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Mississippi Ave Street Fair 2012

July 8, 2012 by Dave Knows 1 Comment

Mississippi Avenue Street Fair 2012The 11th annual Mississippi Avenue Street Fair takes place Saturday, July 14, 2012 from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Mississippi Avenue from Skidmore to Fremont.

The annual Mississippi Ave. Street Fair is a community-building event that celebrates the neighbors, businesses and organizations that make their home in the Mississippi Avenue neighborhood. The event honors history and tradition while embracing diversity and sustainability.

The event is brought to you by the Historic Mississippi Ave Business Association (HMBA) & the Boise Neighborhood Association (BNA). A portion of the proceeds goes to Boise-Eliot Elementary and the Boise Business Youth Unity Project.

There’s a Craft Beer Garden, food carts, and other great restaurants.

Five stages feature dozens of bands throughout the day.

And of course over 100 local vendors will be on hand offering their wares, causes, and notions.

Read my posts about previous Mississippi street fairs to see how much fun it is: Mississippi Avenue Street Fair 2010, 2009, and 2008.

Visit the Mississippi Ave website for the press release, fact sheet, entertainment schedule, and more, and see you on July 14th, 2012 on Mississippi!

Deschutes Brewery 24th Anniversary Celebration (27-June-2012)

June 27, 2012 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Deschutes Brewing celebrates 24 years today, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at the Portland pub (210 NW 11th).

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case and 24 years of Deschutes Brewery’s “damn tasty beer!” Join us at our Portland Pub to celebrate this special occasion with a specialty food menu all day long, barrel-aged beers, firkins of fun, give-aways and a beer-of-the-hour! Bachelor Bitter, the beer that started it all, will also be on tap for your tasting pleasure… hope to see you there!

The fun goes from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Portland Slavic Festival (30-June-2012)

June 25, 2012 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Slavic FestivalThe 2012 Portland Slavic Festival takes place Saturday, June 30 at Oaks Amusement Park from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The largest Slavic festival in the Northwest features art shows, dance groups, singers, choirs of children and adults, sports, and lots more. Vendors will be offering Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Armenian food.

Chervona plays at 6 p.m. with Juliana & PAVA, and extraordinary Russian Folk BAYAN (baton accordion) player Leo Nosov.

Visit the Slavic Festival website and Facebook event page for more information.

Good in the Hood (June 22-24, 2012)

June 20, 2012 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Good in the HoodThe 20th annual multicultural music, food festival, and parade, Good in the Hood, takes place this weekend, June 22 through 24, 2012, at Lillis-Albina Park (N. Flint and Russell Streets).

It’s Good Neighbor Night from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, featuring live music by Andy Stokes Band and Nekked Bonz. The Good in the Hood parade and the Good Neighbor run/walk take place Saturday at 11 a.m.

Both Saturday and Sunday enjoy ethnic food, a beer and wine garden (21+ only!), Kidspace, a 3-point basketball shoot off, plus lots more. (Vendor hours are noon to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 7:30 p.m. Sunday.) Enjoy live music every night of the festival, on two stages, by Patrick Lamb, Soul Vaccination, Ocean 503, Melao de Cuba, and lots more.

Visit the website for more information, including a downloadable flyer (pdf). Organizers request a donation of 2 cans of food, and sorry, no dogs allowed.

Multnomah County Fair 2012

May 21, 2012 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Bunny at Multnomah County Fair 2010The 2012 Multnomah County Fair takes place on Memorial Day Weekend at Portland’s historic Oaks Park. The fair celebrates 106 years this year.

Seriously, don’t miss this! Heather and I had a blast at the 2010 fair – what’s not to like about red necks, funnel cakes, and award winning vegetables? And bunnies!? And this year you can have your photo taken, for free, with a 9 foot tall bigfoot!

Strengthen your urban kids’ immune systems at the E. coli petting zoo, pony rides, pig races, and the Alpaca Pavilion. And the exotic animal exhibit is bigger than ever!

Of course there will also be vendors, food booths, traditional fair exhibits, a talent show, live music, and the Oaks Park thrill rides – don’t miss a chance to ride Looping Thunder, Portland’s, uh, biggest roller coaster! 😉

Nigel the Camel is back again this year!

The fair is open from noon until 7 p.m. each day – Saturday, May 26 through Monday, May 28. Admission, and parking, is free!

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