Community Calendar

The Ashland City Band begins their 2026 season at the bandshell in Lithia Park, June 18, at 7:00 PM. The free concerts will be presented every Thursday through August 20. With roots dating back to 1876, the 70-member band has continued its park concerts since the early 1920s and is Southern Oregon’s oldest performing-arts organization. The band plays a variety of original works, transcriptions, marches and musicals, often featuring a guest soloist or ensemble. The Ashland Lions Club will again sell ice cream bars and donate the proceeds to the band programs at Ashland Middle School and High School.

The Pops Orchestra presents The Stuff of Legends at Marshfield Auditorium at 7 pm. This lively concert features music inspired by myths and fables. This concert includes a collection of works steeped in the ever-rich world of fantasy, from Greek mythology ("Orpheus in the Underworld") to King Arthur's court ("Camelot") to "The Wizard of Oz" ("Wicked"). Included also in the selections are My Neighbor Totoro, symphonic favorites from the operas of Saint-Saëns and Offenbach, and our Festival Orchestra’s own Nicole Buetti as a featured soloist on contrabassoon for Ruth Gipps' Leviathan!

The event will feature the work of composer-in-residence Elena Ruehr, an award-winning faculty member emerita at MIT. This is a rare opportunity to interact with a composer of her stature and to hear not only her viola and cello sonatas performed by the artists they were composed for, Ethan Filner and Sophie Shao respectively, but to hear the world premiere of her new "Violin Sonata," written for and performed by Tom Stone and pianist Amy I-Lin Cheng. There will be plenty of time allotted for conversation between artists and the audience.

Is your child going to be age 5 by September 1st? Then it is time to enroll for Kindergarten. Ashland School District enrollment is now open for the 2026-2027 school year.

Naturopath physician Mikinzie Smoot will lead adults in strength-building exercises – incorporating weights, weight bars and step platforms.

Book directly with instructor for this one-hour class – offered weekly on Wednesday at 8-9am and Fridays 8:15-9:15am.

For registration and payment: https://www.jvillefitness.com For information call: 541-621-1883 or email: drsmootmedspa@gmail.com

New Exhibition - StitchPunk presented by SAQA

Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure."

Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.

Over the past 3+ decades, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of over 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.

Join Lori Grable for a Beginning Yoga class! This class is open to anyone who is interested in trying out yoga for the first time or wants a refresher yoga class after a layoff. Come with comfortable clothes, a yoga mat and water bottle. New students can arrive at 10:15.

Instructor Bio: Lori began her yoga journey in 2000 as a student at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center. She was drawn to the practice because it helped her to reconnect with her most authentic self while making her stronger and more open, physically and mentally. Her passion for yoga grew stronger as she traveled around the United States during the summer of 2003, practicing at many studios along the way. After settling in Pittsburgh, PA, she completed her teacher training and began teaching in 2006.

Today, Lori is an E-RYT 500 and teaches Vinyasa-based classes. She is influenced by the philosophy and alignment principles of Anusara Yoga. As a triathlete, Lori has an interest in yoga for athletes and has taught many workshops on the topic. She has a passion for the outdoors and has taught yoga in parks, vineyards, and backyards. Lori appreciates the healing and restorative qualities of yoga and has also worked with students who are recovering from illness, rehabilitating injuries, pregnant, or elderly.

Meet Percussion soloist Terry Longshore and learn about the program selections for Orchestra Concert II: Our Blue Home. The final piece of the festival features Longshore as soloist for Losing Earth composed by Adam Schoenberg. This is a unique percussion concerto commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony in 2019. Schoenberg traced the history of percussion, the most earthy and grounded instruments, and in many cultures is considered the heartbeat of music.
Longshore is the percussion soloist for the Oregon Coast premiere of Losing Earth. His genre-crossing work blends the artistry of the concert stage, the spontaneity of jazz, and the energy of a rock club. He maintains an active career as a performer, composer, and educator, serving as Professor of Music, Artist in Residence, and Director of Percussion Studies at Southern Oregon University, where he directs Left Edge Percussion and the SOU Percussion Ensemble. Longshore has premiered more than 100 works for solo percussion, ensemble, orchestra, and theatre, including the 2023 premiere of Teddy Abrams’ Mammoth with Yo-Yo Ma and the Louisville Orchestra in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave.

The Art of our Time Immersive Art Gala will be a dynamic, multi-sensory art experience featuring live performances and interactive installations, bringing the community together to celebrate and support the Rogue Gallery & Art Center.

The evening will be paired with heavy bites by Butter Babes Catering (Owner/Chef of Luncheonette), and Mix & Mingle will be selling curated cocktails and mocktails. Attire is dressy casual.

This interactive Art Gala will include:

Interactive Light Sculpture by Robert Quattlebaum
Birth of Language – Interactive Hand Tracking by David Bithell
Community-painted art piece that will be hung at the Gallery, led by Kylie Swenson
Live Pottery Demo by Ashland Clay Works
Live Painting Demo
Aerial Silks by Rose Batignani
Aerial Rope by Ande Sukraw
Music…and more!

A short but sweet series, dedicated to Americanas roots, with a twist of rock here and there. This is a place to feel, and appreciate the community. It won’t be the same without you. Kind people only.

$15 Advanced in store $20 door
Youth to 18 FREE
Bring your own food and Bev,
Or enjoy ours
Sprengelmeyer’s food truck
NA Beverages by Salmon River Apothecary
Watson’s Vets Club bar
Kind People only

From the psychedelic shores of Southern California comes The Great North Special, an Americana jam band that fuses together a unique blend of country-blues, psych-rock and funk-soul. Beautiful melodies and tight grooves lead the way through their mind-blowing energetic dance party live shows. Their sound is eclectic and compelling with heavy rhythms, harmonized vocals & guitars, and world class keys and organ. Each performance is a soul-driven whirlwind of exploration through improvisation and crowd connection.