Olympic Peninsula Events Calendar

Port Angeles firemen finally caught Sasquatch!

SquatchCon 2024

The third annual Squatchcon Comic and Arts Convention has been confirmed for 2024. Mark your calendars, and check out our SquatchCon page on MyPortAngeles!

Time/Date: Thursday-Sunday, March 21-24, 2024
Website: https://www.squatchconpa.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/squatchconpa
Email: info @ squatchconpa. com

Details: SquatchCon is a celebration of the unique art, culture, and legends that grow in the misty mountains of the Olympic Peninsula. Events, shop and swap, panels, parties, munchies, and more... Stay tuned for details!

Events at Field Arts and Events Hall in Port Angeles
https://fieldhallevents.org/tickets/#/events

March 2024 Events: 

• Mar 1: Jayme Stone's Folklife
• Mar 9: Chase Padgett's 6 Guitars
• Mar 17, 11:30am: Sequim City Band & Navy Band - Northwest Open Dress Rehearsal
• Mar 17, 3:00pm: Sequim City Band & Navy Band Present "Emerald Green & Navy Blue" Concert
• Mar 20, 7:00pm: Films at Field Hall - Dungeons & Dragons, Honor Among Thieves
• Mar 22, 7:30pm: Jamie O'Neal (The Strait Country Series)
• Mar 28, 7:30pm: A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation
• Mar 29, 7:30pm: A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation
• Mar 30, 7:00pm: Farm Strong

Free Admission to Olympic National Park

Time/Date: TBD, April, 2024
Event: Free admission to Olympic National Park
At: Olympic National Park
Address: ONP Visitor Center, 3002 Mt Angeles Rd, Port Angeles, WA 98362
Directions: The park is absolutely huge with several entrances. Go to the Visitor Center, or search the park on GPS to for directions to the entrance closest to your location.
Parking: Part of admission. 
Website: Free Entrance Days in the National Parks
Facebook: National Parks Free Entrance Day

MyPortAngeles.com page for Olympic National Park: Start at this link to begin exploring the many pages about the ONP on this website. 

ALL National Parks offer free admission on five certain days per year, including the Olympic National Park. These free admission days are:

• Martin Luther King Jr Day (January)
• First day of National Park Week (April)
• Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act (August)
• National Public Lands Day (September)
• Veterans Day (November)

Events at Field Arts and Events Hall in Port Angeles
https://fieldhallevents.org/tickets/#/events

April 2024 Events: 

• Fri Apr 12, 7:30pm: Stephanie Anne Johnson
• Sat Apr 13, 5:30pm:  Pianist Leo Yang with the UW Wind Ensemble
• Sat Apr 27, 7:30pm: Selected Shorts on Tour

Sequim Irrigation Festival

When: May, 2024 (exact dates TBD)
Location: Sequim
Website: http://irrigationfestival.com/site/.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SequimIrrigationFestival.

This is the longest, continuously running festival in Washington State! 2024 will mark the 129th year for this wonderful, week-long festival, which celebrates the initiation, development and support of Sequim's irrigation ditches. It typically features a carnival, parade, car show, farmer's market street fair, a juried art show, and a logging show and strongman showdown.

Stay tuned - we'll update this information when we learn more.

Events at Field Arts and Events Hall in Port Angeles
https://fieldhallevents.org/tickets/#/events

May 2024 Events: 

• Sat May 4, 7:30pm: Las Cafeteras
• Tues Mary 7, 7:00pm:  What the Day Owes to the Night (Herve Koubi Dance Co.)
• Thurs May 16, 7:30pm: Britnee Kellogg (The Strait Country Series)

Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts (Port Angeles)

When: May 24-26, 2024 (Memorial Day weekend)
Location: Downtown Port Angeles
Website: https://jffa.org/event/31st-annual-juan-de-fuca-festival/2024-05-24/

31st annual Juan de Fuca Festival - the North Olympic Peninsula’s premier music and arts festival! The festival offers performances, community performances, workshops, free-to-attend artisan street fair, beer and wine garden, and activities for the whole family. All the info is at the above link.

Plus attend multiple "Juan de Fuca After Hours in the Clubs" evening performances, with ample opportunity to experience arts, crafts, and a street fair, all at the foot of the Olympic Mountains.

Olympic Peninsula Events in June 2024

Events at Field Arts and Events Hall in Port Angeles
https://fieldhallevents.org/tickets/#/events

Check the link for events in June, 2024

Lavender Festival (Sequim)

When: July 19, 20, 21, 2024
Location: Various Lavender Farms, and downtown Sequim
Website: https://www.lavenderfestival.com/

Fill your senses with the sights and smells of lavender, tour a dozen local lavender farms, peruse street fair booths filled with artisanal goods, enjoy open air music and entertainment, purchase lavender plants and a plethora of lavender products!

Get a bigger glimpse into the Sequim Lavender Festival here.

Joyce Daze - Wild Blackberry Festival

When: First Saturday in August (August 3, 2024)
Location: Joyce WA
Website: https://joycedaze.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoyceDaze2016
Cost: Free, but bring money for vendors and pies.
Event and entertainment schedule: https://joycedaze.org/schedule-of-events/

Every year on the first Saturday in August the town of Joyce, Washington, holds its Wild Blackberry Festival which they have dubbed Joyce Daze. The purpose of the event is to raise funds for scholarships to local graduating seniors, emergency equipment and other local initiatives.

Midsummer is blackberry season in the westside of Clallam County. By August, every wild blackberry in the general vicinity of Joyce and beyond has been picked and baked into dozens upon dozens of sweet and juicy wild blackberry pies.

They cut and serve slices of blackberry pie at the festival, plus sell them whole. Come early and score yourself a pie before they run out (they WILL run out)!

Joyce Daze features a pancake breakfast, a parade down the middle of Highway 112, and a craft fair. Plus enjoy entertainment, a pie baking contest, and games for children. They even have slug racing!

The festival ends with a raffle. You'll go home tired but very happy.

Free Admission to Olympic National Park

Time/Date: September 28, 2024
Event: Free admission to Olympic National Park
At: Olympic National Park
Address: ONP Visitor Center, 3002 Mt Angeles Rd, Port Angeles, WA 98362
Directions: The park is absolutely huge with several entrances. Go to the Visitor Center, or search the park on GPS to for directions to the entrance closest to your location.
Parking: Part of admission. 
Website: Free Entrance Days in the National Parks
Facebook: National Parks Free Entrance Day

MyPortAngeles.com page for Olympic National Park: Start at this link to begin exploring the many pages about the ONP on this website. 

ALL National Parks offer free admission on five certain days per year, including the Olympic National Park. These free admission days are:

• Martin Luther King Jr Day (January)
• First day of National Park Week (April)
• Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act (August)
• National Public Lands Day (September)
• Veterans Day (November)

Wooden Boat Festival

When: Friday - Sunday, September 6-8, 2024
Location: Old Town Port Townsend, 431 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368

Website: https://woodenboat.org/

This is the largest wooden boat festival in North America! Wooden sailboats, motor boats, yachts, and their owners all gather to display the beauty of wooden boats and to educate and inspire all who attend. There'll be live music, food, beer, wine, exhibits for kids. This event is a blast, and if you are at all interested in wooden boat building, check the Northwest Maritime Center for their schedule of classes on building wooden boats!

Construction in Port Angeles circa 1914 in order to elevate the grade in the low lying downtown area.

Port Angeles Underground Heritage Tours

Website: https://www.portangelesheritagetours.com/
Fascinating, fully-guided 2.5 hour glimpse into the history of Port Angeles going back to the beginning years of the 1900s. Included are a tour of the underground tunnels and ancient storefronts, a walk along downtown Port Angeles, and visits to a few historical downtown buildings that date unchanged to the past century.
Starting Point: Port Angeles Visitor’s Center, 121 E. Railroad Avenue in downtown Port Angeles
Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays
--Summer: June 1 – October 7, 2023: 10am, 2pm
--Fall, Winter, Spring: October 8 – Dec 31, 2023: 1 pm
Rates: Adult: $20
--Senior (60+)/Student (13+): $15
--Child (6-12): $10
--Under 6: Free (the 2.5 hours may be difficult for the very young.)

Gateway Center in downtown Port Angeles.

Port Angeles Farmers Market

Location: Downtown Port Angeles at the northwest corner of Front and Lincoln in the Gateway Center by the local bus terminal.

The Port Angeles Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 10-2 pm, year round. Local food vendors and artisans offer their unique creations and tasty treats. 

In July and August, the PA Farmer's Market opens on Wednesday evenings, 4-7 pm. We'll add notes under July and August above when the time of year warrants.

William Shore Aquatic Center

Location: 225 E 5th St Port Angeles, WA 98362. Located at the corner of 5th and Lincoln, across from Safeway. Plenty of parking in front and back.
Website: https://www.sacpa.org/
Facebook: https://www.Facebook.Com/williamshorepool/
Phone: +1 (360) 775 - 2119
Email: info @ sacpa. org

The Shore Aquatic Center is open with heated pools for adults, a very shallow area (and floaty life vests) for small children. and a jacuzzi for lovely hot soaks. Steaming hot showers are available once you're done. 

Memberships are worth every penny, or get yourself an occasional day pass as needed. Sign up for year round swim and fitness classes for everyone 1 – 100. 

Port Angeles Community Playhouse

"Bringing You the Magic of Live Community Theater"

Location: 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Phone: +1 (360) 452 - 6651
Email: pacommunityplayers @ hotmail. com
Website: https://pacommunityplayers.org/.
Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/pa Community Players.

Visit their website to learn how you can volunteer or participate! 

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