The well-named Lincoln Pops Big Band will bring its impressive number of musicians and instruments to the Newport Performing Arts Center for two sets of big band and jazz tunes this Sunday, June 8.

Tensas & The Mourners are a powerhouse duo armed with a rotating arsenal of guitar, drums, trumpet, piano, bass and whatever else they can plug in or beat on.

As summer beckons, so too do the studios and galleries of Toledo, where artists will throw open their doors to celebrate First Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8.

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is hosting its World Ocean Day celebration with marine-themed activities, art performances and displays highlighting community partners from across Lincoln County this Sunday, June 8.

You can find a float on the beach, and you can even blow your own, but Lincoln City’s North Lincoln County Historical Museum is providing one last chance to snag one of the curated floats from the James Watson Glass Fishing Float collection at a fund-raising sale this Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7.

The tiny machines with endless entertainment possibilities that fit into our pockets are fine. But for those from the era when we gathered around an arcade cabinet to cheer, jeer and mentally plan the moves for our next turn, some of the old magic of arcade game play has been lost.

The June exhibit at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts features the expressive and distinct work of three Northwest artists: Deborah Gangwer, Jeremy Furnish and Maude May.

Get ready for the Waldport Great Garage Sale, taking place Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, with 38 sale sites from Seal Rock to Yachats.

his year’s self-guided Art on the Edge studio tour will take place from 11 am to 5 pm each day from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, June 1.

Pacific Dance Ensemble presents its 38th annual free show, “Dances from the Heart: a dancer’s life” at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Friday, May 30. 

Now in its fourth year, Bloom Newport will take place at the Newport Performing Arts Center and surrounding areas on Saturday, May 31.

Find yourself among found objects at the fine arts opening of “Nature, Paper, Fiber, Found,” featuring the art of Cheri Aldrich at Newport Visual Arts Center this Friday, May 30.

Dress in your rainbow=colored best and head to the Lincoln City Cultural Center for two events leading up to the 2025 Lincoln City Oregon PrideFest.

New York’s Metropolitan Opera will live-stream Gioachino Rossini’s effervescent comedy, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” to the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, May 31.

After a months-long search for an artist to create an image for all printed and online materials for its upcoming season, Siletz Bay Music Festival has chosen Lincoln City-based artist Stephanie Reitmeier and her pastel rendering of the Siletz Bay’s iconic four brothers rock formation, echoing the imagery of the festival’s logo.

Hear some thought-provoking information at a presentation by Zachary Stocks, executive director of Oregon Black Pioneers, at the Yachats Commons this Sunday, June 1.

Combining deep community ties with the gorgeous pageantry of floral wreaths floating on the water in front of Depoe Bay Harbor, the Fleet of Flowers ceremony will celebrate 80 years on Monday, May 26.

Memorial Day Weekend is a time of commemoration on the Oregon Coast, marked most visibly by Depoe Bay’s Fleet of Flowers, now in its 80th year.

Songs, stories and s’mores around a campfire. Sounds like some good ol’-fashioned summer camp fun. And where better to make memories than at the beach?

Finding a glass float on a Lincoln City beach is already a special experience, but from Sunday, June 1, to Saturday, June 14, a found float will have even more meaning.