It’s officially fall and I can smell the pumpkin spice from here! Luckily there is still no shortage of things to this month, and with any luck, the nice weather will stick around for most of October! Check out this list of events going on around Portland! We also have a list of some haunted houses below if you are feeling spooky!
First Thursday
Stroll through the art galleries in the pearl for an evening of art, music, and wine! Parking is difficult so public transit is recommended
The Pearl District
Free
October 5th
5pm – 10pm though gallery hours vary.
Portland Greek Festival
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!
3131 NE Glisan St
$5
October 6th-8th
Hood River Hops Fest
- The Hood River Hops Fest returns for its 19th year, celebrating the fresh-hopped beers of this beloved region. Awarded silver medal for best beer festival from the Willamette Week, Oregon Beer Awards, the Hood River Hops Fest is an annual celebration of beer’s bitter friend, freshly harvested hops.
- The Columbia Lot, Hood River
- $10-$35 – TICKETS
- MORE INFO
- October 7th, 11am – 7pm
Hood River Harvest Fest
- The valley’s best farms and orchards bring their bounty to Hood River Harvest Fest with stands full of produce, giant displays of apples, pears, squash, raw honey, beautiful flowers, local plants, herbs, and more. Stock up for the season with basketfuls this autumn’s harvest.
- Hood River Event Site
- $10-$20 – TICKETS
October 13th – 16th, 12pm – 4pm
Spirit of Halloweentown
- 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
pricing varies
Now through October 31st, attractions open at 10am
Portland Film Festival
- The festival is anchored with outdoor screenings, offering its filmmakers one of the largest audiences on the West Coast. Portland Film Festival is Portland Oregon’s largest film festival by filmmakers for filmmakers.
- Various Locations
- Pricing varies by event – TICKETS
- MORE INFO
- October 12th – 16th
Giant Pumpkin Regatta
- This cherished local event returns to the Tualatin Commons every October with a series of races. The series is exactly what it sounds like, consisting of costumed racers piloting a gaggle of gigantic gourds through a watercourse on Tualatin Commons lake.
- Lake of the Commons – Tualatin
Free
October 22nd, 10am – 4pm
Haunted Houses
- Oaks Park Scaregrounds
- The Fear PDX Haunted House
- Underhill Haunted House
- BeerQuest Haunted Pub Tour
We hope to see you at some of these awesome events!
Looking for something else to do? Check out our best of lists!