Top 10 Events in Oregon, OR Events and Festivals of Oregon

Newport Seafood & Wine Festival
February
Newport, Oregon

Newport’s annual Seafood & Wine Festival offers samplings from many of Oregon’s 200 wineries, as well as dozens of food booths featuring local seafood specialties prepared by some of the finest chefs in the West. Artists from around the Northwest offer a variety of arts and crafts. This three-day event on the last full weekend in February has become a major Oregon Coast tradition.

For more information visit: www.newportchamber.org/sw_general.htm

Oregon Shakespeare Festival
February - July
Ashland, Oregon

Founded in 1935, the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is among the oldest and largest professional nonprofit theatres in the nation. Each year OSF presents an eight-and-a-half-month season of eleven plays in three theatres plus numerous ancillary activities, and undertakes an extensive theatre education program. Operating on a budget exceeding $26 million, OSF presents more than 780 performances annually with attendance of approximately 400,000.

For more information visit: www.osfashland.org

Portland Rose Festival
March - June
Portland, Oregon

For one hundred years, the Portland Rose Festival has presented events and programs that spotlight the riches of the Pacific Northwest heritage and environment while offering colorful examples of many international cultures. Attended by more than two million people, the festival is annually one of the top three most highly decorated events by the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) and in 2007 was named Best Festival in the World.

Among the festival's most popular events are the Grand Floral Parade, one of the nation's top two all-floral parades, and the WaMu Waterfront Village, which features the Best Children's Programming in the World, according to the IFEA.

For more information visit: www.rosefestival.org

Astoria Warrenton Crab and Seafood Festival
April
Astoria, Oregon

A tradition for more than 27 years, the Astoria Warrenton Crab and Seafood Festival is always on the last full weekend in April.

Visitors to the event can enjoy live music from NW Bands, a great selection of seafood and other culinary delights (including the Rotary club’s traditional crab dinner), near 50 Oregon Wineries and about 100 booths filled with handmade arts and crafts.

For more information visit:
www.oldoregon.com/events/entry/astoria-warrenton-crab-seafood-festival/

Ashland Independent Film Festival
April
Ashland, Oregon

The only festival in the Northwest, and one of only 20 in the USA selected to receive a prestigious grant from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Ashland Independent Film Festival attracts filmmakers, actors, and documentary subjects to Ashland to showcase their work.

The festival takes place on the five screens of the intimate art-deco Varsity Theatre with special events at the Historic Ashland Armory.

For more information visit: www.ashlandfilm.org

Midsummer Scandinavian Festival
June
Astoria, Oregon

A tradition for more than 40 years, the Midsummer Scandinavian Festival is a three-day celebration of Scandinavian traditions with dancing, music, food, trolls and colorful costumes that bring the old country heritage to life.

Highlights of the fair include Miss Scandinavia, the Midnight Sun Scandinavian Breakfast, and the Troll Run, a stroll or run through the Olney Countryside, an Optog (walking parade) through downtown Astoria, and the popular Viking Feast.

For more information visit: www.astoriascanfest.com

Co-Motion Classic Tandem Race
July
Eugene, Oregon

The nation’s premier annual tandem racing event, the Co-Motion Classic Tandem Race attracts tandem enthusiasts to the cycling mecca of Lane County.

Competitive tandem cyclists and first-timers alike test their fitness against the very best tandem riders in the country on challenging courses in the beautiful hills and valleys in and around Eugene.

For more information visit: www.co-motion.com

Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games
August
Madras, Oregon

A celebration of the culture of all Celtic groups, the Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games held at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds feature the traditional games, Celtic dancers, children's activities, fine Celtic wares, arts and crafts, clan representation, the Southern Oregon Scottish Bagpipe Band, lots of food, fun, and the area’s own High Desert Celtic Country Dancers.

For more information visit: www.hdcs.net

Pendleton Round-Up
September
Pendleton, Oregon

Drawing more than 50,000 visitors to the heart of Oregon's rodeo country each year, the Pendleton Round-Up is one of the largest rodeos in the country.

Held in Pendleton since 1910, highlights of the event include bareback riding, saddle bronco riding, calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, steer roping, brahma bull riding, Indian relay races and wild cow milking.

For more information visit: www.pendletonroundup.com

Oktoberfest
October
Mt Angel, Oregon

Created to help raise funds for nonprofit, community activities in the Mt Angel area, the four-day Oktoberfest ( the largest folk festival in the state) attracts more than 300,000 people each year. to Mt Angel, a community that was founded by German pioneers in 1867.

Featuring music, food, dress and beverages of Bavaria, highlights of this celebration of German culture include alpine folk music, Bavarian bands, dancing,food and beverages, and more.

For more information visit: www.oktoberfest.org

Fall Kite Festival
October
Lincoln City, Oregon

The Fall Kite Festival, as Lincoln City's "original" Kite Festival, celebrates over 30 years of fun. Enjoy demonstrations by expert fliers, kids' kite making, Running of the Bols, raffles, kid's parade, and more fun in the sand. Lincoln City Fall Kite Festival is a sanctioned event of the American Kitefliers Association.

For more information visit: www.oregoncoast.org/pages/whats-happening.php

Portland Greek Festival
October
Portland, Oregon

One of the largest festivals of its kind, the Annual Greek Festival began more than 50 years ago when the ladies of the Greek community decided to help raise money for the church by holding a bazaar with their handwork, food, pastries, music and dances from their homeland.

Still celebrating the heritage of the Greek immigrants who arrived in the Northwest in the late 1800s, the Annual Greek Festival attracts more than 15,000 guests to share cultural traditions, food, music, and dance.

For more information visit: http://goholytrinity.org/cGreekFest.html

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