Timber Heritage Museum Opens in Samoa, Readies Roundhouse Rendezvous Fundraiser

The Timber Heritage Association will stage Roundhouse Rendezvous, a sit-down dinner and auction, on Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Sequoia Conference Center in Eureka, organizers and local listings show. The event page on the Timber Heritage site and a Humboldt Craigslist posting (posted Feb. 18, 2026 at 10:02, post id 7915984475) both list the March 7 date and 5:00–8:00 p.m. time window.

Lost Coast Outpost frames Roundhouse Rendezvous as THA’s signature annual fundraiser with a stated history dating to 2001. Lost Coast’s event description says, “Roundhouse Rendezvous is the Timber Heritage Association’s annual dinner and auction. Our signature fundraising event has been going on since 2001 with all money raised going towards funding major restoration projects as well as maintenance on our equipment and community education. A fun night for all, THA have a large silent and live auction filled with a variety of donations from local businesses and community members, as well as a sit-down dinner. Traditionally, the artwork for our Roundhouse Rendezvous poster is created by a different local artist, with the original painting being sold during the live auction.”

Timber Heritage’s website confirms the format — a dinner auction benefit that instructs visitors to “purchase tickets below” on the Roundhouse Rendezvous event page; the site’s event excerpt in the research record does not include ticket prices. Redwood News TV’s Abraham Navarro reported in an updated story on March 6, 2026 that “The Timber Heritage Museum will be hosting a fundraising dinner tomorrow evening to help them raise funds for the upkeep of their railways and antique equipment. They have a massive collection of timber industry machinery and tools and quite a few impressive locomotives, and they hope to slowly gain access to the rails around the bay for tourist excursions.”

The Timber Heritage collection is centered at the Samoa Roundhouse & Shops in Samoa, at 930 Vance Ave., where the association stages public programming and demonstrations. Redwood News reported on March 3, 2026 that the Timber Heritage Association announced expanded public open hours — Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays — as it prepares for the Roundhouse Rendezvous fundraiser. Timber Heritage event pages preserved in the record also document recent and recurring community events: the 1st Annual Timber Expo at the Samoa Roundhouse on Aug. 16, 2025, and the Santa, Trains & Candy Canes family event held Dec. 6, 2025, which referenced rides “on our new onsite trackage.”

Local promotional and media postings corroborate auction traditions and fundraising priorities: the Lost Coast description emphasizes proceeds for major restoration projects, maintenance of equipment, and community education, while Redwood News TV highlights upkeep of railways and antique equipment and THA’s ambition to reinstate tourist excursions on bay-area rails. Craigslist’s event listing and Timber Heritage’s ticket prompt indicate event logistics are set but do not supply ticket costs in the published excerpts.

Roundhouse Rendezvous will be the most immediate public fundraiser tied to THA’s restoration agenda; the association’s Samoa address, the Sequoia Conference Center venue in Eureka, and the March 7, 2026 date and 5:00–8:00 p.m. timeframe are consistently listed across Timber Heritage’s event page, Humboldt Craigslist and local coverage. Proceeds from the dinner and auction will be directed toward restoration projects, equipment maintenance and community education as described in event materials.