Greater Portland Area Activites and Newsletter - April 10-17, 2026

 

 

 

 

Discover a wide variety of automotive collectibles, including vintage car parts, classic vehicles, antiques, and retro clothing. Engage with fellow automobile enthusiasts and collectors in an environment that celebrates all aspects of automotive history and vintage culture. Don’t miss out on this highly anticipated event. Mark your calendars and join a day of excitement and discovery.

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For over a hundred years dinosaurs have inspired and thrilled audiences, commanding blockbuster status in museums and at the box office. But among them towers a king—a tyrant lizard king. With leaps in CGI wizardry and revolutions in tyrannosaur paleontology over the past twenty-five years, the time has come to revisit rex in the world’s prestigious museum cinemas.

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EASTER AT THE GROTTO
Apr. 5–12
Celebrate Easter at The Grotto, a serene woodland sanctuary in Northeast Portland featuring 62 acres of botanical gardens.

Easter Sunday will follow the regular Sunday mass schedule

The Ave Maria Chorus Easter Presentation will be held on April 12

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SHEN YUN
Apr. 17–19
The gong resounds, the curtain opens, and fairies emerge from a sea of billowing clouds. Mongolians ride on horseback across grasslands as vast as the sky. Dynasties rise and fall—as ancient legends of love, loss, humor and valor unfold before your eyes.

Set out to create a performance so extraordinary, it would not only capture the grandeur of China’s ancient, divinely-inspired culture…

You just might catch a glimpse of heaven.

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AVENUE Q
Mar. 13–Apr. 12
Winner of the Tony Triple Crown for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.

The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, Avenue Q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children’s show; a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good, and life lessons are learned.

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WOODEN SHOE TULIP FESTIVAL
Ongoing Until Apr 26
From hot air balloons, wine tastings, and our specialty gift shop to our food & craft market, children’s play area, and endless photo opportunities.
Not to mention: 40 acres of 100 varieties of tulips and our 4 acre Wooden Shoe Gardens.

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FERTILE GROUND FESTIVAL
Apr. 10-26
Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival is a Fringe-style theater festival with a unique spin: it’s an un-juried festival that highlights exciting new work by local artists and performers. Produced by the nonprofit Portland Area Theater Alliance, this annual festival will return to PDX from April 10-26, 2026.

This year, nearly 100 performance projects are featured across various venues in the Portland Metro area. Offerings include site-specific theater, dance, solo performances, world premieres, theater for young audiences, and brand-new scripts from Portland playwrights.

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WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH
Apr 4-May 9
Come Alive is a six-week journey that begins with the explosive hope of Easter and unfolds into the life-changing reality of what the resurrection of Jesus truly means. The empty tomb wasn’t simply the end of death—it was the beginning of a brand-new future for humanity and for the whole world.

In this powerful series, we’ll explore the breathtaking hope unleashed by Jesus rising from the dead: the promise of heaven, the future God is preparing, and why eternity changes the way we live right now. What really happens after we die? What kind of life awaits those who belong to Christ? And how does the promise of eternity fill our everyday lives with courage, purpose, and hope?

If death is not the end and heaven is real, then every moment matters more than we imagine.

Death is finished. Hope is forever.

It’s time to Come Alive.

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SPACE: THE NEW FRONTIER
Apr. 2–12
The next space age is now. Pioneers and visionaries from NASA, international space agencies, and private companies are pushing the boundaries of space exploration in their quest to make human spaceflight accessible within a decade.  

Go behind the scenes for a first look at some of the most promising space technologies and missions of our time. From self-assembling habitats and commercial space stations to plans for a Lunar Gateway to deep space, this compelling giant-screen documentary captures history in the making. 

Narrated by Star Trek’s Chris Pine 

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TEDX PORTLAND
Apr. 11
Three simple words drive everything we do: Ideas. Change. Everything. We're creating an immersive environment where local organizations, thought leaders, and key enablers from different fields can connect, cross-pollinate, and draw inspiration from unlikely places.

This foundation of inspiring individuals forms the basis of the community we're building in Portland to inform our present and evolve our future. We'd love for you to join the movement.

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NICE AND GRIMM BY PORTLAND STORY TELLERS
Apr. 11
Over 200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm began publishing the Germanic folktales they collected from oral sources. Some feel that folktales have persisted for generations as they touch into universal fears and truths of human existence. Tellers from Portland Storytellers’ Guild have selected a gaggle of grossly ghoulish tales and have refashioned them with their own brands of humor and panache. You are about to embark on a great adventure into the quirky, the macabre, and hopefully the entertaining. Submitted for your approval…six saucy stories served…nicely grimmed.

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PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY SWAP MEET
Apr. 9-11
This is the big one: five miles of booths filling every available space inside the road course at Portland International Raceway. The PIR Auto Swap Meet, which runs in conjunction with the annual Portland Swap Meet at the Expo Center, draws around 2,000 vendors from across the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Alaska, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Montana. They set up on every available space of the 1.97-mile Portland International Raceway. The two combined events make up one of the largest auto swap meet weekends on the West Coast.

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GARDEN & CRAFT FAIR
Apr. 11
Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or looking for the perfect hand made craft. Starting at the garden and craft fair is the perfect place to dig into something new.

THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL
Apr. 8–19
Ancient myth and teen angst collide in this high-voltage rock musical adapted from Rick Riordan’s best-selling novel, where young people learn that the things that make you different are what make you strong. 

Demigod Percy Jackson has always struggled with fitting in. When his single mom must send him where she can’t follow, he ends up at a summer camp for kids like him – half Greek god, half mortal. Joined by a daughter of Athena trying to prove her worth and a satyr trying to make up for past tragedies, the trio journeys into the underworld and back to reclaim Zeus’s stolen lightning bolt and stop a war between the gods. With a whole host of mythological creatures chasing after them, can these unlikely heroes shoulder the fate of the world? Maybe Percy can finally find a place where he belongs…if he doesn’t die first. This electric coming-of-age story will resonate with anyone who’s had trouble finding the courage to stand strong in a world full of monsters.

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PORTLAND SATURDAY MARKET
Ongoing
Nationally recognized as the largest continuously operating open-air arts and crafts market in the country, Portland Saturday Market is proud to provide a marketplace for local small businesses creating handmade arts, crafts, and foods from the Pacific Northwest.