Things to Do

It’s impossible to provide an exhaustive list of things to do and see in a city as vibrant and diverse as Portland. We can promise you this, though: you won’t lack for great opportunities to have fun.

Arts and Culture

• Artists Repertory Theatre
• Northwest Film Center, host to several film festivals each year
• Oregon Ballet Theatre
• Oregon Historical Society
• OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry)
• Oregon Symphony
• Oregon Zoo
• Portland Art Museum
• Portland Center for the Performing Arts
• Portland Center Stage
• Portland Opera
• Portland Rose Festival, a century-old annual event featuring parades, rose shows (surprise), an air show, and a waterfront carnival
• Portland Saturday Market, one of the largest outdoor markets of its kind in the country, offers arts, crafts, food, music, and more
• Powell’s Books, one of the largest new-and-used bookstores in the world, hosts an extensive calendar of events
• First Thursday and Last Thursday, monthly gallery walks in some of Portland’s unique neighborhoods

Sports Teams and Venues

• Jeld-Wen Field
• Portland Trail Blazers
• Portland Timbers Soccer
• Portland Winterhawks Hockey

Because It’s Portland

• The Vacuum Museum
• Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals
• Velveteria: The Museum of Velvet Painting