Sunset shopping
The Night Market Vancouver will host outdoor summer markets 4:30-9:30 p.m. Friday and again on Sept. 15 in the Red Parking Lot outside O’Connell Sport Center at Clark College, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. The market features 60 local vendors, live music with a DJ and dance lessons, as well as food vendors. The entry fee is $5. Ages 12 and younger are free. Leashed pets are welcome. Tickets are available at nightmarketvancouver.com.
Sip and shine
The Slo Poks Car Club will host the Uptown Village Show and Shine from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Enter at the corner of Main Street and McLoughlin Boulevard in Vancouver. The cost is $15 to register a vehicle, plus a donation of school supplies. The show is open to hot rods, motorcycles, rat rods, custom and collector cars. Trophies will be awarded. After the car show, join the Sip and Stroll from 5-8:30 p.m., when Uptown Village businesses will offer specialty drinks and cocktails. Tickets are $35 per person at houghfoundation.org/sip-and-stroll/. Both events are fundraisers for the Hough Foundation.
Ears and eats
Enjoy Taste ’n Tunes from 1-7 p.m. Saturday at Marina Park, 24 S. A St., Washougal. Columbia River Arts and Cultural Foundation is hosting this event as a fundraiser for Washougal’s new Performing Arts and Cultural Center at the Port of Camas/Washougal waterfront. Jim Fischer will perform at 2 p.m. and King Louie Pain will perform at 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Food vendors include Kona Ice and Kiawe Island Bistro. Buy raffle tickets for a yacht trip, hotel stay and kayak rental. Adults are $15, kids ages 3 to 12 are $5 and tots younger than 2 are free. Get tickets at givebutter.com/TasteNTunes. Bring chairs and blankets but leave dogs and alcohol at home.
Horticultural history
Friends of Fort Vancouver will host a free garden party 4-6 p.m. Saturday in the Fort Vancouver Heritage Garden, 1001 E. Fifth St., Vancouver. Attendees can tour the garden, talk with National Park Service volunteer gardeners, purchase botanical books and enjoy a wine and beer garden. Volunteer gardeners will discuss preservation techniques from 1845 such as salting, pickling and drying. Fort Vancouver will remain open until 6 p.m. for paid admission. Get details at nps.gov/fova/learn/news/gardenparty2022.htm.
