Your Portland Summer To Do List
Summer is here, which means there are enough events to keep your calendar full for months. To get you started, we’ve put together a list of activities over the next 2 weeks for you to discover and enjoy. Did the June gloom bring the rain? We’ll be your umbrella and make sure you get where you need (and want) to be.
Here’s our top list of things to do in and around Portland for the next couple of weeks.
First week of summer:
 | Pre-concert picnics at Reed CollegeJune 25 at Reed College Didn’t get tickets to the the annual Chamber Music Northwest concert series? No worries! Pre-concert picnics on the lawn at Reed College allow you to relax, snack on the food offered or bring a pack lunch – Papa Haydn’s is across the street! |
 | Lake Oswego Festival of the ArtsJune 24 – 26 at the Lakewood Center for the Arts Twenty minutes from downtown Portland, the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts features art demonstrations, an art show, and a juried craft show with 120 booths, wine, beer, food and entertainment. |
 | Portland Timbers vs. Houston DynamoJune 26 at 3pm at Providence Park If you didn’t get tickets to the game, there’s not need to panic. Check out some of the Timbers Pub Partners and grab a seat to watch our boys take on the Houston Dynamo.
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4th of July weekend:
 | Portland Craft Beer FestJuly 1-3 at Fields Neighborhood Park Both Travel and Leisure and Beer Connoisseur listed Portland as the best beer city in the world, and what better way to celebrate the holiday weekend than with drinking locally crafted goodness outside? |
 | Waterfront Blues FestJuly 1-4 at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park Spend your 4th of July weekend outside with good music and good food. The Waterfront Blues Fest is a 4 day premier blues festival to support the homeless in our community. Since 1988, the festival has raised close to $10 million and over 1,000 tons of food to benefit the Oregon Food Bank. We will see you there. |
There’s so much to see and do over the next few weeks. Start planning your itinerary, and leave the transportation to us.