SE Portland Hawthorne Street Fair Pictures, History, 2011 Schedule, & Information | Music, Art, Bikes, Food, Party
August 23, 2011 — PDXPIPELINE
Hamster Ball Bike
Hawthorne Street Fair
Portland, Oregon
Photo by Julian Chadwick
Once again, the Hawthorne Street Fair takes place the same date as SE Portland’s Sunday Parkways, so you might get to see the hamster ball bike this Sunday. Here are another 170+ pictures on flickr that I took at the street fair a couple years back.
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Related Portland Events and Info:
- –> Our Portland Events Calendar <–
- August 25-27: Maria Bamford @ Helium Comedy Club | The Comedians of Comedy (info/tickets)
- August 25-27: Portland's Festa Italiana (Italian Festival) @ Pioneer Square | Bocce, Beer, Wine, Food
- August 27 & 28: News From Portland Saturday Market: Final Fling With Summer
- August 28: Stonegate Farm Neighborhood Dinner | Farm Tour, 7 Course Meal, Music (Win Tickets)
- August 28: Ninkasi Beer Brunch @ East Burn | 3 Course Meal w/ Beer Pairings
- August 28: Bargain Hunting @ Crystal Ballroom | FREE, 50 PDX Boutiques, Bloody Marys
Hawthorne Street Fair Pictures, 2011 Schedule & Information:
From Website:
Hawthorne Street Fair
Sunday, August 28, 2011, 11 AM – 5 PM
All along Hawthorne Boulevard – especially 12th – 51st
Crossings will occur at SE 32nd and 45th Avenue
Website: thinkhawthorne.com
Welcome to Portland's Famous Hawthorne Street Fair!
Join us for our annual summer event celebrating the Hawthorne District! FREE Live Music, Vendors, Sales, Family Activities and so much more!
Come visit Portland's original ¬Å“shop local¬Â district and explore over a hundred businesses dedicated to community involvement and making the area a desirable place to live, work, and shop. The street fair happens every year in August, and this year is held in conjunction with Sunday Parkways on Sunday August 28th from 11am to 5pm. SE Hawthorne Boulevard has a long history of tradition and is known for its eclectic mix of boutiques shops, cafes, food carts, bars, restaurants and music related destinations. We continue to be a thriving community of residents, business owners, and visitors. We welcome you to visit our neighborhood and join the celebration!
The Hawthorne Street Fair is organized and managed by the Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association. Visit thinkhawthorne.com for more information and other Hawthorne related events throughout the year.
Sunday Parkways will cross Hawthorne Boulevard again this year, drawing thousands of people to the Hawthorne Street Fair. Crossings will occur at SE 32nd and 45th Avenue!
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2011 Hawthorne Street Fair Schedule:
Acoustic Stage at 41st/UPS Store
11 AM James Opie and Walter Cryderman Gospel Duo
12 Noon Pug Bernhard One Man Accordion Band
1 PM Jon Koonce Singer Songwriter
2 PM Lowell John Mitchell Americana
3 PM John DeAndrade 12 String Guitarist
4 PM Reverb Bros Old time Jug Band
Kids Activities at 35th Courtesy of Kids At Heart Toys
- Where the street fair is fun for the little ones! Come get your face painted, play games and more!
11 AM - 3 PM - face painting, bubbles, misting tent, sidewalk sale
11 AM to 3 PM - Dan Freed magic and entertainment
11 AM - Lorna Miller little kid's jamboree music
12 Noon - Tears of Joy ¬Å“Who's in hare's house¬Â puppet show
1 PM - dan freed magic show
2 PM - Tears of Joy ¬Å“Who's in hare's house¬Â puppet show
3 PM - Dan Freed magic show
4 PM - Mr. Ben ukelele music
Showcase Stage at 34th Avenue
11 AM Sportin’ Lifers Rock and Roll Band
12 Noon) Smilin’ Johns Bluegrass Band
1 PM Ramsey y los Montunos Latin Groove Orchestra
2 PM Jawbone Flats Country Rock Band
3 PM Sonny Hess Blues Band
4 PM the New Iberians Zydeco Blues Band
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The History of the Hawthorne Boulevard Street Fair
by Nancy Chapin (published in the SE Examiner, August 2011)
In 1982 Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association held its first ¬Å“Street Fair¬Â. It was a few non-profit booths and a guitarist located in the COIT Cleaners lot at 32nd Pl. and some sidewalk sales. In the intervening years, the street fair grew to involve more businesses, vendors, music and lots more neighbors, community members and visitors, coming to see what Hawthorne had to offer the neighborhood and the city. For the first ten years, the event focused on the area between 32nd and 38th, but by 1992, it was obvious that there were now enough destination businesses ¬Å“across the great divide¬Â (39th Avenue, now Cesar Chavez Blvd.) that the organizers added an International Stage at the Food Cart lot on 48th and a street party on 43rd with other activities and venues.
1993 was the first year of six two-day events, which, logistically, required a dozen or more volunteers just to deal with the required barricade set-up so we could have no parking and only one lane of traffic each way from 33rd to 38th during the day. People and the bus drivers loved the freedom of only two wide lanes of traffic with pedestrians, strollers, dogs and wheelchairs having plenty of room to get through the area in the normal parking and second driving lanes.
In 1995, we had the first of three Art Car Parades on Saturdays. We had cash prizes and art cars that came from as far away as Michigan and who stayed around for the day showing off their vehicles. One of the coolest was the Camera Van which had over 1400 cameras attached to it!
For many years, we had two large parking lots on SE 34th and SE 36th to place most of the vendors in, but as businesses changed and buildings took over the spaces, we started using other lots or closing streets. This year, the music is back on 34th and 41st, as it was last year, and vendors will be at SE 35th and 36th Avenues, Chase Bank, the UPS Store and the Key Bank/Papa Murphy's (and more) parking lot on SE 41st.
In 2007, after a few years off, organizers restarted the fair and your business neighbors are inviting all of you to come to Hawthorne Boulevard to have fun with us on Sunday, August 28, in conjunction with Sunday Parkways which will cross Hawthorne at SE 32nd and SE 45th.
