 Since 1982, Naselle has hosted a "Finnish-American Folk Festival" every other year, and in 2006 co-hosted, with the nearby city of Astoria, OR, the national festival FinnFest USA.Jennifer L. Holm's Newbery Honor-winning novel "Our Only May Amelia" is set in pioneer Naselle, then spelled "Nasel", and is based on Holm family documents of life as a Finnish-American frontier family.Past and present residents of note include Oscar Wirkkala, logger and inventor; Wilho Saari, kantele performer and teacher and Rex Ziak historian.