50+ Portland Saturday & Sunday Events: Festivals, Music, Parties, Film, Win Tickets

The weekend is in full swing here and there are over 50 event below over the next couple days to help you enjoy it.

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Featured: Portland September 2011 Events Calendar 

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Win Tickets & Prizes From Pipeline

• Win Tickets: Peaches & Groundation @ Roseland, Wonder ($100+ Sept. 1, Sept. 4)
• Win Tickets: MusicFest NW Wristbands & Tickets ($115, Sept. 7-11)

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Portland Saturday Events, August 27

• Featured: Interview: Maria Bamford @ Helium Comedy Club | The Comedians of Comedy 
• Featured: Ross Coleman Invitational | Professional Bull Riders Show, Benefit for Make A Wish Foundation (Win Tickets)
• Featured: Rose City Rollers Derby Daze | BBQ, Boot Camp, Bouts
• Featured: Rose City Rollers Derby Days Bout | Axles of Annihilation vs Treasure Valley Roller Girls (Win VIP Tickets)
• Featured: Portland Burgundy Fest @ Bossanova Ballroom | Anchorman Costumes, Music, Libations, Jazz Flute (Win Tickets)
• Featured: And And And, Death Songs, Safe Word @ Holocene | Orchestrated Pop, Lo-fi Punk (Win Tickets)
• Featured: UFC Fight Screening @ Blitz Pearl & Ladd | FREE, Silva vs Okami
• Featured: McTuff w/ Philly's Phunkestra @ The Goodfoot | Hammond Organ, Soul, Jazz (Win Tickets)
• Featured: Futro Records Launch Party @ Someday Lounge | Music, Raffle, Visuals (Win Tickets)
• Featured: PDX Hunt Urban Race | Urban Treasure Hunt, $1,000 Cash Prize
• Featured: New Heineken Red Star Lounge Series @ Crown Room | Free Beer, Music, Dancing
• Featured: Mighty Mites - Session Beer Festival at Coalition Brewing | PDX Beer Week
• Featured: Portland Parks & Recreation Bridge Walk | Tour Downtown's Largest Mechanical Structures
• Featured:  News From Portland Saturday Market: Final Fling With Summer

• NE Portland: Post5 Theater Presents ¬ËœRomeo & Juliet | FREE, Outdoor, Modern Performance
• SE Portland: Great American Nano Beer Fest @ Buckman Botanical Brewery | SE Portland
• Downtown:  Portland's Festa Italiana (Italian Festival) @ Pioneer Square | Bocce, Beer, Wine, Food, & More
• East Burnside: Music Millenium Sidewalk Sale (1000s of CDs, DVDs, Vinyl - Up to 90% Off, website/more info)
• Canby: Oregon Dahlia Festival | FREE, Over 400 Floral Arrangements
• SW Portland:  Masamichi Nitani (woodworking) - Behind the Shoji Art Show & Sale @ Portland Japanese Gardens
• SE Portland:  Portland Movies in the Park - The Social Network @ Laurelhurst Park
• N. Portland: Annual Portland Proper Festival @ Kenton Park | Food, Games, Prizes, FREE
• SW Portland: Baby Woodstock @ Portland Children's Museum | FREE, Music, Crafts
• NE Portland:  Portland Breaks World Massage Record + Music & Food | Common Ground Wellness Center Celebration
• SE Portland: Uplift The Commons - SE Coalition Summer Celebration | FREE, Food Carts, Beer, Wine, Music
• Hillsboro: Red, White & Blue Vintage Car Show Fundraiser | FREE, Benefit For Homeless Veterans
• NE Portland: Alameda Brewing 15^th Anniversary @ Alameda Brewery | FREE - beeeeer! plus bands and $2 pints all day [From Lifeisaparty]
• NE Portland: 9^th Annual Whilshirestock 40oz Festival @ Whilshire City Park | FREE, Music, Food, Drank, Games & Prizes
• Beaverton: 100 Faces Photo Opening @ Studio 503 | FREE - art art art [From Lifeisaparty]
• NE Portland: Swingtime Vaudeville @ Alberta Rose | $18 - vaudeville performance, swing dancers [From Lifeisaparty]
• SE Portland: 2^nd Annual Macro Beerfest @ O'Malley's Saloon | FREE - beer, music, comedy, Timbers tickets giveaways [From Lifeisaparty]
• Park Blocks: The Allure of the Automobile @ Portland Art Museum
• All Month: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• All Month:  The Thrill of the Climb @ Pittock Mansion | Historic Mt. Hood Climbing Photos, Video

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Portland Sunday Events, August 28

• Featured: Rose City Rollers Derby Daze | BBQ, Boot Camp, Bouts
• Featured: News From Portland Saturday Market: Final Fling With Summer
• Featured: Portland's Funniest Person Contest Finals @ Helium Comedy Club | $1,000 Prize, Hosted By Jackie Kashian of Comedy Central Presents
• Featured: Ninkasi Beer Brunch @ East Burn | 3 Course Meal w/ Beer Pairings
• Featured: Allium & Stonegate Farm Neighborhood Dinner | Farm Tour, Seven Course Meal, Music (Win Tickets)
• Featured: Bargain Hunting @ Crystal Ballroom | FREE, 50 PDX Boutiques, Bloody Marys
• Featured: Brunch and Beer Bust @ Blitz Pearl | 1/2 Off Breakfast, $2 Pints 
• Featured: Closing Street Party at Bazi Bierbrasserie | PDX Beer Week
• Featured: ShanRock’s Triviology @ East Burn | FREE, Trivia, Prizes

• NE Portland: Post5 Theater Presents ¬ËœRomeo & Juliet | FREE, Outdoor, Modern Performance
• Downtown:  Portland's Festa Italiana (Italian Festival) @ Pioneer Square | Bocce, Beer, Wine, Food, & More
• East Burnside: Music Millenium Sidewalk Sale (1000s of CDs, DVDs, Vinyl - Up to 90% Off, more info)
• Canby: Oregon Dahlia Festival | FREE, Over 400 Floral Arrangements
• SE Portland: 1st Annual Kraftskiva Crawfish Party @ House Spirits Distillery | SE Portland
• SE Portland: Great American Nano Beer Fest @ Buckman Botanical Brewery | SE Portland
• Park Blocks: Portland Potluck In The Park | FREE, BBQ, Homeless Resource Fair
• SE Portland: Sunday Parkways | Laurelhurst, Colonel Summers and Ivon Parks
• SE Portland: SE Portland Hawthorne Street Fair Pictures, History, 2011 Schedule & Information | Music, Art, Bikes, Food, Party
• NE Portland:  Portland Movies in the Park - How To Train Your Dragon @ Argay Park
• NE Portland: Milepost 5 & Montavilla Sunday Art Market | FREE, Food, Art, Music
• SW Portland:  Teresa Ruch (bamboo dying/textiles) - Behind the Shoji Art Show & Sale @ Portland Japanese Gardens
• Park Blocks: The Allure of the Automobile @ Portland Art Museum
• West Burnside: Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (FREE - mini bike madness) [From Lifeisaparty]
• SE Portland: Ninkasi Presents Sunday Night Jazz @ Blue Monk ($3 - live jazz bands) [From Lifeisaparty]
• Old Town: Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante's ($8 - fire dancing, strippers, magicians) [From Lifeisaparty]
• Downtown: Dressed to Killit Aids Walk Afterparty @ Departure | FREE - fundraiser, sexy electro, indie vibe [From Lifeisaparty]
• Hillsboro: Rockfest @ Washington County Fairplex | $55 - KoRn, Five Finger Death Punch, Queensryche, Chevelle and tons more [From Lifeisaparty]
• East Burnside: Free Portland Sunday Concert Series @ Rontoms
• All Month: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• All Month:  The Thrill of the Climb @ Pittock Mansion | Historic Mt. Hood Climbing Photos, Video

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Upcoming Portland Events

• August 29: Mirror Pond Mondays @ Blitz Pearl | $3 Pints of Mirror Pond Beer All Day (info/website)
• August 30: Tecate Tuesdays @ Blitz Pearl | 16 oz Tecate & 3 Tacos for $6 (info/website)
• August 30: Fat Tire Cruiser Bike Contest @ The Goodfoot | Beer, Bike Raffle
• August 30: Open Mic Night @ Helium Comedy Club | FREE, Over 20 Comedians (info/website)
• August 30: New Connexion Presents Keenin Anderson @ New Renaissance Bookstore | Learn Self-Healing Techniques
• August 30: Stumptown Stories @ Jack London Bar | FREE, Migrations of the Pacific NW + Swift Video
• August 31: Widmer Wednesdays @ Blitz Pearl | $3 Widmer Pints All Day (info/website)
• September 1: Young Jeezy w/ Freddie  Gibbs, Cool Nutz, Spac3man @ Roseland Theater | Down South Hip Hop
  
• September 1: Oregon Symphony at Waterfront Park | Fireworks, Cannons, Free
• September 2: GROUNDATION w/Kevin Kinsella, Outpost, XactChange HiFi @ Wonder Ballroom| Jazz influenced Roots, Rock Reggae (Win Tickets)
• September 3-4: Portland Pirate Festival | Giant Ship, Mermaid Lagoon, Costumes, Last Regiment Drummers 
• September 4: Peaches w/ Rude Dudes @ Roseland Theater | Dirty Electro Pop, Champagne Spraying (Win Tickets)
• September 4: The Oregon Zoo's Zoo Animal Presenters (ZAP) @ Portland Saturday Market
• September 7-11: MusicFest NW at Crystal, Roseland, Aladdin Theater, Holocene, & More (Win Tickets, $115)
• September 10: Chris Botti @ Oregon Symphony | Oregon's trumpet sensation effortlessly crosses musical boundaries. He returns for a night of sophisticated stylings with the Symphony (info/website)
• September 11-13: Pink Martini @ Oregon Symphony | Portland's two great bands are back together again, for three performances! With Thomas Lauderdale and Carlos Kalmar, who knows what special treats are in store? (info/website)
• September 17: 3rd Annual Biketobeerfest @ Hopworks |  12 Bike Builders, 5 Local Bands, 15 Hopworks Beers, Games, Performances & Food
• September 18: Just Say Knope: Parks & Recreation Trivia @ East Burn | FREE, Trophy, Prizes
• September 24: Urban Dare Portland | Trivia, Photo Hunt, $300 Cash Prize