Artist receptions, fundraisers and music performances highlight this weekend’s events on the Peninsula.
• Esiquio Uballe will discuss his exhibit, “Color My World Bright,” during an artist talk at 6 tonight at the Grover Gallery, 236 Taylor St., Port Townsend.
Light refreshments will be served during the free presentation.
Uballe, also known as Zee, creates portraits, abstracts, botanicals and landscapes using watercolors and mixed media.
“Color My World Bright” will be on display from noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays at the Grover Gallery throughout July.
For more information, visit www.thegrovergallery.com.
• The Surfrider Foundation will host its International Surfing Day fundraiser from 5:30 to 8:30 tonight in the Esther Webster Gallery at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $18 at https://olympicpeninsula.surfrider.org or $25 at the door.
The foundation’s mission is to promote beach access, clean water and environmental justice and stewardship across the North Olympic Peninsula.
Proceeds from the annual fundraiser will benefit the Olympic Peninsula Chapter to support beach cleanups, addressing access issues and the provision of SaniCans at popular recreation spots.
The fundraiser will feature live music, food and drinks for purchase, a silent auction and prize drawings.
Attendees also will be able to view the center’s exhibit, “Surf, Skate and Snow,” which explores the dynamic relationship between sport, design and harmony with nature.
“Surf, Skate and Snow” will remain on exhibit in the Esther Webster Gallery at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays until Sept. 7.
• Rick Estrin and The Nightcats will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Winery and Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend.
Tickets cost $30 to $45 at www.ltdpresentslive.com. They will be $35 to $50 at the door.
The band is touring to promote “The Hits Keep Coming,” its sixth album, which was released last year.
The band features Estrin on vocals and harmonica; Christoffer “Kid” Andersen on guitar, bass and synthesizer; Lorenzo Farrell on organ and bass; and Derrick “D’Mar” Martin on drums.
“This band is killer. I’m enjoying this all more than ever,” Estrin said. “It’s a blessing — there’s so much energy, so much collaboration. The band is just so good right now. And the live show is off the charts.”
Estrin and the Nightcats has been named band of the year by the Blues Foundation two times.
• “Lion King Jr.,” staged by Ghostlight Productions, will open Friday with performances at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and matinee performances at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through July 27 at Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.
All seats are $15 per person at www.ghostlight wa.org.
The show is a 60-minute adaptation of the Broadway musical “The Lion King,” which has been scripted for younger performers.
Principal cast members include Sophia Treece as Rafiki, Caeden Emmons as Mufasa, Caleb Crawford as Scar, Hayden Rayburn as Simba and Cecilia Pereira as Nala.
Also featured are Grace Pereira as Sarabi, Elliot Warren as Zazu, Daniel Pereira as young Simba, Lea Speed as young Nala, Gemma Himmelman as Sarafina, Mara Jordan as Banzai, Fia Sperduti as Shenzi, Josiah Vincent as Ed, Trinity Devlin as Timon and Abyssinia Jefferson as Pumbaa.
The lionesses ensemble includes Laexi McCauley, Alyse Baskins, Lilly Dispain, Katelyn Purkey and Cecilia Pereira.
The animal and hyena ensemble is composed of Mya Cowling, Charlee Kelly, Aray Davis, Claire Connell and Peyton Kimble.
• Fat Chance will kick off the summer concert series at 7 p.m. Saturday at Olympic Cellars, 255410 U.S. Highway 101, Port Angeles.
Tickets are $30 per person or $90 for a four-concert season pass at www.olympiccellars.com/summer-concert-series.
Each concert in the series will benefit a local nonprofit organization. This weekend’s concert will benefit the Feiro Marine Science Center.
In addition to original music, Fat Chance performs covers of songs by the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, the Byrds, Beach Boys, Carole King, America, Buffalo Springfield, the Mamas and the Papas, the Doors, the Monkees, the Association, Jackson Browne, Carly Simon, Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, CSNY and Joni Mitchell.
The gate opens at 6 p.m. and the outdoor show will go on, rain or shine.
Outside food is allowed and local food vendors will be onsite with food for purchase.
Wine will be available for purchase by the glass or by the bottle. Concertgoers may bring non-alcoholic beverages.
Carpooling is appreciated as parking is limited.
Seating is festival-style: tables and chairs are first-come, first-served.
There is no seating in the space under the patio in front of the band because it is reserved for dancing.
Attendees should bring some warm clothes since it gets cold once the sun goes down.
The venue is family-friendly, but dogs are not allowed.
• Concerts in the Barn will finish its eighth season with performances by Duo Monde G&G at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The chamber music concerts will be in the barn at the Quilcene Lantern, 7360 Center Road, Quilcene.
The concerts are free, but reservations, at www.ticketstripe.com/event-list/concerts-in-the-barn, are encouraged.
The duo, composed of pianists George Lopez and Gulimina Mahamuti, will present “Sounds of Latin America,” a two-hand piano performance, at 2 p.m. this afternoon.
The duo will then be joined by soprano Laura Bohn, violinists Dawn Posey and John Weller, violist Melissa Lind-Ziegler, cellist Sarah Rommel and double bassist Joseph Kaufman on Saturday and Sunday.
The concerts will include several movements from “La Bonne Chanson,” Op. 61 by Gabriel Fauré and Kurt Weill’s “Der Abschiedsbrief,” “Nanna’s Lied” and “Youkali.”
The concerts will close with Franz Schubert’s lieder “Die Forelle” Op. 32 D. 550 “The Trout” and his Piano Quintet in A Major D. 667, which is also known as “The Trout” because its fourth movement is a set of variations based on “Die Forelle.”
Concertgoers can sit inside on comfortable chairs, in the loft or bring chairs or blankets to sit on outside on the lawn.
Wine, cider, non-alcoholic beverages, coffee, cookies and ice cream will be available for purchase in the milking shed area, although concertgoers are encouraged to bring their own picnic lunches.
Bottled water will be available without charge.
Concerts in the Barn also will host Russian pianist Eleonora Karpukhova for a fundraiser gala at 2 p.m. Aug. 8 in the milking shed.
Tickets to that performance will cost $50 per person and will help to fund the 2026 season.
For more information, visit www.concertsinthe barn.org.
• The Lavender Melodrama will continue its run of “Lavender Legacies” with shows at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.
The annual comedy, now in its fourth year, will stage performances Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through July 27.
Tickets are $20 per person at www.olympic theatrearts.org or by calling the box office at 360-683-7326.
Theatergoers will be able to cheer the hero, boo the villain and sigh for the damsel-in-distress in this over-the-top melodrama based on the mythical history of the Pacific Northwest and Sequim and its claim to be the Lavender Capital of North America.
In this year’s new script, the lavender industry must deal with Sequim’s new Comprehensive Plan while outsmarting Douglas Graves, the local realtor/undertaker whose evil plans for world domination start with the destruction of Sequim.
• Comedy Night in the Sunset Lounge will host Adam Pasi and Imani Denae at 8 p.m. Saturday at Field Arts & Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $28 to $30 per person at www.fieldhall events.org/tickets.
• Elyssa Kerr will present “Coexisting With Beavers” at 7 p.m. Friday outside the Cedar Hat classroom at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.
The lecture is part of the nature center’s Sunset Speaker series.
Kerr, the executive director of Beavers Northwest, will discuss beaver ecology and its benefits to the ecosystem.
In the event of inclement weather, the class will be moved into Rainshadow Hall.
For more information, visit www.dungenessriver center.org/programs.
• Jeanette Stehr-Green will present “All About Raspberries” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, Sequim.
Stehr-Green will focus on planting, fertilizing, pruning and trellising red raspberries but also will touch on key differences in caring for yellow, black and purple raspberries.
The free presentation will include a pruning demonstration and a tour of the raspberry patch in the demonstration garden.
For more information, call 360-565-2679 or visit https://extension.wsu.edu/clallam.
• The Port Townsend Police Department and the Summer Reading Program will host the third Bike Rodeo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Blue Heron Middle School, 3939 San Juan Ave., Port Townsend.
Kids of all ages and skill levels are invited to come learn the basics, brush up on their skills or try the obstacle course.
For more information, visit www.ptpubliclibrary.org.
• The Sons of Norway’s Olympic Lodge will conduct a bake sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market in the Gateway Transit Center, 122 E. Front St., Port Angeles.
The sale will feature lefse, kringle and other baked goods.
• A ribbon-cutting ceremony will formally reopen the footbridge to the Clallam Bay Spit at noon Saturday at Clallam Bay Spit Community Beach County Park, 16716 Frontier St., Clallam Bay.
For more information, visit www.clallam countywa.gov/294/Parks-Fair-Facilitie.
