Events

We're located in an area chock-full of places to go and ways to be entertained. Try the small town live music venues, festivals, art exhibitions, auctions and community cook-offs. Use this page as your guide or ask our staff for more recommendations.

Arts & Galleries

  • Friday, February 24, 2012 - 19:00 to 21:00
    Art opening
    An opening reception for Totem Shriver’s exhibit of wood carvings, “Church of Totem,” will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at the gallery in Miller Art Center at Linfield College. ...

Entertainment

  • Friday, February 24, 2012 - 19:00
    Music at McMenamins
    Live Music at McMenamins Hotel Oregon, Third and Evans streets. Music starts at 7 p.m. No cover charge.
  • Friday, February 24, 2012 - 19:30
    Gallery play
    Gallery Players will present Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 24 through March 17, at 210 N.E. Ford St., McMinnville. Curtain times are 7:30 ...
  • Friday, February 24, 2012 - 20:00
    Organ concert
    Organist Craig Cramer will perform Bach and Mendelssohn at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in in Melrose Hall’s Ice Auditorium, Linfield College. Tickets cost $20 to $27, $5 for students K-12. For more information ...
  • Friday, February 24, 2012 - 20:30
    Music at Mac Club
    Live Music at the Mac Club, 2223 N.E. McDaniel Lane, McMinnville. No cover charge.

  • Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 18:30 to 22:00
    Waltz
    A Winter Waltz, including 30 minutes of waltz instruction and live music from the Yamhill-Carlton High School symphony orchestra and Rendezvous String Band, will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, ...
  • Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 18:30
    Concert
    Wavorly, an alternative rock/pop band from Tupulo, Miss., will perform in concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Bethel Christian School, 325 N.W. Baker Creek Road, McMinnville. Cost to attend is $5. ...
  • Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 19:00
    Faculty recital
    Music professor Pamela Goldsmith and Rhonda Ringering will perform works by Villa-Lobos, Laura and two Oregon composers on classical guitar and piano at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, in Bull Music Center, ...
  • Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 18:00
    Lenten performance
    “The Passion According to Saint Luke,” a professional performance by actor Leonardo Defilippis, will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at St. James Catholic Church, 1145 N.E. First St. Tickets, ...

  • Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 19:30
    Concert
    “New York Voices,” a two-time Grammy Award-winning ensemble, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, at McMinnville High School, 615 N.E. 15th St. The ensemble is being brought to the ...
  • Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 19:00
    Fundraising concert
    Howie Harkema will join the Occasional Quartet in a fundraising concert for St. Barnabas Soup Kitchen at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the McMinnville Cooperative Ministries, 544 N.E. Second St. For more ...
  • Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 19:00
    Country music
    Award-winning Dan Turner & Still Country will raise money for a women’s halfway house in Polk County with a performance at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3, in McGee’s Bar & Gril, 2045 S.W. ...
  • Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 19:30
    Newberg comedy
    Valley Repertory Theatre will present “Harvey” from Thursday, March 8, through Sunday, March 18, at Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St., Newberg. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays ...

  • Friday, March 9, 2012 - 20:00
    Music at Noah's
    Terry Robb, blues guitar; Noah’s ... a wine bar; 8 p.m.; $10 minimum purchase.

Wine, Food & Dining

  • Monday, February 27, 2012 - 18:00
    Habitat fundraiser
    West Valley Habitat for Humanity will present its second annual dinner and auction at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at Cafe Uncorked, 19690 S.W. Highway 18, McMinnville. Appetizers, dinner and local wines are ...
  • Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 18:00
    Newberg fundraiser
    A winemaker’s dinner and artist quickdraw will raise money for Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at The Allison, 2525 Allison Lane, Newberg. Eighteen artists will create ...

Festivals & Special Events

  • Friday, March 9, 2012 (All day) to Sunday, March 11, 2012 (All day)
    Sip! McMinnville Wine & Food Classic
    Tickets are $17; $32 for a 3 day pass.  Parking $7. Seniors 65 and up and Designated Drivers $15. Children 9 and under free and must be accompanied by an adult