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Vanport Jazz Festival

University of Portland 5000 N. Willamette Blvd, Portland

At its height, nearly 40,000 people lived in Vanport, including 6,000 African Americans. Vanport was then the nation’s largest public housing project and the second-largest city in Oregon. During World War II, Portland launched a national recruitment campaign that brought 100,000 workers to the city’s shipyards. Existing private housing was... Read More

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival

Cathedral Park 8600 NW Bridge Ave, Portland

The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is a three‑day celebration of jazz and blues held annually each July beneath the soaring Gothic arches of Portland’s St. Johns Bridge. Launched in 1980, it's the longest-running free jazz festival west of the Mississippi River. Organized by the Jazz Society of Oregon, this beloved... Read More

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival

Cathedral Park 8600 NW Bridge Ave, Portland

The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is live for our 44th anniversary of this landmark jazz festival! The event will be held from July 18th to the 21st. This is a free event, but you will have many opportunities to support the festival through cash donations and purchasing drinks from the... Read More

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