Thursday, July 2
Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo
Lincoln County Fairgrounds • Newport
This free, family-friendly event features a rodeo, exhibits, live music, games, food trucks and activities for all ages. 10 am-9 pm, 633 NE 3rd Street. Continues through Saturday.
Toledo Community Market
Memorial Field • Toledo
Local produce, craft vendors and food trucks. 10 am-3 pm, 385 NW A Street.
Introductory Tai Chi
Yaquina Barre Dance Studio • Newport
These community sessions are designed to be accessible for all ages and ability levels, particularly beginners and older adults. 10-11 am, 630 SW Hurbert Street. To register, call 916-862-7974.a
Duplicate Bridge
Newport 60+ Activity Center
Bring a partner or email sandy5942@outlook.com and they will find one for you. Every Thursday at 11 am, 20 SE 2nd Street.
Sitting Yoga class
Depoe Bay Community Hall
Noon-1 pm, 220 Bay Street.
Thursday Market
Ocean’s Edge Wayside • Rockaway Beach
Find fresh produce, baked goods and handmade gifts alongside live music. 2-6 pm, 103 1st Street.
Yarn Group
Salmon River Grange • Otis
Help knit and crochet items for those in need. Bring your own supplies if you can. 3-4 pm, 5371 Salmon River Hwy.
Artist Reception
Hoffman Gallery • Manzanita
An opening reception for this new exhibit, featuring painter Heidi Keith and ceramic sculptor Hans Miles. 3 to 5 pm, 594 Laneda Avenue. FMI, go to hoffmanarts.org.
Underground Art Lab
Lincoln City Cultural Center
Makers of all ages are invited to try four different creative activities, with all materials and instructions laid out for a self-guided art exploration experience. Kids under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. $5. 3-6 pm, 540 NE Hwy. 101.
Lincoln City Music Circle
Lincoln City Senior Center
Acoustic instruments, voices and audiences of all ages are welcome to “solo, jam, or pass” and a piano is available. 4-7 pm, inside the Lincoln City Community Center at 2150 N Oar Place.
The Yachats Big Band
Yachats Commons
The band will host its monthly First Thursday dance. $10 per person or $15 for couples. 7 pm, 441 Hwy. 101.
Friday, July 3
Tai Chi
Lincoln City Community Center
9:30 am in the Senior Center, 2150 NE Oar Place.
Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo
Lincoln County Fairgrounds • Newport
This free, family-friendly event features a rodeo, exhibits, live music, games, food trucks and activities for all ages. 10 am-9 pm, 633 NE 3rd Street Continues through Saturday.
Clovers Day Parade
Cloverdale
The cow-led parade at 11 am is the main attraction, but this fun day also features a petting zoo, ice cream stand, fun run, face painting and vendors aplenty. 10 am-2 pm.
Artisan Faire at Salishan
Salishan Marketplace • Gleneden Beach
Find unique gift ideas, one-of-a-kind crafts and handmade goods from Oregon vendors. 10 am-4 pm, 7760 NW Hwy. 101. Continues Saturday.
Free Yoga Classes
Lincoln City Senior Center
11 am-12:15 pm, 2150 NE Oar Place. FMI, email yogasource10@gmail.com.
BBQ & Live Music
Mad Dog Country Tavern • Newport
Featuring music from Lisha Rose & Revolving Doors Band plus BBQ for $10 a plate. 3-6 pm, 4131 Yaquina Bay Road.
Manzanita Farmers Market
Manzanita City Hall
4-7 pm, 633 Manzanita Avenue.
Summer Art Reception
Pacific Artists' Gallery • Lincoln City
See artwork inspired by the theme “America the Beautiful,” meet featured artists, enjoy a demonstration by Catherine Hingson, hear live music by Dave Waite and enjoy refreshments. 5-7 pm, 620 NE Hwy. 101.
Introductory Tai Chi
Yaquina Barre Dance Studio • Newport
These community sessions are designed to be accessible for all ages and ability levels, particularly beginners and older adults. 6 pm, 630 SW Hurbert Street. To register, call 916-862-7974.
Night Market
Aquarium Village • Newport
Anoutdoor marketplace with unique gifts, baked treats, artist meet and greet, food and live music from Christopher Worth. 6-9 pm, 2925 SE Ferry Slip Road.
Fireworks
Devils Lake • Lincoln City
The Devils Lake Neighborhood Association presents this 250th Independence Day celebration. 9:30 pm, viewable from East Devils Lake State Park and from Sandpoint Park.
Saturday, July 4
Pancake Breakfast
Gleneden Beach Community Hall
The menu includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, ham or sausage, OJ and hot beverages. $10 for adults, $6 for kids aged six to 12. 8-10:30 am, 110 Azalea Street. FMI, go to glenedenbeach.org.
Neskowin Farmers Market
Neskowin
Find fresh local produce, prepared foods, music and more. 9 am-1 pm, 48875 Hwy 101 S., opposite Neskowin Wayside.
Newport Farmers Market
Downtown Newport
This market offers locally made handcrafts, art, specialty foods and fresh fruits, vegetables and farm products from Lincoln County farms and growers from surrounding areas. 9 am to 1 pm just off Highway 101 next to Newport City Hall.
Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo
Lincoln County Fairgrounds • Newport
This free, family-friendly event features a rodeo, exhibits, live music, games, food trucks and activities for all ages. 10 am-9 pm, 633 NE 3rd Street.
Saturday Market
Taft Hall • Lincoln City
Find handcrafted goods from local vendors alongside an array of home baked treats. 10 am-3 pm, 1206 SE 48th Street.
First Weekend
Throughout Toledo
Toledo’s art community throws open its doors with galleries and studios showcasing oil paintings, sculpture, photography and more. 10 am-4 pm. Continues Sunday.
Artisan Faire at Salishan
Salishan Marketplace • Gleneden Beach
Find unique gift ideas, one-of-a-kind crafts and handmade goods from Oregon vendors. 10 am-4 pm, 7760 NW Hwy. 101.
Paddle for Democracy
Devils Lake • Lincoln City
Lincoln County Indivisible celebrates democracy with a flotilla of rowboats, canoes, rafts and stand-up paddle boards. 10-11 am, 205 NE Devils Lake Road. Expect noisemakers and bubbles. FMI, email sharwalbaum@gmail.com.
Tarot and Mini-Astrology Readings
InnerCompass Center • Lincoln City
Laura Lee will be doing 15-minute readings for $30 apiece. 10 am-4 pm, 4840 SE Hwy. 101.
FMI or to reserve a spot, text 424-229-0024 or go to www.magikalliving.com.
Vets, Pets & Pie
Lincoln City Community Center
Enter your best pie for judging and walk your pet in the pet parade. Best pies and pets will receive a prize. Veterans receive free entry to the community center all day, and a special gift. 10 am to noon, 2150 NE Oar Place.
Oceanside Independence Parade
Oceanside
Parade starts at 10 am featuring decorated wagons, tricycles, bicycles, strollers, roller skates, skate boarders, babies, kids, dogs, walkers, dancers, floats, boats and cars.
Parade and Fireworks
Neskowin
The parade will begin at 10 am followed by a patriotic celebration at 11 am in the Proposal Rock Inn parking lot. Fireworks on the beach begin roughly at dusk.
Fourth of July Celebration
Waterfront Park • Toledo
Celebrate the 250th in style with live music, food trucks, family-friendly games and a free community raffle. 11 am to 5 pm, 127 NW A Street.
Parade and Fireworks
Rockaway Beach
The parade begins at 11 am. Family fun events will begin at 1 pm. Fireworks will start at dusk.
Gleneden Beach Parade
Gleneden Beach Loop
A full day of fun, with local craft and food vendors, live music and the parade, featuring the US Coast Guard Color Guard and rescue helicopter flyover leading a line of classic cars, trucks, fire engines, horses, scouts, cheerleaders, clowns, floats and the ever-popular passing out of treats. Festivities begin at 11 am, parade starts at 1 pm followed by live music until 4 pm.
Block Party
The Pines Dine • Lincoln City
Celebrate with family-friendly games, face-painting, a kids’ makers market and a raffle.
Proceeds support Family Promise of Lincoln County. 11 am-8 pm, 5040 SE Hwy. 101.
Spotlight Show
Yaquina Arts Gallery • Newport
The start of a two-week show from fine art photographers Kim Cuc Tran and Ted Crego. 11 am-5 pm through July 17, 789 NW Beach Drive.
Recreation Jeopardy
Tillamook Forest Center
Test your knowledge of recreation in the Tillamook State Forest in a lively game of Jeopardy.1:30 pm, 26 miles east of Tillamook on Highway 6. FMI, go to www.tillamookforestcenter.org.
Stars, Stripes, and Wildlife Celebration
Taft Park • Lincoln City
An afternoon of live music from Ska Island and Hecktic Week, local food, a beer garden by Pelican Brewing Company and interactive activities including wildlife education with Seven Capes Bird Alliance and Cascade Head Biosphere Collaborative. Noon to 5 pm, west end of SW 51st Street.
la de da Parade
Yachats
This famously quirky parade featuring creative, people-powered entries begins at noon on Ocean View Drive. The fireworks show will begin at sundown over the mouth of the Yachats River.
Firecracker Weiner Dog Races
Phyllis Baker Park • Rockaway Beach
Wiener dog races, vendor booths and a hot dog barbecue. Proceeds go to support the Tillamook County Animal Shelter. 1 pm, 360 N Coral Street.
July 4Parade
Manzanita
A fun-filled hometown parade with marching bands, giant crabs and dancing librarians, the Manzanita Parade is fun for all. The parade begins at 1 pm at Division and Laneda.
Yachats Community Celebration
Yachats Commons
Celebrate Independence Day with live music, a community barbecue and a beer garden hosted by Pelican Brewing Company and View the Future, plus a bounce house, yard games, dunk tank and concessions. Bounce house admission is $10 all day or $5 per hour. 1 to 8 pm, 441 Hwy. 101 N.
US @ 250!
Don and Ann Davis Park • Newport
An opening reception for this exhibit of mail art, celebrating the United States' 250th Anniversary through diverse art and writing. Featuring live music from Barbara Turrill. 3 pm in the gazebo, 840 W Olive Street.
Fourth of July Concert
Newport Middle School
The Newport Symphony Orchestra and music director Adam Flatt will present music by John Williams, Aaron Copland, Bill Conti, Samuel Ward, Dave Robertson and John Philip Sousa. Free. 4 pm, 825 NE 7th Street.
Boat Parade
Devils lake • Lincoln City
Join the Devils Lake Neighborhood Association for this eighth annual patriotic parade. 4-5 pm, gather ear Regatta Park.
Group Read
Theatre West • Lincoln City
Mark the 250th birthday of the US with this reading of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. All guests will receive free copies of both documents. 7 pm, 3536 SE Hwy. 101.
4th of July Jamboree
Pacific Maritime Heritage Center • Newport
Live music, pies, family crafts and rooftop viewing of the fireworks. 7:30 to 10:30 pm, 333 SE Bay Blvd.
Fireworks Celebration
Yaquina Bay • Newport
The fireworks display will launch over Yaquina Bay from the west end of the Port of Newport’s International Terminals beginning at 10 pm.
Fireworks Display
Devils Lake • Lincoln City
Fireworks over the lake at dusk, visible from numerous viewing locations including East Devils Lake State Park and Regatta Park. Free shuttle from Lincoln City Community Center to Regatta Park from 7 pm-1 am.
Sunday, July 5
Pacific City Farmers Market
Pacific City Library
Find fresh, juicy, nutritious fruits and vegetables right from the farmer. 10 am-2 pm, 6200 Camp Street.
Lincoln City Sunday Market
Lincoln City Cultural Center
Find fresh produce, specialty foods and handmade art plus Irish music and dance from Pipedance. 10 am-2 pm, 540 NE Hwy. 101. FMI, go to LincolnCitySundayMarket.org.
SOLVE Beach Clean
Three Locations • Lincoln City
Lend a hand restoring the beaches after the July 4 celebrations. 10 am-1 pm at Roads End; 10 am-2 pm at NW 15th Street; and 9-11 am at SW 51st Street.
First Weekend
Throughout Toledo
Toledo’s art community throws open its doors with galleries and studios showcasing oil paintings, sculpture, photography and more. 10 am-4 pm
Recreation Jeopardy
Tillamook Forest Center
Test your knowledge of recreation in the Tillamook State Forest in a lively game of Jeopardy.1:30 pm, 26 miles east of Tillamook on Highway 6. FMI, go to www.tillamookforestcenter.org.
“A Course in Miracles"
Congregational Church of Lincoln City
This ongoing spiritual self-study program offers a warm welcome to all. 2-3 pm, 2435 NW Oar Place. FMI, call Pam at 541-961-0084 or Mary Anne at 480-310-3433.
Monday, July 6
Tai Chi
Lincoln City Community Center
9:30 am in the Senior Center, 2150 NE Oar Place.
Introductory Tai Chi
Yaquina Barre Dance Studio • Newport
These community sessions are designed to be accessible for all ages and ability levels, particularly beginners and older adults. 10 am and again at 6 pm, 630 SW Hurbert Street. To register, call 916-862-7974.
Book Sale
Driftwood Public Library • Lincoln City
A book lover's paradise with thousands of books, CDs, audiobooks, puzzles and more, with a 50-percent-off sale category every week. 10 am-2 pm, second floor, 801 SW Hwy. 101. FMI, call 541-996-1215.
Social Bridge
Newport 60+ Activity Center
A great way to get back to bridge or to learn a new game. All welcome. Every Monday at 10:45 am, 20 SE 2nd Street.
Journeys of Faith Book Club
Congregational Church of Lincoln City
The group will discuss “This is Happiness” by Niall Williams. 2 pm, 2435 NW Oar Place.
Colúr
Lincoln City Cultural Center
Named for the Irish word for "pigeon," this trio blends traditional Irish and Appalachian music with storytelling, harmony singing and percussive dance. $20. 7 pm, 540 NE Hwy. 101. FMI, go to lincolncity-culturalcenter.org.
Tuesday, July 7
Toddler Time Storytime
Newport Public Library
Gentle stories, songs and wiggle-friendly fun. 10:30 am, 35 NW Nye Street.
Siletz Valley Grange Farmers Market
Siletz Valley Grange
Plants, canned goods, ceramics, woodworking, books and more. 10 am-3 pm, 224 Gaither Street.
Bingo and Taco Tuesday
Newport Elks Lodge
Have fun and support the community. Bingo is minimum $25 buy-in, cash only. 5:30 pm, 45 SE Moore Drive.
Newport Cribbage Club
American Legion Post • Newport
Everyone from beginners to experts is invited to play this fabulous, two-player card game. 5:30 pm, 424 West Olive Street.
Wednesday, July 8
Waldport Wednesday Market
Waldport Community Center
Support local artists, crafters and farmers and purchase unique, locally-made treasures. 9 am-2 pm, 265 Alsea Hwy.
Clay Target/Trap Shooting
VFW Post 268 • Toledo
Bring your favorite shotgun. Instruction available for beginners. $8/round of 25, cash only. 9 am-noon, 268 Pioneer Mountain Loop. FMI, call 702-816-8331.
Tai Chi
Lincoln City Community Center
9:30 am in the Senior Center, 2150 NE Oar Place.
Newport Zen Meditation
Samaritan Center for Health Education • Newport
Seated focused meditation with the local Zen Buddhist community. Free. 10-11:30 am, 740 SW 9th Street. FMI, call Kent at 458-277-3228.
Gentle Yoga Sessions
Lincoln City Cultural Center
This New Moon Yoga class features slow, gentle movements guided by the breath and awareness for flexibility in body, mind and spirit. Safe and appropriate for all levels. Noon, 540 NE Hwy. 101.
Finding Your Inner Calm
InnerCompass Center • Lincoln City
Slow down, quiet the mind and reconnect with the steady place within at this restorative sound bath. $20, 2 pm, 4840 SE Hwy. 101.
Shut Up & Write!
Pioneer Joe Coffee • Lincoln City
Break through your writer's block and overcome procrastination. 2:30-4 pm, 869 SW 51st Street. FMI, contact CJ at 541-224-6498.
Cribbage Club
The Horn Public House • Depoe Bay
Enjoy fabulous ocean and harbor views, and congenial competition. Six games, $9 entry. 5 pm, 110 SE Hwy. 101. FMI, call 541-574-7668.
Bingo
Panther Creek Community Center • Otis
Food served from 4 pm. Bingo runs from 5-7 pm, 655 N Wayside Loop, follow the signs from the Otis junction. FMI, email marex@centurylink.net.
Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Depoe Bay Community Hall
Join Melissa Caye every Wednesday. Bring a mat, or extras will be available. $8 or pay what you can. 5:30-6:30 pm, 220 Bay Street.
Tango Lessons
Lincoln City Cultural Center
Learn the steps to this elegant Latin American dance. No partner needed. 6-8 pm, 540 NE Hwy. 101. FMI, call 541-992-1002 or email sachdeva.kanwal@gmail.com.
Open Art Night
Bay City Arts Center
Hosted by Matt Sohler, this open studio offers an inclusive and supportive environment for you to work on anything your heart desires. Network with other artists or work quietly on your own. Bring your own art supplies. Donations encouraged. 6-8 pm, 5680 A Street.
Cassandra Lewis
Lincoln City Cultural Center
This singer-songwriter and her all-female backing band promise an evening of "Cosmic Americana.” $20-$25. 7 pm, 540 NE Hwy. 101. FMI, go to lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or call 541-994-9994.