Boasting thousands of gourds and u-pick pumpkins and the biggest corn maze on the Oregon Coast, the Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch will operate every weekend in October.

Orbiting high above Alder Island where the Siletz River slips underneath Highway 101 and oozes into the bay, a male osprey spies a school of surf perch swimming in the channel.

The Oregon Coast Jazz Party returns to Newport for its 20th anniversary and three days of exceptional live jazz starting this Friday, Oct. 4.

Poetry will ring out in Newport this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5, when the Oregon Poetry Association holds its annual conference at the Best Western Agate Beach.

Celebrate the harvest season with the Oregon Coast community at Neskowin Valley School’s 42nd Annual Harvest Festival, taking place at the school this Saturday, Oct. 5.

Building on a great idea can make it even better. Just ask Amy White, owner of Beachcrest Brewing in Gleneden Beach.

Artwork that explores the patterns of nature will be on display when Jody Andersen’s new exhibit, “A Beautiful Random Order” opens at Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery this Friday, Sept. 27.

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.