2013 Schedule of Events
Links will be added as they become available
JANUARY
19
Beach Clean Up
Peninsula Wide-Beach Approaches
Crab Feed sponsored by Ilwaco Sports Boosters @ Elks Lodge
Long Beach
19-20
12th Annual Windless Kite Festival
FEBRUARY
9-10
Asian New Year Kite Celebration
MARCH
15-17
Peninsula Quilt Guild Show
Ilwaco
23-31
Spring Break Family Kite Fun
APRIL
1-7
20
26-28
Peninsula Art Association Spring Art Show
27
Black Lake Fishing Derby
MAY
3
Halibut Fishing Season Opens
4
Saturday Market Opens (Every Saturday until September 28)
Port of Ilwaco
Children’s Loyalty Day Parade
Blessing of the Fleet
4-5
63rd Annual Loyalty Days
11
Sport Sturgeon Season opens, ends June 30
18
Surf Perch Derby
Long Beach - Bolstad Approach
24-27
World’s Longest Garage Sale
Peninsula Wide
25-27
Summerfest begins (Every weekend until September 2)
Downtown Long Beach
JUNE
8
Waikiki Beach Concert Series
Cape Disappointment - Ilwaco
14
Columbia-Pacific Farmers Market (Fridays thru October 11)
Long Beach - Veteran’s Field
15-16
32nd Annual NW Garlic Festival
Ocean Park - Beach Barons Field
Ilwaco Art Night
22
Beach to Chowder Run/Walk
26 - July 1
Tall Ships in Ilwaco
28-29
Doggie Olympic Games
JULY
Old Fashioned 4th of July Parade
Ocean Park
Fireworks on the Beach
5
Beach Approaches
Firecracker 5K Walk/Run
6
Peninsula Arts Association Starving Artist Show
Fireworks at the Port
10-14
Sandsations
13
Music In The Gardens
20-21
Clamshell Railroad Days - Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
26-27
OTC Ilwaco Tuna Classic
NPRA Sanctioned Rodeo
AUGUST
2-3
Jake the Alligator Man’s Birthday
Race Against Violence
9-11
Surf n Saddle’s Jr. Rodeo
10
15
16-17
Blues & Seafood
Jazz & Oysters
19-25
WA State International Kite Festival
24
31-Sept 2
Chinook Arts Festival
Chinook
SEPTEMBER
1-2
Slow Drag at the Port
7-8
Rod Run to the End of the World
Discovery Trail - Half Marathon Run
21
Cape Disappointment Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon
OCTOBER
1- Nov 15
Wild Mushroom Celebration
11-12
Water Music Festival XXVIV
11-14
Peninsula Arts Association Fall Show
12-13
One Sky, One World Kite Festival
Cranberrian Fair (Cranberry Museum and CPHM -Ilwaco)
Oktoberfest
NOVEMBER
1-15
1-3
Cribbage Tournament - Longest Beach Classic
8-9
‘Ocian In View’ Cultural Weekend
29-30
Peninsula Arts Association Studio Tour
29-Dec 1
Holidays at the Beach
DECEMBER
7
Lighted Boat Parade & Crab Pot Christmas Tree
14-15
Bed and Breakfast Holiday Open House
Tuba Christmas
31
Fireworks at Midnight over the Ocean
