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There is more to the annual Portland Jazz Festival than complex chords, smooth melodies and swinging tunes. Held over seven days at venues around downtown Portland, the festival celebrates Black History Month and the city with stellar performances.
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Both the biggest and the longest-running rose show in the US, the Annual Spring Rose Show at Portland's Lloyd Center Ice Chalet features over 2000 blooms every year. Silver trophies are awarded for the finest flowers.
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The Portland Rose Festival is the umbrella for a huge variety of events that take place in the city of Portland, Oregon throughout the month of May and June. Highlights include the Starlight Parade and the Rose Festival Court.
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The Grand Floral Parade is the annual highlight of the Portland Rose Festival. Thousands cheer the colourful procession of marching bands, decorated equestrian units and elaborate floats as it wends its way through four miles of downtown Portland.
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The annual Portland Pirate Festival in Cathedral Park brings the excitement of the Spanish Main to the Pacific Northwest. Kids and adults alike enjoy activities including tours of spectacular tall ships, cannon firing and sword-fighting demonstrations, and a pirate-themed market.
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Portland's Farmers' Market gives you the opportunity to buy the best local and organic produce each Thursday at Eastbank. The market sells fresh-cut flowers, seafood, fish, meat, bread, nuts and vegetables.
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Portland Saturday Market, one of the largest arts and crafts markets in the country, is also open on Sundays. An open-air market under the west end of downtown's Burnside Bridge, everything is made locally from clothes to art and pottery.
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Every Christmas during the Zoolights Festival, Portland's Oregon Zoo becomes a holiday fairyland with thousands of lights, musical groups, decorated train rides and seasonal snacks. There are also puppet shows and animals to pet.
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Founded in 1892, the Portland Art Museum comprises a diverse collection of more than 42,000 works of art housed in two magnificent downtown buildings. The Native American art is a particular highlight of the museum's collection.
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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, on the Willamette River's east bank, is fun, interactive and educational. For an extra fee, you can tour a submarine, watch a film in the OMNIMAX Dome Theater and see a Planetarium show.
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