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What to Do in Portland This Weekend
This weekend in Portland, you can catch a show at Star Theater, Mississippi Studios, or Polaris Hall, take the kids to Lan Su Chinese Garden or the Portland Art Museum, shop the Lents International and King farmers markets, or see a film at Clinton Street Theater. The list below covers Friday through Sunday, with times and prices, updated every morning.
Rows run in time order, Friday through Sunday. Each one shows the venue, the price, and a one-line take on who it suits, and links to its own page with the address and the organizer's ticket link. The Free chips mark the no-cost options.
Last updated Nov 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM237 matching events currently listedsourced from Portland venue calendars
- Fri13Nov
Storytime at Washington County Libraries
FreeLibraries across Washington County
“There's a storytime nearly every day at Washington County libraries, so just pick whichever time and branch fits your kid.”
- Fri13Nov
Storytime at Multnomah County Libraries
FreeLibraries across Mulnomah County
“Multnomah County libraries run lots of storytime formats, pajama and bilingual included, so it's easy to find one that fits.”
- Fri13Nov
Mike Bennett's Dead Media Holiday Special
Free603 SW Broadway
- Fri13Nov
Santa Photos | An Elf™ Christmas Experience at Vancouver Mall
Vancouver Mall
- Fri13Nov
Santa at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s
8:00 AM · Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's
- Fri13Nov
Pre-Zoo Lights at the Discovery Museum
8:00 AM · Discovery Museum, World Forestry Center
- Fri13Nov
Silver Falls Trail Party
Free8:30 AM · Placeholder: Location TBD
- Fri13Nov
Gabby's Dollhouse at The FLIP Children's Museum of Hillsboro
$109:30 AM · The FLIP Children's Museum of Hillsboro
- Fri13Nov
Visit Leach Botanical Garden
Free–$810:00 AM · Leach Botanical Garden
“Sixteen acres of gardens with an ADA-accessible tree walk, solid for a slow stroll whether you bring the family or go solo.”
- Fri13Nov
Weaving Time: NUNO – Textiles of Tradition and Transformation at Portland Japanese Garden
Included with daily admission to Portland Japanese Garden10:00 AM · Portland Japanese Garden
- Fri13Nov
Chrysanthemum Festival
Free–$3210:00 AM · Lan Su Chinese Garden
- Fri13Nov
Portland Flower Shop Pop-Up
10:00 AM · 914 NW Everett Street, Portland, OR 97209
- Fri13Nov
37th Annual Holiday Food Gift Festival
Free admission11:00 AM · Wingspan Event & Conference Center
- Fri13Nov
Johnny Franco (& His Real Brother Dom)
Aladdin Theater
- Fri13Nov
Houndmouth
Crystal Ballroom
- Fri13Nov
Tim Meadows
Helium Comedy Club
- Fri13Nov
Lee Syatt
Helium Comedy Club (Neon Room)
- Fri13Nov
Breaking News Presents
Kickstand Comedy
- Fri13Nov
X-Prov: Improvised X-Files
Kickstand Comedy
- Fri13Nov
Fred Armisen
Portland'5 Centers for the Arts
- Fri13Nov
Penn & Teller
Portland'5 Centers for the Arts
- Fri13Nov
Don Lemon & DL Hughley
Portland'5 Centers for the Arts
- Fri13Nov
Garden Tea Tasting (1:00 PM)
$37–$561:00 PM · Lan Su Chinese Garden
- Fri13Nov
Steep & Paint: Chrysanthemum
$56.95–$66.951:00 PM · Lan Su Chinese Garden
- Fri13Nov
Parent-Infant Loving Touch® Massage Class
Free2:00 PM · Loving Touch
- Fri13Nov
Forager Living Arts Middle School – Open House
Free3:30 PM · Forager Living Arts Middle Schoo
- Fri13Nov
November Family STEAM Night
$285:30 PM · Canvas & Code
- Fri13Nov
Moonlight Princesses
6:00 PM · Roseland Theater
- Fri13Nov
Free Trivia Fridays at Wonderwood Springs
Free6:00 PM · Wonderwood Springs
“Free pen-and-paper trivia in a goofy fantasy tavern, low stakes and no cover, good if you've got a team.”
- Fri13Nov
All-Ages Square Dance
$15–$406:00 PM · Village Ballroom
- Fri13Nov
Curtis Cook Stand Up
6:00 PM · PAM CUT's Tomorrow Theater
- Fri13Nov
Riftbound Nexus Night
6:00 PM · Red Castle Games
- Fri13Nov
KeyForge
6:30 PM · Red Castle Games
- Fri13Nov
Friday Night Ride at LADDS
Free7:00 PM · Ladds Addition
“A fast, mostly-unsupported group ride covering 15-25 miles with real climbing - come ready to keep pace and get yourself home.”
- Fri13Nov
Fred Armisen: Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome
7:00 PM · Newmark Theatre
- Fri13Nov
Static Dress w/ I Promised The World
7:00 PM · Hawthorne Theatre
- Fri13Nov
Portland State Vikings Football vs. Southern Utah Thunderbirds Football
7:00 PM · Hillsboro Stadium
- Fri13Nov
Barefoot Fusion Blues & Jazz Dance Practica
$10–$157:00 PM · Tango Berretin (Dance Lab)
- Fri13Nov
The Big Trans Comedy Show
7:00 PM · Alberta Rose Theatre
- Fri13Nov
Matilda JR. presented by Krayon Kids Musical Theatre Company
$10–$157:00 PM · Barclay Theater
- Fri13Nov
Gwenyth Aggeler: Classical Guitar Recital
$10–$207:00 PM · St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
- Fri13Nov
Friday Night Magic Standard
7:00 PM · Red Castle Games
- Fri13Nov
Sold Out! Metal Church / Armored Saint with Livekill
Free7:30 PM · Dante's
- Fri13Nov
Shelly Rudolph
$26.24–$206.498:00 PM · Jack London Revue
- Fri13Nov
Drive By Truckers
8:00 PM · Revolution Hall - Portland
- Fri13Nov
Silverada with Emily Nenni
$30.318:00 PM · Showdown Saloon
- Fri13Nov
Strongboi w/ Salami Rose Joe Louis
8:00 PM · Wonder Ballroom
- Fri13Nov
Karina Rykman – Late Checkout Tour 2026
8:00 PM · Mississippi Studios
- Fri13Nov
Cult of! Labyrinth: A Labyrinth Themed Drag & Burlesque Show
$188:00 PM · Clinton Street Theater
- Fri13Nov
Suzy Sheer with Patch +
$27.27–$32.429:00 PM · Star Theater
- Fri13Nov
Stripparaoke at Devils Point
$59:00 PM · Devils Point
“Karaoke sung alongside the club's dancers at a punk dive - weird and specific, go if that sounds fun not shocking.”
- Fri13Nov
Party Girl – A Night Of Party Girl Anthems – 21+
9:00 PM · Holocene
- Fri13Nov
HOTWAX disco~glam~metal~punk~hiphop
$2.0811:55 PM · Dante's
“Cheap night of genre-hopping dance music at Dante's, details are thin so go in without expectations.”
- Fri13Nov
Midnight Mystery Ride – Friday the 13th edition
Free11:59 PM · Katie O’Brien’s
- Sat14Nov
Storytime at Washington County Libraries
FreeLibraries across Washington County
“There's a storytime nearly every day at Washington County libraries, so just pick whichever time and branch fits your kid.”
- Sat14Nov
Storytime at Multnomah County Libraries
FreeLibraries across Mulnomah County
“Multnomah County libraries run lots of storytime formats, pajama and bilingual included, so it's easy to find one that fits.”
- Sat14Nov
CHAP Art Club
CHAP Hillsboro Art Studeio
“A dedicated studio session for kids with medical challenges, so it's built for that specific crowd, not a general craft drop-in.”
- Sat14Nov
Spanish Story Play Time with Adventures in Spanish
PDX Parent
“An hour of Spanish stories, songs, and play for young kids—location changes, so check the host's site first.”
- Sat14Nov
Kennedy School’s 111th Birthday Bash
FreeMcMenamins Kennedy School
- Sat14Nov
Holiday Open House at The Nature Store
Nature Store, 5151 NW Cornell Road
- Sat14Nov
OMSI On Ice
$8–$10OMSI
- Sat14Nov
Mike Bennett's Dead Media Holiday Special
Free603 SW Broadway
- Sat14Nov
The Portland Princess Ball
$45Shawn Gardener Dancing
- Sat14Nov
Santa Photos | An Elf™ Christmas Experience at Vancouver Mall
Vancouver Mall
- Sat14Nov
Santa at Clackamas Town Center
$20Clackamas Town Center
- Sat14Nov
Portland Cars & Coffee
Free8:00 AM · Langer's Entertainment Center
- Sat14Nov
Gobbler 5K, 10K, & 13.1M at Camas, WA (46)
$30–$658:00 AM · Camas
- Sat14Nov
Santa at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s
8:00 AM · Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's
- Sat14Nov
World Forestry Center's 60th Anniversary Gala
8:00 AM · Miller Hall at the World Forestry Center
- Sat14Nov
Anderson Hill County Park Trail Party – North Coast
Free8:30 AM · Anderson Hill County Park
- Sat14Nov
Portland Frontrunners Saturday Run & Walk
Free9:00 AM · Eastbank Esplanade (Vera Katz Statue)
- Sat14Nov
St. Johns Farmers Market
Free9:00 AM · St. Johns Farmers Market
“A solid neighborhood market with 80-plus vendors and a scavenger hunt for kids to find the mascot.”
- Sat14Nov
Open Play at Laurelhurst Studio!
$109:00 AM · Laurelhurst Studio
- Sat14Nov
11th Annual Holiday Craft Fair at OBT
Free9:00 AM · Oregon Buddhist Temple
- Sat14Nov
Creative Movement Dance Class for 2 Year Olds
9:00 AM · MVP Dance Elite
- Sat14Nov
Thorntons' Treeland
$10–$159:00 AM · 7617 NE 119th St
- Sat14Nov
Powell Butte Trail Party – PDX
Free9:00 AM · Placeholder: Location TBD
- Sat14Nov
PSU Farmers Market
9:00 AM · PSU Farmers Market
“Big year-round Saturday market with around 90 local farmers and food producers to wander through.”
- Sat14Nov
Gabby's Dollhouse at The FLIP Children's Museum of Hillsboro
$109:30 AM · The FLIP Children's Museum of Hillsboro
- Sat14Nov
Southerly Ladies
Free10:00 AM · Trolley Trail northern trailhead
“A free, trans-and-women ride with a clear no-dudes-no-e-bikes rule — great if that's exactly your scene.”
Plus 157 more on the full calendar.
Good to know
What's happening in Portland this weekend?
Concerts at rooms like Star Theater and Dante's, family programming at the Portland Art Museum and Lan Su Chinese Garden, film screenings at Clinton Street Theater, plus markets and bike rides across the city. The list above is the live feed for this specific weekend, with dates and prices.
Where can I find a full weekend events guide for Portland?
FunPDX aggregates Portland venue calendars daily and filters to exactly Friday through Sunday. This page regenerates every weekend automatically, so it's always showing the current one, not a stale roundup from weeks ago.
What's free to do in Portland this weekend?
Cross-reference this list with the free-things-to-do page — anything appearing on both is free and happening in the next few days. Garden programs at Lan Su Chinese Garden and Shift2Bikes rides are reliable weekend regulars.
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