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🥳 New Year's Eve parties, New Year's Day hikes, and Emo Nite
December 30, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Hey there,
With the holidays winding down, here’s one more little gift from us: a curated roundup of all the great events happening around Portland for this coming week. When you’re a member of City Cast Portland, it’s yours every Monday!
In this week’s edition, we’ve got you covered for last-minute New Year’s Eve plans and some ways to unwind and relax as we begin 2025.
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What To Do
Monday, Dec. 30
- 🎉 New Year's Party (for ages 5-12) | 9 a.m. - Noon | $35 for members ($40 for non-members) | Junebug Play & Learning Space (Ridgefield, Wash.)
- 🕎 Portland’s Public Menorah | 4 - 5:30 p.m. for lighting (every day through Jan. 2) | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🎻 Oregon Symphony: New Year’s Concert in Portland (Beethoven’s Ninth) | 7:30 p.m. | $35+ | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
- 🎵 Leftover Salmon New Year’s Eve 2024/2025 | 8 p.m. (also tomorrow but at 9 p.m.) | $43.76+ | Revolution Hall
- 🧑🎄 Santa Clones (scavenger hunt) | Anytime (through Jan. 1) | Free | Clues to find location
Tuesday, Dec. 31
- 🪩 Kids’ New Year’s Eve | 11 a.m. | $15+ | The Reser (Beaverton)
- 🕎 Portland’s Public Menorah | 4 - 5:30 p.m. for lighting (every day through Jan. 2) | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🥁 NARA New Year’s Eve Sobriety Powwow | 6 p.m. | Free | Oregon Convention Center
- 🍒 Bing in the New Year (family-friendly) | 6 - 9 p.m. | Free admission | Downtown Milwaukie
- 🍾 Crawl 'Til The Ball Falls: Portland NYE Bar Crawl 2025 | 6 - 11 p.m. (registration time) | $24.55 | Hallway PDX (Old Town)
- 🍾 Champagne Ball | 7 p.m. | $133.84+ | Hyatt Regency (Downtown)
- 🎵 New Year’s Eve with The Polish Ambassador | 8 p.m. | $53.36+ | Crystal Ballroom
- 🕺Downtown Portland New Year’s Eve Celebration (drones, dancing, Video Dance Attack) | 8 p.m. | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🎵 New Year’s Eve with Trumans Water, Collate, Heirloom Monsters, Mattress | 8 p.m. | $15 | Turn! Turn! Turn! (Humboldt neighborhood)
- 🎵 The Coffin Club NYE Ball | 8:30 p.m. | $27.56+ | The Coffin Club (Buckman neighborhood)
- 🎵 Jenny Don’t and the Spurs: New Year's Eve Cowboy Prom | 9 p.m. | $38.11 | Mississippi Studios
- 🎵 Nonbinary Girlfriend New Year's Eve | 9 p.m. | $26.05 | Show Bar (Buckman neighborhood)
Wednesday, Jan. 1
- 🥾 First Day Hikes 2025 | Various Times | Free | Various State Parks
- 🕎 Portland’s Public Menorah | 4 - 5:30 p.m. for lighting (every day through Jan. 2) | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🎄 ZooLights | 4:30 - 8:30 p.m. for entry | $20 | Oregon Zoo
Thursday, Jan. 2
- 🖼️ Free First Thursdays | 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. | Free Admission | Portland Art Museum
- 🎄 Home for the Holidays | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (various times through Jan. 9) | $17 | Pittock Mansion
- 🕎 Portland’s Public Menorah | 4 - 5:30 p.m. for lighting (last night) | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🎨 First Thursday: Oodles of Doodles (artist exhibit) | 6:30 p.m. | Free | Powell’s City of Books (Pearl District)
Friday, Jan. 3
- 🎥 ‘A Complete Unknown’ | 3, 6:20 & 9:15 p.m. | $10+ | Hollywood Theatre
- 🎉 Free Trivia Fridays at Wonderwood Springs | 6 p.m. | Free to play | St. Johns neighborhood
- 🎵 Downpour | 7:30 p.m. | $16.95 | Dante’s
- 🪩 Emo Nite | 9 p.m. | $23.37 | Holocene (Buckman neighborhood)
Saturday, Jan. 4
- ⛸️ Portland Winter Ice Rink | $21.63 | 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. (closing Sunday) | Downtown
- ⛸️ Lloyd Center Ice Rink | 10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (ongoing) | $20+ | Lloyd Center mall
- 🎄 Free Christmas Tree Drop-Off | 10 a.m. - Noon | Free | Topaz Farm (Sauvie Island)
- 🧊 Willamette River Polar Plunge | Noon | Accepting donations of warm winter clothes for those in need | West Linn
- 🚂 The Holiday Express 2024 | Various times starting at 1 p.m. (last day) | $36.04 | Oregon Rail Heritage Center (Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood)
- 🎵 Tallulah’s Daddy | 5 p.m. | $11.63 | Mississippi Pizza
- 🧙 ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ with the Oregon Symphony | 7:30 p.m. (various times through Sunday) | $54+ | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
- 🎭 Deep End Theater: ‘Krapp's Last Tape’ | 7:30 p.m. (various time through Jan. 19) | $22 | 21ten Theatre (Ladd’s Addition)
Sunday, Jan. 5
- 🐦 Sunday Morning Bird Walks | 8:15 a.m. | Free | Tryon Creek
- 🖼️ Free First Sundays at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Free | Old Town
- 📚🎥 ’Matilda’ Reading Party (hosted by Books With Pictures) | 4 p.m. | $5 | PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater
- 🎄 ZooLights | 4:30 - 8:30 p.m. for entry (last night) | $20 | Oregon Zoo
Monday, Jan. 6
- 😂 Foundations Track Improv: Jan/Feb 2025 (first class in a series) | 7 p.m. | $51.50+ (to try a single class) | Change Through Play (Garden Home neighborhood)
- 🤓 Bridgetown Trivia | 7 - 11 p.m. | Free to play | No Fun (Buckman neighborhood)
- 🎶 Motown on Mondays | 7 p.m. - midnight | Free admission | Sunnyside neighborhood
- 🎤 Karaoke | 9 p.m. - midnight | Free admission | The Spare Room (Cully neighborhood)
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