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☀️ The best summer activities in Portland
July 5, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning! Look out for record-high temps today! It could get dangerously hot, so stay cool and drink lots of water. 🥵
What To Do
Friday, July 5
- 🍺 Portland Craft Beer Festival | Noon - 10 p.m. | $40+ | Elizabeth Caruthers Park (South Waterfront neighborhood)
- 🐢 Free Trivia Fridays (Untapped Trivia) | 6 p.m. | Free | Wonderwood Springs (St. Johns neighborhood)
- 😆 Kickstand Comedy in the Park | 6:30 p.m. (6 p.m. blankets drop) | Free | Laurelhurst Park
- 📽️ ‘The Goonies’ w/ Trivia (Blockbuster Weekend series) | 7 p.m. (trivia, film at 7:45 p.m.) | $5 | Tomorrow Theater
- 🎭 ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ (Original Practice Shakespeare Festival) | 7 p.m. | Free | Cathedral Park
- 🕺 Decadent ’80s | 10 p.m. - 2:15 a.m. | $10 | Coffin Club (Buckman neighborhood)
Saturday, July 6
- 🪦 Stories in Stone | 10 a.m. - Noon | $10 (suggest donation) | Lone Fir Cemetery (Buckman neighborhood)
- 🧺 Summer Fest’s Picnic in the Park | 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Free | Fort Vancouver
- 🍺 Portland Craft Beer Festival | Noon - 10 p.m. | $40+ | Elizabeth Caruthers Park (South Waterfront neighborhood)
- 🎉 East Portland Summer Arts Festival: Allen Stone | 6 p.m. | Free | Ventura Park (Hazelwood neighborhood)
- 🎭 ‘King Lear’ (Original Practice Shakespeare Festival) | 7 p.m. | Free | Cathedral Park
- 🪩 Portland Disco Ball | 8 p.m. | $19.12 | Show Bar at Revolution Hall
- 🎵 Lo Steele & Friends | 10 p.m. | $20.01 | Jack London Revue
Sunday, July 7
- 🍁 Tanabata, The Star Festival | 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | $18.95 (included with admission) | Portland Japanese Garden
- 📽️ ‘Hackers’ | 7 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theatre
Monday, July 8
- 🚲 Meditation Mondays (Bike Summer/Pedalpalooza ride) | 8 a.m. | Free | Wilshire Park (Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood)
- 💐 U-Pick Lavender | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (daily through Aug. 14) | Free Admission | Newberg, Ore.
- 📽️ ‘Pixels of Eden’ | 7 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theater
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