Events
| Thursday, Sept. 16 | Ask the Experts! Historic preservation panel. 4 to 6 P.M. @ Jacksonville Library. Click here for flyer.
Olde Tyme Melodrama “Good Enough for Me.” 7 to 9:30 P.M. @ Bigham Knoll. Tickets at the Visitors’ Center and at the door. $8 |
| Friday, Sept 17 | Cemetery Tours. 9:30 to 10:30 A.M., 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. @ the Cemetery
Ceremonial Council Jubilee Week Opening & Britt Gardens Ground Breaking. 3:00 P.M. @ Britt Gardens. Click here for flyer. SOHS Presentation -“Think times are tough? Jacksonville in the Depression Era” lecture. 4 to 6 P.M. @ Old City Hall. Click here for flyer. Spirits of the Mediterranean:Wine and Music. 5 to 9 P.M. @ South Stage Cellars Olde Tyme Melodrama “Good Enough for Me.” 7:00 to 9:30 P.M. @ Bigham Knoll. Tickets at the Visitors’ Center and at the door. $8. Click here for event flyer. Britt Festivals: Acappella kick-off with “Straight No Chaser.” 7:30 P.M. @ Britt Pavilion. $11 – $34 Fun Run: “Sunset at Panorama Point”@ Doc Griffin Park, 7:00-8:00PM – Outdoor Odyssey of Jacksonville (http://www.outdoorodyssey.com/150-jubilee.html), 541.497.3067 |
| Saturday, Sept 18 | Cemetery Tours. 9:30 to 10:30 A.M., 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. @ the Cemetery
Harvest Wine Festival. 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. on South 3rd Street. Click here for flyer. BBQ Revolution: Local Ranchers & Beef. 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. @ Gary West Meats Art Presence Exhibition - Fine Arts and Crafts. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. on North 3rd Street Open House at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. 1pm to 3pm. Click here for flyer. Open House at St. Joseph’s Church. 1pm to 3pm. Click here for flyer. Author Margaret LaPlante Book Signing. 5 to 7 P.M. @ the Britt Pavilion. Click here for flyer. Jacksonville Jubilee! Echoes of the Past: A time-traveling musical touching fifteen decades. 7 P.M. @ Britt Pavilion. $14. Watch the Video! |
| Sunday, Sept 19 | Church Services/Community PicnicsCemetery Tours. 9:30 to 10:30 A.M., 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. @ the Cemetery
Tour St. Joseph’s Church. 1pm to 3pm. Click here for flyer. Olde Tyme Melodrama “Good Enough for Me.” 2 to 4:30 P.M. @ Bigham Knoll. Final performance, bring the kids! $8 Beginning of the ‘Festival of Gold’ series of movies: Laurel and Hardy in “Way Out West,” and Charlie Chaplin in one of his greatest films “Gold Rush.” 7 P.M. @ Old City Hall |
| Monday, Sept 20 | Art Presence Exhibition- Fine Arts and Crafts. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. @ US Hotel
Art Presence Workshop Photography with Ron Moore. 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. @ US Hotel OSU Extension Cheese Making Workshop. 11:15 A.M. to 12:45 P.M. @ Library Archeology Workshop: “Digging History.” Noon to 4 P.M. @ Britt Gardens. Click here for flyer. Historic Wood Window Restoration Workshop. 1 to 5 P.M. @ Library. Click here for flyer. Art Presence Workshop: Paper Mache Sculpture with Susan Crain Labozetta. 1 to 3 P.M. @ US Hotel SOHS Interactive Program: “Wasn’t That a Time?” A light-hearted look at Rogue Valley History. 2 to 3 P.M. @ US Hotel Click here for flyer. Cowboy Poetry w/ Butch Martin. 4:30 to 6:30 P.M. @ US Hotel Second in the ‘Festival of Gold’ movies: “Big Trail” (1930). 7 P.M. @ Old City Hall |
| Tuesday, Sept 21 | 150 Beats-Per-Minute (or Almost) Total Body Fitness Jubilee @ Doc Griffin Park, 8:30-9:30AM – Outdoor Odyssey of Jacksonville (http://www.outdoorodyssey.com/150-jubilee.html), 541.497.3067 Art Presence Exhibition – Fine Arts and Crafts. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. @ US Hotel OSU Extension Ancient Grains Workshop. 10 to 11 A.M. @ Library . Click here for flyer. Art Presence Workshop: Encaustic with Dianne Erickson. 10 A.M. to noon @ US Hotel Quilt Show. 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. @ Country Quilts Weavers and Woolies. 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. @ Llamas and Llambs Boutique. Click here for flyer. Historic Energy Efficiency Workshop. 1 to 3 P.M. @ Library. Click here for flyer. SOHS Presentation; Robert Heltberg as Peter Britt. 2 to 4 P.M. @ US Hotel. Click here for flyer. Preserving Our Hidden History: Archaeology & Jacksonville. 4 to 6 P.M. @ Old City Hall Click here for flyer. Third in the ‘Festival of Gold’ movies: “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948). 7 P.M. @ Old City Hall |
| Wednesday, Sept. 22 | Art Presence Exhibition - Fine Arts and Crafts. 10am to 5 P.M. @ US Hotel
Art Presence Workshop – Abstract Painting with Janet Bocast. 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. @ US Hotel Weavers and Woolies. 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. @ Llamas and Llambs Boutique. Click here for flyer. HARC – Walkabout of Historic Preservation Projects: meet and walk around town. 11 A.M. @ Library. Click here for flyer. SOHS Display of Oregon Trail Artifacts. 12 to 3 P.M. on Courthouse Lawn SOHS Presentation – Pioneers in Petticoats: Women’s Diary Readings from the Oregon and Applegate Trails. 3 to 5 P.M. @ US Hotel. Click here for flyer. The Legend of Peter Britt and his Breweries. German Beer Sampling offered @Frau Kemmling’s School House Brewhaus. 5:30. Click here for flyer. Britt Festivals: Harry Connick Jr. 8 P.M. @ Britt Pavilion (Sold Out) |
| Thursday Sept 23 | 150 Beats-Per-Minute (or Almost) Total Body Fitness Jubilee @ Doc Griffin Park, 8:30-9:30AM – Outdoor Odyssey of Jacksonville (http://www.outdoorodyssey.com/150-jubilee.html), 541.497.3067
Art Presence Exhibition – Fine Arts and Crafts. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. @ US Hotel Historic Preservation 101 in Jacksonville. 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. @ Library. Click here for flyer. Art Presence Workshop – Oil Painting with Sue Bennett. 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. @ US Hotel Weavers and Woolies. 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. @ Llamas and Llambs Boutique. Click here for flyer. SOHS Display/Presentation of Native American Artifacts and Practices by Tom Smith. 11 A.M. to 2 P.M. on Courthouse Lawn. Click here for flyer. SOHS Presentation – Lynn Ransford and Robert Hight Portraying Carrie and Ben Beekman. 12 to 2 P.M. @ Beekman House. Click here for flyer. Art Presence Workshop – Mosaic Tile with Katharine Sloan. 1 to 3 P.M. @ US Hotel Quady North Winery Lecture – State of Jefferson. 5:30 to 7 P.M. @ Quady North Wine Bar. $10. Click here for flyer. Rogue Ale: Full Moon Madness – labeling kick off 6 to 9 P.M. @ Bella Union German Night! All Germans get 10% off. German Heritage in Jacksonville presented by Micha Willits@ Frau Kemmling Bierkellar. 6:30 Fourth in the ‘Festival of Gold’ movies: “The Spoilers” (1942). 7 P.M. @ Old City Hall Murder Mystery. 8 to 10 P.M. @ Nunan Estate |
| Friday, Sept. 24 | Cemetery Tours. 9:30 to 10:30 A.M., 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. @ the Cemetery
Vendors. 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. on 4th Street Farmers Market. 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. on Third Street Archaeology Site Tour: Findings to Date. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. @ Britt Gardens. Click here for flyer. Weavers and Woolies. 11. A.M. to 1:30 P.M. @ Llamas and Llambs Boutique SOHS Children’s Museum Open. 12 to 5 P.M. Click here for flyer. SOHS Presentation – Bill McDonald: “Gold Mining in Jacksonville.” 2 to 3 P.M. on Courthouse Lawn. Click here for flyer. SOHS Gold Panning. 2 to 4 P.M. on Courthouse Lawn. Click here for flyer. Story Tellers Guild – Stories on the Courthouse Lawn. 3 to 4 P.M. www.storytellingguild.org BBQ, Beer, and Wine Tasting. 4 to 7 P.M. @ Ray’s Market Spirits of the Mediterranean – Wine and Music. 5 to 9 P.M. @ South Stage Cellars Brats, Beer and Baseball @ Bigham Knoll Field. 5:00 Fun Run: “Sunset at Panorama Point”@ Doc Griffin Park, 7:00-8:00PM – Outdoor Odyssey of Jacksonville (http://www.outdoorodyssey.com/150-jubilee.html), 541.497.3067 Last in the ‘Festival of Gold’ movies: “Paint Your Wagon.” 7 P.M. @ Old City Hall Murder Mystery. 8 to 10 P.M. @ Nunan Estate |
| Saturday, Sept. 25 | Gary West’s “The Running of the Dogs”: Fun Run/Walk - Bring your pooches! 9 to 10 A.M. @ Bigham Knoll
PARADE eight blocks long (see map). 10 to 11:30 A.M. Starting on Main St., ending at Bigham Knoll. Outhouse Races. 11:30 A.M. on California St. Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social. 11:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. @ Courthouse Lawn Gunfighters on Third Street. 12:30 to 3:00 P.M. Farmers Market. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. on 3rd Street Vendors. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. on 4th Street Children’s Museum Open, Gold Panning, Old Fashioned Games/Toys. 11:30 A.M. to 4 P.M. @ Courthouse Lawn. Click here for flyer. Tours of the Historic Presbyterian Church. 12 to 2 P.M. Click here for flyer. Tour St. Andrews Church. 1 to 3pm. Click here for flyer. BBQ, Beer and Wine Tasting, Dutch Oven Cook-Off. Noon to 5 P.M. @ Ray’s Market. Click here for flyer. Jacksonville Veterinary 25th Anniversary Pet Fair. 1 to 3 P.M. @ Jacksonville Veterinary Oktoberfest. Noon on @ Bigham Knoll. Click here for event flyer. South Stage Cellars Wine Tasting From Noon to 5pm. Click here for flyer. Britt Festivals: Kenny Loggins. 7:30 P.M. @ Britt Pavilion. $24- $59 Fireworks Finale! 10:30 P.M. @ Bigham Knoll |
