4/27 – Traveler 5.5K Walk/Run, Alderbrook Golf Club, 10am; $49 fee benefits Long Live the Kings, non-profit salmon/steelhead hatchery; hoodcanalevents.com
4/27 – Comedy Night, top comics; 5:30-9pm, The HUB, Belfair; $20, No Mason Rotary fundraiser
4/27-28 – Olympus Rally, world class rally, Ridge Motorsports Park, Eells Hill Rd., Shelton, for spectator & event info see americanrallyassociation. org/olympusrally
5/11 – Texas Tenors, vocals, humor & cowboy charm; Little Creek Casino; 8-10 pm, $30-$40
5/17-19 – Bluegrass from the Forest, weekend event, food, music, workshops, campers get free hotdogs @ midnight; Shelton HS, $15 a day, $35 weekend pass
5/25-26 – Memorial Day Celebration, steamed clams, music & wine; Walter Dacon Wines, Skookum Inlet Rd, Shelton; 1-6pm, 360-426-5913
5/26 – Union Art & Music Fair, fun for all, booths, food, music; 1-5pm, Harmony Hill, 1/4 mi east of Alderbrook
5/30-6/2 – Forest Festival, carnival, parade, car show, fun run, music, logging show, fireworks; starts 4 pm Thurs, downtown Shelton, info http://www.masoncountyforestfestival.org
6/15 – Blues & Brews, blues music, beer, food & more, Evergreen Sq, downtown Shelton; 12-5pm; $5 entry, 21+
6/22 – Shelton Relay for Life, a great cause, cancer; food & music; 11am-11pm, Kneeland Park, Shelton
6/28 – 25th Quality Care Golf Tourney, 8-5pm Alderbrook GC, to help Mason Genl Hosp, 360-427-3623 for info
6/30 – Mason Co Historical Society Car Show, over 350 cars & trucks; 8am-3pm; downtown Shelton
7/3 – Thunder on the Canal, fireworks, food, dancing & family fun; 12-11pm Alderbrook Resort, $10
7/6 – Tahuya Days, booths, live music, join or watch parade at 1pm (anything goes); downtown Tahuya, 10-4pm
7/20-21 – Allyn Days/Geoduck Festival, live music, beer & wine garden, booths, dancing, contests, and more; salmon feed on Sat 12-6pm; Allyn Waterfront Park
7/27 – Grapeview Art & Water Festival, NW artists, family fun, food, music; 10-4pm, Fair Harbor Marina
7/31-8/1 – 7th Cruise the Creek, Fri food & free concert, 8pm; Sat, car show, 10am-3pm; Little Creek Casino
8/10 – Taste of Hood Canal, bigger than ever, food, including world famous grilled oysters, live music, car show, and more;10am-5pm, Belfair St Park; $5, kids under 12 free; sponsored by North Mason Rotary
8/31-9/1 – Hood Canal Highland Celtic Festival, food, beer garden, Celtic pipe bands, dancers & more; 9 am, Belfair St Park, 1531 NE Rt 300
9/14 – 14th NCCU Salmon BBQ, New Comm Church of Union, get tickets at 951 E Dalby Rd
10/1-26 – Pumpkinfest & Catapult, games, hayrides, month-long celebration with No Mason Chamber of Commerce sponsored catapult contest on the 26th at noon; Hunter Farms, 1921 E SR 106
10/5-6 – Oysterfest, oyster shucking, food, live music, vendors & lots of seafood; 10-6pm, $5; Sanderson Field, Shelton; oysterfest.org