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Winter Artisans Market in Eastsound Village The Beloved Orcas Island Winter Market returns – Friday, December 6th – Sunday, December 8th at Odd Fellows Hall Gift Market, Makery Classes, and a Silent Auction   Community Holiday Spirit, Island Style December is starting off with lots of festive fun on Orcas and the Village of Eastsound […]

Celebrating San Juan Islands Farms and Foods Agriculture on the San Juans doesn’t come easy. On remote islands, with exceedingly high land costs and limited water, transforming soils depleted from over grazing is more than a work of love to forge food from the land. It is a Heroic Act! In 2022, the Makers Guild […]

Location:  San Juan Island Grange. Date: Fri. Sept. 27th. Time: 5-8pm. San Juan Island Food Heroes Celebration. Fun Farm Tour Launch night with a sneak peek of the new Island Grown film featuring dozens of San Juan County farmers. Enjoy small plate appetizers as a fundraiser benefiting the new Overmarsh Farm Commons increasing local access to […]

Orcas Food Heroes Celebration, Dinner and Film. Location: Orcas Island Winery. Date: Fri. Oct. 4th. Time: 4:30-8pm. Join us in celebrating Orcas Island Food Heroes for a delicious local grown dinner, fun new San Juan Islands Ag short film, with art and music. Catered by The Kitchen, local food plate options 4-7pm; enjoy the Island […]

‘Sheep to Shawl’ weaving workshop introduction to Island yarns and weaving. Come enjoy on-the-farm yarn and weaving activities to create your own take home woven good.  Hosted on the beautiful Warm Valley Orchard homestead. Your space reservation includes the take-home materials costs for island grown yarns used in the 2 hr small group workshop. (Instructor […]

Food Planet Future Book Talk with Robert Dash. Location: Lopez Center. Date: Fri. Oct. 11th. Time: 7-8:30pm. Join island photographer Robert Dash to learn about his complex and fascinating images that tell the story of agriculture’s challenges and potential. Many of his works feature plants and foods grown here in the San Juans. Free event. […]

Lopez Food Heroes Celebration Dinner, Garden Tour & Film. Location: LIFE School Garden. Date: Sat. Oct. 12th. Time: 3:30-7pm. Join us in celebrating Lopez Food Heroes who are growing a local food agricultural movement across San Juan County. Get to know the LIFE Garden with a tour and refreshments, followed by a screening of the […]

Get Your FOLK ON! Come to the Salish Sea Folk Arts Fest on Orcas Island   Registration is OPEN!    Saturday pass includes a full day of music, folk dancing, kids camp, and a Makers Fair. Plus add-on Fri and Sat workshops in drum making, cedar basket making, wood carving, blacksmithing, voice and music, spinning, […]

Click to Request your FREE Film Fest Pass Earth Day Island Film Fest, April 18-28, 2024. In collaboration with the Friday Harbor Film Festival, Earth Day Orcas presents a special collection of thought-provoking and inspiring environmental documentaries available April 19-28th to stream online.  8 films . 10 days . Free with a pre-registered pass. Featured […]

Welcome to Earth Day Orcas 2024. This popular Eco Fair offers activities for all ages with art, music, science, poetry and returns to the Eastsound Waterfront on Saturday, April 20th. The two day event opens with a wonderful poetry reading on Friday evening on the 19th.   NEW this year:   A Procession of the […]