Upcoming events
Every listing links to the City of Brookings calendar or the organizer. Past events fade automatically.
Oct
31
Stringing of the Lights (volunteers)
Help string the lights for the Festival of Lights. Only extreme weather moves it to the following Saturday.
Source: City of Brookings calendar
Nov
7
to Nov 8
Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival
200+ locally collected wild mushroom varieties on display, vendors, food, lectures and ID hikes. Service dogs only.
Source: Festival site · City calendar
Nov
14
Brookings Harbor Community Bazaar
56th year. 100+ craft vendors, food trucks, holiday gifts.
Source: City calendar
Nov
27
to Dec 27
Nature’s Coastal Holiday Festival of Lights
3 million+ lights, 30–45 minute walk-through. Santa visits on select evenings before Christmas. Weather closures are posted on the festival’s Facebook page by 3 PM. Tip from the organizers: Sunday–Thursday is less crowded.
Source: Festival site · City calendar
Date note: the Oregon Coast Visitors Association and Travel Southern Oregon Coast list pages show the mushroom festival under Nov 14. The festival’s own site and the City calendar both say Nov 7–8, 2026, so this page uses that.
Calendars we check
- City of Brookings calendar
- Travel Southern Oregon Coast: Brookings events
- Oregon Coast Visitors Association: Brookings
- Brookings-Harbor Chamber of Commerce (lists whale watching, January–May)