
City Cast Portland
🎧 Take a walk through North Portland’s Black music history
June 14, 2026 · — Ben McBee
Good morning, Portland. From Pride to the Rose Festival and Black Music Month, there is a lot to celebrate in June. It can get hectic — may we suggest writing your hopes for this summer down and hanging them on the Wishing Tree? In fact, there’s plenty more to see (and hear) in that neck of the woods, so come with us.

What To Do
Sunday, June 14
- 🎵 Soul Walk North Launch | Lillis-Albina Park (Eliot)
- 🥁 PSU Percussion: Drumming at Hagg Lake | Henry Hagg Lake (Gaston)
- 📚 Rose City Book & Paper Fair | DoubleTree by Hilton Portland (Lloyd District)
- ⚽ FIFA World Cup Watch Party | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🍺 Portland Beer Week | various locations
- 🚲 Bike Play 17: A Bikesmith's Tale | Oregon Park (Kerns)
- 🎶 The Sirens in Concert | Rose City Park United Methodist Church
- 🎭 D&D & DOUBLE Ds Fantasy Cabaret | Jack London Revue (Downtown)
- 🛍️ Score, A Baker Fair | Zenger Farm (Powellhurst-Gilbert)
Monday, June 15
- 🚲 Inn Between Ride #1 — Inner Southeast | Holman's (Kerns)
- 🏳️🌈 Crossing Paths: Queer Moments That Changed Everything | Kennedy School (Concordia)
- 📖 John Kenney | Powell's Books (Pearl District)
- 🎸 Trigger Object + PROBLEMS | Turn! Turn! Turn! (Humboldt)
- 👨👩👧 Summer Dance Classes for Kids + Teens | Baltazar F. Ortiz Community Center (Cully)
- ⚽ FIFA World Cup Watch Party | Pioneer Courthouse Square
The Albina Library is the third-largest in Multnomah County and a beautiful example of a Carnegie-era library (it reopened last summer after a major renovation). Check out some books and marvel at the Spanish Renaissance architecture — it’s impressive.
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