The entire community gets involved the Weekend of the Festival! Here are more community events for your enjoyment over the CrabFest weekend:
LIVE MUSIC
The Metta Room, 132 E. Front St., brings in local and out-of-town bands on Friday night. Cover charge.
The New Moon Craft Tavern, 130 S. Lincoln St. features live music Saturday night; no cover charge.
Barhop Brewing, 124 W. Railroad Ave.;
Bar N9ne, 229 W. First St.;
Station 51 Tap House, 125 W. Front St.
Next Door Gastropub, 113 W. First St.
Maier Performance Hall at Peninsula College – Watch for special events. Located at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. For information, see pencol.edu or phone 360-417-6405.
Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. There’s no cover charge while food and wine are available for purchase. For information, phone 360-681-0690.
ART, HISTORY AND CULTURE
The Elwha Klallam Heritage Center, 401 E. First St., displaying traditional and contemporary art from the North Olympic Peninsula. For information, phone 360-417-8545 or visit Elwha.org.
The Carnegie Museum, managed by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, is located at 205 S. Lincoln Street, just two blocks from the Festival site. Admission is by donation. Exhibits include cultural and historical artifacts related to the Tribe, such as those uncovered from the ancestral village of Tse-whit-zen, and other tribes on the Olympic Peninsula, and a special exhibit chronicling the Elwha River Dam Removal Project, the largest dam removal project in US history.
The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., has a 5-acre art park called Webster’s Woods. It’s open and free to the public from dawn till sundown, 365 days a year.
THEATRE
Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd. For information, phone 360-452-6651 or see PACommunityPlayers.com.
SHOPPING
Visit The Landing next to the festival grounds for restaurants, art galleries, and more.
The Port Angeles Farmers Market takes place Saturday from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. at a special CrabFest-weekend location: Vern Burton Community Center parking lot, 308 E. Fourth Street. Local farmers, artisans and food purveyors offer their goods.
