Litter Cleanup at Frenchman’s Bar

Frenchman's Bar Regional Park 9612 N.W. Lower River Road, Vancouver

The Watershed Alliance of Southwest Washington will host a Litter Cleanup at Frenchman’s Bar from 9 to 11:30 a.m. July 19. Volunteers should meet at Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park, 9612 N.W. Lower River Rd., Vancouver. Volunteers should dress for the weather with closed-toe shoes and bring their own snacks and water. Register at thewatershedalliance.org/events/.

free

Sunny Days and Blooms Market and Wheels of Hope Car Show

Living Hope XChange Church 2711 NE Andresen Rd, Vancouver

The Sunny Days and Blooms Summer Market and Wheels of Hope Car Show are July 19 at Living Hope XChange Church, 2711 N.E. Andresen Rd., Vancouver. The Sunny Days and Blooms Summer Market, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., features local vendors, handmade goods, baked items and food. Proceeds benefit the 2025 Fall Women’s Retreat Scholarship Program. The […]

free

League of Women Voters Member Meeting

CDM Caregiving Services Building 2300 N.E. Andresen Rd, Vancouver

The League of Women Voters of Clark County monthly membership meeting is 10 a.m. to noon July 19 at CDM Caregiving Services, 2300 N.E. Andresen Rd., Vancouver.

free

NatureScaping: Seasonal Bird Behavior

CASEE Center, Building B 11104 NE 149th St., Building B, Brush Prairie

NatureScaping of SW Washington will host a Seasonal Bird Behavior workshop at the Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education, 11104 N.E. 149th St., Brush Prairie, in Room 205 of Building B. from 10 a.m. to noon on July 19. Event will be presented by Brandon Burger of the Backyard Bird Shop Vancouver. Registration ($15) […]

Hockinson Blueberry Festival

Hockinson Community Center 15916 NE 182nd Ave, Brush Prairie

The Hockinson Blueberry Festival is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 19 at the Hockinson Community Center, showcasing the community’s blueberry farms and small businesses. Attendees can purchase fresh blueberries and meet the farmers who grow them. The event includes fresh blueberry sales, blueberry pie baking and pie eating contests and a vendor market. Visitors […]

Northwest Book Fair

Artillery Barracks at Fort Vancouver 600 Hatheway Road, Vancouver

The Northwest Book Fair is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 19 at the Fort Vancouver Artillery Barracks, featuring 60 Pacific Northwest authors. Discover new books, attend live workshops and connect with writers of memoirs, mysteries, fantasy, history and children’s literature. Highlights include a pop-up tent village with authors and vendors, kids' activities such as face painting […]

free

Battle Ground Lake Interpretive Program: Native Plant ID Walk

Battle Ground Lake State Park 18002 NE 249th St, Battle Ground

Julie Carlsen, Master Gardener and NatureScaping Volunteer, will lead an interpretive native plant ID hike from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on July 19 around Battle Ground Lake, 18002 N.E. […]

Free

Garden Fair Celebrates 200 Years of Gardening at Fort Vancouver

Fort Vancouver Heritage Garden & Adjacent BLDG 410 1001 E. Fifth St, Vancouver

The Friends of Fort Vancouver Garden Fair is 11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 19 in the Fort Vancouver Heritage Garden and the nearby Building 410 at 1001 E. Fifth St., Vancouver. Enjoy guided garden tours; costumed reenactors; displays and booths featuring the Fort Vancouver Rose Society and the Jane Weber Evergreen Arboretum; live painting by artists […]

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Scooped Ice Cream Festival

Scooped Ice Cream Festival

The Scooped Ice Cream Festival is 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 19 and 20 in Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. The festival features 50 flavors of all-you-can-eat ice cream, plus live music, roller disco dancers, food and drinks and games. Tickets range from $27.50 to $127.50 at scoopedicecream.com.

$27.50 – $127.50

Cruise the Couve

Cruise the Couve is back! Trap Door Brewing will host this officially permitted event, with cruising from noon-10 p.m. on Main Street between Fourth Plain and Mill Plain. There is no registration fee and classic cars are encouraged. Police will be on site after 2 p.m. Spectators may sit on sidewalks. Businesses, restaurants, brewpubs and […]

free

Watermelon Tray Workshop

Craft Warehouse 9307 NE 5th Ave, Vancouver

Craft Warehouse, 9307 N.E. Fifth Ave. in Hazel Dell, will host a Watermelon Tray Workshop from 2-4 p.m. July 19. Participants will paint one tray from a five-piece nested set to look like a watermelon. Attendees can take home the remaining four trays. The cost is $10. Register at craftwarehouse.com/event/paint-take-watermelon-tray-craft/.

$10

Single Seniors Garden Party

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site 1001 E. Fifth St., Vancouver

Single Seniors will meet for a garden party outside the gates of Fort Vancouver from 4 to 6 p.m. July 19. For more information, call 360-892-8944.

Scooped Ice Cream Festival

Scooped Ice Cream Festival

The Scooped Ice Cream Festival is 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 19 and 20 in Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. The festival features 50 flavors of all-you-can-eat ice cream, plus live music, roller disco dancers, food and drinks and games. Tickets range from $27.50 to $127.50 at scoopedicecream.com.

$27.50 – $127.50