Enjoy Portland’s annual Dragon Boat Festival, featuring dragon boat racing along with food vendors, a beer garden and more. The Portland Dragon Boat Festival is a family-friendly event including food and merchandise vendors, a beer garden, and 500 m races, on the Willamette River in Downtown Portland. The Portland Dragon Boat Festival is a great way to wrap up summer festivities. The energy at the event is invigorating, and whether you are a family wanting a fun outdoor community event to watch or a participant, you will have a phenomenal time.

The festival venue will be located at the south end of Tom McCall Waterfront Park, between the Hawthorne Bridge and RiverPlace. Food vendors, the Beer Garden, and merchandise vendors will be located just south of the path (green line) south of the Hawthorne bridge.