SAVE THE DATE FOR 2025: JULY 12 & 13
A CELEBRATION OF ART, FOOD, & ALL THINGS LAVENDER!
A look back at our 2024 Festival:
July 13 & 14, 2024 | 10am - 5pm
The annual 19th Willamette Valley Lavender Festival & Plein Air Art Show is located at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg, Oregon.
Spend a leisurely day enjoying the plein air art show, juried art and craft booths, distinctive lavender products, and lavender in myriad forms while you feast on lavender-based cuisine and refreshment!
This regional celebration of lavender, art, food, and exceptionally-made crafts is a unique and festive event which brings local lavender growers and the community together. The public is invited to attend at no charge.
Distinctive lavender products, purchasable fresh-cut lavender and lavender plants from local farms, the plein air art show, and lavender in myriad forms. Food trucks will provide their full menus throughout the weekend, as well as specialty lavender-infused food and beverage options.
Artists will display original paintings created “en plein air” (outdoors) during the Oregon Lavender Paint Out. The Paint Out takes place in the beautiful lavender fields of Oregon in the weeks prior to the Show and attracts both amateur and professional artists from around the Northwest and beyond.
Opening Artist Reception & Concert
Friday, July 12
This year, we’re inviting the community to celebrate with us a whole day earlier! Check out the schedule of events for lavender weekend below and plan to enjoy the beauty and benefits of lavender throughout the month of July with Taste Newberg’s Lavender Trail:=
5pm - 7:30pm: Northwest Lavender Plein Air Art Show Artist Reception in the Grand Ballroom. Awards announced at 6:30pm.
7pm - 8pm: Free community concert on the Ballroom patio presented by Chamber Music Northwest’s Sound Truck NW featuring Grammy-nominated percussion ensemble, Sandbox Percussion! (The first 50 people who pre-register and attend the concert will be gifted a free commemorative 2024 Festival pin at the event (one per family/registration)
Northwest Plein Air Art Show
Chehalem Cultural Center Ballroom | July 13th & 14th
ARTIST REGISTRATION FULL FOR 2024
In a celebration of lavender and art, painters will exhibit works that were created en plein air. Featuring both well-known and new local artists, art will be available for viewing and purchase throughout the Festival.
Lavender Marketplace
Our Lavender Festival Marketplace will feature over 40 artisans and creators with unique items that celebrate all things lavender!
Lavender Art Activities
We’re excited to be offering activities in conjunction with the Willamette Valley Lavender Festival and Plein Air Art Show!
Plan to join us during the festival in the CCC Youth Art Activity Tent for a clay activity.
Workshops and artist demonstrations will be taking place during the festival:
Saturday, July 13 at 11am: Plein Air Demonstration with local artist Christine Joy Swanson
Sunday, July 14 at 1:30pm: Lavender Plant Demonstration with Wayward Winds Lavender Farm
Entertainment
Join us throughout the weekend at the Willamette Valley Lavender Festival and enjoy performances by local musicians on the Chehalem Cultural Center Forecourt!
Want More Lavender?
If you are looking to visit local lavender farms while you are in town for the festival, check out this list of a few nearby in Yamhill County!
Our friends at Taste Newberg have put together this great Lavender Trail Guide to help you find lavender-themed events and vendors featuring special lavender items throughout the month of July!
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Please follow the directions on the map for parking. The Cultural Center is in a neighborhood and wants to make sure it maintains good relations with its neighbors. Please park in the green striped areas shown on the map. PARKING MAP
Oregon Lavender
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS ON PAR WITH PROVENCE
The climate in the Pacific Northwest is great for growing all kinds of flowers, including fragrant lavender…some might say our region is on par with France’s famous lavender growing region Provence.
“Oregon has long been a Lavender pioneer, and the variety and breadth of the lavender based industries - from nurseries to farms to craftsmen - located here reflects that long tradition. Plan to visit one of our lavender destinations this year, and experience the relaxation of lavender for yourself.” — Oregon Lavender Association
Lavender Northwest’s Oregon Lavender Destinations website has great resources to offer so you can learn more about lavender, it’s applications, how to grow, and where to visit in Oregon.
CONTACT
General Festival & Vendor Inquiries:
festivals@chehalemculturalcenter.org
Volunteering:
Call 503-487-6883 Ext 103 or email volunteer@chehalemculturalcenter.org to find out about volunteer opportunities for individuals or groups.
Plein Air Paint Out Contact:
Katie Spain, Plein Air Paint Out & Exhibition Coordinator
lavenderpaintout@chehalemculturalcenter.org
Press Contact:
Amanda Clark, Marketing Manager
marketing@chehalemculturalcenter.org
Chehalem Cultural Center
415 E. Sheridan Street, Newberg OR 97132
503-487-6883
This event is made possible by our generous sponsors:
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR?
The Willamette Valley Lavender Festival is a free event to benefit the community and is only possible with the generous support of sponsors! Contact info@chehalemculturalcenter.org to inquire about sponsorship opportunities.
PRESS
What's More Beautiful Than a Field of Lavender?
by Bob Bahr, Editor PleinAir Today – published in Outdoor Painter, July 19, 2016 Home of Plein Air Today Magazine
OPB Video "Painting With a Side of Aromatherapy in Oregon's Lavender Fields
by Jessica Martin OPB April 5, 2018 8 p.m. | Updated: April 5, 2018 7:33 p.m. | Newberg, Ore.