Events & Festivals Directory

One of the newest community events happens the fourth weekend in August. Since its debut in 2023, the Bay City Pearl and Oyster Festival has gathered visitors at Al Griffin Memorial Park for two days of live music, family activities, talent show, vendor fair, local food, and a beer & wine garden!

For more than 25 years, surfers have gathered in Pacific City on the third weekend of September. The event lasts all weekend drawing in hundreds of surfers from around the world and thousands of spectators on the beach. Enjoy live music and a beer garden while watching the show! Proceeds from the event go toward building and maintaining the Pacific City Skate Park.

The first weekend of July, quaint downtown Cloverdale comes alive with their annual Clover’s Day Celebration. At this family friendly event, you’ll get to indulge in a pancake breakfast, visit the local artisan fair, and see a parade led by the prettiest cow in town!

For more than 65 years, Dory Days has honored Pacific City’s unique dory fishing tradition with a weekend of community celebration by the sea. The weekend is jam-packed with live music, an artisan fair, local caught fish fry, family-friendly activities, history exhibit, and a chance to hear some fishing tales from the Dorymen fleet. But the highlight comes with the parade, when you’ll see an array of Dory boats from traditional to modern, dancing horses, antique cars and more!

Each March for more than 30 years, the fishing town of Garibaldi has hosted the beloved Garibaldi Crab Races. This wild event gathers people of all ages to bang their hands, use psychic powers or sweet talk their sideways-crawling Dungeness crab down a wooden incline! This is THE place to dine on some fresh crab. The Lions Club hosts this event with proceeds going toward providing hearing aids and prescription glasses to those in need throughout Tillamook County.

On the fourth weekend of July, enjoy a weekend full of family friendly activities throughout town. Jam to live music, shop and eat your way through the vendor fair, take the kids to get their faces painted, enjoy the parade, and don’t miss the Water Ball Challenge between the local Fire Department and US Coast Guard!

This 2-day event at the Port of Garibaldi is an immersive experience where attendees can sample Oregon spirits and also taste freshly harvested local seafood like oysters and seaweed. This event brings education, awareness, and highlights the abundance of fresh seafood in our local community!

For more than 67 years, Tillamook has celebrated its rich dairy heritage with the June Dairy Parade, a beloved community tradition filled with floats, music, and small-town charm each fourth Saturday in June. Not only will you and your family haul in tons of candy, but you’re sure to catch some cheese and jerky!

The Manzanita 4th of July Parade brings Laneda Avenue to life with marching bands, giant crabs, dancing librarians, and plenty of patriotic fun. It’s a joyful celebration of community and coastal tradition.