Japanese New Year
January 15, 2020 (6 to 9 p.m.)
Japanese New Year Celebration (Shinnenkai) includes New Year’s foods (osechi), sushi, dessert, beer, sake, and traditional music at Ecotrust.
Rose City Classic Dog Show
January 15 - 19, 2020
Rose City Classic is a large dog show at Portland Expo Center. Spectators will find the all-breed shows that are held Thursday to Sunday the most interesting.
Wait Until Dark
January 16 - Feb. 16, 2020
Based on the classic film starring Audrey Hepburn, Wait Until Dark is a psychological game of cat and mouse that will keep you on the edge of your seat at Lakewood Center for the Arts in Lake Oswego.
Professional Bull Riding
January 18, 2020 (7 p.m.)
Professional Bull Riders take on the fiercest bucking bulls at the Moda Center.
Willamette Week’s Ramen + Whisky
January 19, 2020 (12 & 3 p.m.)
Seven Portland chefs compete to bring you “the best ramen taster paired with a Japanese whisky cocktail” during Willamette Week’s Ramen +
Whisky at Leftbank Annex.
MLK Breakfast
January 20, 2020 (8:30 to 10:30 a.m.)
Hear a keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast at the Oregon Convention Center.
Truffle Festival
January 23 - Feb. 16, 2020
Eugene & Newburg
Hear speakers, shop a marketplace, and enjoy fine dining during Oregon Truffle Festival. Events sell out.
- Jan 23 to 26 - Eugene
- Feb. 14 to 16 - Newberg
First Taste Oregon
January 24 - 25, 2020
First Taste Oregon features local art, beer, food, music, spirits, and wine at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem.
Wizard World Portland
January 24 - 26, 2020
Wizard World Portland is about comic books, science fiction, fantasy, film, horror, animation, anime, manga, and card games, at the Oregon Convention Center.
Winter Music Festival
January 24 - 26, 2020
Winter Music Festival features performances, jam sessions, a pie-baking contest and sale, and an artisan fair with 20 vendors (Sat. & Sun.) in Florence.
Reel Music Festival
January 24 - Feb. 16, 2020
Downtown Portland locations
Reel Music Festival screens new films and timeless classics with a music theme at Portland Art Museum.
Lunar New Year Dragon Dance Parade
January 25, 2020 (11:30 a.m.)
The Lunar New Year Dragon Dance Parade begins at 315 NW Davis Street and ends at the Oregon Historical Society where there is free admission plus 1 p.m. dance performances. Free.
Chinese New Year Cultural Fair
January 25, 2020
Chinese New Year Cultural Fair includes folk dance, instrumental music, martial arts, and Chinese food at Oregon Convention Center.
Portland International Cat Show
January 25 - 26, 2020
Watch top cats compete at the International Cat Show Portland at Holiday Inn Portland-Airport.
Chinese New Year
January 25 - Feb. 9, 2020
Celebrate Chinese New Year with lion dances, martial arts, cultural performances, and children’s activities at Lan Su Chinese Garden. Schedule.
Japanese New Year
January 26, 2020
Mochitsuki has entertainment, hands-on activities, ikebana, calligraphy, games, rice pounding, mochi, and Japanese foods at Portland State University in the Viking Pavilion.
Blizzard
January 26, 2020 (7 p.m.)
0.6 miles south
Filled with trampolines, juggling, live music, a playful sense of humor, and stunning stage design, Blizzard is a winter-themed spectacle performed by Flip Fabrique at Keller Auditorium.
Omsi After Dark
January 29, 2020 (6 p.m.)
Explore the wonders of OMSI with no kids in sight, and drink beer or wine while learning about robots, tornados, and fossils at OMSI After Dark for age 21+. This event repeats many times per year.
Mamma Mia
January 30 - Feb. 16, 2020
Set at a Greek wedding and full of Abba songs, Mamma Mia! is a rousing musical about a young bride in search of her true father, at Winningstad Theatre.
Portland Seafood & Wine Festival
January 31 - Feb. 1, 2020
Portland Seafood & Wine Festival features “fresh Oregon seafood and wine, craft beer, cider, and distilled spirits” plus 175 exhibitors and kids’ activities in the Oregon Convention Center.