The 7th annual CellarFest at Bailey’s Taproom (213 SW Broadway) takes place Saturday, 23 January 2016 from noon until midnight. Admission is free – you just pay for the beers you drink.
Portland Weekend Amusements (18-20 December 2015)
Winter beers, sour beer, and quaint holiday stuff!
Saturday
Wild Stallions II
Pucker Up, Buttercup! Our taps are going wild again with our friends at Crooked Stave and a bevy of the best wild ales Oregon can muster alongside!
Wild/Sour ales on tap from Crooked Stave, Breakside, Upright, Logsdon, pFriem, Block 15, Pelican, Oakshire, Ex Novo, Culmination, and more!
Tap list includes: Crooked Stave Petite Sour Pure Guava, Crooked Stave Motif (belgian strong dark/sour), Crooked Stave 8.11.2014, Block 15 Demon’s Farm 2015 (dark farmhouse ale aged in bourbon & pinot barrels with cherries & brett), Pelican Funky Spot (brett IPA), and more!
All Weekend
Fifth Annual St Johns Winter Beer Fest
The Fifth Annual St Johns Winter Beer Fest will feature Wood Aged Beers, Ciders, and Meads. Glasses will be $10 and Tickets $1. Some beverages will be multiple tickets.
Beerlist includes: Ecliptic Brewing Frosty Leo, Nectar Creek Triple Brett Barrel Aged, Oakshire Brewing Ill Tempered Gnome, Fort George Magnanimous,Ninkasi Cranberry Sour, Veltins Pilsner, Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Stout, Boulder Shake Porter, and about 20 more!
Ongoing
Peacock Lane
Peacock Lane is a narrow residential street one block east of Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard (née 39th Ave) between SE Stark and Belmont. Since the 1920s the residents of this stretch of mostly Tudor-style houses have gone hog wild with the Christmas lights. The collective display has become a Portland tradition, prompting gawker pilgrimages from throughout the area (if you’ve ever hit stop-and-go traffic on SE Stark at 9 PM on a Tuesday night near the holidays, now you know why).
Zoolights
It wouldn’t be the holidays in Portland without a visit to the Oregon Zoo’s annual winter festival ZooLights. As you walk around the zoo, you’ll see a dazzling display of a million and half lights, and experience your zoo in a whole new light. ZooLights runs from November 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016.
The Magic of Wintertime – at the Pittock Mansion
Celebrate the wonders of the holiday season at The Magic of Wintertime, Pittock Mansion’s annual holiday exhibit. This year more than 80 volunteers will transform the museum into a winter wonderland with decorations inspired by skiing and sledding in new-fallen snow, curling up in front of a fireplace with hot cocoa, and celebrating the holidays with family, friends and community. Local musicians will play regularly in the mansion’s Music Room during the exhibit.
Portland Weekend Amusements (4-6 December 2015)
So yeah, the Timbers are in the MLS Cup final on Sunday. We got that going for us. There’s also holiday ale, holiday cheer, and some other things.
All Weekend
2015 Holiday Ale Festival
The 20th Annual Holiday Ale Festival has arrived, running Dec. 2nd – Dec. 6th, 2015. Imagine 50+ big, bold craft beers at one winter event. ‘Tis the holiday season and beer lovers rejoice. We offer this humble gift… the gift of great beer… to the beer lovers of Portland and beyond. Come start your own holiday tradition.
Sunday
2015 MLS Cup Viewing Party at The Crystal Ballroom
The Portland Timbers have advanced to MLS Cup and will face the Columbus Crew at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday for MLS Cup (1pm PT, ESPN / UniMás). Join us for a special viewing party at Crystal Ballroom in downtown Portland.
Sunday’s viewing party is FREE and open to fans of all ages. Enter to win travel for two anywhere Alaska Airlines flies. Plus, you can enter to win a variety of Timbers prizes.
Holiday Cheer
48th Annual Celebration of Oregon Authors – For nearly 50 years, the Oregon Historical Society has celebrated the literary talents of Oregonians at this annual holiday book sale and signing. Meet your favorite author, and take home a personally signed book for the perfect local holiday gift.
All authors who are invited to participate have published in the current year, and many will have multiple books available for sale. Sip on hot cocoa, listen to carols, and get into the spirit of the season as we kick off the holidays at the Oregon Historical Society!
Ongoing
Zoolights
The Magic of Wintertime – at the Pittock Mansion
History Pub: “Shaping the Public Good: Women Making History in the Pacific Northwest” 30 November 2015
Sue Armitage, Emerita Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Washington State University in Pullman, presents Shaping the Public Good: Women Making History in the Pacific Northwest on Monday, 30 November 2015 at the Kennedy School Theater (5736 NE 33rd).
Drawing on her three decades of research and teaching and based on hundreds of secondary sources, Armitage’s account explores the varied ways in which, beginning in the earliest times and continuing to the present, women of all races and ethnicities have made the history of our region. Armitage shows that even though women were barred from positions of public authority until recently, they have always worked quietly and informally to assure the stability and security of their families and communities. Women’s community building and cooperative skills have been decisive in developing the societies of the Pacific Northwest- Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, and British Columbia.
History Pub, presented by McMenamins, Oregon Historical Society, and the Holy Names Heritage Center, is free and open to all ages. Doors open at 6 PM, and the talk begins at 7 PM.
Portland Weekend Amusements (20-22 November 2015)
Cherry beers, some nice nature art, the Timbers in the conference finals! You know, just a typical late November weekend.
Friday-Saturday
Portland Night Market
The Portland Night Market showcases the many unique & diverse businesses that call the CEID and the great City of Portland home. Blending food, culture, music, drinks and retail together for an adventurous evening in the Industrial District.
The PNM is a FREE event and open to all ages. Come discover new makers and merchants as you taste, sip, try and buy at the PNM located in a 108 year old industrial warehouse.
Saturday
Portland Cherry Festivus
What simpler pleasure than nature’s finest Cherry? Tart, sweet, distinctly it’s own flavor, the Cherry goes well with sweet or savory as well as Beer and Cider. The Cherry may be the world’s most popular fruit and there is a world of beers to showcase them. So the creators of uber-popular events like the Portland Fruit Beer Festival and the Peche Fest are pleased to announce the first annual Cherry Festivus, a showcase of 25+ beers featuring Cherries and a cider.
Saturday-Sunday
Wild Arts Festival
The 35th annual Wild Arts Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday, November 21-22, 2015 at Montgomery Park (2701 NW Vaughn).
“The Wild Arts Festival celebrates nature in the work of regionally and nationally known artists and writers. Now in its 35th year, the Festival is the Northwest’s premier show and sale of nature-related art and books. The 2014 Festival raised $175,000 for the Audubon Society of Portland.”
Sunday
Portland Timbers vs. FC Dallas
The Timbers host FC Dallas at Providence Park this Sunday, 22 November 2015 at 4:30 PM in the first match of the 2015 Western Conference Championship series.
Sunday’s match will be Portland’s third home playoff game following a penalty-kick shootout win against Sporting Kansas City on Oct. 29 and a scoreless draw against Vancouver in the first leg of the Western Conference Semifinals on Nov. 1. FC Dallas enters Sunday’s match after a 4-2 penalty-kick shootout win against Seattle Sounders FC in the second leg of the Western Conference Semifinals on Nov. 8. FC Dallas, the conference’s No. 1 seed, finished the regular season with a five-game unbeaten run (4-0-1).