Ready for Festivus? This is your last weekend before the holiday, so check out some of the last minute shopping opportunities below, and have some fun: visit Peacock Lane (car free on Friday!), ZooLights, or the Pittock Mansion’s holiday display.
Ongoing
Portland Area Holiday Light Shows And Displays
I hope for this to be a fairly comprehensive list of the ongoing (not one-time) holiday displays. But if you know of others please comment below and I will add more!
Peacock Lane, Pittock Mansion, Christmas Ships, Zoolights, and more!
All Weekend
Plew’s Brews Winter Beer Festival
The North Portland Fermentation Association and Plew’s Brews proudly present the first annual Winter Beer Festival! From Friday December 16th to Sunday December 18th expect to dig deep into the bounty of Oregon’s finest breweries! Hours are 5 p.m. Friday to Midnight, Noon Saturday until Midnight, and Noon to 6p.m. on Sunday. Glass (real glass!) glasses are $6 and tickets for the beers are $1. [more]
Friday
Every third Friday of the month the Blue Monk (3341 SE Belmont) hosts the Offbeat Belly Dance collective, a club rocking, good timing, genre-defying gang of badass belly dancers.
This Friday, December 16, 2011, is no exception – the Offbeat Belly Dance collectives invites you to OFFBEAT!!! This Friday!!!! FREEE show!!!! WOOOOO!!!!!!! [more]
Saturday
Final Portland Farmers Market of 2011
Stock up for the holidays! The final PSU Portland Farmers Market takes place this Saturday, December 17, 2011.
But fret not, the market’s annual hiatus is much briefer than in years past – Shemanski Park will host the Winter Markets on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm from January 7 to February 25. [more]
Gifted: A Maker’s Marketplace takes place Saturday, December 17, 2011 at ADX (417 SE 11th Ave).
An all-inclusive, no-frills holiday event, GIFTED unites craftsmanship and local commerce . . . [more]
Sunday
The 2011 Publication Fair returns to the The Cleaners at Ace Hotel (SW Stark & 10th) on Sunday, December 18, 2011.
Presented by Publication Studio and the Ace Hotel, from 11am until 7pm local publishers, printers, and producers will be on hand with all of their printed matter for sale. [more]
And for even more weekend events and activities, check out the Dave Knows Calendar, and visit Around the Sun, Blogging Portland on the Cheap, PDX Pipeline, and Oregon Events at OregonLive.com.
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