The Portland Rose Festival has inspired the public to gather and celebrate against a backdrop of historic external forces for 118 years, demonstrating how our community can carry on traditions and celebrate unity.

Portland's Official Festival invites you to participate in the Grand Floral Parade, Starlight Parade, Junior Parade, Queen’s Coronation, CityFair and Fleet Week. Now and always, we welcome all Portlanders and visitors alike to celebrate our floral heritage and community spirit.

Schedule of Events:

May 23, 2025

5pm - 10pm - Opening Night & Fireworks

All Together Now, Portland! The live music, vendors, carnival rides, food, drink, and fireworks are ready go! Expect to see the skies light up over downtown Portland with a fireworks display choreographed to its own soundtrack (best seen and heard inside CityFair).

CityFair

featuring all your fair favorites - carnival rides, food, games & entertainment, along Portland's waterfront!

Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park

May 24, 2025

12pm – 10pm

Kick off your summer at Portland’s favorite event - where families make moments into memories!

At Rose Festival CityFair, enjoy fair foods, live entertainment, carnival rides, local crafters, makers and artisans. All this fun takes place at the beautiful Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in downtown Portland!

Memorial Day Weekend Brings 4 Days of Fun
Opening Night Fireworks
Kids, Clowns & Characters
Two stages of music and performances

Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park

May 25 - 26, 2025

12pm – 9pm

Kick off your summer at Portland’s favorite event - where families make moments into memories!

At Rose Festival CityFair, enjoy fair foods, live entertainment, carnival rides, local crafters, makers and artisans. All this fun takes place at the beautiful Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in downtown Portland!

Memorial Day Weekend Brings 4 Days of Fun
Opening Night Fireworks
Kids, Clowns & Characters
Two stages of music and performances

Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park

May 30, 2025

4pm – 10pm

A Starry Weekend

May 31, 2025

12pm – 10pm

A Starry Weekend

Care Oregon Starlight Parade
8pm - 10pm

The CareOregon Starlight Parade is the one of the Rose Festival's most popular events offering electrified funky fun for everyone. From traditional marching bands and flood-lit floats, to glow-in-the-dark umbrellas and unique hand-built entries, you’ll see representation from Portland’s diverse community groups (and the surrounding Pacific Northwest region), creating a vibe like no other on Portland's downtown streets.

Events like the Starlight Parade are essential to a vibrant and healthy community.

June 1, 2025

12pm – 9pm

A Starry Weekend

June 4, 2025

Fred Meyer Junior Parade

Hollywood District

1pm - 3pm

Fun reigns at the Fred Meyer Junior Parade from the moment the lovable Fred Bear cuts the ribbon to the last float that goes down the street. Children from all parts of Portland participate by dressing in costume, transforming wagons into floats, decorating bikes with colorful flowers, or just by parading with friends and family.

Elementary and Middle School marching bands fill the Hollywood District with song, and dance teams add swirls of color to the celebration. Regardless of how you participate in this pint-size parade, the kids of Portland enjoy their moment in the spotlight on Fox 12 Plus live, local television.

Fleet Week

Since 1907, visiting ships have made their way to Portland's waterfront. The City of Roses is known to be a favorite port of call for military (and non-military) visitors, as Portland's citizens thank them and make them feel welcome. The Portland Rose Festival is extremely fortunate to be one of a few U.S. Ports of Call for a courtesy visit from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian Navy. Their arrival commemorates a relationship with the Navy that has lasted more than 100 years, and over 80 years of visiting Portland during the Rose Festival. It is a significant commitment by the Navy to make Rose Festival Fleet Week one of the premier Fleet Week events in the country.

June 5, 2025

Fleet Week

Since 1907, visiting ships have made their way to Portland's waterfront. The City of Roses is known to be a favorite port of call for military (and non-military) visitors, as Portland's citizens thank them and make them feel welcome. The Portland Rose Festival is extremely fortunate to be one of a few U.S. Ports of Call for a courtesy visit from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian Navy. Their arrival commemorates a relationship with the Navy that has lasted more than 100 years, and over 80 years of visiting Portland during the Rose Festival. It is a significant commitment by the Navy to make Rose Festival Fleet Week one of the premier Fleet Week events in the country.

Location: Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Spring Rose Show
Lloyd Center
Stick your nose in a rose to catch a whiff of this annual competition of cut roses hosted by the Portland Rose Society.

June 6, 2025

4pm – 10pm

Queen's Coronation
11am

The Portland Rose Festival Court Program and Queen’s Coronation Ceremony is one of Portland’s most time-honored traditions. The Queen represents Portland and the Rose Festival for one year at appearances throughout the country and abroad. When choosing a Queen, judges consider each Court members’ leadership and scholarship achievement, school activities, civic involvement, volunteer service, communication skills and overall impression.

Fleet Week

Since 1907, visiting ships have made their way to Portland's waterfront. The City of Roses is known to be a favorite port of call for military (and non-military) visitors, as Portland's citizens thank them and make them feel welcome. The Portland Rose Festival is extremely fortunate to be one of a few U.S. Ports of Call for a courtesy visit from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian Navy. Their arrival commemorates a relationship with the Navy that has lasted more than 100 years, and over 80 years of visiting Portland during the Rose Festival. It is a significant commitment by the Navy to make Rose Festival Fleet Week one of the premier Fleet Week events in the country.

June 7, 2025

12pm – 10pm

Grand Floral Parade
10am - 12pm

A cherished highlight of the Portland Rose Festival, this popular procession is more than just a spectacular floral-filled parade — it’s a beloved annual tradition. For more than 117 years, Portland families, visitors and community groups have been making memories at the Grand Floral Parade. A colorful reflection of local, regional and international communities, the parade draws hundreds of thousands of cheering viewers of every age, along a route that makes its two-mile march along Portland's east-side city streets.

Each year the parade features the traditional large all-floral floats we all love, as well as the popular mini-floats that help make the Grand Floral Parade so unique! With bands, equestrian units, marching groups, drill teams, vintage vehicles, dancers, llamas, flags and so much more, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!

Grand Floral Float Showcase
SW Naito Parkway - Salmon St - Harvey Milk
The spectacular all-floral floats from the Grand Floral Parade will line up on SW Naito Parkway post-parade (3pm-9pm Saturday, 11am-4pm Sunday) for this formal up-close float viewing session

Fleet Week

Since 1907, visiting ships have made their way to Portland's waterfront. The City of Roses is known to be a favorite port of call for military (and non-military) visitors, as Portland's citizens thank them and make them feel welcome. The Portland Rose Festival is extremely fortunate to be one of a few U.S. Ports of Call for a courtesy visit from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian Navy. Their arrival commemorates a relationship with the Navy that has lasted more than 100 years, and over 80 years of visiting Portland during the Rose Festival. It is a significant commitment by the Navy to make Rose Festival Fleet Week one of the premier Fleet Week events in the country.

Dragon Boat Race
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Teams paddle in one-of-a-kind Dragon Boats, hoping to be the first to grab the flag in a series of heats over two days, hosted by the Portland-Kaohsiung Sister City Association.

June 8, 2025

12pm – 9pm

Fleet Week

Since 1907, visiting ships have made their way to Portland's waterfront. The City of Roses is known to be a favorite port of call for military (and non-military) visitors, as Portland's citizens thank them and make them feel welcome. The Portland Rose Festival is extremely fortunate to be one of a few U.S. Ports of Call for a courtesy visit from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian Navy. Their arrival commemorates a relationship with the Navy that has lasted more than 100 years, and over 80 years of visiting Portland during the Rose Festival. It is a significant commitment by the Navy to make Rose Festival Fleet Week one of the premier Fleet Week events in the country.

Grand Floral Float Showcase
SW Naito Parkway - Salmon St - Harvey Milk
The spectacular all-floral floats from the Grand Floral Parade will line up on SW Naito Parkway post-parade (3pm-9pm Saturday, 11am-4pm Sunday) for this formal up-close float viewing session

Dragon Boat Race
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Teams paddle in one-of-a-kind Dragon Boats, hoping to be the first to grab the flag in a series of heats over two days, hosted by the Portland-Kaohsiung Sister City Association.

CityFair Ukulele Jam
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Date: May 23 - June 8, 2025

Location: Various Venues in Portland, OR

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