Your Portland Guide | Portland, Oregon
Fall in love with Portland, one weekend at a time.
Your Portland Guide is a free guide to events, neighborhoods, and the local businesses worth knowing, curated by people who LOVE Portland!
Meet Your HostsDill Ward and the Dill Ward Group teamMeet the team →
100+
community events listed since 2025
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Portland venues featured
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local guides and counting
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Latest Portland Guides
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Where Portland Actually Trick-or-Treats: 3 Busy Classics, 3 Quiet Goldmines and 3 Trunk-or-Treats
The busiest, the quietly generous, and three trunk-or-treats: where to trick-or-treat in Portland, Beaverton and Vancouver on Halloween 2026.
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Your Costume Deserves More Than One Night: 29 Places to Wear It Around Portland, Beaverton and Vancouver
Costume parades, contests and parties across Portland, Beaverton and Vancouver WA for Halloween 2026, sorted by area and age. Dates and times inside.
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16 Free Halloween Events in Portland (2026)
Free, all-ages Halloween events in Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Vancouver and Clackamas for 2026, with dates, times and addresses. Checked Oct 21.
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Events
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Howloween at the Oregon Zoo (Weekend 2)
Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR, United StatesBring the kids in costume for trick-or-treat zones, keeper talks and live entertainment at the Oregon Zoo. Best for ages 2 to 10, and everyone is welcome. A $5 Treat and Ride Pass adds three trick-or-treat zones plus a carousel or train ride. Zoo admission is separate.
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OMSI After Dark: Spirits
OMSI 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesAn adults-only Halloween night at OMSI. Explore the exhibits with a drink in hand, catch a planetarium show and try spooky science demos like theremin music and ghost bubbles. Costumes encouraged. Ticket includes two specialty cocktails or mocktails. Ages 21 and over, valid ID required.
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Woodstock Spooktacular
Woodstock Community Center 4905 SE 43rd Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesA free neighbourhood Halloween celebration along SE Woodstock Boulevard. Expect trunk-or-treat, an art market, food and drinks, games, crafts, performances, a parade and a doggy costume contest. Fun for all ages.
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Science Pub: Convergent Evolution
McMenamins Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United StatesWhy do animals millions of years apart end up looking alike? Paleontologist Nico Spadafora of The Fossil Team explains how nature keeps landing on the same solutions. Suggested for ages 10 and over.
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Holiday Tree Arrival at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesKick off the holiday season downtown as Portland’s 75 foot Douglas fir arrives at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Say hello to Santa and warm up with free hot chocolate at this yearly tradition.
Meet your guides
Local agents who love this city
We’re more than city guides. We’re real estate agents who love Portland, Oregon. From hidden gems and local favorites to the best neighborhoods to call home, we know the city inside and out.
Our goal is to share the places, people and stories that make Portland special, and help you feel connected to your community.
Moving to Portland?
Find the neighborhood that fits your life
Relocating from San Francisco, Seattle or anywhere else? Start with our neighborhood guides, then book a Zoom call with Dill Ward. Dill has 20 years in Portland real estate and over 700 homes sold.
Dill Ward, Realtor in OR/WA with eXp Realty.
Business showcase
Which business makes your neighborhood feel like home?
Know a business owner we should meet? Introduce us. Each month we pick 3 local businesses for a free media showcase worth $2,500.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is Your Portland Guide?
Your Portland Guide is a free local guide to Portland, Oregon. We share weekend events, hidden gems, neighborhood guides and local business spotlights, plus a Weekend Guide email every Friday.
Is Your Portland Guide free?
Yes. The website, the community calendar and the Friday email are all free.
How do I add my event to the calendar?
Submit it on our Add Your Event page. We review each submission before it goes live.
How can my business get featured?
Introduce us to a business owner you love on our Business Showcase page. Owners can introduce themselves too. Each month we pick 3 Portland businesses for a free media showcase.
Who writes Your Portland Guide?
A team of local Portland Realtors who live and work here, led by Dill Ward with eXp Realty, plus local contributors. Meet the hosts.
What areas do you cover?
Portland neighborhoods first, plus nearby cities like Vancouver, WA, Beaverton, Gresham and Tualatin, and day trips like Hood River.
What’s in the Friday email?
Must-attend weekend events, a hidden gem, our latest guides and a real estate corner from Dill. It arrives every Friday.
Join the community
Never miss a Portland weekend
Get the Weekend Guide every Friday, and swap local tips with neighbors in our Facebook group.