Lavender, music and melodrama will be offered across the Peninsula this weekend, with fun advertised right in the name for other events.
• The 42nd Clallam Bay Sekiu Fun Days are scheduled for Friday through Sunday in downtown Clallam Bay and at the Sekiu Community Center, 42 Rice St., Sekiu.
Festivities include the Art Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Sekiu Community Center.
The Street Fair from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in downtown Clallam Bay will feature handcrafted jewelry, hand-carved wooden figurines, wooden birdhouses and different kinds of food.
The festival kicks off with a shortcake social at 6 p.m. Friday featuring homemade strawberry shortcakes for $5.
Also on Friday is the street dance sponsored by Mariposa House at 6:30 p.m. in the parking lot at the library. and trivia night starting at 7 p.m. at the Sekiu Community Center.
Saturday morning will begin with the Poker Ride, starts at 9 a.m. with registration at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Clallam Bay School, 16933 state Highway 112 and the Agate and Seaglass Hunt, from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Saturday, across from the high school.
The Grand Parade steps off at 11 a.m. with the honor guard leading the kiddie parade followed by log trucks, cars, floats and a fire twirler
Following the parade, the live auction will start in the bus barn at the school and the Borderline Dance Team will provide a free line dancing performance starting at noon.
Live bands will play on the top of the school hill in Clallam Bay in the afternoon and in front of By the Bay Cafe, 343 Front St., Sekiu with Birdie Fenn Cent in the evening
The fireworks show over the bay will start at dark.
A 5-kilometer fun run starts at 9 a.m. Sunday and events wind down with a Cribbage Tournament at 4 p.m.
For a full schedule of activities, visit www.clallambaysekiufundays.info.
• The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will will conclude its 2025 season with “Bach and Scarlatti” at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.
Admission is by a suggested donation of $20 to $30 per person. Youths 18 and younger will be admitted free.
The concert will feature Spanish harpsichordist Irene Roldàn and baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan, the festival’s artistic director.
The program includes four solo harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, three sonatas for harpsichord and flute by Johann Sebastian Bach and a new transcription of Scarlatti’s sonatas for flute and harpsichord.
Roldàn is the winner of the prestigious Bach Prize at the XXXIII International Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany, and has performed at major early music festivals in Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and around Europe, the festival will be her first performances in the United States.
For more information, visit see www.salishsea festival.org/porttownsend.
• The Carpe Diem String Quartet will open the eighth season of Concerts in the Barn with performances at 2 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The chamber music series will be in the barn at the Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Road, Quilcene.
The concerts are free, but reservations at www.ticketstripe.com/event-list/concerts-in-the-barn are encouraged.
Friday’s performance will feature String Quartet no. 4 by Grażyna Bacewicz and Franz Schubert’s Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden.”
The Carpe Diem String Quartet is composed of cellist Ariana Nelson, violist Korine Fujiwara and violinists Marisa Ishikawa and Sam Weiser.
The quartet will be joined by cellist Amy Barston and flamenco dancer Amy Montes for the “Fandango” movement from Luigi Boccherini’s Cello Quintet No. 4 on Saturday and Sunday.
The Saturday and Sunday concerts will also include Franz Schubert’s Cello Quintet in C Major and violist Korine Fujiwara’s “Mosey,” which premiered at Carnegie Hall last spring.
Concertgoers can sit inside on comfortable chairs, in the loft or bring chairs or blankets to sit on outside on the lawn. .
For more information, visit www.concertsinthebarn.org.
• The Lavender Melodrama will present “Lavender Legacies” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.
The annual comedy, now in its fourth year, will stage performances Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through July 27.
Tickets are $20 per person at www.olympictheatrearts.org or by calling the box office at 360-683-7326.
Theatergoers will be able to cheer the hero, boo the billain and sigh for the damsel-in-distress in this over-the-top melodrama based on the mythical history of the Pacific Northwest and Sequim, and its claim to be the Lavender Capital of North America.
In this year’s new script the lavender industry must deal with Sequim’s new Comprehensive Plan while outsmarting Douglas Graves, the local realtor/undertaker, whose evil plans for world domination start with the destruction of Sequim.
• The Chimacum community will host its 14th Interdependence Day celebration on Sunday.
The annual all-ages and all-together day celebrates arts, food, culture and community.
A full schedule of activities is posted at https://www.finnriver.com/interdependence.
• Harbor Art Gallery, 114 N. Laurel St., Port Angeles, will host a reception for “Up the Down Staircase” from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday during Port Angeles’ downtown Art Walk.
The exhibit features the photography of Carol Marshall, the images in it explore passageways and transitions both literal and symbolic.
Marshall has been creating images since 2006, including landscapes, architecture, food and editorial photography.
“Up the Down Staircase” will be on display from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays throughout July.
• Hot Damn Scandal will perform for a free dance party at 7 tonight in the Sunset Lounge at Field Arts and Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles.
• The Friends of the Sequim Library will conduct a book sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Friends’ storefront location at Rock Plaza, 10175 Old Olympic Highway.
Books in the main store are $1 each unless marked otherwise and books in the annex are 50 cents each.
The sale also features a $1 bag sale in the annex area beginning at 1 p.m. and all books in the annex are free starting at 2 p.m.
• Cecilia Olivera-Hillway will conduct a free Wobble Bot workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Clallam Bay Branch Library, 16990 state Highway 112, Clallam Bay.
Olivera-Hillway, a local artist and educator, will help kids combine art and technology by designing, assembling and animating their own Wobble Bots.
For more information, call the library at 360-374-6402, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
• The North Olympic Library System will host a jigsaw puzzle contest at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Port Angeles Main Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles.
Teams of up to four members will have until noon to complete a 500-piece puzzle.
The team completing their puzzle the quickest will win; if no team has completed the puzzle by noon, the team with the fewest remaining pieces will be named winner.
The contest is open to adults, teens and children 10 or older.
Contestants may come as a team or meet up to form a team at the contest.
For more information, call the library at 360-417-8500, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
• The Jefferson County Master Gardeners will present “Ornamentals” at 12:15 Saturday in the Humphrey Room at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
The master gardeners will discuss several types of ornamental plants and how to use and care for them in your garden.
The free lecture will be followed at 1 p.m. by the Jefferson County Master Gardener’s monthly “Ask a Master Gardener!” plant clinic.
For more information, visit www.jclibrary.info.
• The Jefferson County Master Gardeners will conduct a free “Ask a Master Gardener” plant clinic from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Humphrey Room at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.
Master gardeners will be available to answer questions on selecting the right plants for the environment, composting, insect infestations and unknown pathogens damaging plants.
Attendees may bring a sample of an afflicted plant or bring plant or insect specimens for identification.
Samples of plant problems should include both the healthy and affected tissue; the cut end of the stem should be wrapped with a moist paper towel, and the cut plants should be kept in a cool and dark location to prevent wilting.
For plant identification, include photos or samples of the leaves, branches and stems of the plant, a portion of the fruiting or flowering structure and a representative portion of the stem or bark.
Identification is more likely when more structures of the plant can be examined.
For insect identification, bring an intact specimen in a small container soon after capture; keep it stored in a cool, dark place.
For more information, email Bridget Gregg at bridget.gregg@wsu.edu.
• Kris Ethington will present “Supporting Native Bee Nesting Habitats,” at 1 p.m. Saturday in the salmon shelter at H.J. Carroll Park, 9884 Rhody Drive, Chimacum.
The free, bi-monthly Growing Knowledge in the Garden speaker series sponsored by the Kul Kah Han Native Plant Garden focuses on the importance and benefits of planting native plants in the landscape and garden.
The final presentation in the series is “Landscaping With Native Plants,” on September 13, by Joe Holtrop.
For more information, email kkhnativeplants@gmail.com or visit www.nativeplantgarden.org.
• Peninsula Friends of Animals will host a benefit dance at 7 p.m. Saturday at Little Devil’s Lunchbox, 315 E. First St., Port Angeles.
DUBble Standard will provide live music.
A donation of $15 or pet food is suggested.
For more information, call 360-452-0414, ext. 3, email pfoa@olypen.com or visit www.safehavenpfoa.org.
• The Sequim Prairie Grange will host an ice cream social from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the grange hall, 290 Macleay Road, Sequim.
The menu includes banana splits and sundaes for $7 each.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Sequim Wheelers.
• The Bev Fess and Ron Griffin duo will be the featured performers at an accordion social from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St., Sequim.
Accordionists are invited to bring their instruments and play a song or two; the public is welcome to listen or to dance.
A recommended donation of $5 will defray room rental costs.
• Dave Thielk will call squares, contras, reels, mixers and circle dances at a summer dance at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The free dance will be in the gym at the YMCA of Jefferson County, 1919 Blaine St., Port Townsend.
The band will include Jeanie Murphy, Chris Cooper, Carol Hardy and Chris Stuart.
All experience levels and ages are welcome and all dances will be taught.
Dancers should wear gym shoes or dance shoes, no street shoes on the gym floor.
For more information, call Thielk at 360-301-6005, call Juliet DiPietro at 360-385-5811 or email juliet@olympicpeninsulaymca.org.
• Films at Field Hall will screen the 1990 David Lynch film “Wild at Heart” at 7 p.m. in the Sunset Lounge at Field Arts and Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles. Admission is by donation.
