Yachats will come alive with the sounds, smells and tastes of Bavaria this weekend as the Yachats Oktoberfest returns for its second year.

The Elakha Alliance will continue its quest to bring sea otters back to the Oregon Coast by hosting a silent art auction and cocktail party this Saturday, Sept. 28, in Newport.

The Jetty at Newport’s South Beach State Park will be the place to catch a break this weekend when the second Annual Oregon State Surfing Championship comes to town.

The Newport Symphony Orchestra will get its 2024-25 season off to a rousing start this weekend with “Symphonic Bacchanale and the Divine Cello” featuring Mark Votapek, principal cellist of the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra.

Fall is here and there’s a chill in the air, even inside Lincoln City’s normally cozy Driftwood Public Library, where the Dark and Stormy Night author series has returned for more spine-tingling tales.

Walk, don’t run, to the Newport Pride weekend. Or, if you do want to run, join the 5K, just one of nine activities planned for Newport Pride, happening at various locations throughout town from Friday, Sept. 20, through Sunday, Sept. 22.

Do a Google search for “Is the Sylvia Beach Hotel haunted?” and you won’t be disappointed.

The Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic will return for its 25th year this weekend, offering three days of surf action in Pacific City.

As the fall weather sets in, the misty green days and falling autumn leaves have many Oregon Coast music fans buttoning up their coats and, perhaps, dreaming of trips across the sea.

A gala auction this Saturday, Sept. 21, will give art fans the chance to take home one of the 33 unique banners on display in this year’s Yachats Banner Project.

INHOUSE Jazz will bring its 2024 season to a close this Sunday, Sept. 22, with a concert hosted by vocalist Annie Averre at a private residence in Waldport.

Artwork inspired by perhaps the ocean’s most engaging mammal will be up for grabs in an online auction to celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week.  

The Central Coast Humane Society (CCHS) will celebrate a half century of helping the homeless animals of Lincoln County with a gala at the Oregon Coast Aquarium this Saturday, Sept. 21.

When the recent realignment of Highway 20 was completed, it made for a faster, easier drive and also a few new scenic areas like the Crystal Creek Loop.

One of the more compelling stories from the natural world is that of the salmon, which, born in a river, head downstream to the ocean as soon as they are able.

Each fall, the roar of motorcycle engines on Highway 101 signals the return of the Annual Celebration of Honor, Lincoln City’s solemn commemoration of military service.

Learn to fillet a fish or craft a seafood boil, all while sipping spirits at the Port of Garibaldi Seafood and Spirits Festival this weekend.

Would your kids like to cross something new off their bucket lists? Check out the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Aquarium Tour, taking place at the Oregon Coast Aquarium through Sunday, Oct. 20.

Oregon, Washington and California collectively produce a large amount of the onions grown in the United States.

Experience “Moods of Fantasy,” featuring the large-scale, abstract work of artist Michael Somerscales, opening this Friday, Sept. 13, at the Newport Performing Arts Center.