BRITISH COLUMBIA

Seaside Cruizers Show & Shine
June 15 — More than 500 classic cars will be on display at Qualicom Beach on Vancouver Island during this event, which once earned a mention on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” as one of the 10 best things to do on Father’s Day.

The event, which runs from dawn to dusk, includes a pancake breakfast and music from the ‘50s and ‘60s. It will be preceded Saturday night in Qualicom with a street dance. For information, visit www.seasidecruizers.com.

CALIFORNIA

Calaveras County Fair
May 14–18 — Mark Twain’s first published work, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” inspired the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee held annually in May at Angels Camp, situated between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe on Highway 49. The fair includes a rodeo, livestock exhibits, a carnival, entertainment and a frog jumping contest. For information, visit www.frogtown.org.

Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival
June 6–8 — The 25th annual Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival will offer balloon rides, a wine garden, arts and crafts fair, commercial exhibits and a food court at Lake Skinner, a Riverside County park in Winchester. The wine garden will offer wine-tasting from numerous wineries in Temecula Valley and elsewhere in Southern California. For information, visit www.tvbwf.com.

IDAHO

Meridian Dairy Days
June 17–21 — Meridian’s heritage as a dairy center has been celebrated annually since 1929. The event begins Thursday night in Storey Park with a pancake feed followed by a free concert by the Meridian Symphony Orchestra. The festival marketplace opens Friday with 80 vendors selling food, crafts and other product. A parade Friday night will feature 100 entries focusing on a dairy theme. Other events include a carnival, farm animal exhibit, dairy cow and dairy goat shows, and a Milk Mocktail contest, in which the public votes on the best dairy-based drink at local restaurants. For information, visit meridianchamber.org.

MONTANA

Montana Senior Olympics
June 12–14 — Men and women 50 and older are invited to compete in the annual Summer Games of the Montana Senior Olympics in Butte. Events include archery, bowling, cycling, golf, horseshoes, race-walk, racquetball, swimming, table tennis and track and field. Entrants compete in 10 age categories. There is no residency requirement. For information, call (406) 494-3605 or visit www.montanaseniorolympics.org.

NEVADA

National Bison Range Birthday
May 23 — The National Bison Range was established on May 23, 1908, in northwest Montana. The centennial will be marked with a series of events, and the usual fees for scenic drives will be waived. The entrance to the range is in Moiese on Highway 212. For information, visit www.fws.gov/bisonrange/nbr or call (406) 644-2211, ext. 207.

West Yellowstone Centennial and Train Day
June 11 — The first trainload of visitors to Yellowstone National Park arrived 100 years ago on this date at the site of what would become West Yellowstone. The centennial will be marked with historic presentations and music at the Union Pacific Dining Lodge in the Oregon Short Line Terminus Historic District. Walking tours will be available along with rides on the historic White Motor Coach Touring Buses. For information, visit www.yellowstonehistoriccenter.org or call (406) 646-7461.

Railway Reflections
July 17–August 17 — Art that captures the magic of railroading will be on display at the Nevada State Library Gallery in Carson City as part of an effort to raise money to benefit the Virginia and Truckee Railroad reconstruction.

The Railway Reflections art exposition will be part of a month-long series of events that also will include gourmet dinners and tastings, a film festival of train-themed movies, model train displays, a golf tournament, and concerts. The events are designed to raise money for reconstruction of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad on an 18-mile route between Carson City and Virginia City. The rail line is being planned as a major tourist attraction to open in 2011. For more information, visit www.steamtrain.org.

OREGON

Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival
May 17–18 — A group of rafters who called themselves the Oregon River Rats initiated the Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival in 1984 by staging contests on the Carter Falls section of the Upper Clackamas River east of Estacada. Since then the event has grown to include rafting, kayaking and river boarding events under sponsorship of the Northwest Rafters Association. The 25th annual event will include a variety of competitions including events for high school students and members of the armed forces. The festival also will include films, bluegrass music and educational clinics. For information, visit www.upperclackamasfestival.org.

Chainsaw Sculpture Competition
June 12–15 —Large Sitka spruce logs will be transformed into works of art at the Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpture Championships at Reedsport on the Oregon coast. The event will include quick carve competitions and an auction. There will also be a car show and musical entertainment. For information, visit www.reedsportcc.org.

UTAH

Golden Spike Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival
May 8–10 — Cowboy poetry and western music will be presented at this event at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center in Ogden. Poet Baxter Black and musicians Curly Musgrave, Belinda Gail and the Bar J Wranglers are among the headliners for the event, which will also include local performers, workshops on music and poetry, and displays of western arts and crafts. For information, visit www.ogdencowboypoetry.com.

Moab Arts Festival
May 24–25 — Admission will be free at the 16th annual Moab Arts Festival at Swanny City Park in Moab from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Exhibits will include jewelry, pottery, woodwork, sculpture, clothing, fine art and photography. There will also be entertainment and a food court. For information, visit www.moabartsfestival.org or call (435) 259-2742.

WASHINGTON

Puyallup Home & RV Show
April 30–May 4 —The Puyallup Home and RV Show will feature both manufactured homes and recreation vehicles of every size and description. The event, sponsored by the Manufactured Home and RV Show Association, will be held at the Puyallup Fairgrounds in Puyallup, east of Tacoma.

The show will include a Dream Home Village with decorated and landscaped homes by leading manufacturers. Nearly 20 RV dealers will be on hand to exhibit their products. In addition, there will be booths featuring RV resorts and other products and services related to the RV lifestyle.

The show will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $6 for students 13 to 18. Children 12 and younger are admitted free. For information, visit www.mhrvlife.com.

Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival
May 2–4 — Each spring hundreds of thousands of shorebirds stop to rest and feed at the Grays Harbor estuary during their migration to the Arctic from as far south as Argentina. Coinciding with this event is the Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival, which features guided field trips to view the birds.

The festival also includes lectures, a birder’s bazaar, a nature fun fair and poster contests. Festival headquarters is at Central Elementary School in Hoquiam. The festival raises money to help support education programs, scientific research and capital improvements at Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge. For information, visit www.shorbirdfestival.com.

Country Music Jam
May 3–4 — Amateur and professional musicians and singers will gather at the Ocean Shores Convention Center in Ocean Shores for open jam sessions from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. A dinner-dance will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the convention center, with a barbecue dinner at 6 p.m. followed by a dance at 7 p.m. featuring the Western Strings. Tickets are $15. For information, visit www.oceanshoresact.com.

Olympia Wooden Boat Fair
May 10–11 — Wooden boats of all vintages and sizes will be displayed by their owners at Percival Landing in Olympia from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. The event includes a children’s boat building booth along with food, entertainment and an arts and crafts fair. For information, visit www.olywoodenboat.org or call (360) 866-6018.

Ski to Sea Festival
May 15–25 — The festival was inspired by the Mt. Baker Marathon of 1911-13 when contestants used automobiles or the railroad to race part way from Bellingham Bay to Mt. Baker and then ran up the mountainside and back. The current Ski to Sea Race is a seven-leg relay that involves skiing, running, mountain biking, kayaking and canoeing. The Ski to Sea Race will be on May 25 and will be followed in Bellingham by festivities that include shows for antique autos and antique wooden boats. Other events will include parades, an art show and carnival. For information, visit www.skitosea.com.

Sunbanks Rhythm and Blues Festival
May 15–18— Sunbanks Resort in Electric City, near Grand Coulee Dam, will host is spring rhythm and blues festival, starting with an acoustic showcase in the Cantina on Thursday. Featured performers Thursday will include Lew Schmngy, Randy Norris, Holly O’Riley, Acoustic Danger and Nine Pound Hammer.

Others scheduled to appear during the four-day festival include Double Scotts on the Rocks, Gary Yoeman’s Voodoo Church, Billy Roy Danger and the Rectifiers, Nick Vigarino’s Meantown Blues, Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps, the Rose City Kings and many more. For reservations, call (888) 822-7195 or visit www.sunbanksfestival.com.

Edmonds Waterfront Festival
May 30–June 1 —Sixteen classic wooden yachts will be on display and open for free tours at the Edmonds marina during the Edmonds Waterfront Festival. The yachts, gathering for the third annual rendezvous of the Classic Yacht Association, are adorned with teak, oak and mahogany bright work and have been maintained in pristine condition. The yachts will be on view Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Rotary Club of Edmonds sponsors the annual festival, which includes arts and crafts exhibits, carnival rides, a beer garden, a family stage and other activities at the Port of Edmonds Marina. The festival will be open from 3 to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. For information, visit www.edmondswaterfrontfestival.com.

Gathering of Warbirds
June14–15 — Seven decades of military aircraft from old bi-planes to high-performance jets will be on view at the 10th annual air show at the Olympic Flight Museum at the Olympia Regional Airport in Olympia. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. and the air show performances are from 1 to 4 p.m.

Features include a World War II encampment, a Vietnam landing zone with six helicopters, and a USO show on Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. For information, visit www.olympicflightmuseum.com.

Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival
June 20–22 — Nationally known entertainers will join local acts at the sixth annual Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival at the Chelan County Expo Center in Cashmere. The event will include three days of music and workshops at venues on the fairgrounds. RV camping will be available, starting June 19. For information, visit www.wenatcheeriverbluegrass.com.

Rusty Scupper’s Pirate Daze
June 20–22 — The Rusty Scupper Pirates are the headline attraction at this annual family festival at Westport that includes a parade, contests, the arrival of tall ships, and other events. The Lady Washington, the official ship of the State of Washington, will be on hand along with the Hawaiian Chieftan, which accompanies it on visits to ports along the West Coast. For information, visit www.rustyscupperpirates.com.