Beats and rhythm
Downtown Ridgefield will host a Multicultural Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Performances include the taiko drum group Takohachi; Portland Samba; chicha, cumbia and Afro-Peruvian music of Grupo Masato; African dance and drum group Kaagba Ohenaa; and Master Oh’s Taekwondo team. Browse a market with farm and artisan stalls, information booths and food trucks selling a variety of cuisines. Enjoy African drum and dance classes, a tap class and a crystal singing bowl sound bath ($10). The festival is free. Register for classes at ridgefieldculture.org.
Glass half full
The Southwest Washington Winery Association will host a Labor Day weekend food and wine pairing event on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Wine enthusiasts are invited to sample small plates paired with local wines at 16 wineries and tasting rooms in Clark and Cowlitz counties. Pick up a passport card from participating tasting rooms. Printable cards are also available online. Get your card stamped at each winery. After three stamps, turn in cards to enter a drawing for gift certificates. Passports, hours and menus for each tasting room can be found at swwawine.com/labordaypassport.
Open air
Camas Gallery and Pike Art Gallery will host Camas’ annual Plein Air Art Festival on Friday. Dozens of artists will take to the streets at 9 a.m. to paint scenes of the town. At 4 p.m., artists will move their easels and paintings to the sidewalk in front of Camas Gallery, 408 N.E. Fourth Ave., where the public may view and purchase the art between 5 and 7:30 p.m. for a flat rate of $200. For more details, call Marquita Call at 503-314-5621 or Liz Pike at 360-281-8720.
Home on the range
Western troubadour Kerry Grombacher will offer his traveling show, “Songs and Stories of the American West,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Cascade Park Community Library, 600 N.E. 136th Ave., Vancouver, and 4 p.m. Thursday at Ridgefield Community Library, 210 N. Main Ave., Ridgefield. Admission is free. Grombacher’s contemporary folk and Western songs paint portraits and tell stories from his travels around the American West. Learn more at www.fvrl.org or visit kgrombacher.com.
