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It's June, and your friends, coworkers, and roommates are all asking you about Portland's Pride Festival. The short answer: It's in July; the parade is Sunday July 16. The long answer is as follows: Pride Northwest announced in December that this year’s Portland Pride Parade and Festival would move from June to mid-July, citing schedule overlaps with other summer celebrations, including Juneteenth, the Delta Park Powwow, and Father’s Day....

For the first time in two years, we're looking at a weekend of Pride with a capital 'P.' Much of the city's celebrations orbit the grand parade and adjoining festival in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, organized by nonprofit Pride Northwest. The fairgrounds themselves always feel chaotic—in a good way—but the main stage programming this year is a veritable who’s who among Portland’s queer nightlife artists. If you haven’t been to a club since before the...

Milwaukie Porchfest returns starting May 7 April 30 2021 Singers, musicians, youth performers, dancers invited to participate by performing from their porch, driveway or front yard Milwaukie Porchfest is returning this spring for three evenings of free music, from 6-8 p.m. Fridays, May 7-21. Anyone in Milwaukie with a talent — singers, musicians, youth performers, dancers — is invited to participate by performing from their porch, driveway or front yard. Porchfest encourages residents to walk or bike their neighborhoods, meet their neighbors, and share their talents with th...