
A bilingual early science and engineering workshop for curious children ages 3-5 and their families at OMSI.

Community roundtable to gather resident feedback on the City of Portland's Unified Housing Strategy for District 4.

Community tree planting event at the 16-acre Errol Heights Park, which protects and restores natural wetland and riparian areas.
Volunteer stewardship morning to pull invasive Himalayan blackberry and mulch new plantings at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge.

Two days of participatory Sacred Harp singing using the 2025 edition, open to the public with no prior experience required.

Free group bike ride to Harrison Park for Arbor Day, part of Portland's 'Ride Through the Seasons' series.

Annual free zine fair with hundreds of self-published works, workshops and panels celebrating independent publishing and DIY culture.

Cappella Romana presents Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, a luminous choral masterwork blending ancient Slavic spiritual traditions with late-Romantic expression.

A screening of David Lynch's surreal horror film Eraserhead as part of the Night Blooming Jasmine programme, with a product launch from Fresh Cut Flowers.

Stumptown Stages presents the Tony Award-winning musical Guys & Dolls at Winningstad Theatre.

A curated film extravaganza of horror classics and vintage 16mm animation, hosted by Greg Hamilton as part of the Clinton Street Theater's Horror October series.

Live music performance by Matthew Waddell at the Annex Sidewalk Bar, free and all ages welcome.

A special 35mm screening of David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet' presented by Fresh Cut Flowers and PAM CUT, with wine and music, as part of the 'Night Blooming Jasmine' programme.

Halloween cruises with costume contests, disco parties, wine tasting and sunset sails aboard Island Style Charters.

Screening of George Miller's 1986 film The Witches of Eastwick at the Tomorrow Theater, presented by PAM CUT.

An eclectic evening of music, comedy, juggling, and live painting in the style of a turn-of-the-last-century vaudeville show, presented by Miz Kitty & Friends.

Comedians tell their own true crime stories and are then questioned by the audience in a mix of storytelling, improv and crowd participation.

The Georgian National Ballet 'Sukhishvili' performs its 80th anniversary celebration, based on traditional Georgian dance, at the Newmark Theatre.

Screening of the 2019 psychological horror film The Lighthouse, directed by Robert Eggers, at the Clinton Street Theater.

Doja Cat performs live at the Moda Center as part of her Tour Ma Vie World Tour, with special guest Latto.

The Oregon Symphony performs Mark Knopfler's score to The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, in a cinematic concert staging.

Competitive improv comedy cage match where six comedians play games on the spot and the audience votes to decide who is left standing.

A birthday celebration for Bobby Weir featuring live music from Family Mystic, blending funk, soul, psych rock and americana.

Concert by the London alternative blues rock band Palace, headlining their USA & Canada Tour 2026, with support from Rollo Doherty.

A lively dueling piano show featuring audience requests, sing-alongs, games and comedy at The Barrel Room in Portland's Old Town Chinatown.

Fabio Frizzi and the F2F Band, with special guest Ethan Lee McCarthy, play a tribute to the cinema of Lucio Fulci.

Environmental drag show by Pattie Gonia, with co-hosts Sequoia and VERA!, blending nature and sustainability themes with drag performance.

A gothic masquerade party presented by the Portland Goth Club featuring dark dance music and DJs.

A 21+ Halloween ball with a Playboy bunny theme, featuring resident DJs HEF and JACK, and a midnight booty-shaking contest.
Screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live musical performances by the Clinton Street Cabaret, a weekly tradition at the Clinton Street Theater.

Volunteer land tending day with the Crystal Springs Partnership to restore salmon habitat along Crystal Springs, with revegetation, selective plant removal and trash pick-up.

Stumptown Stages presents the Tony Award-winning musical Guys & Dolls at Winningstad Theatre, with an eight-piece live orchestra and ASL interpretation on October 3.

The Light Opera of Portland presents the classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, H.M.S. Pinafore.

A month of horror classics presented through PAM CUT at the Whitsell Auditorium, with unique programs and series released throughout the year.

Oregon Ballet Theatre's production of the classic ballet Swan Lake, set to Tchaikovsky's score, with the OBT Orchestra performing live.

Open mic karaoke night at Punch Bowl Social where guests take centre stage, hosted by Norm Leveille.

An immersive exhibition featuring over 100 authentic artifacts from the RMS Titanic wreck, allowing visitors to experience the ship's history through interactive displays and virtual reality.

Annual spooky art show featuring works by local artists exploring Halloween themes such as skeletons, spiders and pumpkins.

A textile exhibition by the Tokyo studio NUNO, featuring site-specific installations including suspended textile-cube sculptures and noren curtains, as part of the Portland TextileX Month Festival.

Halloween-themed pop-up bars at select McMenamins locations, featuring seasonal cocktails and food, 21 and over.

Documentary film about elephants in the Namib Desert, shown at OMSI as part of the life-science theatre programme.

Exhibition of works by artist Diane Jacobs at Helzer Art Gallery, Rock Creek Campus, Portland Community College.

An immersive exhibition by David Buckley Borden that blends art, design and science to explore human experiences with forests amid environmental change.

An eight-week writing group built on freewriting, deep listening and strengths-based feedback, held behind-the-scenes at Powell's City of Books.

An immersive fulldome experience featuring Pink Floyd's iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon at the Kendall Planetarium.

Disney On Ice presents Jump In! at the historic Veterans Memorial Coliseum, featuring over 50 Disney characters on ice.

A three-day national conference focused on STEM education, professional development and workforce opportunities for Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands.

A juried group art show featuring 100 regional artists and 300 works, with live music, artist conversations and a scavenger hunt for kids.

A wine tasting event pairing five classic Halloween candies with six wines at the queer-owned winery Hip Chicks do Wine.

An immersive dance and circus performance experience where artists and audience members celebrate the power of performance and community connection.

An improvised vampire show that takes the audience on a mind-bending adventure through time, with a different play performed every night.

Actor and musician Finn Wolfhard performs live with Malcy at The Hawthorne Theatre.