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Astoria Weekend Amusements (July 7-10, 2022)

Shanghaied in Astoria opening weekend, 2nd Saturday Art Walk, Sunday Market, and more!

Thursday-Saturday

Shanghaied in Astoria

Astor Street OpryThe 38th season of Astor Street Opry‘s Shanghaied in Astoria opens Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 7pm.  Performances take place at 7pm every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday through September 10, 2022, with three Sunday matinees; July 24, August 21, and September 4.

Shanghaied in Astoria is a vaudeville-esque musical melodrama set in mid-summer 1904, around the time of the annual Scandinavian Midsummer Festival.  Eric Olson, our Norwegian hero, sets out to rescue his sweetheart Miss Virginia Sweet, who is a ward of the villainous Max Krooke. 

Visit the website for ticket purchase options.  Tickets are $15 or $20, depending on seating location.  The Astor Street Opry company theater is located at 129 W Bond Street.

Saturday

Second Saturday Art Walk

The July 2022 edition of Second Saturday Art Walk is upon us.

From noon until 8pm on Saturday, July 9 explore art at galleries and shops throughout downtown-and beyond.

Pick up a map and list of locations from local shops, or on the Astoria Downtown Historic District website here. Check out the latest Coast Weekend after Thursday for listings of this month’s featured artists, exhibits, and activities.

Sunday

Astoria Sunday Market

Astoria Sunday Market

The Astoria Sunday Market runs from 10am to 3pm every Sunday through mid-October on 12th Street downtown, between Marine Drive and Exchange.

Astoria Sunday Market, at the heart of Astoria’s Downtown, combines fresh produce, local arts & crafts, food, music and more in a lively downtown street market atmosphere. The market features up to 200 vendors each week offering locally-made products that have been hand-crafted, grown, created or gathered by the farmers, craftspeople and artisans featured each week. In addition, the Market has a lively food court with regional entertainment making this the gathering place each Sunday for locals and visitors to the region.