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Saturday, July 18, 2026
Portland, Oregon
Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, OR 97204Portland Pride Weekend 2026 takes over the downtown waterfront July 18 and 19, when Tom McCall Waterfront Park fills with two days of festival fun and Oregon's largest Pride parade winds through Old Town. This is the big one — the weekend Portland's LGBTQ+ community and tens of thousands of visitors come together along the Willamette River to celebrate under the 2026 theme, Made with Pride. Saturday kicks off the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival from noon to 8 p.m., with multiple stages, 200-plus vendors, food, and headlining drag performers including Deja Skye, Tenderoni, and Lushious Massacr. Saturday night the party moves to the Crystal Ballroom for Gaylabration, the official 21-and-over Pride dance party. Sunday brings the main event: the Portland Pride Parade steps off at 11 a.m. from the North Park Blocks and flows down to the waterfront, where the festival reopens at 11:30 a.m. and runs to 6 p.m. Over in Northeast Portland, the NE Portland Pride and LGBTQ+ Resource Fair keeps the celebration going into the evening. A few local tips: skip the car and ride MAX or the streetcar straight downtown, because parking near the waterfront is brutal on Pride weekend. Admission to the festival is a $10 suggested donation with no one turned away, so bring a little cash. Wear sunscreen, pace yourself, and build in time to explore the bars of the Burnside Triangle after dark. Whether it's your first Pride or your fifteenth, this is Portland at its proudest.
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