Couve Culture Weekender: Aug 14th - 17th

It’s Thursday August 14th in the Couve…

Summer’s winding down, the county fair’s a memory, and I’m back in my well-worn weekend groove—farmers market haul in one hand, Kafiex coffee in the other. Last week’s merch poll results are in, and hoodies won by a landslide—clearly, we’re all just waiting for that first crisp morning.

Also, I’m still deep in my Couveopoly board game obsession. Here’s a little sneak peek—yes, it’s as ridiculous as it sounds.

In the meantime, this weekend is stacked: ghost tours, live music, sunflower fields, and even a cornhole showdown.

What’s on my must-do list:

• Cyndi Lauper

• Friday Night Movies in the Parks: E.T.

• Scotty McCreery at ilani

• Sip & Stroll 14th Annual Fundraiser

• Ole's Outpost anniversary

✈️ Cheap Flights

I’m not saying you should ditch work and hop on a plane, but… Maui’s calling with golden beaches and shave ice. Or go full autumn mode in Anchorage, where the wildlife is basically cooler than us. And if you’re feeling adventurous? Osaka’s neon nights and ramen alleys await.

PDX - Maui 🌺
From $289, normally $735+
Departing SEP 2025
Alaska Airlines
Economy
Nonstop
*Price will last ~3-4 days
sample pricing

PDX - Anchorage, Alaska 🏔️
From $269, normally $650+
Departing OCT - NOV 2025
Alaska Airlines
Economy
Nonstop
*Price will last ~7 days
sample pricing

PDX - Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵
From $635, normally $1525+
Departing SEP 2025, JAN - APR 2026
Air Canada
Economy
Layovers
3h21m in Vancouver
4h40m in Vancouver (return)
*Price will last ~1-2 days
sample pricing

Featured Event

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Thursday, August 14

10:00 AM | East Vancouver Farmers Market | Columbia Tech Center | FREE
🥕 Thursday’s for pretending you’ll actually cook all weekend instead of DoorDashing by Saturday night.
See what’s fresh before your fridge forgets

11:00 AM | Salmon Creek Farmers Market | Legacy Hospital | FREE
🥬 Farmers who know your name, your order, and probably the last time you bought kale.
Shop where “locally grown” actually means local

5:00 PM | Downtown Camas Summer Nights Sips & Bites | Downtown Camas | $25
🍹 Fruity drinks, fancy bites, and summer shopping while tipsy—Camas knows how to live.
Snag your sipping pass

7:00 PM | Sarah Lodge Band | Cameo Cafe | FREE
🎵 Live music + good food = a Thursday that doesn’t feel like a school night.
Grab your table before someone else sings in it

7:00 PM | Poppet Making Workshop | Brothers Cascadia Brewing Evergreen Pub | $50
🧵 Make a poppet—perfect for décor, gifting, or low-key cursing whoever cut you off on I-5.
Reserve your crafting + beer spot

8:00 PM | Comedy on Tap | Kiggins Theatre | $15
🎭 Beer + stand-up in a historic theater—what could go wrong?
Laugh your pint off

Friday, August 15

Various Times | Fri–Sun, Aug 15–17 | O’Keefe Farms’ Annual Sunflower Festival | O’Keefe Farms | $0-$10
🌻 Final weekend to frolic among 70 sunflower varieties and rack up enough golden selfies to last until next summer.
Get your bloom on

10:00 AM Fri–Sun, Aug 15–17 | Art & Sculpture Swap | Kindred Vancouver | FREE
🎨 Trade your art for someone else’s, meet fellow creatives, and maybe leave with a conversation piece you didn’t know you needed.
Join the swap

5:30 PM | Summer Concert Series: LaRhonda Steele | O.O. Howard House | FREE
🎤 Blues so smooth you’ll forget your folding chair digs into your back.
Map your way to the lawn

6:00 PM | Good Times and Wine: Shiloh Mae | English Estate Winery | FREE
🍷 Live music, local wine, and the perfect excuse to “forget” about making dinner.
Find your spot in the vineyard

6:30 PM | Friday Night Movies in the Parks: E.T. | Fort Vancouver Parade Grounds | FREE
🎬 Pack a blanket, phone home, and prepare for pure ‘80s nostalgia.
See where to land your picnic

6:30 PM | Community Dragon Boat Paddles | Ridgefield Waterfront Boat Launch | FREE
🚣 Paddle into the weekend like you’ve been training all summer (or just fake it—no one’s checking).
Claim your paddle spot

7:00 PM | Fri–Sun, Aug 15–17 | Spirit Tales of the Vancouver Barracks | Across from the Grant House | $20
👻 Ghosts, history, and a touch of Vancouver creep factor. Skeptics welcome—you can roll your eyes in the dark.
Book your brush with the undead

7:00 PM | Hey Joni and Tombstone Shadows | Georgie’s Garage and Grill | FREE
🎸 Dinner, drinks, and a playlist your parents probably slow-danced to.
Catch them in the garage

8:00 PM | Breezy The Band & Salamonca Band | Brickhouse Bar & Grill | $5
🎸 Sunset rock, cold drinks, and enough groove to make you forget it’s only Friday—come early, stay late, just don’t miss it.
Catch the show

9:00 PM | Generator | Billy Blues Bar and Grill | FREE
🎸 Rock/blues harmonies tighter than your Saturday morning jeans.
See them bring the noise

Saturday, August 16

9:00 AM | Ridgefield Farmers Market | Davis Park | FREE
🥦 Fresh produce, baked goods, and small-town charm in one tidy park.
Plan your Ridgefield run

9:00 AM | Lucky 7 Flea Market | Dandelion Teahouse & Apothecary | FREE
🛍 Vintage, handmade, and “I didn’t know I needed this until now” finds.
Browse the street market

9:30 AM | Chelatchie Prairie Railroad: Train Robbery Weekend | Chelatchie Prairie Railroad | Varies
🚂 Robbers on the train, waterfalls, and a sheriff trying to keep it together.
Board at your own risk

10:00 AM | Fort Vancouver Bicentennial Celebration | Fort Vancouver National Historic Site | FREE
🎉 200 years old and still throwing a party. History buffs, rejoice.
Join the anniversary bash

10:00 AM | 6th Annual La Center Cornhole Tournament | Holley Park | Varies
🎯 Toss bags, talk smack, and maybe win bragging rights.
Register your team

10:00 AM | Sat–Sun, Aug 16–17 | Vancouver Farmers Market | Downtown Vancouver | FREE
🥖 Fresh produce, local crafts, and the best people-watching in town.
Plan your market stroll

4:00 PM | Ole’s Outpost 1-Year Anniversary Party | Ole’s Outpost | FREE
🍔 Smash burgers, discounted IPA, and live tunes—cheers to surviving year one and remembering where you parked.
Join the birthday bash

5:00 PM | Sip & Stroll 14th Annual Fundraiser | Uptown/Downtown Vancouver | $45
🍷 Thirty sips, thirty stops, one good cause—and a great buzz.
Grab your tasting glass

7:00 PM | Comic Babies: New Voices In Portland Comedy | UnderBar | $5–$10 Donation
🎤 Fresh comics, new jokes—come before they’re famous so you can brag later.
Claim a seat for the laughs

7:00 PM | The Nyte Byrds | Cameo Cafe | FREE
🎶 Rock and dance hits for every decade of your questionable dance moves.
Catch them on the patio

7:00 PM | Texas Heat and Bayou Fire | Heavy Metal Pizza | $15
🎸 ZZ Top + pizza + beer = yes, please.
See the full setlist

7:00 PM | Above & Beyond | Cascades Amphitheater | From $56.50
✨ Trance legends bringing the kind of beats that make you forget you ever had bad knees.
Float away on the ticket page

7:30 PM | FC Cincinnati at Portland Timbers | Providence Park | Cost Varies
⚽ Short hop over the river for some Rose City soccer chaos—bring earplugs and opinions.
Hunt for seats and tifos

8:00 PM | Scotty McCreery | ilani | $59-$99
🤠 Country hits smoother than your go-to whiskey.
Score your seat

9:00 PM | Kill the Headlights + Bandsaw | Brickhouse Bar and Grill | $5
🎸 Two bands, one night, endless reasons to lose your voice.
Get your cover charge ready

9:00 PM | Pacific Rhythm | Cascade Bar and Grill | $5
🎶 Pop, rock, and country—basically a jukebox with a heartbeat.
Find your dance floor

10:00 PM | Cowgirl Round Up | Six Shooter | $5
🤠 Daisy dukes, boots, cowboy hats, drink specials, prizes, and a chance to win Pendleton Round-Up tickets—plus DJ sets from Dev from Above & Buster Brooks all night.
Wrangle your spot

Sunday, August 17

2:30 PM | Grant House Ghost Tour | Willful Wine at The Grant House | FREE w/ $20 spend
🍷👻 Haunted history with a wine chaser—yes, please.
Reserve your haunted table

6:00 PM | Sunday Sounds Concert Series: Hit Machine | Columbia Tech Center Park | FREE
🎶 All-decade dance hits—last summer concert, so bring the picnic and the moves.
Find your lawn space

7:30 PM | Cyndi Lauper | Cascades Amphitheater | From $44
🎤 Time after time, she’s still the icon you need—bonus points if you know all the words.
Prove girls just wanna have fun

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Concert Calendar

THURSDAY, Aug 21, 2025 @ 7pm | Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, and Spin Doctors | Cowlitz Ballroom | From $50 | 🎸 Tickets Here

FRIDAY, Aug 22, 2025 @ 7:30pm | Parker McCollum | Cascades Amphitheater | From $44 | 🤠 Tickets Here

SATURDAY, Aug 23, 2025 @ 7pm | Pantera | Cascades Amphitheater | From $55 | 🤘 Tickets Here

SUNDAY, Aug 24, 2025 @ 7pm | Nelly | Cowlitz Ballroom | From $186.03 | 🎤 Tickets Here

TUESDAY, Aug 26, 2025 @ 6:30pm | $uicideboy$ - Grey Day Tour | Cascades Amphitheater | From $68.20 | 🖤 Tickets Here

SATURDAY, Aug 30, 2025 @ 6:45pm | Toto + Men At Work + Christopher Cross | Cascades Amphitheater | From $30 | 🕶 Tickets Here

SUNDAY, Aug 31, 2025 @ 7pm | Pearcy DeMartini Performing the Music of RATT + Great White | Cowlitz Ballroom | From $— | 🎸 Tickets Here

MONDAY, Sep 1, 2025 @ 7pm | Lil Wayne: Tha Carter VI Tour | Cascades Amphitheater | From $35 | 🎤 Tickets Here

THURSDAY, Sep 4, 2025 @ 7pm | The Offspring, Jimmy Eat World & New Found Glory | Cascades Amphitheater | From $52 | 🤘 Tickets Here

SATURDAY, Sep 13, 2025 @ 9pm | Thanh Xuân | Cowlitz Ballroom | FREE | 🎶 Tickets Here

FRIDAY, Sep 19, 2025 @ 7:30pm | Billy Idol & Joan Jett and The Blackhearts | Cascades Amphitheater | From $44 | 🎸 Tickets Here

FRIDAY, Sep 26, 2025 @ 7:30pm | Thomas Rhett | Cascades Amphitheater | From $47 | 🤠 Tickets Here

WEDNESDAY, Oct 1, 2025 @ 7pm | Breaking Benjamin & Three Days Grace | Cascades Amphitheater | From $30 | 🤘 Tickets Here

SATURDAY, Oct 25, 2025 @ 8pm | Kool & the Gang | Cowlitz Ballroom | From $99 | 🤘 Tickets Here

FRIDAY, Nov 7, 2025 @ 8pm | An Evening with Jeff Foxworthy | Cowlitz Ballroom | From $— | 😂 Tickets Here

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If you see me this weekend, I’ll either be ghost hunting or pretending I’m a sunflower influencer. Either way, say hi—bonus points if you bring snacks. And remember, parking downtown still counts as cardio.

Peace!