Music festivals and a celebration of flight are among activities topping the list of entertainment on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
• THING offers three days of music, arts and special events at Fort Worden in Port Townsend beginning today.
Performers include Jerrod Carmichael, Reignwolf, a presentation titled “Deconstructing the Beatles Revolver” by Scott Freiman, a conversation led by music journalist and author Marcus J. Moore interviewing Jazz is Dead, Jungle, Modest Mouse, Father John Misty, Goose, Sparks, Freddie Gibbs, José González, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Seattle-based performers from STG’s Education & Community Engagement Programs, and others.
Also planned are presentations by tribal storytellers Elaine Grinnell of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Delbert Miller of the Skokomish Tribe in partnership with SAMA: Seattle Sacred Music & Art; and the Future is 0, a live game show where artist-contestants compete in an array of mental, physical and psychological challenges.
Tickets range from $129.50 for a day pass to $349.50 for a full festival pass for adults and teens, although children 12 and younger will be admitted free. They are available at thingnw.org, stgpresents.org and ticketmaster.com; in-person purchase will be available through Fort Worden Hospitality at the fort’s Commons, 210 Battery Way, in the center of the campus. Three-day passes and single-day tickets will be available along with parking and camping reservations.
Not everything requires paid admission.
Fort Worden is a public park and several outdoor THING activities — the food trucks, vendor market and Luminarium — will be accessible to the public without a festival wristband.
To view the full lineup and schedule, see thingnw.org.
• Music on the Strait offers five concerts of live music by such composers as Beethoven, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn and the world premiere of a piece by Seattle-born composer Paul Chihara during two weekends beginning today.
The concerts are at 7 p.m. at Maier Hall at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., tonight through Sunday and Sept. 2 through Sept. 3, except for Jeremy Denk’s recital on Sunday, which is at 3 p.m. They are hosted by co-artistic directors James Garlick and Richard O’Neill.
Saturday night’s concert is sold out but tickets to other concerts can be found at MusicontheStrait.com.
• Air Affaire will highlight airplanes and hot air balloons from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane.
Airplane, tethered balloon and helicopter rides are planned along with cars and trucks and remote control planes.
Admission is $10 per carload with additional fees for various rides.
For more information about Air Affaire, see olympicpeninsulaairaffaire.com.
• Music at the Elks will present Queens & Aces performing ’40s through ’70s swing, Latin, standards, ballads and oldies from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Admission to the Sequim Elks Lodge at 143 Port Williams Road is $10 for Elks members and $12 for guests.
Dance lessons are available for $5 prior to the dance.
• Port Angeles Eagles will host its annual member appreciation picnic from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
The Band Echo will perform from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. with no cover charge.
The Port Angeles Eagles Aerie is at 2843 E. Myrtle St.
For this day only, to join the Eagles or its auxiliary, the initiation fee will be waived and yearly dues will be reduced.
• Ice cream social hosted by the Sequim Prairie Grange will host an ice cream social from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
The ice cream will be served at the grange hall, 290 Macleay Road.
The menu includes banana splits, sundaes and brownie sundaes for $7 each.
Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream will be available as well as strawberries, pineapple, whipped cream, nuts, cherries and chocolate or caramel sauce.
For more information, call the grange at 360-582-0100.
• Color and light exhibit will be hosted by the Port Angeles Science Center at Large from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
The free exhibit will be at the Port Angeles Farmers Market in The Gateway transit center at First and Lincoln streets.
The hands-on exhibit is appropriate for all ages.
For more information, email Diane Whitmore at dianew@exploratorium.edu.
