Art, Culture, Fine Dining, Historic Lodging, and the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival are only about an hour away over the hill....make it a weekend!!!
Ashland is a pretty, small town...surrounded by gorgeous mountains, lazy creeks, and
roaring rivers.
This is a place where incredibly talented chefs prepare locally grown cuisine to
pair with award winning local wines.
A place where high tech meets high touch.
Ashland offers you the space to remind yourself who you truly are.
We invite you to come see it, drink it in, soak it up, and indulge your senses.
Destination Ashland...the place for your visit.
Ashland, voted #2 in the “Best Small Art Towns in America”, has over twenty galleries, four local theaters in addition to the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival and a thriving music scene.
Ashland is home to dozens of art galleries and shops, but also to a recently
expanded art museum of growing reputation.
In the galleries, the emphasis is on Northwest artists, some of whom are
nationally known. At the Schneider Museum on the Southern Oregon University
campus, visitors can see major contemporary exhibits from around the country.
The student-run Gallery at Stevenson Union has first-rate invitational
exhibitions, too.
Ashland’s galleries and shops offer a remarkably diverse range of fine arts and crafts. You can find representational as well as contemporary paintings and fine art
prints, sculpture, glass, Native American and visionary art, pottery and
ceramics, jewelry and fabric art, and fine hand-crafted furniture. There is a First Friday Art Walk each month sponsored by the Ashland Gallery Association, which in the spring also puts on the Taste of Ashland — a fantastic way to walk through town, viewing art while sipping wine and
sampling locally created delicacies. Another attraction is the Ashland Historic
Railroad District‘s Walking Tour. Southern Oregon Historical Society is a complex interactive
group of 16 exhibits including Children’s Museum, historic homes and grounds tours, including the History Center in
Jacksonville, the museums in Jacksonville, and the historic Hanley Farm in
Central Point.
Taste of Ashland
A Taste of Ashland 2007 is set to take place the weekend of April 27-29. Showcasing the best of our region’s Art, Food & Wine, the event has become one Ashland’s most anticipated celebrations. The ‘Taste’ takes place in 15+ Ashland Gallery Association art galleries throughout town,
which are paired up with regional restaurants and wineries. A colorful Food & Beverage Guide as well as a walking map leads you through this sensory
experience.
On Friday, April 27th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM a Gala Preview will take place at
the Historic Ashland Springs Hotel. This event includes musical entertainment
and the Third Annual A Taste of Ashland Artists’ Quick Draw & Auction. Watch as the talented artists create a masterpiece before your eyes in
only an hour. Immediately afterward, the artwork is auctioned to the highest
bidder.
On Saturday and Sunday, April 28th & 29th from Noon to 4:00 PM, stroll from gallery to gallery experiencing what is
truly A Taste of Ashland. Because there is so much to see and experience, we
recommend the purchase of weekend tickets, allowing a much more leisurely pace.
Ticket prices for 2007:
Opening Gala: Included with ATOA ticket; $5 for gala only.
Saturday only: $30 ($35 after April 21st)
Sunday only: $30 ($35 after April 21st)
Weekend (both days): $55.
Tickets go on sale here February 1.
Now in its 45th year,Britt Festivals is the Pacific Northwest's premiere outdoor
summer performing arts festival. Located in the historic 1850s gold rush town
of Jacksonville, Oregon (USA), Britt presents dozens of summer concerts, featuring world-class
artists in classical music, dance, jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, world, pop and
country music. Britt's performance venue is a naturally formed amphitheater set
among majestic ponderosa pines and native madrones on the beautiful hillside
estate of 19th century photographer Peter Britt. Viewing a map of the facility
will give you clearer picture of how we have combined stadium seating within
this natural setting. Tens of thousands of music lovers travel from all over
the West to enjoy Britt's world-class performances, spectacular scenery and
casual, relaxing atmosphere.
Britt is a convenient day's drive from Seattle or San Francisco, and is located
just five miles west of Southern Oregon's largest metropolitan area, Medford, and only 15 miles north of Ashland and the world-famous Oregon Shakespeare
Festival. Oregon's only National Park, Crater Lake, is a scenic two-hour drive
from Britt.