Rigs & Reggae on the Pier | Astoria, Oregon Van Life & Reggae Festival 🌲🚐🎶

THE SCAVENGER HUNT

Rigs & Reggae · Aug 27–30 · Pier 39

Pier

Pressure

Eight stops. Eight photos. One pier.

There's a whole working pier under your feet — a wine bar, a smoke-and-crab counter, a canvas shop, a coffee window at the water's edge, and a sloth with one eye. No signup, no entry fee, nothing to turn in. Any order, any day. Take the shot, tag the shop. Tap a stop to tick it off.

First five finish, first five win

We've got five love locks to give away. Finish all eight, then show Christine your photos — or post them and tag us. First five to finish get a lock to add to the pier.

1 Ghost Ship Trading Post Find the one-eyed sloth. He is in there. He is watching. He's only got the one eye, so get on his good side. ◉ You and the sloth, eye to eye. On the pier — trading post, hard to miss. 2 Athena's Mediterranean They built a Rigs & Reggae menu just for this weekend. Order something off it — ask what they'd send you home talking about. ◉ Whatever they gave you, before you wreck it. On the pier — Mediterranean kitchen. 3 Ole' Bob's Ask what the catch of the day is and what boat it came in on. Say hi to whatever's still moving in the crab tank. ◉ You and today's catch. On the pier — seafood counter with the live crab tank. 4 Vineside Wine Bar Say hey to Justin. Tell him what you like, let him pour what he thinks, and do not second-guess the man. Have two. ◉ You, Justin, and a full glass. On the pier — wine bar. 5 Coffee Girl Out at the very end of the pier, in the old cannery lunchroom. Coffee in one hand, something sweet in the other. ◉ Your cup with the Columbia behind it. The very far end of the pier, in the old cannery lunchroom. 6 The Love Locks Heart-shaped padlocks with no keys, clipped to the rail. South side by the transformer platform; north side, west corner. ◉ You at the locks. #astorialovelocks Two spots: south side by the transformer platform, and the west corner on the north side. 7 Hanthorn's Tap House The big one on the pier, pouring Oregon and Washington beer. You've walked the whole thing by now. Pint. Earned. ◉ You and the pint, taps behind you. The big taphouse on the pier. 8 Four Winds Canvas Real marine canvas, sewn into bags that outlive most rigs. Find the one you'd actually carry off this pier. ◉ You wearing it like you own it. On the pier — canvas shop.

Bonus Round

If you've still got daylight

Hanthorn Cannery Museum

Free, 9–6 daily. You're allowed to touch almost everything. Find the old wooden gillnet boats.

◉ You and a 100-year-old boat.

Sunset Off the End

Head back out past Coffee Girl at golden hour, when the bridge goes copper.

◉ The bridge from the end of the pier.

The Sea Lions

Follow your ears off the west end of the pier. They are loud, rude, and extremely photogenic.

◉ One sea lion, mid-complaint.

#RigsAndReggae

Every stop is on Pier 39 · 100 39th Street, Astoria — the long cannery building at the east end of the Riverwalk. Nothing here is more than a four-minute walk from anything else here.

Hours vary by shop. If one's closed when you get there, loop back — that's what the bonus round is for. Ask before you photograph anybody's staff or their crab.