ART AT THE BEACH
There will be sand all over town for the 2025 Five Star Dealerships Sand & Sawdust Festival!
Join us June 27th, 28th & 29th 2025 for three days of sand-filled programs at Ocean Shores Washington.
The programs will be held on the beach at the Ocean Shores Chance a la Mer NW beach access, at the Ocean Shores Convention Center and around town at Oyhut Bay Seaside Village, at Bennett’s Fish Shack and Playtime Family Fun
SAND ACTIVITIES
SAND SCHEDULE
Friday, June 27th:
– Noon-5pm – Form Finders will be building a sandcastle near the contest site (*see directions). You can visit from around noon-5pm to talk with the team and watch
them build the event display sandcastle.
– 1pm and 3pm – Sandcastle Building Workshops: $5 per team or group up to 4 people, free with completed contest registration. The workshops are for anyone wanting to learn how to build and sculpt a sandcastle.
Saturday, June 28th:
– 9:00am-10:00am – Pre-event Team Sandcastle Building and Tool Making Workshop -$5 for groups under 5 people, and free to those who have already registered for the contest.
– 11am-3pm – Sandcastle Building Contest.
– 3:30 pm – Judging and awards – on the beach.
Before and after the contest be sure to visit the Convention Center with the amazing Chainsaw Carvers, Vendors, food,
and live music.
SANDCASTLE CONTEST
The Masters Sandcastle Contest features three sandcastles built around Ocean Shores. Thanks to the generosity of our four major sponsors – Bennett's Fish Shack, N Logan Homes, Oyhut Bay and Playtime Family Fun - there will be sandcastles made by professional sand sculpture artists from around the state displayed at these businesses.
The sandcastles will be built Thursday, Friday and Saturday and they will be up until the wind blows them away. The sculptures are all available for public viewing as they are being built.
Stop on by the businesses for a close-up of these amazing creations that only live for a moment in time:
*Bennett's Fish Shack (built at Convention Center0
*N Logan Homes (built at Convention Center)
*Oyhut Bay (built onsite at 300 Lodge Ave SW volleyball court)
*Playtime Family Fun at 752 Point Brown Ave NE
*WHERE TO GO*
HOW TO GET TO THE BEACH CONTEST SITE:
Use the Chance a La Mer entrance. Once on the beach, the activities are to the left of the parking poles (south). You will see the tent, banners, and registration table for the contest and Justin’s truck and banners for sand drawing. Cars are allowed on the beach to drive and park but cars are not allowed past the permanent poles to the south.
QUESTIONS? Art at Beach Producer
Festivals@olypen.com
Kelly 360.461.3950 (call or text)
Formfinders are a sand sculpture team headquartered in Olympia, WA. Team members hail from various parts of Washington and Oregon and come together each summer to find the hidden treasures just waiting to be carved out of the sand. Since 2008 the team has won many regional awards at various sand festivals.
Justin the Circler has dedicated his life to learning the ancient craft of pure or sacred geometry and its endless related topics. A naturalist, philosopher, mathematician, inventor, and artist, he has emerged as a messenger and teacher. Many sleepless nights spent contemplating, theorizing and notating original ideas to later find out his ideas are ages old but have been forgotten or even hidden.
