October Events

The Portland Greek Festival is celebrated as the largest Greek Festival on the west coast with more than 15,000 people attending. This cultural experience features Greek food, music, dance and shopping! This year the event is going cashless and using wristbands to help you sample all the delicious offerings!

3131 NE Glisan St

$5 Admission

October 4th – 6th

The Hood River Hops Fest is an annual celebration of beer’s bitter friend, freshly harvested hops.  Celebrating it’s 20th year, they will be hosting over 25 breweries and allowing you to purchase a commemorative cup, or bring your own glass!

Hood River Waterfront

$20-$35 – TICKETS

October 5th: 11am – 7pm

• You will find the valleys best fall bounty at this festival, produce, honey, flowers, plants and more! You can also find handcrafted gifts, live music, multiple food carts, and a bounce house area for the kiddos!
• Hood River Event Site
• $12, kids under 12 are free – TICKETS

• October 11th – 13th
• Friday 1pm – 6pm
• Saturday 10am – 6pm
• Sunday 10am – 5pm

• Each year, St. Helens, the filming site of the otherwise forgettable Halloweentown, remembers its brush with the dollar DVD bin with The Spirit of Halloweentown, a fun, family-friendly celebration of the spookiest holiday around.
• St Helens, OR

$40 online – TICKETS

Weekends: September 28th – October 27th + October 31st

• The festival focuses on people, ideas, technology, skills and artistry behind filmmaking and provides both entertaining and educational opportunities to the public.
  Portland Film Festival is Portland Oregon’s largest film festival by filmmakers for filmmakers.
• Mcmenamins Kennedy School
• $99 – TICKETS
• October 16th – 20th

• The West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta is one of the most unique fall Festivals in Oregon. Since 2004 people from around the country have gathered to watch costumed characters paddle giant pumpkin boats in a series of races.
• Lake of the Commons – Tualatin

Free

October 20th, 10am – 4pm