Need something fun to do in the Waitsburg area? Look no further. From live music and wine tastings to art classes, bingo, and burlesque, we have it all right here.
Arrive at the jam early & hungry— they make wonderful BBQ! R & B Barbeque is located right across the street from the Weinhard Hotel.
All Ages | No Cover
Originals, covers and everything in-between!
21+ | No Cover
Join us for the annual community-wide yardsale!
Instructor Greg Tate teaches the basics of working with clay in this three session class. Class meets once per week at the Tate’s Outdoor Ceramics Studio for three weeks. Each class is three hours and will cover basic instruction in handbuilding, wheel throwing and glazing. Materials provided in this introductory class. Class Fees are non-refundable, but can be applied to another art class.
Class fee of $200.00
Register: tateartwaitsburg.com/workshops
Music, poetry, stand-up comedy (no advance sign up required)
21+ | No Cover
TATE ART WAITSBURG Friday & Saturday Saturdays 1-6 PM
THE PRESSROOM Friday & Saturday Saturdays 1-6 PM
Open Sewing Lab is drop-in or stay for the afternoon and use one of our four vintage sewing machines to work on your project. $25.00 fee for Open Sewing Lab. Guidance on your projects is free!
An evening of art and fabulous hand-farmed, hand-made, hand-sold Rhône wines from the Walla Walla Valley.
Come for the wine and stay for the Art Talk that follows at 6-8pm.
21+ and open to the public (21+)
Join the conversation. Royal Block hosts monthly art talks: round-table discussions facilitated by Joseph Roberts that consider differing perceptions of a single artwork that will be on view. No art experience necessary.
FREE | 21+
TATE ART WAITSBURG Friday & Saturday Saturdays 1-6 PM
THE PRESSROOM Friday & Saturday Saturdays 1-6 PM
Instructor Greg Tate will teach the basics of drawing in this three hour class. Supply list will be sent to students one week prior to the class. Some supplies will be available for purchase at the studio. The Class Fee is non-refundable but can be applied to another art class.
Class Fee: $75.00, byo materials or purchase in studio.
Register Online: tateartwaitsburg.com/workshops
Instructor Greg Tate will teach the basics of drawing in this three hour class. Supply list will be sent to students one week prior to the class. Some supplies will be available for purchase at the studio. The Class Fee is non-refundable but can be applied to another art class.
Class Fee: $75.00, byo materials or purchase in studio.
Register Online: tateartwaitsburg.com/workshops
TATE ART WAITSBURG Friday & Saturday Saturdays 1-6 PM
THE PRESSROOM Friday & Saturday Saturdays 1-6 PM
Learn the basics of block printing by creating a collograph plate using found objects to create a raised relief plate you can use to make a one-of-a-kind print. Supplies are included in the class fee.
Class Fee: $75.00, materials included.
Register Online: tateartwaitsburg.com/workshops
TATE ART WAITSBURG Friday & Saturday Saturdays 1-6 PM
THE PRESSROOM Friday & Saturday Saturdays 1-6 PM
Join us for an afternoon of great food, pioneer craft demonstrations, horse-drawn carriage rides, antique farm equipment and tools, Waits Mill model, vintage School Room, and tours of the historic Bruce House Museum, from noon to 4p.m.!
11:00 a.m. - Pioneer of the Year Award Ceremony
11:20 a.m. - Community Church Service
12:15 p.m. - Pie Baking Contest
12:15 to 4:00 p.m. - Live Music
Noon - 3:00 p.m. - Buffalo Burgers & all the fixin’s
2:30 p.m. - Vintage Style Show
Create unique holiday or winter themed cards by working with a linoleum block and carving tools.
Class Fee: $75.00, materials included.
Register Online: tateartwaitsburg.com/workshops
Monthly mini vintage market with rotating vendors, curated offerings featuring women's and men's clothing, jewelry, art, and more.
As a bonus we will have Wallala Dumplings on the menu.
Ages 21+
Instructor Greg Tate teaches the basics of watercolor in this three hour class. Materials list will be sent one week prior to class. Art supplies will also be available for purchase at the studio. The Class Fee is non-refundable, but can be applied to another art class should your plans change.
Class Fee: $150.00, byo materials or purchase in studio.
Register Online: tateartwaitsburg.com/workshops
Join us for the First Annual Waitsburg Historical Society Quilt Show at the Bruce Mansion and Wilson Philips House on the corner of Main and 4th Street, Waitsburg, WA. There will be beautiful, handcrafted quilts from talented quilters who live in Waitsburg and from the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Guild.
Learn about the different patterns and fabrics used. All ages can also participate in the fun “Q is for Quilt” Scavenger Hunt. Plus, there will be historic self-guided museum tours of both the Bruce House and Wilson Philips house.
If you have a quilt and would like to display it, please call the Waitsburg Historical Society at (509) 386-3739. We’d love to have your artwork displayed.
Hey Folks!
We're at Ten Ton this Friday!
Always fun at the coffee shop, even when it's closed. Oh, and *just* because it's not open that doesn't mean you can't bring friends and family out to listen!
All the details, costs, registration forms, and contact details, can be found on the WAITSBURG CELEBRATION DAYS WEBSITE
Here is the planned schedule in brief…
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Waitsburg Fairgrounds
6:00 PM, Preston Park
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Preston Park
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Plaza Theater
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM, Town Hall
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM, The Slab on Main (next to Simply Sawdust)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM, Main Street
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, The Slab on Main (next to Simply Sawdust)
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Bruce Mansion
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Preston Park
11:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Fairgrounds
5:00 PM - 11:30 PM, Waitsburg Fairgrounds, Don Thomas Building
7:00 AM, E 8th St (near the athletic field concession stand)
10:00 AM, Preston Park
11:00 AM, Preston Park
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM, Waitsburg Fairgrounds
12:30-2:30 PM, Waitsburg Fairgrounds
Early Morning Traffic plays American 35!
Royal Block's annual contribution to World Collage Day to celebrate poetry, wine, art, and food created by local college students, their professors, and alumni.
Gustavo Alonso López and Jay Roulston return for an evening of Guitarra Flamenca.
Come early and sample delicious bites prepared by Wine Country Culinary Institute paired with College Cellars wines as part of our College\Collage event.
Food and wine 3-6pm
Music starts at 6:30pm
21+ | No Cover
Celebrate World Collage Day with analog collage artist Kimi Bruzas.
TateArtWaitsburg will display artwork by Greg Tate and Twila JohnsonTate that explore the medium of collage through paint, found objects, paper, books and wood. Pick up a complimentary kit of vintage papers that you can use to create a paper collage of your own. One kit per person please.
Small Clay Bowl with Shaped by Her Hands by Anna Harper Freeman.
The weekly jam at the Big Red Barn.
All Ages | Free
Conflicted Memories, by Robert Ernst Marx, is on view and the subject of the next art talk with Joseph Roberts on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 6-7PM at the Royal Block.
Join the conversation. Royal Block hosts monthly art talks: round table discussions facilitated by Joseph Roberts that consider differing perceptions of a single artwork that will be on view.
No art experience necessary. 21+
Join us for the Waitsburg Lions Club Annual Rib Feed!
"All You Can Eat" wood fired pork ribs, french bread, baked beans, mac salad, with beer & wine.
Cost: $35
Tickets are available from Lion’s club Members or ONLINE.
Kathy and Micole Miller from Furion Cellars will be pouring their terroir driven boutique wines.
21+
Open Sewing Lab is drop-in or stay for the afternoon and use one of our four vintage sewing machines to work on your project. $25.00 fee for Open Sewing Lab. Guidance on your projects is free!
Don't miss an amazing day for comic book lovers! It is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY on May 4th! Come on down to the Library at 11-2pm on May 4th for an epic comic book extravaganza!
Cubist City Drawings with The Cat and the Bird by Géraldine Elschner.
Come to the Waitsburg Town Hall for this fun craft fair! Gaudy Gals will have a big sale that day too—20% off of everything in their shop!
Hey Folks!
This Friday's fun starts early (6PM) and is at the W. W. Library!
The jam is usually very-well attended and a great time
All Ages | Free
TATE ART WAITSBURG Friday & Saturday 12-6PM
THE PRESSROOM Friday & Saturday 1-6PM
BARBARA JAKSA @ WAITSBURG ARTGARDEN Friday & Saturday 1-6PM
KIMI BRUZAS ART @ GAUDY GALS Friday 11AM - 5PM, Saturday 9AM -5PM
SPRING SPRUNG CRAFT SHOW Saturday 9AM - 4PM
SIMPLY SAWDUST Friday & Saturday 10AM - 5PM
AMERICAN 35 Friday 4-9PM & Saturday 1-9PM
THE ROYAL BLOCK Friday 4-8PM & Saturday 2-8PM
A semi-retrospective show of artist Barbara Jaksa features paintings and drawings spanning 17 years and 23,238 kilometres of home. The work is seen as the anatomy of a nomadic soul, revealed as I “connect the seemingly unconnected” (Willian Plomer, 1978) thru the use of words, marks, brushstrokes and silent blank space in the discovery of a cohesive visual language.
Open 1-6PM Friday and Saturday
Music, poetry, stand-up comedy (no advance sign up required)
21+
Instructor Greg Tate teaches the basics of watercolor in this three hour class. Materials list will be sent one week prior to class. Art supplies will also be available for purchase at the studio. The Class Fee is non-refundable, but can be applied to another art class should your plans change.
Class Fee: $150.00, byo materials or purchase in studio.
Register Online: tateartwaitsburg.com/workshops
Join us at American 35 for Live Music!
We're at R&B this week! Come early for the great BBQ!
R&B is located right across the street from the old Weinhard Hotel. Great location & we've been having a ton of fun there. Let's invite some friends to join us and help these lovely folks "fill the seats" at this week's jam!
All Ages | No Cover
Monthly mini vintage market with rotating vendors, curated offerings featuring women's and men's clothing, jewelry, art, and more.
As a bonus we will have Wallala Dumplings on the menu.
Ages 21+
Please join us for our second ever Trivia Night:
-Family Friendly Event
-6 players per team
-Prizes Involved
All Ages | No Cover
