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Portland Rose Festival

Portland, OR · Nature

When

May 28 – June 13, 2027

Where

Tom McCall Waterfront Park · Portland · OR

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

A multi-week civic festival built around Portland's rose gardens, with a Grand Floral Parade, a carnival on the waterfront, and a visiting Navy fleet week. It has run since 1907. The 2027 dates above are approximate, based on the festival's usual late-May-to-mid-June run.

The history within reach

• Portland Rose Festivalsame spot

  A multi-week civic festival built around Portland's rose gardens, with a Grand Floral Parade, a carnival on the waterfront, and a visiting Navy fleet week.

• Tom McCall turns the freeway into a park0.1 mi

  Oregon tore out a six-lane riverside expressway and put a park in its place, the first American city to remove a freeway rather than build one.

• Grand Floral Parade0.1 mi

  The marquee parade of the Portland Rose Festival has sent floral floats, marching bands and equestrian units through Portland since 1907.

• Waterfront Blues Festival0.1 mi

  A multi-day blues, soul and funk festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on the Willamette River, presented to benefit the Oregon Food Bank.

• Portland Marathon0.2 mi

  Portland's marathon and half marathon course crosses the Willamette River bridges before finishing at Waterfront Park.