Mei-Ting Sun, artistic director of the Siletz Bay Music Festival, spoke from his home in London, where he serves as Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music.

Kids love to head to the beach with a bucket and shovel, using their imaginations to turn damp sand into castles or other creations.

The Yakona Nature Preserve and Learning Center will become an outdoor classroom this summer as the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts presents a series of free workshops combining creativity with the natural world.

You won’t see your future, but you just might get some warm and fuzzy feelings from your past at "Roadside Tarot," a new exhibition by fiber artist Linda Moore opening at the Lincoln City Cultural Center this Friday, Aug. 7.

Tillamook Farmers Market aims to offer a little extra on top of the typical bundle of carrots or pint of blueberries — a sense of community.

I saw a pirate the other day. Of course, buccaneers and skull-and-crossbone flags are not uncommon sights here on the Oregon Coast, proud home to Pirate’s Plunder, The Lucky Pirate Chophouse, Pirate Coffee Company, etc., etc.

The Pauline Ricks Memorial Pow-Wow Grounds in Siletz will once again welcome dancers, drummers, artists and visitors from across the country to the annual Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow this Friday Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 9.

Tribal leaders, conservation advocates and community members will gather for an evening of presentations, music, food and auctions at the inaugural Rooted & Rising fund-raiser, held at the Yachats Commons on Saturday, Sept. 12

A musician whose career has taken him from Oregon coast clubs to international stages alongside some of music's biggest names is landing for one-night-only at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church this Friday, Aug. 7.

Grab an elephant ear and a Pronto Pup, because Tillamook County’s biggest event of the year is just days away.

Toledo’s monthly First Weekend art celebration, where visitors can explore galleries and artist studios throughout town, is joining forces with the annual Art, Oysters & Brews festival this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2. 

Toledo’s Historic Main Street will once again fill with artists, live music and fun when Art, Oysters & Brews returns this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2.

If the country’s early elimination in the 2026 World Cup left you aching for more things Brazilian, head to the Newport Performing Arts Center for the two concerts featuring Grammy-nominated Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2.

More than 65 Pacific Northwest artists and artisans will descend upon the Lincoln City Cultural Center for the third annual Lincoln City Summer Art Festival this Friday and Saturday, July 31 and Aug. 1.

It will do your heart good to head to the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church for the 26th annual Pathways to Transformation Holistic Health, Psychic & Crafts Fair this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2. 

Both Neah-Kah-Nie High School and Rockaway Beach will be filled with Aztec dance, music, art and cultural activities honoring the connection between people and the ocean at Ofrenda a Nuestro Océano Sanador, An Offering to Our Healing Ocean, this Sunday, Aug. 2.

The Oregon Coast’s coziest event is back at the Newport Recreation Center, where the Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild will present its annual “Quilts by the Sea” show this Friday and Saturday, July 31 and Aug. 1.

The Hoffman Center for the Arts has gathered three Pacific Northwest artists whose work explores ideas of home, landscape and memory through ceramics, photography and sculpture for its August show, opening this Saturday, Aug. 1.

A long-held debate asks whether a tree falling in the forest makes a sound if there’s no one there to hear it.

A silent concert flips the question: Can a forest host a symphony that exists only in the ears of its audience?

Seek the answer for yourself at the “IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild” concert held at the Smith Homestead in the Tillamook State Forest on Monday, July 27.

Every summer, Garibaldi gets in gear and throws one of the Oregon Coast's biggest hometown celebrations. This Friday through Sunday, July 24 through 26, the 66th Annual Garibaldi Days returns with a parade, live music, fireworks, family activities and more.