Oregon Festival Touring with an RV
From a centrally located RV park just south of Eugene, RVers can enjoy day trips to many different festivals and celebrations year round in the Southern Willamette Valley. Whether your passion is art, music, sports, or the outdoors, the Willamette Valley has the gathering for you! Each season brings occasions to celebrate.
During the summer months, the coastal town of Winchester Bay hosts many outdoor festivities. The Crab Bounty Hunt involves cash prizes in a celebration of crabbing. The annual Ocean Fest packs together games, music, barbecues, and Coast Guard demonstrations.
ATV enthusiasts are drawn to Winchester Bay for the yearly Dunefest, in the heart of the Oregon Dunes. Arts and Crafts are displayed and sold during Art on the Bay.
Driving inland, along the Umpqua River, an annual Chain Saw Sculpting Contest celebrates this unique art form. Further inland, the Umpqua Valley Arts Center celebrates arts and crafts at the annual Summer Umpqua Arts Festival in Roseburg.
On the 1-5 Corridor you can enjoy food and festivities during Bohemia Mining Days in Cottage Grove In Eugene, the musical arts are enjoyed during the Oregon Festival of American Music and the Oregon Bach Festival.
Junction City, just north of Eugene, takes time to honor its heritage during the Scandinavian Festival. This celebration allows attendees to drink in culture through food, arts, folk dancing, music, and pageantry.
Albany offers the Willamette River Festival, the Timber Carnival, and the Northwest Art and Air Festival during the summer. The Corvallis community honors invention and ingenuity during DaVinci Days and Salem hosts an Art Festival.
As Autumn approaches, back down in Winchester Bay the town is gearing up for the Salmon Derby. Eugene offers the Mr. Pisgah Mushroom Festival and up in Mt. Angel, German culture is honored during Oktoberfest.
All along the Oregon coast during the winter months, many visitors line the viewpoints for whale watching. There are many wayside pullouts and several places provide information about this fascinating migration. Winchester Bay adds merriment through the Wine, Beer, Seafood, and Music Confluence.
During the holiday season, Eugene hosts the Festival of Trees where hundreds of Christmas trees are decorated in themes and auctioned off for medical charities. While most communities offer varying degrees of holiday displays, Shore Acres Park in Coos Bay puts on a dazzling display that is well worth the extra miles.
The Willamette Valley bursts into bloom in the Spring and Junction City takes advantage of this time to direct visitors to the famous Daffodil Festival with a drive lined with the blossoms and food and festivities to finish it off.
Just to the north in Woodburn, Tulips are the bloom of choice at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival. In Kaizer, the Iris Festival holds the spotlight.
For over 100 years Florence has celebrated its native Rhododendron during the Rhododendron Festival. Arts and crafts, parades and games entertain the crowds.
In Eugene
The Scottish Festival celebrates this cultural heritage with music, food, merchandise, and a festival concert. The Willamette Valley Folk Festival highlights traditional and non-traditional forms of this historic musical genre.
Spanning from a centrally located RV park many of these attractions could be enjoyed with minimal planning. Taking part in the cultural celebrations in these lovely communities will enhance your aesthetic experiences.
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