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Only boring people get bored in Oregon during the summer. We've got lakes, rivers, festivals, beaches, music and food. There's almost always something going on to get you outside, even on those hot days in the middle when you start thinking you might actually miss the rain.

Start planning your epic summer of adventure now with our list of 53 events you won't want to miss.

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Portland Pickles baseball

You don’t have to spend too much to get the full baseball experience and the Portland Pickles lean hard into their name, with fried pickles at the concession stand and a pickle mascot named Dillion. Pre-season home games start June 1.

Walker Stadium at Lents Park, Portland; $8;

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Hillsboro Hops baseball

Hillsboro’s minor league team plays their first home game on June 21 against the Vancouver Canadians.

Ron Tonkin Field, Hillsboro; $7-$50;

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival

This year Oregon’s famous Shakespeare festival in Southern Oregon is putting on Shakespeare classics “All’s Well That Ends Well” and “As You Like It,” among others, as well as modern place like “How to Catch Creation” and “Mother Road.”

Outdoor shows run through early October; Ashland; ticket prices vary;

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The Rose Festival

Portland's annual celebration of roses has everything -- fair rides, parades, fireworks. And this year, it's been happening for 111 years.

May 24-June 9; various locations around Portland, prices vary, many events are free;

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Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest

So you think you can build a sandcastle? Join this yearly competition in Cannon Beach and see how you stack up.

June 7-9, building happens June 8; Cannon Beach; free to watch, $5-$20 to compete;

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Portland Scandinavian Midsummer Festival

Craft, eat and help raise the Midsummer Pole at this festival celebrating its 91st year.

June 8; Oaks Park; $7-$8;

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Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championships

Watch experts turn logs into works of art at the 20th annual Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championships over Father’s Day Weekend.

June 13-16; Reedsport; $5;

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Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and Parade

Portland’s annual Pride Festival and Parade celebrates the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans communities.

June 15-16; Tom McCall Waterfront Park; $8 donation;

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Cider Summit Portland

Cider lovers, now is your time. This cider festival will feature over 150 ciders, as well as cider cocktails and apple spirits.

June 21-22; Fields Neighborhood Park, Portland; $25-$40;

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Tigard Festival of Balloons

Sure, the Festival of Balloons features hot air balloons, but that’s not all! There’s shopping, eating, carnival rides, games and live music.

June 21-23; Cook Park, Tigard; $5-$8 for three-day pass;

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Summer Kite Festival

Take advantage of the windy coast with this free festival celebrating kites. Make your own kite or just watch other people’s kites soar through the air.

June 22-23; Lincoln City; free;

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Turbulence LIVE: A Concert at a Plane in the Woods

Live bands on the wing of an airplane in the woods? That’s exactly what this two day party is.

June 22-23; Hillsboro; $39-$99;

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World Naked Bike Ride

One night every summer, people gather, remove their clothing, and then ride through the streets of Portland. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea but if it’s yours, you are probably already making plans for the World Naked Bike Ride.

June 29; Portland, starting at Laurelhurst Park; free;

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World Beat Festival

You don’t have to travel the world all summer to experience music, food, dancing and traditions of different cultures. Just head to Salem’s Riverfront Park for the World Beat Festival.

June 28-30; Riverfront Park, Salem; $5;

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St. Paul Rodeo

In St. Paul, there will be roping, riding and racing. Is it even summer if you don’t watch a rodeo?

July 2-6; St. Paul Rodeo Grounds; $16-$26;

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Estacada Timber Festival

Step into a world that involves competitive pole climbing, ax throwing and log rolling. Plus, there’s live music.

July 4; Estacada Timber Park; $5;

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Waterfront Blues Festival

Celebrate Fourth of July weekend with musical acts like Marchfourth, Shemekia Copeland and the California Honeydrops, all on the banks of the Willamette River.

July 4-7; Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland; festival passes start at $50;

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“Wicked”

If you’re looking for some inside fun in July, try “Wicked” with Broadway in Portland. Experience the story, and music, of two witches who strike up a friendship. Also, there’s air conditioning.

July 10-28; Keller Auditorium, Portland; $59-$179;

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Harefest

Two days, three stages and 22 tribute bands? Yep. This year’s Harefest will include a Journey tribute band, a Heart tribute band, a Guns N’ Roses tribute band and so, so many more.

July 12-13; Canby; $49-$65;

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Oregon Country Fair

The Oregon Country Fair will celebrate 50 years of music, food and yes, some nudity, in the woods this summer. Paint your face, put on your sandals and join the fun.

July 12-14; Veneta; $29-$36;

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The Big Float

On a (hopefully) nice day in July, join a whole crowd of other people and float down the Willamette River in Portland. Don’t forget, it’s BYOFD (bring your own flotation device).

July 13; Tom McCall Waterfront Park; $5-$15;

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da Vinci Days

Celebrate math, science, engineering, technology and arts with Corvallis’ annual festival named after Leonardo da Vinci.

July 19-21; Corvallis; free;

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Cathedral Park Jazz Festival

Bring a picnic and listen to music under the St. Johns Bridge, all for free.

July 19-21; Cathedral Park, Portland; free;

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Robin Hood Festival

This year is the 65th anniversary Sherwood’s annual Robin Hood Festival, an old timey celebration of the community that features a medieval parade, sword fights and lots of activities and music.

July 19-21; old town Sherwood; free;

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PDX Pop Now!

Portland’s annual outdoor, under-the-bridge, free music festival returns this summer for its 16th year of local indie rock and roll.

July 20-21; Audiocinema, Portland; free;

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Concours d'Elegance

Music, food, beer, wine and of course, classic cars, make Concours d’Elegance the summer event for lovers of old time automobiles.

July 21; Pacific University, Forest Grove; $5-$20;

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Dunefest

If you like extreme sports with your Oregon coast appreciation, Dunefest is the place for you. Want to race ATVs? Toss tires? Take monster truck rides? That’s Dunefest.

July 23-28; Winchester Bay, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area; $20-$45;

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Oregon Brewers Festival

This summer, the Oregon Brewers Festival will feature all craft beers and ciders from Oregon for the first time. Also exciting to beer lovers will be the fact that 85 of those beers and ciders will be first-release products debuting at the festival.

July 24-27; Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland; free to enter, $20 for a tasting package that includes a mug and 10 tokens;

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Portlandia Mermaid Parade

This year is the fourth year that a parade of mermaids has walked through Portland. Not a mermaid? You can still go.

July 27; Tom McCall Waterfront Park; free;

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Tualatin Crawfish Festival

If your love of crawfish (or crawdads) isn’t enough to entice you to this festival, what about the Tom Petty tribute band called Petty Fever is playing on Saturday?

Aug. 2-3; Tualatin Community Park; $5;

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Pickathon

Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band is just one of the groups that are heading to the Pendarvis Farm for a weekend of music, food and even camping this summer.

Aug. 2-4; Pendarvis Farm, Happy Valley; $130-$160 for single-day admission;

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Chinese Festival

Celebrate the culture and food of China with dances, musical acts, martial arts demonstrations and more at the first ever Chinese Festival.

Aug. 3; Pioneer Courthouse Square; free;

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Tillamook County Fair

This summer the Tillamook County Fair will make your ‘90s dreams come true with a show by Sugar Ray. Yeah, that Sugar Ray.

Aug. 7-10; Tillamook; $6-$10;

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Junction City Scandinavian Festival

Celebrate Scandinavian culture and food in the central Willamette Valley this summer.

Aug. 8-11; Junction City; free;

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Pan African Festival of Oregon

Oregon’s annual Pan African Festival celebrates the influence of the African Diaspora in Oregon with dancing, drumming, family entertainment and food.

Aug. 10; Pioneer Courthouse Square; free;

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Festival de la Salsa

Oregon’s Salsa Festival will feature Buena Vista Social Club, Andy Montañez, Eliades Ochoa and more, as well as Latin food and salsa dancing lessons underneath the Hawthorne Bridge.

Aug. 10; Eastbank Esplanade; $35-$100, kids under 10 are free;

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Bridge Pedal

If you’ve ever wanted to ride your bike over a freeway bridge in Portland, this is your one chance of the year.

Aug. 11; bridges across Portland; $35;

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India Festival

Experience the sights, tastes and sounds of India at the annual India Festival, which features dance, music and food.

Aug. 11; Pioneer Courthouse Square; free;

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Grand Ronde Contest Powwow

Watch Native dancers compete for more than $35,000 in prize money in 20 categories are during this weekend celebration.

Aug. 16-18; Uyxat Powwow Grounds, Willamina; free to watch, $1 for parking;

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PDX Adult Soap Box Derby

Watch full-grown adults fly down Mt. Tabor in homemade derby cars. Stay alert. There will be crashes.

Aug. 17; Mount Tabor Park, Portland; free to watch;

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Airshow of the Cascades

The Airshow of the Cascades doesn’t just have airplanes -- there are also cars, bikes, fireworks, drones and all kinds of entertainment.

Aug. 23-24; Madras Airport; $6-$20 for admission;

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Hood to Coast

Watch runners compete in this awesome feat of strength -- a team run literally from Mount Hood to the Oregon coast -- from the sidelines.

Aug. 23-24; Timberline Lodge to Seaside; free to watch;

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Faerieworlds

Art, music and fantasy collide at Horning’s Hideout during Faerieworlds. Don’t forget to bring your wings.

Aug. 23-25; Horning's Hideout, North Plains; tickets start at $45 for adults;

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Oregon State Fair

Enjoy the rides on the midway, eat some classic fair food, check out the prize-winning animals and

, all at the Oregon State Fair.

Aug. 23-Sept. 2; Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem; $5-$8;

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Dahlia Festival

Revel in colorful displays at this annual free celebration of dahlias in bloom.

Aug. 24-26 and Aug. 31- Sept. 2; Swan Island Dahlias, Canby; free;

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Dragons in The Wallowas

Watch dragon boats race on Wallowa Lake, in the shadow of the majestic Wallowa Mountains.

Aug. 24-25; Wallowa Lake; free to watch;

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LPGA Cambia Portland Classic

The best female golfers in the world will come to Portland to play in 48th LPGA Cambia Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.

Aug. 29-Sept. 1; Columbia Edgewater Country Club; $15 for adults;

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Sisters Folk Festival

This year’s Sisters Folk Festival will feature Bruce Cockburn, Le Vent Du Nord and more, playing folk and more on eleven different stages across town.

Sept. 6-8; venues across Sisters; $55-$170 for festival pass;

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Cycle Oregon

This year, the week-long bike ride through Oregon travels over 400 miles around the rim of Crater Lake and through Central Oregon.

Sept. 7-14; beginning and ending in Oakridge; $1,050;

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Pendleton Round-Up

The Pendleton Round-Up is more than just a rodeo -- it features parades and a concert too!

Sept. 11-14; Pendleton; $17-$24;

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Feast Portland

The

will welcome a new lineup of celebrated chefs from around the world for its eighth year in Portland.

Sept. 12-15; venues across Portland; ticket prices vary;

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Rose City Comic Con

Rose City Comic Con is one of the city’s largest celebrations of geek culture.

Sept. 13-15; Oregon Convention Center, Portland; $25-$40 for single-day passes;

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Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire

Put on your finest pantaloons and head to this “faire” set in the historic renaissance of 1558 to 1603.

Sept. 14-15; Kings Valley; $7-$14;

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Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival

Publicly demonstrate your skills with the chalk, or just watch other people do it, at this festival in Forest Grove.

Sept. 21; downtown Forest Grove; $7-$12 to participate, free to observe;

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Komen Oregon and SW Washington More Than Pink Walk

This year, Susan G. Komen Oregon and SW Washington is expanding beyond pink during their annual fundraiser walk, which raises money to reduce breast cancer deaths in the United States.

Sept. 22; Portland; $20-$35 to register as an individual;

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Oregon Alpenfest

The Oregon Aplenfest promises “a rousing a good time with beer, bratwurst and Swiss and Bavarian entertainment.”

Sept. 26-29; Venues around Joseph, Enterprise and Wallowa Lake; many events are free;

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Oregon International Air Show

If you like watching planes soar in formation through the air, this might be the crescendo of your totally amazing summer.

Sept. 20-22; McMinnville Municipal Airport; check website for tickets;

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