Festivals

Just a year younger than the Portland Rose Festival, the traditional Florence Rhododendron Festival is the second-oldest flower festival in Oregon and third oldest on the west coast. People travel from around the United States to attend this festival on the Oregon coast each year, and many were...

If you're looking for something fun to do with friends and family this October you can have a spooky good time at the Spirit Of Halloweentown in St. Helens Oregon, only an hour from Portland. St. Helens was the filming site for the movie Halloweentown, and some scenes from Twilight. Spirit Of...

The beloved long-running Florence Oregon Wine & Chowder event, usually held during the long holiday weekend in October, is produced by the Florence Chamber of Commerce and has drawn nearly 1000 visitors each year. This year there will be no 2021 festivities; the event has been moved to 2022....

Some of my favorite things about fall are visiting the pumpkin patch and trying delicious goodies made with freshly harvested apples and pumpkins. I wait all year for things like pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice latte, and apple pie. One of the best places in Oregon to get homemade goodies in fall is a...

"Hey Napoleon, gimme some of your tots!" Did you know that the crispy, golden tater tot found its humble beginnings right here in Oregon? More on that in a moment, but first, The Tater Tot Festival! The City of Ontario, Oregon will be holding its first annual minced-tuber-celebration on September...