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42nd Avenue Street Fair (26-August-2012)

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42nd Ave Street Fair 2012The third annual 42nd Avenue Street Fair takes place Sunday, August 26, 2012 at Northeast 42nd and Alberta Court.

Join the fun from noon until 5 p.m. The fair features:

  • Live music – featuring Jelani & The Secret Five and others
  • Kids’ activities – including an ice cream walk every half hour between 1pm and 4:30pm, hula hooping, spinning wheel prizes and more
  • Vendor booths – local businesses, organizations and local art and craft vendors
  • Classic Car and Motorcycle Cruise-in for a Cure – registration is $10 and starts at noon. Proceeds will benefit the Komen Foundation
  • Beer Garden

And it all kicks off with a parade at noon, starting at NE 42nd and NE Killingsworth. Prizes will be awarded to best bike decorations and costumes, for kids and pets.

Visit the website and Facebook page for more details.

Hawthorne Street Fair (26-August-2012)

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Hawthorne Street Fair 2012The 2012 Hawthorne Street Fair takes place Sunday, August 26, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. – on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard.

For the fourth year running the fair coincides with the Southeast Portland Sunday Parkways, which intersects with Hawthorne at 34th. Most of the street fair activities take place between 12th and 51st (take a look at the map). Clusters of arts, crafts, and food vendors pepper the side streets, sidewalks, and adjacent parking lots.

The Acoustic Stage is stationed at 42nd and Hawthorne. The Showcase Stage is at 34th, and beer gardens at 50th (at East Portland Eagles Aerie #3256) and 32nd (Bazi) feature stages as well.

Kids activities, including face painting, bubbles, kids music, puppet shows, and more, can be found (or avoided, as the case may be) at 35th.

Heather and I took in both the Sunday Parkways and Hawthorne Street Fair in 2009. The Hawthorne Street Fair does not really compare to Portland’s other renown neighborhood fests – the main drag is not closed to car traffic like it is during the Mississippi, Alberta, Belmont, and Multnomah Village street fairs. But there are beer gardens!

Visit HawthorneStreetFair.com for more details, including the full music schedule and more activities.

Festa Italiana 2012

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Festa ItalianaThe 21st Festa Italiana turns Pioneer Courthouse Square into a piazza Thursday through Saturday, August 23 through 25, 2012.

One of my favorite Portland festivals, and not just because of the strolling accordionists, I recommend you arrive early to secure a table in the beer and wine garden! You’ll have an excellent view of the stage in the middle of the square. Wine is available by the bottle or the glass; and you’ll find the Festa Italiana drink prices to be more reasonable than at most festivals. Beer is available too.

Live entertainment, Italian opera, dancing, Italian restaurants, wine gardens, grape stomp, piazza toss, vendors, strolling musicians and puppet shows. Ray Massa’s EuroRythms will be back.

Visit the festa website for the full entertainment schedule. In addition to musical entertainment, enjoy the pizza toss, grape stomp, face painting, and The Carter Family Marionettes!

Fantastic food, mostly Italian, will be available from several local restaurants and food carts. And of course gelato, dolce and Italian ice treats will also be available.

The fest runs from 11am to 11pm each day, and entry is free! Visit the Festa Italiana website for more details.

India Festival 2012

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India FestivalPioneer Courthouse Square plays host to the sights and sounds of India and the Subcontinent on Sunday, August 19 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the India Festival 2012.

Please be there with your family and friends to get a taste of Indian culture for FREE and get a glimpse of this growing, warm and welcoming community. We are hosting India Festival on August 19th and will celebrate India’s independence and our cultural heritage with our friends in Oregon. Our festival has grown every year with record crowds and new vendors.

Don’t miss out on a memorable event that draws crowds from all over the West Coast!

There will be music and dance exhibitions, as well as food!

The event is sponsored by the India Cultural Association.

Portland Weekend Amusements (August 10-12, 2012)

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Used to a more robust Weekend Amusements blog post from me? Cut me some slack – TWINS!

Ongoing

Friday

Saturday-Sunday

Saturday

Sunday

And for even more weekend events and activities, check out the Dave Knows Calendar, and visit Around the Sun, Blogging Portland on the Cheap, and Oregon Events at OregonLive.com.