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Surrounded by not only the culturally rich Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland also features a variety of natural wonders, including Crater Lake National Park.

Art, Theater and Music 

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

15 South Pioneer St, Ashland, OR 97520
(800) 219-8161

The Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland, Oregon is among the oldest and largest professional non-profit theatres in the nation. Each year OSF presents an eight-and-a-half-month season of eleven plays in three theatres plus numerous ancillary activities, and undertakes an extensive theatre education program. Operating on a budget exceeding $26 million, OSF presents more than 780 performances annually with attendance of over 410,000 people.

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Monday–Friday 10:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M.
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Oregon Center for the Arts

The Oregon Center for the Arts at SOU educates students, artist-practitioners, and scholars in a learning environment that cultivates SOU’s values of creativity, collaboration, discovery, and diversity.
The OCA is an academic division of Southern Oregon University and offers programs of study for students in Music, Theatre, and Creative Arts. In addition the OCA is a regional arts center which includes the Schneider Museum of Art (SMA), Chamber Music Concerts, The Tutunov Piano Series, Oregon Fringe Festival, Oregon Arts Medallion, ShakespeareAMERICA, and a multitude of art exhibitions and theatre, music and dance performances.
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Britt Music and Arts Festival

Britt Music & Arts Festival, a non-profit organization, is the Pacific Northwest's premier 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, 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 a 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.
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Oregon Cabaret Theater

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Ashland Gallery Association
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Activities for ​the Family

Visit Crater Lake

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Known for the indescribable blue color that radiates from Crater Lake, it is not to be missed when visiting Southern Oregon. Your first stop should be the Steel Visitors center for a brief movie offering unique insight to the history & formation of Crater Lake. Then continue up to Rim Village where you will have your first glimpse of the lake. Guests can then get out on foot to explore the Gift shop, restaurant/cafe, Sinnott Memorial Overlook and the Discovery Point Trail (path along lake rim offering views of Crater Lake & Wizard Island). 
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ScienceWorks​ Hands-on Museum

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1500 E Main St, Ashland, OR 97520
(541) 482-6767
Wednesday - Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Admission
$10.50 for kids
$12.50 for adults
$10.50 for seniors 65+ & students
Free for children under 2
Additional discounts for teachers, groups of 8+, members of the military, and families receiving food assistance benefits (SNAP/EBT)

ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum is an interactive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) museum located in Ashland, Oregon. ScienceWorks is committed to inspiring wonder and stimulating creative exploration through fun interactive experiences.
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Food & Drink

The Growler Guys

345 Lithia Way
Ashland, Oregon 97520
541-708-0827
Sun - Wed: 8:00am -10:00pm
Thurs - Sat: 8:00am -12:00am
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We, at the Growler Guys®, are passionate about bringing fresh craft beer into the homes of each community we serve. And, as an outcome, each community catches the craft beer craze and generates more followers by the thousands.
Once customers see we’re more than a growler fill-station, they’re hooked. They find out quickly we're a place that really celebrates craft beer and offers the best selection and value. They also quickly learn how great it is to broaden their palette and gain more knowledge through our staff who are certified Beer Stewards.
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Caldera Brewery & Restaurant

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590 Clover Ln, Ashland, OR 97520
(541) 482-4677
Hours: 11 am – 9 pm daily
Happy Hour Monday - Friday 4 pm to 6 pm
No Reservations

Located just off Exit 14 on Interstate 5 near the southern Oregon border, this is where we make all of our award winning beers. It's also open to the public with an outstanding restaurant offering gourmet dishes and artisan pizzas. With 45 of our beers on tap, you can't go wrong with whatever food and beer pairing you decide upon. Kids welcome until 9 pm, and there is a kids menu. Oregon's largest beer bottle and can collection is on display in the restaurant with over 4500 bottles and cans.

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Outdoor Adventures

Rafting
Mountain Biking/Cycling
Hiking
​Fly Fishing
Golf

What is the Creativity Conference?

The Creativity Conference will take place May 15-18, 2025 on the campus of Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. The conference can also be accessed remotely through our conference app, Whova. The conference will provide a wealth of information for those who study the science of creativity, seek to leverage research on creative thinking, or simply consider themselves to be creative! 
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