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The Lincoln City Cultural Center is thrilled to announce the return of its whimsical, weatherproof, wacky, wonderful Spring Break tradition: The Surftides Festival of Illusions. This year’s festival presents eight days of family fun, including daytime workshops, evening shows, and more, starting March 23 at the Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101 in Lincoln City.
This year’s Festival features five of the top-selling acts in festival history: Jeff Evans, Louie Foxx, Joe Black, Alex Zerbe and The Amazing Bubble Man, plus the premieres of Professor DR Schreiber, The Historical Conjurer, and the hilarious physical comedian Tony Steinbach. There are cookie decorating and ceramics workshops, along with a pop-up escape room. Tickets are on sale now www.lincolncity-culturalcenter.org/festival-of-illusions. This year, the Cultural Center is extending a special invitation to all elementary school students in Lincoln City schools: come join the Festival Fun! With help from a grant from the Lincoln County Cultural Coalition, the Center is offering the following for all students in grades K-8 in Lincoln City schools:
Free admission to an evening magic show, one “two-fer (one student and one adult) ticket per student. Shows at 7 pm every evening from Sunday, March 23, through Saturday, March 29. Paper tickets and codes will be distributed at school.
A free daytime matinee of WATER the Musical at 11 am Wednesday, March 26. A joyful live concert with kiddie rock band Your Song My Song that uses puppets and music to teach about the magic of marine life and conservation. No reservations required.
Drop-in Abracadabra Magic Art Studio, 2-4 pm Monday-Friday, March 24-28, $5 per child. Children under No reservations required.
Magic-themed take home art kits, by donation, available at the Cultural Center and at the Driftwood Public Library. While supplies last.
In addition to support from the Lincoln County Cultural Coalition, the local arm of the Oregon Cultural Trust, the festival is made possible by event sponsors Amy Graham, (Taylor & Taylor Realty Co.) and Surftides Hotel in Lincoln City. Activities for visitors, too
You don’t have to be a local to enjoy the Festival of Illusions. The schedule is open to visitors, with events and prices to fit every budget, offering a weatherproof way to have fun during Spring Break. In the evenings, you’ll find the magic shows. Reserved theatre-style seats for the evening stage shows are $19 for adults, $17 for seniors and students, $11 for youth ages 6-18 and free for kids ages 0-5. Purchases of four festival tickets or more receive a 10% discount on the whole order. LCCC membership discounts and comp tickets will be accepted.
There will be plenty to do in the daytime, for all ages. In addition to the famous drop-in Abracadabra Magic Art Studio, the Cultural Center will also host a Cookie Decorating Workshop with My Petite Sweet and a Youth Ceramics Workshop. On Wednesday at 11 am, there will be a special, free presentation of “WATER The Musical” with the kiddie rock band Your Song My Song. With full body puppets, songs, dances and participation, “WATER The Musical” offers families and caregivers an indoor arts activity with plenty of room to move.
There's a new display of Diagon Alley Lego builds (along with the Hogwarts Lego Castle with its popular scavenger hunt) and a sale of special "magic gear" like wands and capes, along with art exhibits in the Fiber Arts Studio Gallery and PJ Chessman Gallery.
The Shaky Grounds Cafe, a pop-up escape room about emergency preparedness, will be on site and open for business March 23 through March 28. On the afternoon of Monday, March 24, City Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Cassidy Boyle will be on hand with information about being safe and prepared. Stop by her booth between 1 and 5 pm, and you can enter the drawing for a free hour in the Shaky Grounds Café. Families can even take a little of the magic home: themed art kits, made by a team of volunteers and the LCCC Visual Arts Director Krista Eddy, will be available while supplies last. Members of the public are invited to “shop” the art kit room, located next to Margaret’s Meeting Room, upstairs at the LCCC. Art kits are by donation -- pay what you can and enjoy crafting with the little ones in your life.
While you’re at the Center, check out the outdoor art installations of the Cultural Plaza. If the weather is nice, you can head out to give Pete Beeman’s abstract “Poppy” a push, read the poem on the Poetry Path, sit a while on Gary the Octopus in the Kiwanis patio or play a tune on the Rotary Harmony Notes instruments. The Lincoln City Cultural Center is located at 540 NE Highway 101, inside the historic Delake School. The center will be open from 10 am to 5 pm every day, and for all the evening shows, throughout the festival week. For inquiries or ticketing, visit lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or call the office at 541-994-9994.
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