Book your next association convention, corporate conference, contemporary wedding or religious gathering in our spacious Events Center located in Florence, Oregon. Our facility is home to an impressive variety of events including business meetings, performing and visual arts, community theatre, and conventions or conferences of all sizes. The professional staff at the Florence Events Center will help in the planning of your special event.

The Florence Events Center is located on the Oregon coast only one block from the famous Highway 101. The Pacific Ocean, a dozen lakes, the Siuslaw National Dunes, and even 'Old Town' shopping are all only minutes away from our events facility.

Whether it is an evening at the theater, or a conference for 400, an elegant wedding, a weekend of Chowder, Blues and Brews, or Storybook Theater's presentation of Oliver or Wizard of Oz, there is something for everyone at the Florence Events Center.

Some of the events we host include the Oregon Police Chiefs Association Convention, Coast Chamber Orchestra, Tourism Commission Conference, Association of h2O Utilities, Department of Forestry Conference and Banquet, and the Confederated Oregon School Administrators Convention.

The Events Center is home to many educational and fun events including the Home and Garden Show, Florence Performing Arts, Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, world renowned harpist-pianist Paul Hurst, Last Resort Players, Humane Society Wine and Chocolate Gala, Planned Parenthood, Talent Shows, Medicare Seminars, the Jazz Kings, The Last Resort Players and the very popular weekend of fun at the Chowder, Blues and Brews Festival.

If you are looking for space to hold your next convention that has competitive rates, gorgeous scenery, pleasant weather, and friendly crowds, call 1-888-968-4086. We'll turn your next conference into an event to remember.

The mission of the Florence Events Center is to provide multicultural enrichment to the community, to provide a welcoming, accessible facility for residents and visitors, and to promote events and conventions for the benefit of the greater Florence area economy.

Florence Events Center
November Gallery Shows

Gallery One & Five
Celebrate Arts! Award Winners on Display.

With the Mayor’s proclamation of November as Florence’s official Visual Arts Month, art displays at Silver Lining, the Siuslaw Public Library and Florence Events Center offer an outstanding opportunity to see the active, vibrant greater art community shine. The crown jewel in this trio is the Friends of the FEC’s Celebrate Arts!, Juried Art Show.

From over 300 pieces submitted, 171 traditional pieces of photography, watercolor, and oil mediums, as well as unusual mediums such as felt, seaweed, etched steel, fused glass, woodcarving, paper mosaic and jewelry were juried in by Eugene juror, Scott Huette.

Machu Piccu

Lily Kelp Doll

Best of Show award winners are 2-D, Jaroslav Lupinek’s oil, Machu Piccu; 3-D is Lucinda Shirley’s Lily Kelp Doll, and for Best photography is Sea the Light by Curt Peters. New this year among our award winners is Stephanie Ames’ photograph, Arches 10pm, which received Florence’s first annual “Community Purchase Award.” People’s Choice Award went to Colleen Goodwin Chronister for her economic sensitive oil painting, “Homeless in Newport!”

Sea the Light

Homeless in Newport

Broken View

The “Sylvia Urwin Young Adult Artist Photography & 3-D Awards” went to Sadie Partch’s digital photograph, Broken View, and Gabrielle Shaffner’s stoneware, Flower Vase. A significant increase of youth participation this year was bolstered by two youth grants, Community 101 and the Carmen J. Moore Charitable Trust which paid for youth entry fees, and framing materials, and bused six classes of art students for an educational field trip to the Celebrate Arts! show.

Celebrate Arts! 2009 award winners will be in Gallery One and Five until December 29. Gallery hours are M-F, 9am-4:30pm. The Florence Events Center is located at 715 Quince St, Florence.

2010 Winter Folk Festival
Youth Folk Music Competition

The Florence Winter Folk Festival has had a highly successful youth component with its “Kid-Koncerts” since 2004. The Festival has brought folk music to over 4000 kids from our rural schools. This year in addition to the “Kid-Koncerts” the folk festival committee has decided to add another youth component by having young folk musicians perform for the festival through a competition.
On Saturday, January 23, 2010, seven young folk acts will compete in a Folk Music Talent Competition. Young folk artists, under 18 years, will be judged on talent, audience response, stage presence, personality and overall performance. Prizes will be awarded and the first place winner will be given the opportunity to perform a song in the theater as an opening act for Saturday night headliner, Misty River Band.
This will be a juried competition and individuals or groups must complete an official entry form before November 15, 2009. Competition information, guidelines and entry forms can be accessed on the website at http://www.winterfolkfestival.org or call the Florence Events Center at 541-997-1994.