Portland Rose Festival

Portland Rose Festival
Waterfront Village in
Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Beginslate May or early June
Endsmid-June (2–3 weeks after starting)
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Portland, Oregon
Inaugurated1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Attendance1.2 million (2011)[1]
Budget$3,407,582 (2011)[1]
Patron(s)Portland Rose Festival Foundation
Websiterosefestival.org

The Portland Rose Festival is an annual civic festival held during the month of June in Portland, Oregon. It is organized by the volunteer non-profit Portland Rose Festival Foundation (named the Portland Rose Festival Association until the 2000s) with the purpose of promoting the Portland region. It includes three separate parades, along with a number of other activities.[2]

A dinosaur float in the 2008 Grand Floral Parade
  1. ^ a b Portland Rose Festival Foundation (11 July 2011). "Grand Pinnacle Award Submission" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  2. ^ Erika Weisensee (2008). "Portland Rose Festival". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Portland State University. Retrieved 2010-07-24.