A free Labor Day concert will cap this weekend’s offerings on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Black Diamond Junction will present a free concert at 1 p.m. Monday.
The outdoor concert, open to the public and family friendly, will take place in a field at John Wayne’s Rustic Waterfront Resort, 2634 W. Sequim Bay Road.
Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating.
Black Diamond Junction has been voted “Best Live Performance Group” in Clallam County 2016-2021 by Peninsula Daily News readers. The band performs classic hits from the 1960s-2000s.
The free Labor Day weekend concert has become a tradition, as the band partners with the resort each year to celebrate the end of the summer season and say thank you to locals and visitors alike.
Refreshments will be available for sale at the event.
Other activities this weekend are:
• First Friday Art Walk — Music and art are offered at various venues around Sequim today during the First Friday Art Walk, a free, self-guided tour of art venues in Sequim from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. the first Friday of every month.
• Contra dance — Susan Michaels will call a contra dance at 7:30 p.m. today in conjunction with Sequim’s First Friday Artwalk. The dance will be in the Upper Room Hall, 138 W. Washington St.
• Art Faire — Peninsula Art Friends, a group of local artists who live and create water-media art in Sequim, invite the public to its inaugural annual Art Faire today and Saturday.
The exhibit will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the Sequim Museum and Art Center, 175 W. Cedar St.
More information is available at www.PeninsulaArt Friends.com or by calling 559-439-8562.
• Music on the Strait — This is the final weekend of Music on the Strait.
The festival is at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday at Maier Hall at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. It is hosted by co-artistic directors James Garlick and Richard O’Neill. Both concerts also will be livestreamed at www.musiconthestrait.com.
Tonight, the concert will feature virtuoso pianist George Li, cellist Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir and Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet.
On Saturday, the Grand finale concert will offer works by Mendelssohn and Elgar, plus a new work for violin and viola by Chihara.
On both evenings, Lisa Bergman of Classical KING-FM will give short pre-concert talks at 6:15 p.m.
• Concerts in the Barn — The final weekend will feature Aglika Angelova & Friends performing chamber music at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the iconic barn at 7360 Center Road in Quilcene.
The concerts are free to the public. Concertgoers are encouraged to reserve their place in the barn or on the lawn in advance on concertsinthebarn.org. Walk-up patrons are also welcome and will be seated in the barn according to space.
This weekend, Aram Khachaturian will perform Sonata for violin and piano in G minor, Op. 1; Sergei Rachmaninoff will perform Six pieces for 4 hands in G minor, Op. 11; Ottorino Respighi will play Sonata in B minor for violin and piano, P; and Darius Milhaud will play Sonata for two violins and piano, Op. 15.
The farm opens to visitors at noon each concert day. At 1 p.m., the barn doors open. A farm animal tour follows each concert.
• The Keg and I — Music is on tap on Saturday and Sunday at the tavern at 1291 Chimacum Road, Chimacum.
The 4D Band will perform rock and blues from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
The Eagle Mountain String Band will play blues from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
All events are free of charge.
• Vintage sale — The North Olympic History Center will sponsor a vintage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
The sale will be in the old Lincoln School, 926 W. Eighth St.
• Art fair — The Port Ludlow Art League will conduct its Labor Day Art Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The fair at the Port Ludlow Inn, 1 Heron Road, will feature local jewelry, painting, photography, woodworking, ceramics, cards and basketry.
