Does anyone really grow out of enjoying magic, illusions and even giant bubbles? Every year during Oregon’s Spring Break, the Lincoln City Cultural Center gathers some of the best, and funniest, of these types of family entertainment under one roof.

It’s that time of year again when spouts and the occasional breach herald the presence of the roughly 13,000 gray whales traveling along the waters off the Oregon Coast.

Celebrate the Spring Equinox with a day of movement, breathwork, sound healing and ritual at the Elevate & Embody retreat this Saturday, March 21, in Gleneden Beach.

Neskowin Chamber Music’s 30th anniversary season continues when the Frisson Trio d’Anches performs at Wi-Ne-Ma Christian Camp this Sunday, March 22.

The Newport Symphony Orchestra is ending its current season on a high note with “Listening for Shakespeare,” at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center will host a night of funk, soul and horn-driven groove when DTW and Soul Proprietors perform this Friday, March 20.

The Lincoln City Cultural Center’s Celtic music series continues on Wednesday, March 25, when internationally celebrated Irish-American band Solas makes its first appearance in Lincoln City.

ArtFit Oregon will take the stage for the first time at the Newport Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 4, with the afternoon aerial and dance performance “Enchanted Garden.”

No matter how far you have to travel to get to the Newport Performing Arts Center, it will be worth it to see the acclaimed play “4000 Miles,” opening Thursday, March 26.

Once a year, it’s a claw-to-claw competition to see who’s the fastest crustacean in the West — or at least in Garibaldi. 

The Lincoln City Cultural Center will celebrate a double gallery opening this Friday, March 13, with new exhibits in both the Chessman Gallery and the Fiber Arts Gallery.

Don’t miss the closing weekend of “Frozen – the Broadway Musical” from Coastal Act Productions at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14.

Dan Howard is very excited about Saturday, March 28.

"This is going to be a major event here on the Oregon Coast," the Newport Symphony Orchestra's executive director said

Spring migration is underway, and Seven Capes Bird Alliance invites birders of all experience levels to join two guided bird walks to watch for newly arriving songbirds along the Central Oregon Coast this Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14.

Explore two artistic perspectives on the Oregon Coast when painters Jill Perry Townsend and Katia Kyte present “Shared Horizons,” a plein air exhibition at Connie Hanson Garden in Lincoln City, opening this Saturday, March 14.

Celebrate Women’s History Month when the Manzanita Writers Series opens its 2026 season at the Hoffman Center for the Arts this Saturday, March 14.

The Oregon Coast Symphony Festival continues its free Sunday chamber music series with a performance by Trio Musicorum Medicorum and the Cherry City String Quartet at Atonement Lutheran Church in Newport this Sunday, March 15.

It was, to my recollection, my first time interviewing a turtle.

Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts will present its March Gallery Exhibition beginning Thursday, March 5, featuring work by Roberta Lampert, martha clarkson and Lisa Onstad.

Toledo’s First Weekend art tour returns after a two-month hiatus this Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8, with galleries and studios throughout town opening their doors to connect with the public.