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ANNUAL FESTIVALS
ONE CALENDAR YEAR
These are the Florence area's annual events. Many events have adapted or been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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JANUARY
• New Year’s Day • Winter Music Festival
FEBRUARY
• Crab Crack • Fraudville • FEC Indoor Yard Sale
MARCH
• Rotary Auction • Home & Garden Show • Community Job Fair • PTA Talent Show • Be Ready Disaster Expo
AUGUST
• Siuslaw Athletic Booster Club Banquet • Florence Police Department National Night Out • Siuslaw Open Golf Tournament
SEPTEMBER
• Habitat for Humanity Beach Walk • Florence Community-wide Garage Sale • Rods ’N Rhodies • Florence Festival of Books
APRIL
• Early Rhody Flower Show • Community Health Fair • CROW Spring Musical
MAY
• Oregon Dunes Triathlon • Rhododendron Festival • Rhody Flower Show • CROW Spring Dance Showcase • Florence Big Wave PoetryFest
JUNE
• Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Siuslaw Awards • Mapleton & Siuslaw High School Graduations • Fore Kids Golf Classic • Kiwanis Golf Scramble • Library Summer Reading Program • Last Resort Players June Show
JULY OCTOBER
• Florence Chamber Wine Walk & Chowder Trail • Boomer & Senior Expo • Okto-Fur-Fest Wiener Dog Races • Library demARTS • KCST Great Pumpkin Giveaway • Scare-CROW Haunted Maze
NOVEMBER
• Veterans Day Parade • Food Share Pounding • Kiwanis Community • Thanksgiving Dinner • Last Resort Players Fall Show
DECEMBER
• Holiday Tree Lighting • OCMM Festival of Trees • Empty Bowls for Florence Food Share • Holly Jolly Follies • Holiday Arts Festival • 4th of July Celebration • Wings & Wheels Fly-In • Power of Florence • Van Fans Ice Cream Social • CROW Summer Theater Camps • City of Florence Block Party • Peace Harbor Light Up A Life • Soroptimist Christmas Basket Toy & Food Giveaway • Florence Nativity Festival • Elks Christmas Dinner • New Year’s Eve CelebrationFor local updates, visit TheSiuslawNews.com, ci.florence.or.us,
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Rhododendron Festival
For more than 114 years, people have gathered each spring to celebrate the native rhododendron that makes Florence “The City of Rhododendrons.” The annual Rhododendron Festival, the third weekend in May, is the city’s largest and best-known event. It features parades, hot rods, flower shows, a carnival and the Coronation of Queen Rhododendra and King of the Coast at the FEC.
Florence Holiday Festival
Rods ’N Rhodies &
Community-wide Garage Sale
The Rods ’N Rhodies Invitational Car rolls into Old Town in September. With more than 100 high-end hot rods coming from all over the western United States and Canada, this year’s show is sure to be something worth attending.
That same weekend, there are treasures aplenty waiting to be found at more than 60 locations during the sixth annual Community-wide Garage Sale. Homes and businesses around the city and surrounding area participate.
Florence Festival of Books
Anyone who loves reading will want to visit the Florence Festival of Books, an annual book fair for both authors and publishers at the FEC in September. More than 50 authors and publishers of all different genres will be present, with their books available for sale and signing. New authors are encouraged to attend and learn how to have their work published.
Chowder Trail, Wine Walk & Great Glass Float Giveaway
Join the community for another adventure in Historic Old Town during the annual Chowder Trail and Wine Walk, featuring the Great Glass Float Giveaway, in October. People can stroll along Bay Street to search for glass floats in a treasure hunt, while sipping wine and sampling chowder and other tasty cuisine at local restaurants. Live music and drawings for prizes are included.
Get into the holiday spirit this winter while taking part in the many events planned for the annual Florence Holiday Festival, when the town is transformed into a winter wonderland full of lights, decorations and family-fun activities thanks to Florence Public works and the Florence chamber.
Look out for the Festival of Trees, Christmas Tree Lighting at the Siuslaw River Bridge Interpretive Center on Bay Street, Holly Jolly Follies variety show, the Florence Nativity Festival and the Victorian Christmas Open House at Heceta Head B&B. 35
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