Oregon Coast Events

Old Town Florence merchants will stay open late for visitors to shop, explore and enjoy the summer evenings.

Come see the spectacle of golf balls being dropped by a hovering helicopter courtesy of Apex Heli onto the 18th fairway. Buy your lucky golf ball ticket at the Boys and Girls Club, Sandpines Golf Links and The Siuslaw News.

Talented watercolor artist, Jan Landrum, opens her month long show, “As I See It”, which includes watercolor seascapes, florals, landscapes, lighthouses and portraits in her unique pieces, all created with ease.

Enjoy a fantastic line up of music all day long in Florence along with great local food, beer garden and other vendors.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife invites youth out to the ponds for a fun morning of fishing. On-site ODFW staff and volunteers provide equipment, teach youth how to bait and cast, and help kids "reel in" their catch. Licenses required for anyone 14 years and older.

This is the 10th running of an Oregon trail classic outside of Florence. Fund-raiser for the Siuslaw High School Track and Cross-Country programs. The 10 mile course is loop course on single track trails.

Come for a weekend of playing in the sand. Learn to sculpt like the pros at these free workshop. Everything you need to create amazing sand sculptures provided.

Bring your Dad golfing for Fathers Day at Ocean Dunes. You pay $29 and he plays for free! It even comes with a cart! Call to reserve tee time.

Three Rivers Casino is celebrating its 8th Anniversary. They are having a night filled with BINGO and a full bar with cocktail service right to your table.

Is it trash or is it treasure? You decide! Bargains galore at this popular twice-yearly event.

Enjoy an afternoon at this static aircraft display and fly in and car show featuring Rhody Cruisers, British Car Club, military vehicles, emergency vehicles, military heritage museum, radio control airplane club, and USCG food vendors.

Always...Patsy Cline is more than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in 1963. The musical play includes many of Patsy's unforgettable hits such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams and Walking After Midnight - 27 songs in all!

Annual fireworks display over the Siuslaw River from historic Old Town, pie-eating and watermelon contest on Bay Street.

Come to Three Rivers Casino this summer and enjoy concerts every weekend in July.

The world's longest running musical with a total of 17,162 performances over 42 years. The charming story of two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love by pretending to feud.

Come out for a savory BBQ cook-off competition. Sample the results and vote for you favorite.

Enjoy a free bus tour of five to six Florence art galleries. Meet artists, enjoy art and refreshments along the way.

This is the third annual Florence Rotary Golf fund raiser. This fund raiser is used primarily to help eradicate Polio in the world. $25k Hole In One prize with many other great prizes. Price includes 18 holes, lunch and drinks. Shotgun start.

The annual Sand Master Jam is the longest running sandboard competition in the world. Come and watch the best of the best compete in this amazing sport. Everyone is welcome to participate or spectate!

Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Tenor has delighted audiences from Broadway to London's West End. In the same comic vein as plays like Noises Off, laugh along with this riotous farce.

See the show that recently sold out at the Hult Center to consecutive standing ovations. Imagine a version of Cinderella where the setting is 1964, the ball is prom, the dance moves are the Twist and the Mashed Potato, and Cinderella goes by “Cindy.”

Always...Patsy Cline is more than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in 1963. The musical play, complete with down home country humor, true emotion, and even some audience participation, includes many of Patsy's unforgettable hits such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams and Walking After Midnight.

Come to Three Rivers Casino & Hotel to see a tribute to Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, & the Big Bopper. A re-creation of their last show together in the Surf Ballroom!

Sand Master Park's last sand sculpting clinic with champion sculptor, Lorie Gordon. Free for all to watch or participate.

A showing of the most prized collectors' cars will be on display. Registration is free and includes a Collectors package.

Close to 50 vendors from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and as far away as Connecticut will participate. Exhibitors will display coins from the U.S. and around the world, including Greek and Roman coins, territorial gold coins and hundreds more.

Huge and exciting sandboarding competition. This event determines the pro and amateur national sandboard champions in Big Air competition. All jumps and nothing but jumps!

Gather your friends for a great day on the course. Entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, carts, and beverages on the course, a chance for prizes and a great barbecue to follow. Limited space available.

Figure out a murder mystery and enjoy a light dinner at the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum.

The Florence Dance Guild presents this family-friendly event, which includes dance workshops, daytime and evening performances, contests, prizes, vendors and more.

The major fundraising event of the year for Siuslaw Outreach Services. Lots of prizes and a Ducks vs. Beavers chipping contest. Entry fee includes golf, cart and BBQ dinner.

Annual car show with over 150 top custom cars from around the western United States. Vendors, raffles, street cruise, street dance.

Is it trash or is it treasure? You decide with bargains galore at this popular event.

Annual festival mixing the sounds of blues and the taste of chowder. Then wash it all down with suds from some of the best area microbreweries.

Eugene Ballet Company has grown to be one of the largest touring companies in the Western United States.

Marking a half century since the original Rat Pack's legendary Las Vegas performances at the Sands Hotel, Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show takes audiences on a journey back to the days of highballs, hi-jinks and happy hour with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Dean Martin.

This is an opportunity for book lovers, writers and publishers to meet and interact. It hosts about 60 authors, who will have their books for sale, and several publishers who want to meet prospective writers. Celebrate amazing reads with this annual event.

Enjoy this comedy murder mystery show and movie.

Nashville's hottest new Bluegrass group is coming to FEC for a night of fun and music.

Three Rivers Casino & Hotel is having a Halloween Party! Come join in the fun, there will be music by Michael Tracey. The party will be hosted by Amy Clawson, with cash prizes.

Come to Three Rivers Casino & Hotel and experience Rich Little - everyone of him!

The 7th annual parade to celebrate all of America's Veterans. Experience a moving moment as the sound of 'Rolling Taps' echoes up Bay Street, accompanied by the silence of the crowd.

Three Rivers Casino & Hotel is hosting an Artisian Fair on November 16th & 17th. Come shop for holiday decor of all sorts, enjoy refreshments & music!

Come to Three River Casino & Hotel this year for Thanksgiving dinner. With 3 great options you can't go wrong. You'll be Thankful no matter which you choose.

Watch the Civil War football game between Oregon State University and the Oregon Ducks. Open buffet, cash drawings & free gift included in admission.

Tom Cherones, Emmy Award winning director of Seinfeld, will read/sign his first novel, a spoof on the old Hardy Boys classics. Sponsored by Port Hole Publications.

Art Fest features a number of artisans from up and down the coast showing off their newest and best creations in pottery, intarsia woodworking, fractal art, scarves of hand printed silk and velvet, fine woodturning, original paintings and pyrography, creative jewelry, sea glass earrings, bead weaving, purses and pouches.

Enjoy holiday festivities in Historic Old Town Florence by lighting the Christmas Tree, Santa's arrival, a cookie contest, wreath contest and candy cane treasure hunt! December 1 - Santa arrives; December 8 - cookie contest; December 15 - Candy Cane Treasure Hunt! Watch website for details.

Straight from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, this family-oriented blends unique comedy, juggling, and the extraordinary talents of everything from rats to ducks. Each of the show's 15 cats and 10 dogs were once strays, rescued from animal shelters.

This holiday tradition is a great way to see the Heceta Head Lighthouse and go in the Keeper's House. Parking is available at the Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic View Point, just below the Keeper’s House, and a shuttle bus will take visitors from the park right to the front door.