There must be something in the Portland air (besides mist) because the event calendar just went from zero to “how do we choose?” Overnight, the city becomes a mix of glowing parks, craft markets, pop-up concerts, cookie workshops, and at least one event that makes you say, “Only here.”
We’ve rounded up the standouts so you can skip the scroll and get straight to the good stuff.
Dec 1-31 NE Portland | Christmas festival of lights
Dec 1-31 N Portland | Winter Wonderland
Dec 1-31 NW Portland | Pittock Mansion: Home for the Holidays
Dec 1-24 SW Portland | Letters to Santa
Dec 1-31 Mt. Hood | Railway Polar Express
Dec 1-6 NE Portland | McMenamins Breakfast with Santa
Dec 1-7 Sauvie Island | Topaz Farms Christmas Trees
Dec 2-31 SW Portland | Benson Hotel Annual Gingerbread Display
Dec 4 Washougal, WA | Lighted Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting
Dec 4- 8 Tigard | Hipster Santa at Washington Square
Dec 5-6 SW Portland | Portland Holiday Brew Fest
Dec 6 SW Portland | Resin Jewelry Making
Dec 6 SW Portland | The Pixie Bazaar
Dec 6 NW Portland | Native-American Art with Naya
Dec 6 SE Portland | Oregon Koto-Kai Winter Concert
Dec 6 NE Portland | Winter Tree Medicine
Dec 6 St. John’s | St. Johns Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl
Dec 6-7 Hillsboro | Wild Arts Festival
Dec 6-31Yacolt, WA | Chelatchie Prairie Railroad: Christmas Special
Dec 7 NW Portland | Nutcracker Drop-in Toddler Ballet
Dec 7 Vancouver, WA | Meet Santa at City Play
Dec 11 Oregon City | The Look back lecture series: Chinese Expulsion
Dec 12 SW Portland | The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition
Dec 12 SW Portland | Wine Tasting with Torii Mor
Dec 12 N Portland | Nitro Circus: Off The Rails
Dec 13 Vancouver, WA | Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration
Dec 13 SW Portland | Teddy Bear Tea
Dec 13 SW Portland | Doug Fir Day
Dec 13 SW Portland | Posadas Navideñas
Dec 13-20 NE Portland | Bûche de Noël Cooking Classes
Dec 13-21 West Linn | Santa on the Farm
Dec 14 SE Portland | Cocoa and Caroling on Foster
Dec 15-31 SE Portland | Peacock Lane
Dec 19 SE Portland | Home for the Holidays: Portland at Christmas
Dec 20 SE Portland | Holiday Centerpiece Design Class with Wine
Dec 20 SW Portland | The Official Christmas Bar Crawl
Dec 20-21 SW Portland | Gingerbread House Decorating Class
Dec 28 NE Portland | Champagne Class
Dec 31 SW Portland | New Year’s Eve Party
Dec 31 NE Portland | Cowboy Disco Ball New Year’s Eve Bash