Celebrate the Fourth of July with downtown Portland’s only large-scale fireworks display! This incredible annual fireworks display over the Willamette River is set to a soundtrack of classic blues, soul and funk.
The fireworks display is put on by the Waterfront Blues Festival. There are several locations to see the fireworks with no tickets required:
-Tom McCall Waterfront Park – outside of the festival (tickets are required to attend the Waterfront Blues Festival)
-Sellwood Park
-The Hawthorne Bridge, Tillikum Crossing, or the Morrison Bridge
-The International Rose Test Garden
-Eastbank Esplanade
-Various locations around downtown