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Acorn Festival

Name: Acorn Festival
Start: 2026-10-17
Location: Illinois Valley High School

Oct 17 · Illinois Valley High School · Cave Junction

Community members speaking beside an informational display inside Illinois Valley High School during a September 2017 wildfire meeting

ILLINOIS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL · VENUE PHOTO, 2017 ↗

Venue photo: Maria Thi Mai for Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington · CC BY 2.0. Photographed September 3, 2017; resized to 960 pixels wide, converted to WebP and cropped by the responsive page layout. The photograph shows a community meeting inside the venue, not the Acorn Festival.

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Oct 17, 2026 · 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

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Acorn Festival

CEEN's annual community festival explores acorns through hands-on processing workshops, a craft table, traditional acorn soup cooking, acorn maiden puppets, a scarecrow contest and a 5 p.m. potluck dinner.

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Where: Illinois Valley High School, 625 E River Street, Cave Junction, OR 97523
Admission: Free

Listed by Cultural & Ecological Enhancement Network (CEEN). Details checked October 15, 2026. Check the organizer for changes before leaving.

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Hands-on acorn traditions and a community potluck

The Cultural & Ecological Enhancement Network’s annual festival runs from 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, October 17, at Illinois Valley High School, 625 E River Street in Cave Junction. Admission is free.

The current local listing includes hands-on acorn-processing workshops, an Illinois Valley Art Council craft table, acorn maiden puppets and a scarecrow contest with a $100 prize. Traditional acorn soup is scheduled to be cooked at noon, and a potluck dinner featuring acorn dishes begins at 5 p.m.

For current program or participation questions, call the organizer at 541-291-8860. Recheck the organizer’s public post before leaving because outdoor displays and individual activities can change.

CEEN’s current public festival announcement ↗Illinois Valley News schedule and program ↗October 15 Daily Courier event roundup ↗Illinois Valley High School location ↗Explore Cave Junction →

The banner is a 2017 photograph of a community meeting inside Illinois Valley High School, not a photograph of the Acorn Festival. Current flyer artwork and social photos were not rehosted because website-reuse rights were not established.