About Vashon Events
Our mission is to create, provide, and expand positive life experiences through music and art for all.
Vashon Events is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to building community and supporting artists and musicians. We provide an information hub about events and happenings on Vashon Island and programs that support arts and local music. We believe that keeping Vashon Island vibrant means supporting our local businesses, musicians, and artists.
We produce concerts and other performing arts events at festivals, showcases, concerts in the park, and venues all over the island. We believe the arts should be accessible to everyone, therefore all our events are free or low-cost. At the same time, at every event we provide, we ensure that musicians and other performers are compensated generously.
Support for local musicians & artists
We support local musicians and artists by providing programs and services dedicated to helping them succeed in making their art.
Musical Instrument Borrowing Library - Vashon Events’ musical instrument library provides free access to musical instruments for children and adults. We loan amplifiers, cords, tuners, and other accessories needed to make music.
Music Teacher Directory - Vashon Events’ Music Teacher Directory provides a portal for information about local music teachers so students of all ages can learn to play music on a range of instruments.
First Friday Gallery Cruise - Vashon Events promotes the First Friday Gallery Cruise by collecting and distributing information on artists openings and other arts and cultural events.
Enjoy these trailers from Vashon Events!
Timeline
Beginnings
Vashon Events was founded in 2013 to provide information to the community on all the events that are happening on Vashon Island. We started a website - VashonEvents.org - and a newsletter, the Vashon Skinny, to organize a hub for information about what is happening on Vashon Island. We use posters on our home page to provide a beautiful, visual bulletin board where you can quickly find out all the events that are happening, and we send out a weekly newsletter about all the events on the Island. Today, we have more than 2,400 subscribers to the Vashon Skinny weekly newsletter and thousands of events posted on our website each year. Our website is viewed by more than 43,000 unique visitors yearly.
Vashon Events is the premiere source for information about what is happening on Vashon Island. Founded as a partnership, Vashon Events became a nonprofit organization in 2016 and received its 501(c)(3) status in 2018.
Financial Transparency
We believe in financial transparency. Please feel free to review our tax returns and important policy and procedures.
2023 990 Tax Return - coming soon!
Core Values
Excellence: We strive for excellence in artistic and enrichment programming through distinctive, multidisciplinary arts offerings to the public.
Equity: We are committed to racial equity internally through our work environment and externally through our programming.
Collaboration: We value the power of collaboration with other organizations through which arts programming is enriched and made accessible to the greater community.
Passion: We are passionate about instilling a life-long love for the arts that will enrich the lives of everyone we serve.
Stewardship: We value the trust of our greater community—people, corporations, and foundations—that contribute time, talent, and treasure to our organization; we promise to use those resources with integrity.
contact
Mailing Address:
Vashon Events
P.O. Box 2124
Vashon, WA 98070
Email: vashonevents@gmail.com