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Plunderathon is an annual pirate-themed festival in Portland, Oregon, United States that usually coincides with Fleet Week or the Rose Festival.Plunderathon is run by a group calling itself "the Infernal Order of Pirates, Buccaneers, Scallywags, and Privateers [1]" that prides itself on a heavy disinformation campaign leading up to the event, often issuing press statements that flatly ...
Pages in category "Events in Portland, Oregon" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Established in 2015, the Portland Night Market is organized by spouses Dustin and Emma Evans. [1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the market went on a hiatus in 2020 and was scaled back in 2021. [8] The market has collaborated with the Legendary Makers Market, which is Oregon's largest Asian American market. [9] [10]
Melody Event Center, formerly Melody Ballroom, is a historic building in southeast Portland, Oregon's Buckman neighborhood, in the United States. Built in 1925, the structure previously housed the headquarters for the life insurance company Woodmen of the World .
The Northwest Association for Performing Arts (NWAPA) is a governing body and competitive circuit of high school marching bands, color guards, and percussion ensembles based in Portland, Oregon. [1] The association was founded in 1997 as the Northwest Marching Band Circuit ( NWMBC ).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, festival organizers pivoted to a 'socially distanced' version of the event with the "Portland Winter Light (non)Festival". The event was held over two weekends to prevent crowds from gathering at any specific artworks, and art installations were located in each quadrant of the city. [5]
The first event was held in 2017. It was founded by Amanda Park, Tamara Kennedy-Hill, Michelle Comer, and Tory Campbell, and hosted by Prosper Portland and Travel Oregon. [2] The 2019 event was sponsored by New Seasons Market. [3] The 2020 event was "re-imagined" because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] Santé Bar hosted the market's beer garden ...
The event was covered by cannabis publications, [9] [11] local and national media outlets, [3] [12] and the HBO documentary television series Vice. [1] [6] The Oregonian described the event as "loud and energetic", attracting a diverse and "eclectic" crowd of activists, marijuana enthusiasts, and first-time consumers, some from as far away as Canada and San Diego.