Yearly Events and Holidays
There is always something to do when you vacation along the Oregon Coast.! Our annual events and festival are popular times of the year for guests to visit. These unique experience are what make our area so special.
Please check out our list of the more popular annual events and festivals. We have provided links to the website for each for you to learn more. However if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. Our vacation planners live locally and can share with you tips and tricks for maximizing your vacation time.
| An annual seafood and wine festival that offers samplings from many of Oregon’s 200 wineries, as well as dozens of food booths featuring local seafood specialties prepared by the finest chefs in the West. There is also a wide variety of Northwest arts and crafts. |
| Location: |
Newport, Oregon |
| Enjoy live music from NW Bands, a great selection of seafood and other culinary delights, and up to 50 Oregon Wineries and, with about 100 booths filled with handmade arts and crafts.
The communities of Astoria and Warrenton celebrate the bounty of the Pacific Ocean at the annual Astoria Warrenton Crab, Seafood and Wine Festival. This award-winning event features the authentic flavors of Oregon’s North Coast, as well as trend-setting artisan producers and Oregon-based wineries. About 14,000 to 16,000 people and 175 vendors attend the event each year. |
| Location: |
92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria, OR 97103 |
| Phone: |
503-325-6311 |
| In Celebration of the 50th Sandcastle contest the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce and Cannon Beach History Center & Museum have joined together to bring you this commemorative book. The event is the oldest sandcastle contest in the Northwest and the most popular annual event in Cannon Beach. As a bonus, this is the first place you will find a full collection of the beloved Sandcastle Contest posters.
If you would like to purchase this limited first edition "50 Years of Sandcastles in the Making" book, please contact our office at 503-436-2623 |
| Location: |
On the Beach in Cannon Beach (Lincoln City) |
| Phone: |
503-436-2623 |
| Toss your kite into the sky on a Lincoln City Beach, and come marvel the pros and learn them from them too. Honoring a different theme each year, the event showcases some of the most colorful and biggest kites in the world. |
| Location: |
Lincoln City, Oregon |
| The Oregon Coast Music Festival (OCMF) has grown from a Coos Bay performance of Haydn music to a two-week-long annual festival that draws 5,000 to its varied concerts in several Coos Bay area locations. The OCMF had its beginnings in 1978, when Dr. Charles Heiden and his family moved to Coos Bay with the idea of encouraging local children to learn about orchestral music. Heiden, who had previously served as professor of violin at Willamette University, said he wanted to go somewhere “culturally impoverished,” to plant seeds of culture. |
| Location: |
Location Depending on Event in Series |
| Phone: |
541-267-0938 |
| Full of wacky, whimsical, people-powered fun (there are no motorized floats in this parade), the Yachats la de da Parade begins at 12 Noon and is sponsored by the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce. Watch the parade from anywhere along Ocean View Drive between 7th St. and Beach Ave., or from the oceanfront park lawn on 2nd St.
Before and after the parade celebration abounds. Explore the town for a day of great food, entertainment and live music. Find a place on the beach by the mouth of the Yachats river to watch the afternoon Duck Race. From the same beach or from almost anywhere downtown enjoy the Spectacular Fireworks at Sundown over the Yachats bay!
Join the parade! Please call 541-547-3530 or email [email protected] for a parade application (Applications due by July 1.) |
| Location: |
750 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, OR 97365 |
| The Lincoln City Fall Kite Festival is held on the beach, in the center of Lincoln City, at the D-River Wayside from 10am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday.
The weekend festival will include kite flying demonstrations by experts, free kids kitemaking, running of the bols, and some of the most colorful “big” kites in the world! |
| Location: |
Lincoln City, Oregon |
| Toll Free: |
800-551-6949 |
