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Redfish Music Festival Floods S. Oregon Coast: North Bend, Port Orford, Bandon, Gold Beach, Brookings
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (668+ words) Published 07/17/26 at 5:55 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Port Orford, Oregon) - Six years and six seasons. Six runs of insanely lovely tunes amid some of the most stellar scenery this region can produce. The Redfish Music Festival opens its sixth…...
Historic Fireboat Finds New Home on N. Oregon Coast, at Astoria's Columbia River Maritime Museum
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (442+ words) Published 07/15/26 at 7:55 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Astoria, Oregon) – Finally, a stellar remnant of Oregon history has found its home. The north Oregon coast's Columbia River Maritime Museum is the permanent digs of the historic fireboat David Campbell, after…...
Star Parties Liven Up Oregon Coast Range, Rooster Rock in Astronomical Ways
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (575+ words) Published 07/15/26 at 6:55 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Vernonia, Oregon) – The Oregon Coast Range and the Columbia River Gorge will be the site of many spaced-out evenings. Above: Rockaway Beach and Manzanita's Neahkahnie Mountain (below) on the north Oregon coast…...
Celtic Duo Four Shillings Short Begins Farewell Tour on South Oregon Coast
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (412+ words) Published 07/14/26 at 7:55 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Port Orford, Oregon) - After 31 years of touring in the US and Ireland, Four Shillings Short is calling it a day. The long-running Celtic and world music duo is launching their farewell tour…...
Oregon Coast's 70-Foot Blue Whale Skeleton Gets a Dedication Day, Special Newport Events
4+ day, 40+ min ago (292+ words) Published 07/13/26 at 7:55 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Newport, Oregon) – Last month came the remarkable installation of a giant whale skeleton in the central Oregon coast town of Newport. It's perhaps one of the largest displays of its kind in…...
Rockaway Beach Gets a Walking History Guide: Stroll Into Oregon Coast's Past
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (509+ words) Published 07/13/26 at 5:55 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Rockaway Beach, Oregon) – There's always been something about Rockaway Beach that's been old-timey. Like no matter how spryly they paint the exteriors, the buildings of this Oregon coast burgh still give you…...
Oregon Coast Music Festival Back for 48th Season with Outdoor Shows Around Coos Bay
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (555+ words) Published 07/12/26 at 7:05 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Coos Bay, Oregon) – One of the standout festivals of the entire coastline is taking place right now. Having started already, the Oregon Coast Music Festival has returned for its 48th season, bringing two…...
Little N. Oregon Coast Theater Celebrates Five Years of Drama in Astoria
2+ week, 5+ day ago (292+ words) Published 06/28/26 at 7:55 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Astoria, Oregon) – There's lots of reasons to party on the north coast – especially just the existence of Adtoria – but now a rather remarkable little theater is whooping it up over its anniversary,…...
Oregon Coast Jazz Party Announces Lineup in Newport - October
2+ week, 6+ day ago (252+ words) Published 06/27/26 at 8:55 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Newport, Oregon) - With the early comes a greater warmth and calmer winds to Newport's adorable Nye Beach district, but it also heats up in the world of culture. Hofmann’s return adds another…...
Pirate Invasion, Curry County Fair and Wild Mushrooms Dot S. Oregon Coast Lanscape
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (708+ words) Published 06/25/26 at 8:55 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Brookings, Oregon) – Three major festivals are coming up on Oregon's Wild River Coast – Curry County, that is. It's the south Oregon coast region that includes Brookings and Gold Beach, and now it…...