Port of South Whidbey

Ragnar NW Passage Finish Line
2018-07-14 | Outdoor areas of Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
The Finish Line for the Ragnar NW Passage road relay running event will occur at the Fairgrounds. Free to spectate. To participate in the event, you must preregister with Ragnar Events. Only pedestrian traffic is allowed on the Fairgrounds. Driving onto the grounds will not be allowed this day. Campground will be open Saturday night through Sunday, July 15th at 10:00 a.m. for camping. (Campground closes at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 15th for the exclusive use of the annual Whidbey Island Fair.)

Whidbey Island Fair
2018-07-19 - 2018-07-22 | Fairgrounds and Campground, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
An agricultural country fair with many exhibits, education displays, 4H displays and presentations, carnival rides, games, music, food, entertainment, activities, log show, merchandise vendors, wine, and a beer garden.

Campground reopen to public (7/25)
2018-07-25 | Coffman Building / Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
Campground reopens to public on July 25.

Fairgrounds Advisory Committee
2018-07-27 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Coffman Building / Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
The Fairgrounds Advisory Committee will be meeting on Friday, July 27 at 3:00 p.m. in the Burrier Building on the Fairgrounds at 819 Camano Avenue, Langley. This meeting is open to the public.

W.I. Fine Art Studio: Kenny Harris workshop
2018-08-02 - 2018-08-05 | Burrier East, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260
Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio: Kenny Harris workshop. The Figure in the Environment. We will learn how to bring together work from life, from studies, and from photos to create convincing paintings of a figure in an environment. We will first work in the field to create an oil study from life of an external environment. We will then move inside and work with the model from life. Using our oil sketch and photos for our environment reference, we will place the figure in a believable space. A unified palette will bring cohesion to the picture. I will demo both in the field and from the model, as well as help everyone hands-on to bring expression and control to their figurative work.
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W.I. Fine Art Studio: Kathy Anderson workshop
2018-08-09 - 2018-08-11 | Burrier East, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260
Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio: Kathy Anderson workshop. Flower Painting Outside and in the Studio. This 3 day workshop will consist of some plein air days in some of Whidbey Island’s beautiful gardens, and also one or two studio days. Kathy will show you how to simplify a flower scene with big shapes and a strong block-in. Kathy will demo in the morning, and the students will paint in the afternoon. On the second day, we will return to the site and Kathy will demo on how to finish a painting from the block-in. The students will either work on the same painting or start a new one, whichever they prefer. For the studio day, Kathy will again demo, with the focus on how to design a floral still life that has a fresh and natural look with lots of movement. The students then will set up their own still-lifes in the afternoon. We’ll talk about how to finish the painting using digital images, or how to set up again at home.
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Second Annual Black Tie & Blue Jeans
2018-08-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Pole Building, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260
This is a PARTY WITH A PURPOSE!!!
A fun evening of tastings from local restaurants, sample Whidbey Island wines, spirits and brews! Music and dancing (and line dancing lessons!) plus a silent and live auction.
Proceeds benefit local vocational training scholarships as well as the Rotary International Polio Plus fund.
Tickets are $65 advance sale at blacktie-bluejeans.com or at Blooms Winery Tasting Room (Bayview), Sound Business Center (Freeland), Flowers by the Bay (Freeland) or Simply Nails (Langley).

WWGA O-MOK-SEE
2018-08-10 15:00 - 2018-08-12 17:00 | Eakin Arena, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
Whidbey Western Games Association annual O-MOK-SEE horse events. Register with WWGA. Camping reservations may be made by emailing the Fairgrounds property manager through the Campground page.

W.I. Fine Art Studio: Fred Wessel workshop
2018-08-20 - 2018-08-24 | Burrier East, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260
Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio: Fred Wessel workshop. Egg Tempera and the Early Renaissance Method of Developing Fleshtones. This course will teach the technique of painting flesh ones in egg tempera painting as it was practiced in 14th and 15th Century Italy and as documented by Cennino Cennini in his book Il Libro dell’Arte. Tempera painting is a medium for those who love drawing. This painting technique is fussy and requires great discipline but pays great dividends to those who learn to master it. The paint is actually applied in cross-hatch strokes. It combines the best of both watercolor (application of translucent layers of color) and gouache techniques (using semi opaques to re-establish the light areas). The brilliant and jewel-like surface is often described as luminescent. The paints are made by mixing powdered pigments with the yolk of an egg. This color mixture is applied over a detailed under-drawing thus allowing the artist to separate the painting process into distinct tasks. The artist first composes, draws and establishes the values of the painting in black and white. The painter can now give his or her full attention to issues of color. This course is technique rather than product oriented. Working from Old Master reproductions, we will paint a head starting with an ink underdrawing, progressing to a green underpainting, adding verdaccio in the shadow areas, adding reds to warm areas, then glazing warm tones and judiciously taking away the greens.

Fairgrounds Advisory Committee (DATE CHANGE)
2018-08-24 15:00 - 16:30 | Coffman Building / Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
NOTE: FAC August meeting date has changed from August 31 to August 24.
The Fairgrounds Advisory Committee will be meeting on Friday, August 24 at 3:00 p.m. in the Burrier Building on the Fairgrounds at 819 Camano Avenue, Langley. This meeting is open to the public.

WWGA Horse Events
2018-09-08 10:00 - 2018-09-09 17:00 | Eakin Arena, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
Whidbey Western Games Association Horse Events; register with WWGA. Camping overnight is first-come/first-served, pay upon arrival to the Port of South Whidbey.

OutCast Productions: $38,000 FOR A FRIENDLY FACE, live theatre
2018-09-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-09-15 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-09-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-09-22 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-09-23 16:00 - 18:30, 2018-09-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-09-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Black Box Theater, Pole Building, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
Located inside the cozy Black Box Theater, OutCast Productions brings you live theatre on the edge: $38,000 FOR A FRIENDLY FACE, a comedy. $38,000 For a Friendly Face is a heartfelt comedy set in a funeral home. An unpleasant woman dies and her two estranged daughters arrive at a small town funeral home for the celebration of life. Matt is new in the funeral home business and is trying his earnest best to provide a good service. The women of the last supper committee are preparing food for the event. A young woman arrives with a total of three flowers for the service. It becomes apparent that no one else is coming. Relationships disintegrate over the course of the morning. $38,000 For a Friendly Face takes a humorous look at what matters most in relationships, in families, in friendships, and in celebrations of life.

DjangoFest Northwest 2018
2018-09-18 - 2018-09-23 | WA
The eighteenth annual DjangoFest Northwest
This September will mark the 18th annual DjangoFest Northwest. We’ve watched it grow from humble origins into five days of concerts and workshops, featuring dozens of world-class artists and thousands of attendees, making it the largest festival of Gypsy Jazz in North America! This coming DFNW promises to once again bring together the world’s best and brightest musicians, a constellation of stars featuring both old friends and new.

W.I. Fine Art Studio: Michael Klein workshop
2018-09-21 - 2018-09-23 | Burrier East, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260
Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio: Michael Klein workshop. Painting Flowers. This workshop will cover how I approach a floral painting from life. Due to the fleeting subject matter, I will walk the students through my entire process. Each morning will be spent discussing basic principles of the block-in and getting the gesture of the flowers from a live demonstration. From there, I will show you on your own work how to plan several steps ahead in your painting to achieve the highest level of finish throughout the course. There will be emphasis given to developing the painting combining the use of optical observation and conceptual form rendering techniques.

W.I. Fine Art Studio: Robert Liberace workshop
2018-10-04 - 2018-10-07 | Burrier East, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260
Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio: Robert Liberace workshop. Frans Hals: Birth of the Painterly Portrait. Frans Hals was the first portrait painter to merge rigorous naturalism with effortless and economical virtuosity. His sublime approach signaled the beginning of alla prima painting and influenced some of the greatest painters of the nineteenth century such as Zorn, Sorolla and Sargent. This class will explore the methods and materials of this great Dutch master and apply them in the studio by creating portraits inspired by his impeccable grace and fluidity.

Fairgrounds Advisory Committee (Date & Location changed)
2018-10-05 15:00 - 16:30 | Coffman Building / Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
The Fairgrounds Advisory Committee will be meeting on Friday, October 5 at 3:00 p.m. in the Coffman Building on the Fairgrounds at 819 Camano Avenue, Langley. This meeting is open to the public.

Fairgrounds Advisory Committee
2018-10-26 15:30 - 16:30 | Coffman Building / Fairgrounds, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
The Fairgrounds Advisory Committee will be meeting on Friday, October 26 at 3:00 p.m. in the Coffman Building on the Fairgrounds at 819 Camano Avenue, Langley. This meeting is open to the public.

Halloween Events
2018-10-27 15:00 - 20:00 | Various locations, WA, United States
Get your Halloween costume on and come to the Haunted Fairgrounds! Various events hosted by various organizations, from 3 to 8 p.m.! All Ages – Prices Vary. More information will be posted here as plans solidify, check back in September. If interested in hosting your own event here to be a part of the Halloween festivities, contact the Fairgrounds Property Manager (Port of South Whidbey).

W.I. Fine Art Studio: Zoey Frank workshop
2018-11-01 - 2018-11-04 | Burrier East, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260
Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio: Zoey Frank workshop. Composition through Still Life. In this workshop we will use still life to explore composition. We will consider the geometry of the arrangement, viewpoint, color, value relationships and balance in a series of small painted studies, working toward a composition that is constructed as a whole unit. Focus will be places on satisfying and accurate drawing, value and color relationships. The workshop will be taught through lecture, demonstration and critique.

OutCast Productions: THE HOTEL BELLECLAIRE, live theatre
2018-11-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-11-03 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-11-09 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-11-10 19:30 - 22:00, 2018-11-11 16:00 - 18:30 | Black Box Theater, Pole Building, 819 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA, 98260, United States
Located inside the cozy Black Box Theater, OutCast Productions brings you live theatre on the edge: THE HOTEL BELLECLAIRE. Marilyn, Eve and Gloria meet over five years sharing their collective journeys towards their inevitable golden years. They muddle through divorce, loss and graying hair accompanied by a fun, uplifting original score, discovering that love and enduring true friendship are the real ingredients making all the difference in the world and The Hotel Belleclaire. Drop in for a visit!
