City Cast Portland
🎪 Music in the street and second-run movies
July 19, 2026 · — Ben McBee
Good morning, Portland! Montavilla is a place that makes you feel welcome, whether you’re a history buff, foodie, cinephile, sidewalk joy seeker, or you just really love Halloween. We’ve got plenty of love for this neighborhood — could it be the city’s best? — and we’re willing to bet you’ll understand the need to revisit again and again.
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What To Do
Sunday, July 19
- 🏳️🌈 Portland Pride Parade | Downtown
- 🌳 The Way of Bonsai with Master Artist Shinji Suzuki | Portland Art Museum
- 🎵 WĀVICLE (Shady Pines Festival) | Camp Tasty's (Sandy)
- 🥂 Sunday Funday Drag Brunch | Darcelle XV Showplace (Old Town/Chinatown)
- 🛍️ Woodstock Farmers Market | Woodstock Farmers Market (Woodstock)
- 🛍️ King Farmers Market | King Farmers Market (King)
- 🚴 E-Bike Guinness World Records Attempt | Salmon Street Springs (Tom McCall Waterfront Park)
- 🤝 Garage Sale Day | Multnomah Neighborhood
- 🏳️🌈 Pride Block Party | The Sports Bra (Sullivan's Gulch)
- 🎭 Table of Contents | JK Gill Building (Downtown)
- 🎷 Cathedral Park Jazz Festival | Cathedral Park (St. Johns)
- 🍰 The Big Portland Bake Show | Pix Pâtisserie (Kerns)
- 🏳️🌈 Portland Pride Waterfront Festival | Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Monday, July 20
- 🧘 Evening Yoga Flow | Lower Macleay Park (Forest Park)
- 🛍️ Come Thru Market | Open Signal (Eliot)
- ⛸️ Gay Skate | Oaks Park
- 💃 Tango Night | Director Park (Downtown)
- 🎵 Music Mondaze: Happy Hour Music Series | Hotel Zags (Downtown)
- 🚴 Mellow Mondays | Abernethy School (Hosford-Abernethy)
Tuesday, July 21
- 🎶 Golden Feelings, Evil Bone Water, Panneling | Turn! Turn! Turn! (Humboldt)
- 🚴 Listening Garden #2 | Wilshire Park (Beaumont-Wilshire)
- 🎵 Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: Acoustic Minds | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🎷 In Concert on Downtown's Transit Mall: Tyler Waltner Trio | Less & More Coffee (Downtown)
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