Oregon Brewers Festival in 2017.
Portland loves to eat and celebrate its food and drink. Here is a simple list of annual Portland Food and Drink Festivals and select events, with brief descriptions. Specific dates are movable but the month stays fairly stable from year to year—check the event’s website for exact details on that. Are we missing any Portland food and drink festivals, food weeks, or events? Let us know.
For food events that focus on specific global cultures, head to our Portland Area Cultural + Food Festivals list.
January | February | March | April | May | June
July | August | September | October | November | December
January
Weiner Week
Organizer: Portland Mercury
Location: Various
For on week, “the city’s boldest chefs will craft their most creative, flavor-packed wieners for just $8 a pop.”
Weiner Week (2025) website
February
Citrus Fest
Organizer: Rubinette Produce Market/Providore
Location: 2340 NE Sandy Blvd
A day of celebrating citrus fruits often coinciding with Providore’s birthday.
Providore website
Dumpling Week
Organizer: The Oregonian
Location: Various
A week celebrating dumplings of all kinds at discounted prices throughout the Portland metro area. Previous coverage on Bridgetown Bites.
Dumpling Week website
Northwest Black Restaurant Week
Organizer: Feed the Soul Foundation
Location: Various
Spend the week dining at Black-owned restaurants food trucks, sweets, and more throughout the Portland metro area.
Northwest Black Restaurant Week website
Oregon Craft Beer Month
Organizer: Oregon Brewers Guild
Location: Various
A month-long focus on Oregon craft breweries, highlighting events, beer releases, and more.
Oregon Craft Beer Month website
Zwickelmania
Organizer: Oregon Brewers Guild
Location: Various
Celebrate Oregon craft beer with the Oregon Brewers Guild member breweries, who open their brewery doors to the public “to come sneak a peek behind the scenes.” These breweries will offer special events such as meet-the-brewer, beer tastings, brewery tours, and food and beer pairings.
Zwickelmania website
March
BACC Restaurant Week
Organizer: Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce
Location: Various
Participating restaurants offer special menu items and/or discounts for the week. Additionally, take a photo of your food and/or dining experience, post it on social media, and tag the Beaverton Area Chamber along with the restaurant to be entered to win a gift card from another participating restaurant.
BACC Restaurant Week website
PDX Seafood & Wine Festival
Organizer: Metropolitan Productions, Inc.
Location: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland
Enjoy fresh Oregon seafood, wine, craft beers, cider, and distilled spirits at over 175 booths in a large, festive space. a ticketed event.
PDX Seafood & Wine Festival website
Sandwich Week
Organizer: Portland Mercury
Location: Various
A week celebrating sandwiches at discounted prices throughout the Portland metro area.
Sandwich Week (2025) website
SheBrew Festival
Organizer: SheBrew
Location: Redd on Salmon Street, 831 SE Salmon Street, Portland
This beer festival celebrates female brewers—professional and homebrewers. All proceeds go to The Human Rights Campaign. This is a ticketed event.
SheBrew Festival website
Ticket to Dine (formerly Portland Dining Month)
Organizer: Travel Portland
Location: Various
This is a gamified monthly celebration of Portland’s restaurants. First, you purchase an entree from any of the 80+ participating restaurants; then collect a Ticket to Dine; and finally, have a chance to win prizes. Each Ticket to Dine features a QR code you can use to enter your ticket number and claim your prize. Enter as many times as you like with unlimited chances to win prizes.
Ticket to Dine website
April
Baker’s Dozen Coffee Beer & Doughnut Festival
Organizer: Grand Craft Beer
Location: The ZED at Zoiglhaus, 5716 SE 92nd Avenue, Portland
Combining three of the things Portland is known for—coffee, beer, and donuts—this festival allows you to sample coffee beers, coffee, and donuts. You also go home with a souvenir glass. To drink you must be 21+ but all family members can attend. This is a ticketed event that sells out quickly.
Baker’s Dozen Coffee Beer & Doughnut Festival website
Pizza Week
Organizer: Portland Mercury
Location: Various
A week celebrating pizza (slices and whole pies) at discounted prices throughout the Portland metro area.
Pizza Week (2025) website
Tea & Bloom Spring Tea Fair
Organizer: Lan Su Chinese Garden
Location: Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland
There will be over nine local vendors offering premium teas, as well as a chance to enjoy teahouse specialties and purchase teaware and accessories. Along with everything tea, there will be live music and some other activities. Free with admission to the garden.
Tea & Boom Spring Tea Fair website
May
CityFair
Organizer: Portland Rose Festival
Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 98 SW Naito Parkway, Portland
At the Rose Festival CityFair, you’ll find your favorite fair features—carnival rides, fair foods, interactive exhibits, and constant entertainment—all nestled between the urban energy of the city and the natural beauty of the Willamette River.
Rose Festival events page
Food Cart Week
Organizer: The Oregonian
Location: Various
This week celebrates one of the things Portland is well-known for: food carts and food cart pods. You are encouraged to visit as many as you can this week—The Oregonian also produces a passport you can get stamped by the participating carts.
Food Cart Week
Highball Week
Organizer: Portland Mercury
Location: Various
A week celebrating original cocktails crafted by local bartenders at discounted prices throughout the Portland metro area.
Highball Week (2025)
Oregon AAPI Food & Wine Fest
Organizer: Oregon Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Food & Wine
Location: Stoller Family Estate, 16161 Northeast McDougall Road Experience Center, Dayton, OR
Enjoy wine tasting and curated bites from AAPI owned food and wine businesses. This is a ticketed event.
Oregon AAPI Food & Wine Fest website
Pink! Rosé Festival
Organizer: Explore Tualatin Valley
Location: Hillsboro Ballpark, 4460 NE Century Blvd, Hillsboro
A fun-filled day of rosé tasting, along with wood-fired pizza, street tacos, music and more. This is a ticketed event.
Pink Rosé Festival website
Portland Night Market
Organizer: Portland Night Market
Location: 100 SE Alder Street Portland
Enjoy food, culture, music, drinks, and retail on select evenings throughout the year in the Central Eastside. Free, but for VIP access it is a ticketed event.
Portland Night Market website
June
CityFair
Organizer: Portland Rose Festival
Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park
At Rose Festival CityFair, you’ll find your favorite fair features—carnival rides, fair foods, interactive exhibits, and constant entertainment—all nestled between the urban energy of the city and the natural beauty of the Willamette River.
Rose Festival events page
Dock Fire Party
Organizer: Snack Fest
Location: 133 SE Salmon Street, Portland
“A celebration of food, fire, music, makers, and community.”
Dock Fire Party website
Nacho Week
Organizer: Portland Mercury
Location: Various
A week celebrating nachos made with chips or tots, with exclusive specials, all for $10.
Nacho Week website (2025)
PDX Beer Week
Organizer: Portland Beer Week
Location: Various
“Portland Beer Week is a celebration of craft beer culture and all of its tangents from food pairings to beer ice cream, artwork and design, film and science.”
PDX Beer Week website
Street Bazaar
Organizer: House of Commons
Location: Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Avenue, Portland
Street Bazaar “brings the bold flavors, bright colors and vibrant energy of Portland’s food, drink, art and music scene together for a festive night with friends, neighbors and the community.”
Street Bazaar website
Strawberry Museum
Organizer: Zuckercreme
Location: Zuckercreme, 414 SE 81st Avenue, Portland
This is a celebration of strawberry season with food and vendors.
Strawberry Museum flyer (2025)
Strawberry Shortcake Week
Organizer: James Beard Public Market/Oregon Taste
Location: Various
Oregon restaurants and venues + Oregon strawberry growers collaborate to create their version of strawberry shortcake, which according to James Beard, “no dessert better, only fancier.” This dessert will be on menus for one week during June. Proceeds will benefit the James Beard Public Market Foundation and its Oregon Taste Program.
Strawberry Shortcake Week website
WasabiFest
Organizer: SakéOne
Location: Redd East Event Space, 831 Southeast Salmon Street, Portland
This festival is dedicated to “spotlighting wasabi as a dynamic and versatile ingredient beyond its traditional role in Japanese cuisine.” There, you’ll get to learn how to “incorporate wasabi into a variety of dishes, from savory to sweet, with the added bonus of premium saké samplings from both Oregon and Japan.” You’ll get to taste things with wasabi in it, sample saké, and watch live cooking demonstrations.
WasabiFest website
July
Portland Craft Beer Festival
Organizer: Portland Craft Beer Festival and CaskAide, Inc
Location: Elizabeth Caruthers Park, 3508 S Moody Avenue, Portland
This festival celebrates beers, plus ciders and wine only crafted within the city limits of Portland. This is a ticketed event.
Portland Craft Beer Festival website
Portland Night Market
Organizer: Portland Night Market
Location: 100 SE Alder Street Portland
Enjoy food, culture, music, drinks, and retail on select evenings throughout the year in the Central Eastside. Free, but for VIP access it is a ticketed event.
Portland Night Market website
Salad Week
Organizer: Bridgetown Bites
Location: Various
A celebration of salad in the Portland metro area.
Salad Week content
Street Bazaar
Organizer: House of Commons
Location: Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Avenue, Portland
Street Bazaar “brings the bold flavors, bright colors and vibrant energy of Portland’s food, drink, art and music scene together for a festive night with friends, neighbors and the community.”
Street Bazaar website
Summer Nights
Organizer: Historic Parkrose
Location: 104th and Sandy Blvd, Portland
An evening night market featuring live music, community resources, food, drinks and activities.
Summer Nights website
August
Burger Week
Organizer: Portland Mercury
Location: Various
A week celebrating burgers at discounted prices throughout the Portland metro area.
Portland Burger Week website
Fremont Fest
Organizer: Beaumont Business Association
Location: NE Fremont Street between 42nd Avenue and 51st Avenue, Portland
Food, drink, retail vendors, live entertainment, and activities for the kids all along NE Fremont Street in the Beaumont Wilshire neighborhood. Previous coverage on Bridgetown Bites.
Fremont Fest website
PDX Hot Sauce Expo
Organizer: Portland Hot Sauce Expo
Location: OMSI Bridge Lot, 1945 SE Water Street, Portland
Two days of free hot sauce tastings, craft beers, specialty cocktails, food vendors, and the Stage of Doom. This is a ticketed event, but children age 10 and younger are free with an adult.
PDX Hot Sauce Expo website
Street Bazaar
Organizer: House of Commons
Location: Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Avenue, Portland
Street Bazaar “brings the bold flavors, bright colors and vibrant energy of Portland’s food, drink, art and music scene together for a festive night with friends, neighbors and the community.”
Street Bazaar website
September
Downtown Beaverton Restaurant Week
Organizer: Beaverton Downtown Association
Location: Various
Participating restaurants throughout downtown Beaverton offer special menu items. Previous coverage on Bridgetown Bites.
Downtown Beaverton Restaurant Week website
Negroni Week
Organizer: Imbibe Media
Location: Various
This classic cocktail gets remixed by bartenders are a variety of Portland restaurants and bars. Proceeds to support of Slow Food’s mission to “foster a more equitable and sustainable food and beverage world.”
Negroni Week website
Snack Fest
Organizer: Block Party and Portland Night Market
Location: 100 SE Alder Street, Portland
SnackFest features hot food vendors, food trucks, food purveyors, and retail. There will also be live entertainment, demos, educational breakout sessions, pop-ups from chefs, and a chance to meet the makers of your favorite snacks. This is a ticketed event.
Snack Fest website
The Wedge
Organizer: Oregon Cheese Guild
Location: Alder Block at Portland Night Market, 100 SE Alder Street, Portland
The Wedge celebrates cheese (and those things that go with it) in a farmers market-style arrangement. Sample and purchase local, artisan cheese, specialty foods, wine, spirits, and cider. This is a ticketed event.
The Wedge website
October
Portland Coffee Festival
Organizer: Roast Magazine, sponsored by Pacific Foods
Location: The Redd on Salmon Street, 831 SE Salmon Street, Portland
For coffee lovers and industry professionals. Enjoy coffee tastings, roasting demonstrations, a chance to meet the farmers and roasters of the coffee they care about. This is a ticketed event.
Portland Coffee Festival website
Portland Fermentation Festival
Organizer: Stinkfest Queens
Location: Ecotrust, 721 NW 9th Avenue, Portland
Get to know the world of fermented foods at what is endearingly known a “Stink Fest.” You can sample fermented foods (e.g., kraut, kimchi, tempeh) and beverages (e.g., kombucha, kefir), get recipes from amateurs and pros, hear the featured speaker + Q&A, and more. This is a ticketed event.
Portland Fermenation Festival website
Portland Night Market
Organizer: Portland Night Market
Location: 100 SE Alder Street Portland
Enjoy food, culture, music, drinks, and retail on select evenings throughout the year in the Central Eastside. Free, but for VIP access it is a ticketed event.
Portland Night Market website
Wing Week
Organizer: Portland Mercury
Location: Various
A week celebrating that to bar snack that is wings at discounted prices throughout the Portland metro area.
November
Beaujolais Nouveau Festival
Organizer: Alliance Français de Portland
Location: Heathman Hotel, 1001 SW Broadway, Portland
Celebrate the year’s limited-edition batch of Beaujolais Nouveau wine (made from grapes harvested every summer). Wine will be served alongside a massive French-inspired buffet. This is a ticketed event.
Beaujolais Nouveau Festival website
Shot & Beer Week
Organizer: Portland Mercury
Location: Various
A week of bars offering the combo of “shot & a beer” at discounted prices throughout the Portland metro area.
World Vegan Month
Organizer: Veganizer PDX
Location: Various
Celebrate World Vegan Month with delicious vegan food and drink specials, starting at $5 for appetizers, entrees, desserts, and drinks. Participating restaurants support a variety of nonprofit organizations, including justice and equity initiatives, animal welfare groups, and farm sanctuaries. Previous coverage on Bridgetown Bites.
World Vegan Month website
December
Portland Night Market
Organizer: Portland Night Market
Location: 100 SE Alder Street Portland
Enjoy food, culture, music, drinks, and retail on select evenings throughout the year in the Central Eastside. Free, but for VIP access it is a ticketed event.
Portland Night Market website
