Spring and Summer 2024 Community Event Grant Awardees
The office reviewed and scored 196 applications for the spring and summer seasons. Awards went to the top scoring 36 applications, including seven that were film-related.
Additional funding was also secured to award an additional 18 runners-up with up to 50% of their request.
Awarded grants totaled $189,750.
77% of awardees identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color.
All of the events are free or have an accessible pricing structure.
Prosper Portland, Travel Oregon, Travel Portland, and the City of Portland Office of Arts and Culture support and fund this program.
2024 Community Event Grantees
Grantees are listed in alphabetic order by the name of the event. Descriptions provided by grantees
*Indicates grantee runners-up
MAY
* Oregon Rise Against Hate (ORAH) Free Admission Day | Lan Su Chinese Garden
Saturday, May 4 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett
St Johns Bizarre | St. Johns Bizarre
Saturday, May 11 | N Lombard Street between N John Ave and N Alta Ave
The 9th Vanport Mosaic Festival | The Vanport Mosaic
Wednesday, May 22 – Saturday, June 1 | N and NE Portland; check the website for exact locations.
* Portland is Great - Scavenger Hunt | Kimiko Matsuda
Wednesday, May 22 – Wednesday, May 29 | Ace Hotel
* Survival: An Integration of Art | Alexander Quezada
Friday, May 24 – Sunday, June 2 | Chinatown
JUNE
*Bloom 2024 | Steps for Youth
Saturday, June 1 | Portland State University (PSU) Lincoln Hall
Indigenous Marketplace Celebrates Pride | Portland Indigenous Marketplace
Saturday, June 1 – Sunday, June 2 | 710 SW Jackson St 97201
*FamJam – 4th Year Blast Off | Dream Big City
Tuesday, June 4 | 2700 SE 67th Ave
*Community Markets at The Cart Blocks | Friends of Green Loop
Friday, June 7 – Sunday, June 9 | The Cart Blocks, 770 W Burnside
HONK! PDX | HONK PDX
Saturday, June 8 – Sunday, June 9 | Lents Park, 4808 SE 92nd Ave and Montavilla Park, 8219 NE Glisan
FISH FRY – Back to Black Traditions | Deep Like...
Saturday, June 8 | 770 W Burnside
“Food Foray” Screening | MetroEast Community Media
Sunday, June 9 | Milagro Theatre
*Bigfoot Regional Poetry Festival | Bigfoot Regional Poetry Festival
Thursday, June 13 – Saturday, June 15 | Downtown, multiple locations.
A three-day poetry festival and spoken word competition happening in Portland, OR on June 13- 15, 2024. Free poetry open mics, writing workshops, showcases, and access to a poetry market throughout all three days, with a big poetry slam tournament across the evenings (the Finals Stage being the only ticketed event of the entire festival). All are welcome to attend - we hope to see you there!
Ten, Tiny Talks Artist in Residency and Film Festival | T&A Grand Theater and Media and Ten, Tiny, Talks Film Festival
Friday, June 14 – Sunday, June 16 | Clinton Street Theater
BwPCon 2024 | Books with Pictures, LLC
Saturday, June 15 | Books with Pictures, 1404 SE Division St
BwPCon! is a one-day event celebrating comics, illustration, zines, and our local artist community! BwPCon will feature live music, special guests, and panels, along with the Short Box food carts on the east side of the building and their wonderful comic shop in the middle of it all!
BwPCon! is an all-ages event. Pups are very welcome, too!
Foster Summer Soiree
Saturday, June 22 | Laurelwood Park, 6315 SE Foster
Carcheology | INDUSTRY One
Wednesday, June 26 | 415 SW 10th Ave and Harvey Milk St
FAT International and Niek 4 Speed have partnered together with INDUSTRY One for a one-of-kind art exhibition and street event. FAT International, founded by Viet Porsche, brings a global reach and international following with everything they do. Niek 4 Speed is a long-time art curator with extensive experience working with diverse artists. INDUSTRY One is deeply rooted in the local Portland community.
Earth Ball | Making Earth Cool
Saturday, June 29 | NW 4th Ave and Couch
JULY
Summer Nights | Historic Parkrose
Wednesday, July 10 | NE 104th Ave and Sandy Blvd
Fresh Cuts| Rose Leon LLC
Friday, July 12 – Saturday, July 13 | T.E.A.M. Center – 115 SE 9th Ave
*Nothing Left to Lose: Multidisciplinary Performance Festival | Shaking the Tree
July 12, 13, 19, 20 | Shaking the Tree Theatre
Taste of Thailand | Yard Residences LLC
Saturday, July 13 – Sunday, July 14 | 33 NE 3rd Ave
Experience Portland's first-ever Taste of Thailand Food Festival, which offers authentic dishes from northern, northeastern, central, and southern regions of Thailand. The festival showcases well-known local restaurants, including Nong Kao Man Gai, Khao Moo Dang, Farmhouse Kitchen, Kati Thai Vegan, Somtum Thai Kitchen, BKK PadThai and many more.
The event celebrates Thai culture and is a collaboration between the Yard Apartments, the Thai Royal Consulate, and Prosper Portland.
Overlook Porchfest | Overlook Neighborhood Association
Saturday, July 13 – Sunday, July 14 | Overlook neighborhood
*Mississippi Street Fair | Historic Mississippi Business Association
Saturday, July 13 | Mississippi Ave between Fremont and Skidmore
*Summer Fruit Celebration | Montavilla Farmers Market
Thursday, July 18 and Thursday, September 12 | Montavilla Street Plaza, SE 79th and Stark
Beautiful Street Festival | Beautiful Street
Saturday, July 20 – Sunday, July 21 | Director Park, 815 SW Park Ave
Multicultural Kids Festival 2024 | Slavic Community Center of NW
Sunday, July 21 | Ventura Park
Mt. Scott – Arleta Summer Free for All | Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood Association and the Arleta Triangle Project
Friday, July 26 | Arleta Triangle
Multicultural Celebration Event at Director Park
Saturday, July 27 – Sunday, July 28 | Director Park, 815 SW Park Ave
11th Annual Montavilla Street Fair | Montavilla East Tabor Business Association
Sunday, July 28 | Stark Street between SE 76th Ave & 82nd Ave
Montavilla Street Fair is the largest event in East Portland, attracting 16,000 attendees to Historic Downtown Montavilla on the last Sunday in July. Attendees can expect family-friendly fun, music, incredible food from around the world, art, crafts and other wares from more than 150 vendors on SE Stark and nearby side streets, alongside sales and specials from more than 25 participating brick-and-mortar businesses.
*Summer Free for All @ Kenton Park | Kenton Neighborhood Association (KNA)
Monday, July 29 | Kenton Park
AUGUST
*Summer Twilight at Nalu | Nalu
Thursday, August 1 – Sunday, August 4 | Nalu, 722 N Sumner St.
*Coraline's Curious Cat Trail Launch Party | Downtown Clean & Safe
Friday, August 2 | Director Park, 815 SW Park Ave
*St. John’s Art Walk | Vibe of Portland
Saturday, August 3 | N Lombard Street
*Dumpster Thriving: Vol 2 | Colours PDX
Saturday, August 3 | The Roll Up
Sin Maíz Hay No País | Heidi Duckler Dance Northwest
Monday, August 5 – Saturday, August 10 | Portland Mercado, 7238 SE Foster Rd
Jade District International Night Market | Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO)
Saturday, August 10 | SE PCC Campus, 2305 SE 82nd Ave
Portland Deaf Film Festival for 2024 | CymaSpace
Thursday August 15 & Saturday, August 17 | Woodstock Community
77th India Independence Celebration | Bollywood Dreams Entertainment
Thursday, August 15 | Oregon Park
*Arts Alive! A Community Arts Celebration | Free Arts NW
Saturday, August 17 | Arte Soleil, 5530 SE 122nd Ave
18th Portland Latin American Film Festival | Portland Latin American Film Festival
Wednesday, August 21 – Monday, August 26 | Hollywood Theatre
Women in Animation Night | Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation, and Technology
Friday, August 23 | OMSI
*Skilfest PDX | Rated Ill LLC
Saturday, August 24 | Morrison Market, Stage 722, 722 SE 10th Ave
*Deep Mulch Dry Farming Garden Party and Tour and Community Resource Mapping | Rhythm Seed Farm
Saturday, August 24 | 4606 NE 55th Ave
Time Sound | Albina Music Trust
Saturday, August 24 | Patton Square Park
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (IFCC) and Patton Square Park come to life with family-friendly arts activities and a concert presented by Albina Music Trust. The concert features the Noah Simpson Group performing "Time Sound: The Sounds Of Albina Reimagined."
Landback – Honoring an Indigenous Movement | Ittibani
Sunday, August 25 |Shemanski Park
Montavilla Jazz Festival/ | Montavilla Jazz Festival
Friday, August 30 | Mt. Tabor Park Caldera Amphitheatre
The 11th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival celebrates the leading edge of Portland’s jazz scene, as well as the historic Montavilla neighborhood’s food and shops, in a village-style event for the whole family. Between August 30 – September 1, MJF offers more than 30 events in 12 venues, including a range of free and ticketed events.
Lakad for Kalusugan: A Family-Friendly 5K Race and Community Festival 2024 | Foundation for Philippine Progress
Saturday, August 31 | Laurelhurst Park
Inward Out – Panel Discussion and Screening | Off Our Backs, LLC
Saturday, August 31 | Clinton Street Theatre
SEPTEMBER
Geek Week PDX | BabbleBuy
Monday, September 9 – Sunday, September 15 | Multiple Locations, Downtown Portland
The World's First Citywide Comic Con. The Geeks of Portland are uniting to bring you the world’s largest pop culture festival of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Super Heroes, and the Supernatural.
Each quadrant of the city will be transformed into a new mythical realm. Cosplay, Film Festivals, Markets, Parties, Tournaments and more... Your Destiny Awaits!
Design District Week | House of Commons
Thursday, September 12 – Tuesday, September 17 | Multiple Locations, Central Eastside
*The Immigrant Story Live | The Immigrant Story
Saturday, September 14 | Downtown
*Community Launch of the film, "CARE Project: A Documentary about Caregivers in Oregon" | Care is for Caregiver Coalition Oregon
Saturday, September 28 | Filipino Bayanihan Center and other community neighborhood centers