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YACHATS EVENTS
updated 2/01/2010
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ONGOING:
YACHATS BIG BAND
Dance to the music of this 17-piece
band on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Suggested Donation Adults $5.00;
children under 12 free. Held at the Yachats Commons,
Hwy 101 and W 4th St. FMI, contact Yachats Big Band Assistant Business
Manager, Richard Petrovic, (541) 265-2514, or click
here.
GUIDED WALKS & TOURS
For outdoor guided
walks, tours and special events, please see The Great Outdoors.
Business Events:
City Meetings:
MEETING TIMES for City Council and
City Commissions
Community Programs:
MEETING TIMES of
local Nonprofit Organizations.
CITY'S INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY EVENTS PAGE
CLASSES of various kinds open to the public.
YACHATS YOUTH & FAMILY ACTIVITIES PROGRAM
The Yachats Youth & Family
Activities Program, located in the Yachats Commons,
offers a variety of after school activities, a Spring Break program, and day camps during summer. Call
(541) 547-4599 to request program information.
YACHATS MOVIE NIGHT
On the 3rd Thursday night of each month, the Friends of the Yachats Commons
offers free movies in the Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 and W 5th St. For movie information,
please Email.
YACHATS SCRABBLE NIGHT
5:30-7 p.m. On the 1ST Tuesday night of each month at the Yachats
Public Library. Bring your own Scrabble board if you have one. If not, come anyway.
Yachats Scrabble Club, (541) 547-4020.
YACHATS LUNCH BUNCH Ages 55 and up
Held the last Thursday of each month from
12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. FMI: (541) 547-4586. Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 and W 5th St.
2010 EVENTS
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2010 Printable Calendar (PDF)
January 2010
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(Yachats Winter Fest)
January 23, 2010
Saturday 4 p.m. until the food is gone!
Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th St. and Pontiac &
Yachats Commons Auditorium, W 4th & Hwy 101
YACHATS LIONS ANNUAL CRAB FEED
All you can eat crab with french
bread, cole slaw, baked beans, soda or coffee. Advance purchase Dinner Tickets $25. Special group seatings
are available. (Sorry, no take-out or doggy
bags...all food must be eaten on premises.) Advance tickets available at Shirley's in Yachats. For reservations or more information, please
contact Jerry Musial at (541) 547-3498 or Email. Mail checks to Yachats
Lions Club, POB 66, Yachats, OR 97498-066.
February 2010
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Party at Heidi's Homemade Food; Yachats Valentines Packages, Valentines Drawing, Wine Tastings, Cheese
Tastings...
February 6, 2010
Saturday 7:30 p.m.
Yachats Commons Auditorium, Hwy 101 & W 5th
15th Annual
YACHATS LIONS BARBERSHOP FESTIVAL
Featuring Cascade Chorus, Coastal Aires, The Sweet Adelines, Social Insecurity,
and It's About Time! Tickets $10 - available in Yachats at Shirley's Gifts, 541-547-3292,
and from Lions Mike and Edwina Matychuck, 541-547-3265 and Craig Putman, 541-563-2350. FMI, please
Email.
Sponsored by the Yachats Lions Club.
February 7, 2010
Sunday 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Yachats Commons Auditorium, Hwy 101 & W 5th
STUART HAYNOR MAGIC SHOW
The Yachats Youth & Family Activities Program and Pat Hayner are proud to present the return of the professional magic of Stuart Hayner on Sunday, February 7 at 3 PM. The Magic Show is sure to dazzle the young and old. Tickets are $3 each for children and accompanying adults, and $5 for adults who come without children. Tickets will be available at the door. Stuart Hayner began learning magic when he was about 10. He began appearing professionally at the age of 14 and performed at magic conventions in Toronto and New York at the age of 16. He moved to Newport in his late teens, did magic at the Embarcadero and lights and sound for a band called Formula L which played for many weeks at the old Iron Kettle in Waldport. He was house magician at the Organ Grinder in Portland and did lights and sound for Johnny Limbo and the Lug Nuts. In 1991 and 1992 he toured the Far East with the Defense Department Overseas Shows. Stuart now lives in Denver, and performs at many festivals and venues in Colorado. For more information about this or any other Yachats Youth & Family Activities Program activity, call 547-4599, or visit www.yachatsyouth.org.
February 13, 2010
Saturday 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Yachats Ladies Club, W 3rd and Pontiac
Yachats Ladies Club's SWEETHEARTS DINNER
Fundraiser for the Yachats Ladies Club. $9.50 or $9.00 with a donation of a
non-perishable food item. Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, green salad, dinner roll, “to die for Chocolate” dessert, coffee, tea.
FMI Sandy Dunn, Yachats Ladies Club President, (541) 547-3205.
February 14, 2010
Sunday 5:30 p.m.
Little Log Church, W 3rd & Pontiac
St. Valentine's
WEDDING VOW RENEWAL CEREMONY
A Celebration of Renewal
and Commitment. Sponsored by the Little Log Church
Museum, (541) 547-3976.
February 20, 2010
Saturday 7:30 p.m.
Little Log Church, W 3rd & Pontiac
JAMIE LAVAL - Ancient Airs and Dances
Concert of Traditional and Progressive Celtic Instrumental Music featuring
All-Ireland champion ZAC LEGER on guitar, bouzouki, and Irish bagpipes. Ashville Citizen-Times says of Laval, "One of the hottest
fiddlers out there...this act is turning heads wherever it plays." $15 Adults / $10 Students. Tickets available at
Shirley's Gifts and Judith's Kitchen Tools in Yachats and online at
www.BrownPaperTickets.com
For info please call, 541-961-3169 or visit www.JamieLaval.com
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(Yachats Winter Fest, 40th annual Original Yachats Arts & Crafts Fair)
March 20, 2010
Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Yachats Ladies Club, W 3rd and Pontiac
Yachats Ladies Club's
7th Annual SATURDAY LUNCHEON & CRAFT SHOW
Crafts by Ladies Club Members and Saturday Luncheon with Pie/beverage option.
Fundraiser for the Yachats Ladies Club. FMI Sandy Dunn, Yachats Ladies Club President, (541) 547-3205.
March 20-21, 2010
Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Yachats Commons Auditorium, W 5th & Hwy 101
40th Annual
ORIGINAL
YACHATS ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR
Superb Arts and Crafts by 70 selected artists of the
Pacific Northwest. Free admission. FMI, please Email, (541) 547-3530, 1-800-929-0477. Art classes will also be available. Please check back for class
schedule, which will be posted here soon.
Artists, please click here for Arts Fair Guidelines and Application. The
application deadline has been extended until January 30.
March 20, 2010
Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Register/pick up bags at the Yachats Visitors Center, 241 Hwy 101
GREAT OREGON SPRING BEACH CLEAN UP
Your opportunity to help keep
Oregon's beautiful beaches clean. Come to the
Yachats Visitors Center to register and pick up
your bags. FMI: (541) 547-3530, 1-800-929-0477. Find the Yachats Visitors Center in the center of town
next door to Yachats Village Market. This semiannual coast clean-up is
sponsored by SOLV.
March 20 - March 27, 2010
10 a.m - 1 p.m.
SPRING WHALE WATCH
Whale watch interpreters at Cape
Perpetua Visitors' Center and Cook's Chasm. FMI: Morris Grover, (541) 765-3304,
Email.
March 21, 2010
Sunday 7:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th & Pontiac
YACHATS LIONS PANCAKE BREAKFAST
All you can eat pancakes with eggs,
ham, sausage, coffee and milk. Sponsored by the
Yachats Lions Club.
March 26-27, 2009
Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th St.
YACHATS ARTS GUILD SPRING EXHIBITION
A wide variety of artwork will be shown in Room 8. Enter through the north entrance of the Yachats Commons (by Bank of the West).
Sponsored by
Friends of the Yachats Commons.
March 26-27, 2010
Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th St.
YACHATS LIBRARY BOOK SALE
FMI: (541) 547-3741
April 10, 2010 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Yachats Commons Auditorium, Hwy 101 & W 5th St.
World Premier of the GHOUL FROM THE TIDAL POOL
A cantankerous librarian reluctantly joins forces with a red-blooded, All-American boy and his bodacious
grandmother to lead their isolated coastal village into a ruthless scuffle with... the "Ghoul from the Tidal Pool"! This locally grown
spoof of the 1950s horror movies stars dozens of Yachatians and pseudo-Yachatians. Come see your neighbors (and maybe yourself) try to
save Yachats from the Ghoul's green slime. A production of the Yachats International Film Festival (YIFF). Admission is free.
May 2010
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May 29, 2010
Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m
Yachats Ladies Club House, W 3rd & Pontiac
Yachats Ladies Club
MEMORIAL DAY PIE & ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Wonderful assortment of pies made from the favorite recipes of Ladies Club
members. Come early because they usually sell out. FMI Sandy Dunn, Yachats Ladies Club
President, (541) 547-3205.
May 30, 2010
Sunday 7:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th & Pontiac
YACHATS LIONS PANCAKE BREAKFAST
All you can eat pancakes with eggs,
ham, sausage, coffee and milk. Sponsored by the
Yachats Lions Club.
June 2010
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(Benefit Dinner for Yachats Fireworks)
June 2010 Dates TBA
Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Seal Rock Garden Club
FLOWER SHOW & PLANT SALE
Held at the Seal Rock Garden Club House,
10377 NW Rand St., Seal Rock (next door to the fire house and Seal Rock
Water District building). Approximately 14 miles
north of Yachats, just off Hwy
101.
June-August 2010 Dates TBA
TIDEPOOL DISCOVERY DAYS
FMI: (541) 547-3289.
Take advantage of some of the lowest tides of the
year! Naturalists will be stationed at the tidepools in the Cape Perpetua
Scenic Area.
Check for low tides!
July 4, 2010
Sunday - An all day Independence Day Celebration!
YACHATS la de da PARADE, afternoon festivities & FIREWORKS SHOW
Fun-filled la de da Parade on July 4
at Noon sponsored by the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce.
Great food and music all afternoon about town. Spectacular Fireworks at
Sundown over the Yachats Bay.
July 4, 2010
Sunday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Yachats Commons, W 4th & Hwy 101
7th Annual
FOURTH OF JULY PIE & ICE CREAM SOCIAL
The Yachats Ladies Club will wow you with an incredible variety of
delicious pies. FMI Sandy Dunn, Yachats Ladies Club President, (541) 547-3205.
July 4, 2010
Sunday 2:30 p.m.
Yachats State Scenic Area at the Yachats River Bridge
5th ANNUAL DUCK FOR KIDS RACE
1,200 Rubber Duckies will be dropped from the Yachats River Bridge,
just south of downtown Yachats to race down the river! Watch from the beach below the
bridge at Yachats Ocean Road State Park. You may sponsor a duck for $5 or 3 ducks for $10.
The first ducks across the finish line will win fantastic prizes. Buy your chance to win
at the Yachats Visitors Center, 241 Hwy 101, (541) 547-3530; Chuck's Waldport Video,
520 Commercial St, (541) 563-4898 or at the Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program,
(541) 547-4599. All proceeds benefit YYFAP Programming.
July 9-11, 2010
Yachats Presbyterian Church, 360 W 7th St.
30th Annual
YACHATS MUSIC FESTIVAL
For 3 decades, Yachats has had the
privilege of hosting internationally acclaimed
artists of FOUR SEASONS CONCERTS. This magnificent
3-day music festival includes cameo performances
by 20 to 30 major classical artists. Don't miss this best kept secret on
the Oregon Coast. Individual concert tickets for Friday, Saturday or Sunday
evening or a Sunday matinee performance may be
purchased beginning in June @
the Yachats Visitors Center (541) 547-3530, the Adobe
Resort (541) 547-3141 and the Fireside Motel
(541) 547-3636. The Yachats Music Festival is
dedicated to the memory of its founder, Dr. W.
Hazaiah Williams, who began the summer Festival in
Yachats in 1981. FMI, (510) 601-7919,
FOUR SEASONS
CONCERTS.
July 10, 2010
Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Yachats Commons Picnic Shelter, W 5th & Hwy 101
YACHATS LIONS ANNUAL FISH FRY
(Formerly the Yachats Smelt Fry). Yachats Lion's Fisherman's Dinner
includes deep fried cod & snapper with baked beans, coleslaw and garlic bread.
Waldport Lion's serve grilled sausages with condiments, chips & drink. Slice
of pie and drink is also available. No advance
tickets or reservations. FMI: Please Email the Yachats Lions.
August 2010 Dates TBA
TIDEPOOL DISCOVERY DAYS
FMI: (541) 547-3289.
Take advantage of some of the lowest tides of the
year! Naturalists will be stationed at the tidepools in the Cape Perpetua
Scenic Area.
Check for low tides!
August 7-8, 2010
Saturday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sunday 9 a.m. -5 p.m.
PATHWAYS TO TRANSFORMATION
Holistic Health, Psychics, and Crafts Fair.
FMI: (541) 547-4664. Sponsored by Chuckling Cherubs.
Held inside the Yachats Commons, Hwy. 101 and W 4th
St.
August 20-21; 27-29 and
Sept. 3-5, 2010
Friday/Saturday 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 2 p.m.
Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th
A selected play (TBA) presented by ONE OF US PRODUCTIONS
Please stay posted for information. Tickets will be available in Yachats @ Toad Hall,
Raindogs, Shirley's, Chuck's Waldport Video, in Newport at the Performing Arts Center, and & at the Door.
August/Sept 2010 Dates TBA
10 a.m - 1 p.m.
SUMMER WHALE WATCH
Whale watch interpreters at Cape
Perpetua Visitors' Center and Cook's Chasm. FMI: Morris Grover, (541) 765-3304,
Email.
September
2010 Click Here » BUSINESS EVENTS
September 2010 Dates TBA
7:00 p.m.
Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th
4th Annual YACHATS MUSICIANS SHOWCASE
Stay posted for information. All proceeds
benefit the Yachats Youth & Family Activities Program, 541-547-4599.
September 4, 2010
Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Yachats Ladies Club House, W 3rd & Pontiac
11th Annual Yachats Ladies Club
LABOR DAY PIE & ICE CREAM SOCIAL
FMI Sandy Dunn, Yachats Ladies Club President, (541) 547-3205.
September 5, 2010
Sunday 7:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th & Pontiac
Yachats Lions Annual
ALL YOU CAN EAT PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Breakfast includes all you can eat pancakes,
eggs over easy, choice of ham or sausage, milk, tea, or coffee. Please visit Yachats
merchants after breakfast. Sponsored by the Yachats Lions Club.
September 25, 2010
Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Register/pick up bags at the Yachats Visitors Center, 241 Hwy 101
GREAT OREGON FALL BEACH CLEAN UP
Your opportunity to help keep
Oregon's beautiful beaches clean. Come to the
Yachats Visitors Center to register and pick up
your bags. FMI: (541) 547-3530, 1-800-929-0477. Find the Yachats Visitors Center in the center of town
next door to Yachats Village Market. This semiannual coast clean-up is
sponsored by SOLV.
October
2010 Click Here » BUSINESS EVENTS
October 15-17, 2010
Friday 4 p.m. - Sunday 4 p.m.
Yachats Commons, Cape Perpetua and About Town
11th Annual
YACHATS VILLAGE MUSHROOM FEST
Come savor autumn on the central Oregon coast where the fun-guys go - to the Yachats Village
Mushroom Fest!Enjoy wild forest mushroom cuisine, expert led mushroom walks, talks and exhibits, culinary and
fungi arts workshops, culinary mushroom markets, wine tasting, and live entertainment. Guided mushroom walks, talks and exhibits are FREE
and open to the public. The Yachats Village Mushroom Fest is hosted
by the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce and is generously supported by Yachats Area restaurants, lodging and gift
shops, the Cape Perpetua Visitors Center and Scenic Area, Forest Ecologist Marla Gillham, OSU Faculty,
Students and Alumni, Cascade Mycological Society, North American Truffling Society, Lincoln Co Mycological Society,
the Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program, the Yachats Ladies Club, Yachats Lions, Yachats Farmers Market, area naturalists,
and many culinary mushroom enthusiasts. FMI,
please Email or call 1-800-929-0477, 547-3530.
2009 FESTIVAL PROCEEDS WERE DEDICATED TO
THE GERDEMANN BOTANICAL PRESERVE.
October 2010 Dates TBA
6 p.m. Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th
4th Annual YACHATS GUITAR FEST
Come to Yachats for a fantastic evening of acoustic guitar music.
Tickets will be available at Raindogs and Green Salmon in Yachats and Oceana and the Performing
Arts Center in Newport. Please watch
Tony Kaltenberg's web site for more information.
November
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November 2010 dates TBA
Saturday afternoon - Ceili and music Workshops
Saturday, 7:30 p.m. - CONCERT
Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 5th St.
YACHATS CELTIC CELEBRATION
Please stay posted for information or call Don at (541) 961-6695. Sponsored by the
Friends of the Yachats Commons.
December
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December 4-5, 2010
Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (lunch offered 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
Sunday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. (no lunch available)
Yachats Ladies Club
83rd Annual CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
Held inside the
Yachats Ladies Club House, 286 W 3rd St. FMI Sandy Dunn, Yachats Ladies Club
President, (541) 547-3205. Sponsored by the Yachats Ladies Club.
December 2010 Date TBA
7 p.m. - Little Log Church Museum, W 3rd & Pontiac
7:30 p.m. - Yachats Ladies Club, W 3rd & Pontiac
Admission is Free.
WINTER CELEBRATION OPENING CEREMONY
WITH THE SWEET ADELINES
The Opening Ceremony is held at the Little Log Church Museum
followed by a performance by the Sweet Adelines and refreshments at the Yachats Ladies Club.
December 11-12 and 18-19, 2010
Saturdays and Sundays 4 - 7 p.m.
14th Annual
HECETA LIGHTSTATION
VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE
The Queen Ann style Keeper's House will be decorated with Victorian
flourishes inside and out. Enjoy warm drinks and treats and performances by local musicians.
Santa Claus will be there, and Oregon State Parks volunteers will offer
historic tours of the lighthouse. There will be a holiday raffle with great prizes from
local businesses. Coastal Journeys will offer shuttle service from the Heceta Head Lighthouse
State Scenic Area parking lot to the front door. Or bring warm, rainproof clothing and a
flashlight and enjoy a beautiful walk up from the parking lot/beach. The parking fee
is $3 or present your Oregon Coast Passport. FMI: (541) 547-3696.
The lightstation is located just 14 miles south of Yachats.
December 2010 Dates TBA
Yachats Community Presbyterian Church, 360 W 7th
CHRISTMAS MUSIC PROGRAM
Choir, handbells, organ, and flute will present a variety of classical
and contemporary music of the season.
December 24, 2010
Friday 7 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.
Yachats Community Presbyterian Church, 360 W 7th St.
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
Both services will feature Christmas carols, lessons & communion.
December 26, 2010 - January 1, 2011
10 a.m - 1 p.m.
WINTER WHALE WATCH
Whale watch interpreters at Cape Perpetua Visitors' Center and Cook's Chasm.
FMI: Morris Grover, (541) 765-3304, Email.
2010 Printable
Calendar (PDF)
2011 EVENTS
January 22, 2011
Saturday 4 p.m. until the food is gone!
Yachats Lions Hall, W 4th St. and Pontiac &
Yachats Commons Auditorium, W 4th & Hwy 101
YACHATS LIONS ANNUAL CRAB FEED
All you can eat crab with french
bread, cole slaw, baked beans, soda or coffee. Advance purchase Dinner Tickets will be available several weeks before the event at
Shirley's Gifts in Yachats or from any Yachats Lions member. Special group seatings will also be available. (Sorry, no take-out or doggy
bags...all food must be eaten on premises.) For more
information, please Email the Yachats Lions.
Events at the Yachats Commons: (541) 547-4734
Go Yachats Interactive Community Calendar
Yachats Youth Activities Program: (541) 547-4599
City of Yachats Calendar
OCCA's Arts and Entertainment on the Coast
Waldport Chamber of Commerce
Port of Alsea Golfing -- in Waldport,
Florence
& Newport
Newport Chamber of Commerce
Newport Seafood & Wine Festival-[Feb.] 1-800-COAST44, (541) 265-8801
Jazz At Newport [Sept.] 1-888-701-7123 or (541) 265-2787
Newport's Annual Oyster Cloyster- [Nov.] (541) 574-7131
Newport Performing Arts Center: (541) 265-2787
Newport Visual Arts Center: (541) 265-6540
Newport's Historic Nye Beach Area
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Yaquina Bay Light Station &
Yaquina Head Lighthouse & Natural Area
Chinook Winds Casino and Convention Center [Lincoln City]:
1-888-MAIN ACT; FASTIXX Outlet: 1-800-922-TIXX
Lincoln County Historical Society Lincoln County
Florence Chamber of Commerce
Florence Events: 1-800-524-4864, (541) 997-3128
Florence Events Center: 1-888-968-4086; (541) 997-1994
Three Rivers Casino, [Florence]
Oregon Coast Visitors' Association: 1-888-628-2101; (541) 574-2679
Oregon Tourism Commission
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