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The festivals and seasons Astoria keeps every year — FisherPoets, the Regatta, Buoy 10, Midsummer — in the order they come around, with what to know before you go.
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Exact dates and hours are set by each host and can shift year to year, so confirm before you set out.
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Buoy 10 salmon season opens
August 1–September 7, 2026 · Lower Columbia & the bar
The Buoy 10 sport-salmon fishery at the mouth of the Columbia opens August 1 and usually runs through Labor Day, filling launches, motels and the bar with hundreds of boats.
Second Sunday of October 2026 · Astoria–Megler Bridge
exact dates vary — confirm before you go
A 10K run/walk across the four-mile Astoria–Megler Bridge into Washington, on the one morning a year the bridge opens to people on foot.
Capped and usually sold out months ahead — register early, or take the virtual option when it's full.
Last weekend of February 2027 · Liberty Theatre & waterfront venues
exact dates vary — confirm before you go
Commercial fishermen and women read poems and tell stories across downtown venues — Astoria's signature winter weekend since 1998.
Last weekend of April 2027 · Clatsop County Fairgrounds
exact dates vary — confirm before you go
Dungeness crab, Oregon wine and local craft from around 150 vendors — the coast's big spring food festival, running since the early 1980s.
How these dates work
Fixed dates — feast days, holidays — recur every year and are worked out forward from today, so this stays right without updates. Dates marked as approximate move year to year. The exact hours, and whether an event runs at all in a given year, are set by the host: confirm with them before you set out.
Fuller calendars: Astoria Sunday Market — Sundays, 10–3, May to mid-October · Astoria–Warrenton Chamber events
Monday, June 7, 2027 · Downtown & film locations
Fans mark the anniversary of The Goonies, filmed here and released June 7, 1985, around the movie's Astoria locations.
An informal, fan-driven day — there isn't always an official program, and it's biggest on milestone anniversaries. Check local listings before planning a trip around it.
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Third weekend of June 2027 · Clatsop County Fairgrounds
exact dates vary — confirm before you go
Nordic music, dance, food and a midsummer bonfire celebrating Astoria's Scandinavian heritage, run by the local Scandinavian societies.
Early August 2027 · Downtown & riverfront
exact dates vary — confirm before you go
Four days of parades, a queen's coronation, sailboat races and riverfront events — the oldest festival in the Pacific Northwest, held since 1894.
until Mon, Sep 7
Buoy 10 salmon season opens · happening now