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Try This: Vancouver Wine and Jazz fest; ilani’s Barbecue Fest; a trip to Star’s Hollow

Five things to do this week

By Monika Spykerman, Columbian staff writer
Published: August 22, 2024, 6:05am

Music and merlot

The Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival is Friday through Sunday in Esther Short Park, Eighth and Esther streets in Vancouver, featuring internationally acclaimed jazz, blues, gospel and pop musicians, Northwest wines, fine art, food and exhibits. The hours are 3 to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Nonrefundable tickets range from $30 for a one-day pass to $105 for a three-day pass. Kids 12 and younger are free with a paying parent. Buy tickets at the gate or at vancouverwinejazz.com.

Faire play

The Camas Vintage and Art Street Faire is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday with 60 vintage and art vendors along Fourth Avenue and Birch Street in downtown Camas. Find indoor and outdoor furniture and home and garden items, as well as clothing and accessories. Art offerings include paintings, woodworking, glass art, metal work, handmade jewelry, fiber art and repurposed art. The event features live music and food vendors. Learn more at downtowncamas.com.

Smokin’ hot

ilani’s Barbecue Fest is Saturday and Sunday, featuring celebrity chefs and pitmasters Alton Brown, Rodney Scott, Tiffani Faison, Kevin Bludso, Adam Perry Lang and Rasheed Philips, among others. Events at the casino, 1 Cowlitz Way, Ridgefield, include the Grand Tasting, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday ($49); Party with the Pitmasters, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday ($109). Buy tickets at ilaniresort.com/ilani-bbqfest/.

Plane fun

The Port of Camas-Washougal will host Wheels and Wings from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Grove Field Airport, 632 N.E. 267th Ave., Camas. The event features vintage, classic and custom cars and aircraft, along with a free hot dog lunch and a car and airplane walk-through. Registration is $20. Spectators are free. For more details, email amie@portcw.com or call 360-335-3676.

Gilmore gathering

Cloverlane Mercantile & Event Center, 16391 N.E. 182nd Ave., Brush Prairie, is hosting the End of Summer Madness Festival from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday. The event center will be transformed into Stars Hollow, the fictional town setting for the TV series, “Gilmore Girls.” Partygoers will enjoy carnival games, show trivia, a town meeting, movies in the town square, videos from cast members, a pop-up shop, a costume contest, Luke’s Diner-inspired cafe and live music. Guests can meet Emily Kuroda, owner of Kim’s Antiques. The festival includes $500 in raffle prizes with proceeds benefitting I Paw’d It Forward. Admission is $25. Learn more at cloverlaneevents.com.

… And more

For more details about these and other events — such as the “Under the Sea” Doggy Fashion Show and Block Party at Dandelion Teahouse and Apothecary, the Cape Horn Quilters Quilt Show and Ridgefield Mercantile’s Fifth Street Flea Market —  visit events.columbian.com.

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