Friday:
The Kalama Cultural Festival is Friday through Sunday at the Westin Amphitheater and Marine Park. It’s a luau, night market, live music with Seven Suns headlining, performances, and great food, drinks and vendors.
The Elochoman Marina Street Market in Cathlamet is this Friday from 3:30 to 6:30. Shop for local handmade crafts, plants, flowers and more.
This Friday and Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. each night, Papa Zuzu’s Pizza in South Kelso is hosting The Pine Street Block Party in downtown Kelso. Live music featuring Petty Fever and Whiskey River, plus great food, cold drinks, and two nights of summer fun. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.com; just search “Pine Street Block Party.”
Saturday:
Ride for a great cause! The 9th Annual Deputy Justin DeRosier Memorial Ride is Saturday. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. at the Cowlitz County Hall of Justice in Kelso. Ride to Elk Rock View Point, with lunch included. Proceeds fund a college scholarship honoring Deputy DeRosier.
The Braydon Finkas Memorial Golf Tournament is happening this Saturday at the Skyline Golf Course in Cathlamet. The tournament, which required pre-registration, starts at 9 a.m. It’s to celebrate the life of Braydon, who was one of the 11 men killed in the Nippon Dynawave disaster. All proceeds will benefit his significant other, Kaitlyn Kincaid.
Sea Cadets are holding their open house this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the VFW Post 1045 off Ocean Beach Highway.
The 2026 Cowlitz County Relay for Life is this Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. at the Mark Morris High School track. Learn more and sign up now at RelayForLife.org/CowlitzCOWA.
The 2026 Cemetery Tour at the Bunker Hill Cemetery is this Saturday. Tours start at 1 p.m. and run every 20 minutes. There will be reenactors portraying the people buried at the cemetery who shaped our local history. It is a suggested donation of $5. Reservations are recommended to ensure your time, so go to Eventbrite and search “Bunker Hill Cemetery Tour” or call the Cowlitz County History Museum.
Cool August Nights is on at the fairways of the Longview Country Club this Saturday. It’s Chrome & Country, a free concert and car show with the gates opening at 2 p.m. There is a packed lineup with Little Texas, Adrien Nunez, and Tenille Arts.
Cort Carpenter and Dakota Robbins have a concert this Saturday at the Wonderly Bluff in Rainier. You can get tickets online for just over $20. Line dancing is at 5 p.m., Dakota is on at 6 p.m., and Cort will play at 7 p.m.
