Greater Portland Area Activites and Newsletter - April 17-24, 2026
Apr. 19
Running for over 20 years in Portland, the iconic Bridge to Brews race is Portland’s Running Beer Festival! Taking place on a beautiful spring Sunday at Waterfront Park for the annual 10k, 8k, 5k run and BEV MILE. After the race, enjoy a hosted beer and cider tasting event on the waterfront, sip on some of Portland’s best beer and cider while enjoying music, games, and local vendors.
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.
Apr. 20–26
The Portland Mercury’s Pizza Week is back, giving pizza lovers the chance to get special slices from some of Portland’s finest purveyors of pizza pies… for a mere four dollars each. That’s right: Each slice is just Four Measly Dollars or, at participating venues, a Whole Piefor $25. (You heard correctly: Once again this year, certain Pizza Week participants may also be offering $25 whole pies along with slices — or whole pies alone.)
Evan feels like an outsider. When tragedy strikes, he is thrust into the spotlight, offering him a chance to be seen—for better or worse. His innocent attempt at reinvention causes a viral social media storm, and the truth unravels. Dear Evan Hansen is a coming-of-age story that demonstrates the power of human connection and a desire we all have: to belong. Tony and Olivier Award Winner for Best Musical, this profoundly raw and heartfelt story is a reminder that you will be found. Audience discretion is advised.
ONE WORLD, ONE SKY: BIG BIRD'S ADVENTURE
Apr. 1–30
Join Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a muppet from “Zhima Jie,” the Chinese production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth. They also journey to Zhima Jie to learn about the similarities of the sky.
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.
SOLAR SUPERSTORMS
Apr. 1–May 12
Solar Superstorms, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, takes viewers into the tangle of magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent the Sun’s rage in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system: coronal mass ejections. Audiences will witness a fury building on the surface of the Sun — high-velocity jets, a fiery tsunami wave that reaches 100,000 kilometers high, and rising loops of electrified gas. What’s driving these strange phenomena? How will they affect planet Earth? Find the answers and venture into the seething interior of a star.
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.
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.
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
Apr. 19
Join Tomorrow Theater for Waiting for Guffman, Christopher Guest’s brilliantly awkward mockumentary about small-town theater kids chasing big Broadway dreams. Packed with razor-sharp improvisation and endlessly quotable moments, this cult comedy celebrates the beautiful chaos of community theater, delusional ambition, and the magic of putting on a show—no matter how questionable the talent.
BLUEGRASS JAMS
On-going
Hopworks is thrilled to welcome Patrick and his rotating vintage bluegrass band for a weekly jam session. They’ll be playing classic tunes from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, along with a solid lineup of original songs in that same hard-driving, traditional style.
Join a toe-tapping good time filled with lively music, great vibes, and cold drinks. Whether you’re a bluegrass fan or just looking for a fun night out, Hopworks is the place to be.
Come on down, grab a drink, and soak up the good vibes.
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.
GATHERING OF THE GUILDS
Apr. 24–26
More than 300 artists working in metals, glass, wood, beads, fibers, clays and glazes will be exhibiting their wares, doing demonstrations, offering youth activities and more during this unique and diverse three-day artisan show. In conjunction with the Oregon Potters Association’s Ceramic Showcase, the five Guilds participating in the show include the Columbia-Willamette Faceters Guild, Creative Metal Arts Guild, Oregon Glass Guild, Guild of Oregon Woodworkers, Portland Bead Society and Portland Handweavers Guild..
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.
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.
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