................25 Fishing ............................................................24 Ilwaco................................................................4 Kite Museum ..................................................11 Leadbetter Point ............................................21 3-4 3-5 3-5 3-4 4-5 4-5 11 16-18 18 20-26 22-25 25 25 NOVEMBER OTC Tuna Derby, Ilwaco Willapa Harbor Festival, Raymond Art Festival, Cathlamet Jake’s Birthday, Long Beach Surf n’ Saddle Junior Rodeo, Long Beach Wooden Boat Festival, Elochoman Slough Marina Waikiki Concert Series, Cape D Wahkiakum County Fair, Skamokawa Jazz and Oysters, Long Beach Washington State International Kite Festival Pacific County Fair, Menlo State Parks Free Day, Natl Parks Birthday Waikiki Concert Series, Cape D SEPTEMBER 1-3 1-3 7 8 8 8-9 14-15 14-16 15 15 16 22 22 29 “Come Play,” South Bend Chinook Art Festival, Chinook Slow Drag at the Port at 5 p.m. Flea Market, Skamokawa Fairgrounds Wine Tasting & Silent Auction, Skamokawa Grange Rod Run to the End of the World Blues and Seafood, Port of Peninsula Cache-Dash-Splash Geocaching, Peninsula-Wide Lasagna Dinner-West End Food Bank, Grays River Valley Center Truck & Tractor Show, Skamokawa Oktoberfest, Cathlamet Free admission - All Wash. State Parks Cathlamet Yatch Club Auction Fundraiser Oktoberfest Chinook Style, Chinook OCTOBER 1-Nov. 15 5-7 6 6 6 6-7 12-14 13 13 13-14 14 26-28 28 31 31 Wild Mushroom Celebration Peninsula Arts Assoc. Fall Art Show Books at the Beach Authors Showcase, Long Beach Halloween Crafty Crafts for Kids, Grays River Valley Center Grays River Covered Bridge Dinner, WSU Wahkiakum County Extension One Sky, One World Kite Festival, Long Beach Water Music Festival, Peninsula Flea Market, Skamokawa Fairgrounds Winterfest Prime Rib Dinner, Grays River Valley Center Cranberrian Fair, Peninsula Great Columbia River Crossing, Astoria Haunted House, Skamokawa Halloween Carnival, Skamokawa Trick or Treating & Costumes, Cathlamet Annual Halloween Trick or Treat, Grays River Center Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center ................7 Long Beach ....................................................10 Long Beach Rodeo ........................................12 Long Island ....................................................21 Map of the Peninsula ..............................30, 31 Nahcotta ........................................................19 Ocean Park ....................................................16 Orcas ................................................................6 Outdoors ........................................................13 2 • DISCOVERY COAST 2018-19 • ChinookObserver.com 3 4 10 10 11 23-24 23-24 24 24 Holiday Bazaar, Rosburg Community Hall Daylight Saving Time Ends (Fall back) Flea Market, Skamokawa Fairgrounds Annual Champagne Harvest Auction, Naselle Free admission, Washington State Parks Peninsula Arts Studio Tour Holidays at the Beach, Long Beach Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration, Cathlamet Holiday Celebration Kick-off, Cathlamet DECEMBER 1-31 1 1-15 1 1 1 2 8 8 8 8 9 15-16 31 31 Whale Watching On The Coast Crab Pot Christmas Tree Lighting, Port of Ilwaco Saturday Holiday Market, Ilwaco Downtown Raymond Lighted Christmas Parade Lighted Boat Parade, Port of Ilwaco Holiday Bazaar, Skamokawa Fairgrounds Water Music Festival Christmas Concert, Ilwaco Tuba Christmas Concert, Ilwaco Holiday Extravaganza, Naselle Appelo Archive Center Christmas Decorating Crafts for Kids, Grays River Valley Center Flea Market, Skamokawa Fairgrounds FAFF Christmas Concert, Deep River Lutheran Church Peninsula Bed & Breakfast Assn. Holidays at the Beach New Year’s Fireworks, Long Beach New Year’s Eve Party, Grays River Valley Center SEASONAL EVENTS May 5-Sept. 29 Saturday Market @ Port of Ilwaco May 25-Sept. 31 Farmer’s Market, Elochoman Slough Marina May 26-Sept. 3 Weekends, Summerfest, downtown Long Beach May 26-Sept. 3 Sunday Market, South Bend June 20-Aug Children’s Summer Reading Program, Cathlamet Library June 1-Sept. 7 First Fridays, Ilwaco Art Walk June 8-Sept. 28 Fridays, Columbia Pacific Farmers Market, Long Beach FOR UPDATES ON EVENTS Oysterville ......................................................20 Razor Clam Festival........................................15 Rod Run to the End of the World ..................26 Safety on the Peninsula..................................29 Seaview ............................................................8 U.S. Coast Guard ..........................................28 Washington State International Kite Festival ......11 Whale Watching................................................6 Wildlife ............................................................23 FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS IN THE COLUMBIA-PACIFIC REGION: ChinookObserver.com DiscoverOurCoast.com ON THE COVER: Drone photo of the Port of Peninsula in Nahcotta looking south along the Willapa Bay shoreline. JOSHUA WILKINS PHOTO
