Portland Area Annual Events & Festivals

Christmas Ship Parade

Annually, ships and boats decorate for the holidays with lights and decorations to join the Christmas Ship Parade on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers in Portland, Oregon.

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

Festival goers will find acres of colorful tulips in various stages of bloom plus lots of activities that every member of the family can enjoy. Also, a must see at the Festival's farm is the Dutch themed gift shop packed with gifts for garden and flower lovers.

Portland Saturday Market

A lively place where unique artists await discovery! Drift down the aisles of our craft market. Meet our artists. Stop for Lunch in our international food court. Enjoy local music and performance groups on the Portland Saturday Market main stage. Create arts and crafts at our kids activity booth.

Portland Jazz Festival

The Portland Jazz Festival's mission is to promote jazz in the Pacific Northwest. The Portland Jazz Festival is an annual, multi-venue series of jazz events presented each February within the downtown area of Portland, Oregon.

Race For The Roses

For years, Race for the Roses has allowed runners and walkers to experience this event in the name of an outstanding, local, cause: Albertina Kerr Centers. A must-do event on the Northwest running calendar, Race for the Roses gives you the opportunity to give back to the community.

Portland Rose Festival

Don't miss the Portland Rose Festival. An annual event held every June. Featured in this eleven-day event is the Grand Floral Parade, the second-largest all-floral parade in the United States.

Art in the Pearl

This aannual arts festival, occurs every year on Labor Day weekend in early September. This festival fills the Northwest Portland Park blocks with art, theater, music, and hands-on activities for people of all ages.

Mt. Hood Jazz Festival

The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival offers a wide range of music. It is held annually ion the first two weekends in August at various Portland venues featuring nationally renown artists ans well as local Portland talents.

Bite of Oregon

In August Portland celebrates "The Bite of Oregon" along the waterfront. Food from some of Portland's best restaurants and wine from over Oregon 20 wineries are accompanied by great music in a festive environment with proceeds going to the Oregon Special Olympics.

The Robin Hood Festival

The Robin Hood festival has been held in Sherwood, Oregon annually since just after World War II. People gather in down town Sherwood to celebrate the festival enjoying food, dancing, music, crafts, contests, and the Robin Hood Festival Parade!

The Tualatin Crawfish Festival

The Tualatin Crawfish Festival offers a wide variety of food and entertainment, performers, "KidSpace", a teen dance and with something for all ages. Friday evenings near the lake at Tualatin Commons and Saturdays at Tualatin Community Park.

Waterfront Blues Festival

Since its grass-roots beginnings in 1988, the award-winning festival has grown to be the largest blues festival west of the Mississippi and the second-largest blues festival in the nation, attracting more than 120,000 blues fans.

Spring Break World Forestry Center

Visitors create unique jewelry designs that intertwine the art of beading with the education of endangered species of the Pacific Northwest. These fun and informative classes are for people of all ages. Create a unique, beautiful piece of jewelry inspired by the colors found in nature.