Hva som skjer i Portland, United States gjennom året

Toppsesong — ZooLights and Peacock Lane, Winter / Christmas break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: ZooLights and Peacock Lane (20. nov – 4. jan (vanligvis)), Freezing rain and ice storms (15. des – 20. feb (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Portland Winter Light Festival

  1.–12. feb · vanligvisLys og ild

  Ten nights of light installations along the waterfront and out in the industrial east side in early February. Free, outdoors, and deliberately scheduled for the bleakest part of the year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Freezing rain and ice storms (15. des – 20. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cherry blossom on the waterfront, Spring break i United States

• Natur

  Cherry blossom on the waterfront

  20. mar – 12. apr · vanligvisMye folk

  The row of Akebono cherries along the Willamette at the Japanese American Historical Plaza peaks for about a week, usually at the very end of March.

Travelt — Cherry blossom on the waterfront

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Cherry blossom on the waterfront (20. mar – 12. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Portland Rose Festival

• Festival

  Portland Rose Festival

  22. mai – 14. jun · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  Three weeks from late May: the fleet ties up at the seawall, the CityFair carnival takes the waterfront, and the Grand Floral Parade closes downtown on a Saturday in early June. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Rose Test Garden peak bloom

  25. mai – 30. jun · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  Ten thousand plants in Washington Park hit their first and biggest flush from late May through June, then keep going in a thinner way until the first frost. Free, and busiest at weekends. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Portland Rose Festival, Waterfront Blues Festival

• Festival

  Waterfront Blues Festival

  30. jun – 6. jul · vanligvisMusikkfestivalMye folk

  Four days on Tom McCall Waterfront Park over the Fourth of July, with the fireworks going up off the river on the last night. One of the largest blues festivals in the country. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Portland Rose Festival (22. mai – 14. jun (vanligvis)), Rose Test Garden peak bloom (25. mai – 30. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Waterfront Blues Festival, Independence Day

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. julNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  The dry months

  5. jul – 20. sep · vanligvisTørrsesong

  The rain stops after the Fourth of July and stays away until late September, which is when the Gorge waterfalls are weakest and everything else is at its best.

• Festival

  Portland Pride

  10.–20. jul · vanligvisMye folk

  The parade crosses the Burnside Bridge and the festival takes Waterfront Park over a weekend in mid-July, moved out of June years ago to get the weather on its side. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Waterfront Blues Festival (30. jun – 6. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Wildfire smoke

  1. aug – 20. sep · vanligvisRøyksesong

  Smoke from Cascade and Gorge fires settles in the Willamette valley for days at a time in late summer, usually on the hottest and otherwise clearest weeks of the year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The dry months (5. jul – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Portland Marathon, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Portland Marathon

  28. sep – 8. okt · vanligvisSportsarrangementStengningerMye folk

  Run through the inner east side and over the Broadway Bridge on a Sunday at the turn of September into October, when the weather can be either half of the Portland year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The dry months (5. jul – 20. sep (vanligvis)), Wildfire smoke (1. aug – 20. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Portland Marathon

• Natur

  Fall colour

  10. okt – 10. nov · vanligvisHøstfarger

  The Japanese Garden's maples and the vine maple in the Gorge turn through the second half of October. The rain is back by then, which is what makes the colour hold.

Fortsatt på gang: Portland Marathon (28. sep – 8. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — ZooLights and Peacock Lane, Thanksgiving

• Festival

  ZooLights and Peacock Lane

  20. nov – 4. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  The zoo strings its paths from late November and sells timed entry that goes early for weekends. Peacock Lane in the south-east does the same thing on foot, for free, every night from mid-December. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. novNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Fall colour (10. okt – 10. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — ZooLights and Peacock Lane, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Fare

  Freezing rain and ice storms

  15. des – 20. feb · vanligvisEkstrem kuldeStengninger

  East wind out of the Gorge meets valley cold and glazes the city in freezing rain most winters. Buses chain up, the west hills go undrivable and the airport slows for a day or two. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: ZooLights and Peacock Lane (20. nov – 4. jan (vanligvis)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. nov)