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Annual Blackberry Arts Festival
Aug 23 - Aug 24, 2025
The annual Blackberry Arts Festival celebrates the ART and the delicious blackberry!
The Blackberry Arts Festival is a juried arts and craft festival that has been happening for more than 40 years. The Festival highlights the works of local and regional artists and crafters in August, the typical timing of the annual harvest of the blackberry.
The Blackberry Arts Festival features an impressive array of metalwork, jewelry, quilts, candles, hand-painted clothing, wine, carved wood, and much more available for purchase. The festival also includes food vendors, some featuring delicious items made from Oregon blackberries, and features live music on the Blackberry Jam concert stage all weekend long!
SCHEDULE:
The Street Fair and Vendors will be open on Central Ave, between Hwy 101 and 4th Street, SAT. 9am-6pm and SUN. 10am-4pm.
This is a FREE event with activities centered on Central Avenue in downtown Coos Bay.
Rules:
- Each recipe must include Blackberries!
- Entries will be accepted at The Coos Bay Elks No. 1160, located at 265 Central from 9am-11am.
- One entry per person.
- Each entry must be sizable enough for six “tastes”.
- Judging will be from 12pm to 2pm.
- Winners will be announced at 4pm.
- Each winner will be awarded an apron, and a wooden Spoon.
- (See Official Entry Form for more Contest Rules!)
7 Devils Brewing Co
is the official sponsor of the beer garden of The Blackberry Arts Festival at the Blackberry Jam concert stage area at Central & 3rd. They will have live music and BBQ in the evenings, and Blackberry drink and dessert specials all weekend!
Blackberry Jam!
Featuring great music from some of our festival favorites! Concert stage is located at Central and 3rd Avenue.
Scheduled Musicians:
Saturday August 23rd
Noon-1:30pm - Russell Johnson
2:00pm-3:30pm - James Howard
4:00pm-5:30pm - Greg Douglass
Sunday August 24th
Noon-1:30pm - Tim Buster/Tiller of the Moon
2:00pm-3:30pm - Ty Curtis
The Blackberry Jam is brought to you by: Coos Bay Toyota and Pacific Properties
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