Come celebrate the bounty of the waters at the 2014 Olympic Driftwood Sculptors Show and Dungeness River Festival, September 26th-28th, 2014! The 6th annual Olympic Driftwood Sculptors Show and the 15th annual Dungeness River Festival come together to make for a weekend of art, fun, and festivities on the North Olympic Peninsula that you wont … Read More
If you’ve a passion for locally sourced, delicious food, then you wont want to miss the 12th Annual Friends of the Fields Harvest Dinner, scheduled for Sunday, September 25th, 2014 on the North Olympic Peninsula. An all-volunteer event, the Friends of the Fields Harvest Dinner is a collaborative celebration of the Olympic Peninsula’s local harvest. … Read More
It’s time once again for the Jefferson County Fair! August 8th through the 10th, 2014. Jefferson County’s annual fair is an old fashioned, country-style fair with contests, 4-H and FFA exhibits, live music and fun for the whole family. The annual Jefferson County Fair is a traditional county fair, providing county residents and visitors to … Read More
If you enjoy pastoral scenery, open air, and beautiful, classical music, then Quilcene’s Olympic Music Festival is just the thing for you! The Olympic Music Festival is an annual series of eleven, summer chamber music concerts held on a converted farm on Washington’s North Olympic Peninsula. Started in 1984 by ex-Philadelphia String Quartet member Alan … Read More
The Olympic Game Farm, on the North Olympic Peninsula, in Sequim, is home to a large collection of animals including ex-film stars and waving bears. Yes, that’s right: waving bears. The Olympic Game Farm started out as a kind of hobby for Lloyd Beebe, a logger-turned-dairy farmer and wildlife enthusiast who spent much of his … Read More
Arguably the biggest event of the year, Sequim Lavender Weekend is back for its 18th year on July 18th through the 20th, 2014 – and there are a host of events for you and your friends and family to see, do, smell, touch, and taste! The Sequim Lavender Festival Street Fair will be located in … Read More
Many people know that Seattle has an old underground section of the city that you can tour but did you know that you can take Port Angeles Underground Tours as well? Located on the North Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, like so many towns at sea level, was initially built up … where it really shouldn’t … Read More
There’s a lot to see and do and see on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, no the least of which is a visit to the pastoral beauty of Marrowstone Island. Marrowstone Island is located just off the Quimper Peninsula, southeast of Port Townsend, Washington. A long, narrow stretch of land, Marrowstone is connected first to the parallel … Read More
Rhody Fest 2014, Port Townsend’s annual Rhododendron Festival, is almost here! If you’ve never been, you need to make the time to come and check it out. If you have attended before, well, I don’t need to say a thing, I’ll just see you there! Rhody Fest has been the true herald of spring in … Read More
Ah, spring: warmer weather, a greening of the foliage, blossoms – and the Olympic Peninsula Wineries’ annual Northwest Wine and Cheese Tour! Yes, indeed, if you like wine – delicious, Pacific Northwest wines – and you enjoy locally made cheeses (oh, what a gimmie!) then this is the tour for you … for almost anybody … Read More
The 6th Annual Winter Driftwood Sculpture Show of the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors is being held March 22nd and 23rd at the Dungeness River Audubon Center in Sequim. This year’s Annual Winter Driftwood Sculpture show includes a themed section entitled “Fantasia.” Each year the Annual Winter Show of the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors includes a separate display … Read More
Marrowstone Vineyards joined Olympic Peninsula Wineries this January and we’re so very happy to have them with us! Marrowstone Vineyards is located on Marrowstone Island, naturally enough, atop a hill overlooking Puget Sound. Sampling the vineyard’s wines while taking in the view from the winery’s deck is quite the experience: Whidbey Island setting there in … Read More