The Portland Rose Festival is the city’s most iconic festival of the year and is held annually. It is organized by the volunteer non-profit Portland Rose Festival Association with the purpose of promoting the Portland region. The festival includes three separate parades, along with a number of other activities. This is a fairly long festival with a variety of events that you can attend. 
Portland Rose Festival
Here are just a few of this year’s events:
City Fair: May 1-June 7, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The city fair has all kinds of rides and on some of the nights, there are fireworks. This can be a little spendy so watch the coupon sites for a good deal before the fair starts. 
Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon May 17, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Starlight Parade May 30, 8:30 – 11 PM around Downtown Portland
Grand Floral Parade – June 6, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the Memorial Coliseum to Downtown Portland
