El Grito at Pioneer Square Annual Celebration Entry is free and the party begins at 11 a.m. and continues until 11 p.m. In addition to folkloric dancers and live mariachi, salsa, cumbia, and pop music, the event will include food and beverages for sale, community booths, vendors, and the Mexican tradition known as El Grito de Independencia.
El Grito y Fiestas Patrias celebrates the independence of Mexico and other Latin American countries from Spain. As Mexican President Lic. Enrique Peña Nieto presents the nation’s traditional El Grito in Mexico City, so too will Portland commemorate Mexican independence in the same manner in Pioneer Courthouse Square, with a presentation of the revolutionary cry for independence, El Grito de Independencia, by Consul of Mexico
This year marks our 9th annual Oktoberfest block party, an event that draws more than 5,000 beer enthusiasts and is the largest Oktoberfest celebration in Portland. The festival features a variety of craft beers, German-style food, and live music throughout the day.
Run or walk Pints to Pasta, a beautiful downtown Portland 10K. Park at The Old Spaghetti Factory. Ride the $5 Bill Benowicz Shuttle to North Portland for the start of the race. Enjoy the downhill start to the famous Widmer Brothers Brewery, across the Willamette River, along the river front pathway finishing at The Old Spaghetti Factory. After your hard work treat yourself to complimentary pasta, salad, and bread, but don’t forget Widmer Beer!
AIDS WALK PORTLAND IS A FUN 2.4-MILE WALK FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY THROUGH PORTLAND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF, AND FUNDS FOR, THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS.
If you love art's and crafts and having a fun time this is it! Browse and Shop from 30 artists and hear music at the Main St. Art & Craft Fair at SE 45th & SE Main Street. Free.
The Standard’s Volunteer Expo returns to Pioneer Courthouse Square. Celebrating its fifth year, the Volunteer Expo is connecting more than 125 regional nonprofit organizations with thousands of Portlanders eager to make a difference in their community. Representatives from a diverse range of community-based organizations will be on hand to showcase their volunteer and advocacy opportunities so that attendees can find service and donation opportunities that match their skills and interests – ranging from one-time projects to longer-term commitment.
Admissions: free of cost
Art In The Pearl, Portland Oregon’s annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The 18th annual festival will occur on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, August 30, 31 & September 1, 2014 in the Pearl District’s North Park Blocks. Art In The Pearl has been named one of the top 10 Arts and Crafts Festivals in the country (source: Art Fair Source Book). The festival fills the Northwest Portland Park blocks with art, theater, music, and hands-on activities for people of all ages. More information Here
ABOVE ALL ELSE is an intimate portrait of a group of landowners and activists in East Texas who tried to stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a $7 billion project slated to carry tar sands oil from Canada to Texas Gulf Coast refineries. Risking financial ruin, personal safety and family security, these people’s stories of resistance and direct action explore the human spirit and how social change happens in America.
Post-film panel/Q & A with film director John Fiege.The Portland EcoFilm Festival features 6 monthly screenings of new films covering topics of nature conservation, environmental activism, agriculture and community wellness. All screenings include a filmmaker Q&A or a panel discussion with local experts. Festival info here.
Admission: $8 General, $6 Seniors/Students
More info/buy advance tickets
Festa Italiana offers live music, pizza tossing, grape stomping, Italian food, a wine and beer garden, and vendors in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Free entry.
Know Your City is excited to begin offering our popular sing-along walking tour, Sing A Song of Portland! every month! Join our troubadour and tour leader, local musician Lukas Borsten, who will lead the group in song as we visit locations important to Portland’s musical past.
Portland is a city known for great music from The Kingsmen to Y La Bamba with some pretty great bands in between (Dead Moon, The Mel Brown Quartet, The Dandy Warhols, Richmond Fontaine, The Decemberists to name a few) and we want to sing about it, literally out loud on the street!! So come join us for a walking tour with a twist as we learn about the musical history of the Rose City, the issues effecting it today and then join together to sing some of the songs that have helped shape Portland’s music scene.
Sing A Song of Portland
A sing-a-long tour of Portland music history
Sunday, August 17th, 1pm
Tickets are $10
Tour Departs from Know Your City Kiosk, 200 SW Ankeny
More information: Here
Please be there with your family and friends to get a taste of Indian culture for FREE and get a glimpse of this growing, warm and welcoming community. We are hosting India Festival on August 17th and will celebrate India’s independence and our cultural heritage with our friends in Oregon. Our festival has grown every year with record crowds and new vendors.
Get sprayed with nontoxic paint (which glows under black light), run the 5K Neon Dash , and then dance to the music at Portland International Raceway. More Information Here
Portland’s PDX Adult Soap Box Derby is a 100 + volunteer-fueled grass roots community event traditionally held the third Saturday in the month of August. This years derby field is made up for Saturday, August 16th at Mt. Tabor Park 10am-4pm.
Once a year a brave group of racers convene on the daunting slopes of Mt. Tabor to test their metal to their mettle. These pages are dedicated to all those who have spilled their blood, or even worse, spilled their BEER. We thank the community and our beloved volcano for allowing us to tickle her spine.
More information here.
Portland area churches offer singing and music, vendors, food, and family activities at International Praise Festival, Pioneer Courthouse Square. Free.
On five Friday evenings in July and August, the Square will be transformed into Portland’s largest outdoor movie theater for the entire community to enjoy! The movie series will kick-off on Friday, July 25th and continue through August 29th on five Friday nights accompanied by live pre-movie entertainment provided by 101.9 Kink. Admission to Flicks on the Bricks is FREE and attendees are encouraged to bring low back chairs, pillows, cushions or bean bags to truly make the Square their ‘Living Room’. Attendees can also enter the “The Best Seat in the Square” contest for premiere movie seating with IKEA furniture! - See more
- August 8 - The Princess Bride (PG)
- August 15 - Jurassic Park (PG-13)
- August 29 - Frozen (PG)
PIB is a high end 3-day beer festival specializing in rare, hard-to-find, exotic beers. Over 200 world-class beers from 16 countries will be on hand, hailing from all over the planet, many from right here in the Pacific NW. Stroll around the beautiful park with a cold one as you listen to music play all weekend. See More
The Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series will return for its 24th year on Tuesdays and Thursdays in July and August. From Noon-1:00pm enjoy music from some of Portland’s best regional and local musical talent, curated by 101.9 Kink. With ten FREE concerts, and some of Portland’s favorite food vendors, the Square is sure to be Downtown’s summer lunchtime destination. Mark your calendar for the following musical acts: - See more
August 7th Dresses
August 12th Jared Evers
August 14th Hawks Do Not Share
An evening of short films profiling people who turn progressive environmental ideas into actions, no matter how large the challenge they face. Films include THE LOST FISH, BACKYARD, BROOKLYN FARMER, GREGG TREINISH – A MOVE SHAKE STORY. Panel discussion and the presentation of the 2014 Portland EcoFilm Festival’s EcoHero Award to Nez Perce elder Elmer Crow, Jr. will follow the films.
Admission: $8 General, $6 Seniors/StudentsHollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR 97212
More ticket info: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/eco-shorts/
More festival info: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/ecofilm
The Columbia Gorge Festival, in scenic Stevenson, WA, is a unique blend of the best in bluegrass. "Join us for the 2014 event, July 24-27."
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XRAY is proud to sponsor the 2014 PDX Pop Now! It's the festival’s 11th year this July 18-20th. Join XRAY for a free and all ages music festival showcasing an array of genres representative of Portland, Oregon’s thriving and diverse musical talent. The three day event will feature 41 local bands, food carts, and a street fair, carrying on the tradition of being one of the most interactive and inclusive festival experiences.
This year’s festival will feature sets by Alameda, Barra Brown Quintet, Blouse, Brownish Black, The Bugs, Cambrian Explosion, Coma Serfs, The Cry!, The Estranged, Etbonz, Eyelids, Fringe Class, Grandparents, Gulls, Hustle and Drone, IllMacuLate, The Lonesome Billies, Lunch, Old Age, Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, Philip Grass, Portland Cello Project, Psychomagic, Purse Candy, The Resistance, Rio Grands, Sad Horse, Sama Dams, Souvenir Driver, Spellcaster, Stewart Villain, Summer Cannibals, Tezeta Bands, Thanks, Tre Redeau, Usnea, Vikesh Kapoor, Wampire, We Miss The Earth, Wishyunu, Zirakzigil.
More information and updates at http://pdxpopnow.com/