May 10 Friday
Northwest Hunt Fest is a non-profit event focused on providing hunter education to the thousands of hunting enthusiasts in the northwest. Our event features seminars ranging from e-scouting to wild game cooking. This family friendly event includes an archery shoot for kids and adults, an elk and duck calling contest, tons of seminars on big game hunting, water fowl, regulation updates from Idaho Fish & Game, music, and food trucks! Proceeds from this educational event support youth archery and young hunter programs in the northwest.
Coming from out of town: Please see our website for event hotel discounts.
For media inquiries, sponsorship or for interested exhibitors/vendors, please email Penny at penny@northwesthuntfest.com.
Our mission:The mission of the Northwest Hunt Fest is to bring together hunters from all walks of life and experience, connecting them with experts in the field, and promoting friendly competition, all while nurturing and supporting the future of hunting through youth archery and young hunter programs.
May 11 Saturday
Free events. Friday night 5-7 pm Band Showcase. Saturday May 11th 9-7 Free to public Fiddle and picking contest. All ages. Silent auction. Fun for the whole family
Just in time for Mother's Day! Bring your mom in or show your appreciation by mixing a custom loose-leaf tea blend to create a personalized gift. The variety of ingredients available, including lavender, rose petals, different types of tea leaves, and much more, ensures that everyone can create something uniquely suited to their taste. Also, enjoy some tea and lemonade samples during the event. Drop by anytime from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, May 11th to Inland Empire Spice at 2713 N. Monroe St. Spokane. The cost is $8.00 per ounce of tea.
Come visit the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum to experience a special exhibit that guides you in discovering the history of fairs in our region, starting in 1886, that led up to Expo ’74 being held in Spokane. Then, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s fair in the Lilac City, with signs, original gondola cars and more from the 1974 event!
The Museum is open Wednesday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and prices range from FREE to $7.00. Please visit the website for additional information. https://www.spokanevalleymuseum.com/
Grades 6-8 · Travel back in time to the World’s Fair, 1974! In this comics workshop, we’ll create short panels exploring Expo ‘74. Our characters will ride the gondolas and magically appear 50 years in the past! What will your characters explore? Work produced for this program has the option of being included in Spark Central’s 2024 book project, Gondolas & Garbage Goats — but we’ll need a guardian’s permission to do so! If you want your youth’s work included, please RSVP using the link. We’ll have paper forms available during the program, as well.
The Spokane Folklore Society hosts its second Saturday contra dance on May 11 at the East Spokane Grange starting at 7:00PM. Callers Joseph Erhard-Hudson and Abigail Rausch from Moscow will teach easy to learn contra dances with live music from Reel Friends. No experience is necessary. These community dances are fun. No partner is required. Dress casual. General admission is $10 and for SFS members $7. Kids under 18 are free. Plenty of parking at the grange located at 1621 North Park.
May 12 Sunday
At a Death Cafe, people gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.
The Death Cafe model was developed by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid, based on the ideas of Bernard Crettaz. Since September 2011, Death Cafes have spread quickly across Europe, North America and Australasia.
The Spokane Death Cafes, scheduled for the 2nd Sundays of each month at the Central Library, are hosted by Rubicon’s Edge, a local Spokane company that offers End-of-Life Doula Services, Bereavement Support, and Life Transitions Coaching. The facilitator is Samantha Potter, who is living her legacy by bringing the light of knowledge and acceptance of death and the dying process, through both her doula work, and in these free Death Cafes.
For more information about this Death Cafe, visit https://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/17431 or RSVP at https://rubiconsedge.com/events.
May 13 Monday