Astoria July 4th Weekend Amusements

Come for the fireworks on the river, stay for the live music and beer and Sunday Market!  The fireworks will be launched at 10pm over the river; there’ll be a great view from downtown and the North facing hills.  Don’t miss Metamorphafest II on Sunday! 

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.  

From Sea to Shining Sea

Liberty Theatre

(Liberty Theatre sign photo by Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives.)

The North Coast Symphonic Band concludes their 42nd season with a free concert, From Sea to Shining Sea, an Independence Day concert, at the Liberty Theatre (1203 Commercial) this Sunday, July 3, 2022. 

The guest conductor is Brett Paschal, director of bands at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. 

The concert features an exciting mix of American favorites, including several Marches, a Broadway medley, American Riversongs, Bugler’s Holiday (A trumpet feature), and more. The traditional Armed Forces medley, will also be performed, and a rousing rendition of Stars and Stripes Forever. The MC for the afternoon will be Brian Bergman.

Admission is free!  Doors open at 6pm, prelude begins at 6:30pm. 

Metamorphafest II

Metamorphafest 2022Not sure of the spelling (Metamorphaphest? Metamorphefest? Metamorfest? Metamorphafest?) but it’s a free backyard jamboree rock show!  It takes place Sunday, July 3, 2022 from 1pm-6pm at 1440 Irving Street in Astoria.  Seven bands will perform:

I understand there may also be a Giant bouncy house! Fireworks! Taco truck!!  

 

Monday

Fort George 4th of July

Fort George BreweryWatch the fireworks from the new Bier Pier on Monday, July 4, 2022, located out on the river side (duh!) of the Fort George Brewery‘s waterfront facility at 70 West Marine Drive.

This 4th of July, we’ll be firing up the food truck, tapping your favorite Fort George Beers, and jammin’ to live music at our Waterfront location (70 W. Marine Dr. – just east of the Megler Bridge!) Festivities start at 5PM with live music from local legends Michael Hurley, Brian Bovenizer & The New Old Stock, and Astoria’s Grateful Dead Tribute Band. Plus, we’ve got uninterrupted views of Astoria’s fireworks show.

All ages, no cover!  Last call is when the fireworks start, a little after 10pm.  Don’t try to park there; take the River Walk!

Astoria Weekend Amusements (June 23-26, 2022)

Quaff some beer and edify yourself at the bonus Fort George Thursday Talk about the Beeswax Shipwreck, go see the play Birds of a Feather, and enjoy the hottest (so far!) Astoria Sunday Market of the year!

Thursday

The Beeswax Shipwreck

Fort George Thursday Night Lecture Series

Join Scott Williams & Dr. James Delgado this Thursday, June 23, 2022 in the Lovell Showroom at Fort George Brewery (1438 Duane Street) as they present a bonus Thursday TalkThe Beeswax Shipwreck at 7pm.

[L]earn about the famed Beeswax Shipwreck – a 300-year-old shipwreck discovered in sea caves just north of Manzanita. Scott Williams and Dr. James Delgado will take us through how archaeologists determined the wrecked ship was the Santo Cristo de Burgos, how the shipwreck was discovered, what we will learn from it, and more. Doors to the Lovell Showroom open at 6pm with food and drinks available via the Taproom window. Guest taps featuring Buoy Beer available in all areas across the block! 

Presenter Scott Williams is the Project Director of the Beeswax Wreck Project, and President of the Maritime Archaeological SocietyDr. James Delgado is an internationally known underwater archaeologist and maritime historian and is the Senior Vice President at SEARCH, Inc., which helps support MAS and the Beeswax Wreck Project.

Doors open at 6pm, and food & beverages are available. This event is all ages and there is no cover!

Thursday-Saturday

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a FeatherBirds of a Feather, a play by Marc Acito and directed by Ann Bronson, is the latest production of the Ten Fifteen Theater (1015 Commercial), continues this week with shows at 7:30pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 23, 24, 25.

Birds of a Feather recounts the story of Roy and Silo, the two Central Park Zoo chinstrap penguins who partnered, adopted an egg, hatched and raised a chick together. Roy and Silo are no strangers to the spotlight. In 2005, they were the subject of a widely contested children’s book, And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson. The book, temporarily pulled from school bookshelves in Loudoun County, became one of the most banned books in the US.

Tickets $20 and are available online or at the door. Makes sure to check the theater website before the show for the latest COVID policies.

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.  

 

 

Make Music Day 2022

Make Music Day, a free celebration of music around the world, takes place on June 21. In Astoria, five venues will feature music throughout the day, all free and open to the public.

Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts (The PAC) (588 16th Street)

1:00PM – 2:00PMAstoria Tuba Quartet
Brass, Jazz, Classical
2:00PM – 3:00PMSoulful Variations
Blues, Pop, Standards
3:15PM – 4:00PMGreg and Jason
Blues, Country, Folk
4:30PM – 5:30PMDavid Ambrose
Folk, Jazz, Latin
5:30PM – 6:15PMCascadia Chamber Opera
Opera, Classical, Musical Theater

The Lot (395 11th Street)

1:15PM – 2:00PMSteel Drums
Other

The Ten Fifteen Theater (1015 Commercial)

1:15PM – 2:00PMNiall
Indie-Rock, Pop, Reggae
2:30PM – 3:15PMBill Honl
Folk, Indie-Folk
3:30PM – 4:30PMAstoria Ukulele Orchestra
Folk, Jazz, Rock

The Sea Crab House (1 12th Street)

3:15PM – 4:30PMNiall
Indie-Rock, Pop, Reggae
5:00PM – 6:00PMMustard Tiger
Punk, Indie-Folk, Soul
6:15PM – 6:30PMPatricia Ciminello
A Cappella / Barbershop

Winecraft (80 10th Street)

5:30PM – 7:00PMSimon Levene
Indie-Folk, Indie-Rock, Singer / Songwriter

Learn more at MakeMusicDay.org/clastsopcounty.