Top Events and Festivals on the Oregon Coast (2024)

Colorful kites flying on the beach for the annual summer kite festival in Lincoln City Oregon coast
Annual Summer Kite Festival in Lincoln City, Oregon / Scott Moore, CC BY NC 2.0

What’s happening on the Oregon Coast this weekend? The whole year is full of fun events at the coast you won’t want to miss. We’ve compiled a helpful list of the major 2024 events and festivals on the Oregon Coast below to help you find the next kite festival, sandcastle contest, clambake, crab feed, car show, music festival or local parade. 

Events are always subject to change so be sure to confirm the date and time with the event organization before you make your travel plans.

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2024 Events and Festivals on the Oregon Coast

The whale watching center in Depoe Bay, Oregon is one of the best places for whale watching on the Oregon Coast
Whale Watching Center, Depoe Bay, Oregon / Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0

March 2024 Events

March 7-10 South Coast Clambake Music Festival, Coos Bay-North Bend-Charleston

March 9 Crabfest, Bandon

March 15-17 Seaside Jazz & Blues Festival, Seaside

March 23-30 Festival of Illusions, Lincoln City

March 23-31 Spring Whale Watch Week, Depoe Bay and along the whole coast

March 23-24 Yachats Arts and Crafts Fair, Yachats

April 2024 Events

April 1 Glass Float Treasure Hunts, Gold Beach

Apr 11-13 Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival, Newport

April 13 Puffin Welcome Celebration, Cannon Beach

Apr 19-21 Great Oregon Coast Garage Sale, Lincoln City

Apr 26-28 Astoria Warrenton Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival, Astoria

Apr 26-Aug 23 Circles in the Sand, Bandon

May 2024 Events

May 3-5 Spring Unveiling Arts Festival, Cannon Beach

May 4 Beach, Bike & Blues Festival, Waldport

May 10-11 Long Beach Razor Clam Festival, Long Beach, Washington

May 11-19 Florence Rhododendron Festival, Florence

May 17-19 Cannon Beach Fat Bike Festival, Cannon Beach

May 24-27 Azalea Festival, Brookings

May 25-26 BBQ, Blues & Brews, Coos Bay-North Bend-Charleston

May 27 Fleet of Flowers Memorial Day Ceremony, Depoe Bay

May 31-June 2 Astoria Tenor Guitar Gathering, Astoria

June 14-15 Muscle and Chrome Car Show, Seaside

June 14-16 Rockaway Beach Annual Kite Festival, Rockaway Beach

June 14-16 Waldport Beachcomber Days, Waldport

June 15 Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest, Cannon Beach

June 21-23 Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Astoria

June 22 Tillamook Dairy Parade, Tillamook

June 22-23 Lincoln City Summer Kite Festival, Lincoln City

4th of July in Seaside, Oregon with fireworks on the beach
4th of July in Seaside, Oregon / Seaside Chamber of Commerce, seasidechamber.com

4th of July on the Oregon Coast

July 4th Independence Day Celebrations – The entire Oregon Coast lights up with parades, fireworks and other Fourth of July events every summer. Below are some of the major 4th of July events on the Oregon Coast, see each town’s visitor information page for individual event details.

July 4th in Astoria

July 4th in Seaside

July 4th in Cannon Beach

July 4th in Rockaway Beach

July 4th in Lincoln City

July 4th in Newport

July 4-6 Lincoln County Fair, Newport

July 4th in Florence

July 4th in Coos Bay

July 4th in Bandon

July 4th Port Orford Jubilee

July 4th in Gold Beach

July 4th in Brookings

July 2024 Events

July 10-14 Sandsations Sandcastle Building Contest, Long Beach, Washington

July 13-27 Oregon Coast Music Festival, Coos Bay-North Bend-Charleston

July 19-21 Pacific City Dory Days, Pacific City

July 19-21 Toledo Summer Festival & Logging Show, Toledo, OR

July 24-27 Curry County Fair, Gold Beach

July 27 Garibaldi Days, Garibaldi

July 30-Aug 3 Clatsop County Fair, Astoria

July 30-Aug 4 DuneFest, Winchester Bay

August 2024 Events

Aug 2-4 Rockaway Beach Arts & Crafts Fair, Rockaway Beach

Aug 2-4 Annual Food Truck Off, Coos Bay-North Bend

Aug 7-10 Tillamook County Fair, Tillamook

Aug 8-11 Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament, Seaside

Aug 8-11 Pirates of the Pacific Festival, Brookings

Aug 10 Lincoln City Sandcastle Contest, Lincoln City

Aug 10 Astoria Regatta Festival, Astoria

Aug 17-18 Toledo Wooden Boat Show, Toledo, OR

Aug 19 Washington State International Kite Festival, Long Beach, WA

Aug 24 Hood to Coast Relay Finish Line, Seaside

September 2024 Events

Sep 7-8 Rod Run to the End of the World car show, Ocean Park, WA

Sep 7 Muttzanita Annual Dog Festival, Manzanita

Sep 12-15 Wheels & Waves Car Show, Seaside

Sep 13-14 Port of Garibaldi Seafood & Spirits Festival, Garibaldi

Sep 13-15 Cannon Beach Cottage Tour, Cannon Beach

Sep 13-14 Rods n’ Rhodies Car Show, Florence

Sep 14-15 Bandon Cranberry Festival, Bandon

Sep 21-22 Annual Bay Area Fun Festival, Coos Bay-North Bend-Charleston

Sep 20-22 Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic, Pacific City

Santa's reindeer lights at the Nature's Coastal Holiday light festival in Brookings at the Oregon Coast.
Nature's Coastal Holiday Light Festival, Brookings, Oregon / naturescoastalholiday.com

October 2024 Events

Oct 4-6 Oregon Coast Jazz Party, Newport

Oct 13 The Great Columbia Crossing, Astoria

TBA Haunted Taft Walking Tours, Lincoln City

TBA Yachats Mushroom Festival, Yachats

November-December 2024 Events

Nov 1-3 Stormy Weather Arts Festival, Cannon Beach

Nov 8-10 Yachats Celtic Music Festival, Yachats

Nov 28-Dec 29 Nature’s Coastal Holiday Festival of Lights, Brookings

Nov-Dec Haystack Holidays, Cannon Beach

Our holiday events list will be updated as we get closer to November.

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