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Portland Dragon Boat Races
June 8, 2019 @ 8:00 am - June 9, 2019 @ 5:00 pm
A treasured event accompanying the Portland Rose Festival, the Dragon Boat races are held on the Willamette River, affording mulitiple good viewing points. The event has been bringing this exciting Chinese tradition to Portland for more than two decades.
Held on the Willamette River near the Hawthorne Bridge, the races feature exciting four-team heats held every nine minutes. More than 60 different teams – local, national and international – compete in boats graciously provided through the Portland-Kaohsiung Sister City Association.
