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2011 Update: Portland Bastille Festival in the Pearl | 8,000 Visitors | Jamison Park

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North Portland doesn’t have a full monopoly on big parties this weekend with the Portland Historic Races & the Mississippi Street Fair. The Pearl is also throwing its PBS-renowned Bastille Day bash on Saturday and they had nearly 8,000 attendees last year.

Info from website:

2009 Portland’s Bastille Festival in the Pearl

Jamison Square Park
Saturday, July 10, 2010
12:00 noon – 8:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public

French wine, cuisine, art and sport; Portland Waiters Race, pétanque exhibitions and “Le Jazz” by the Patrick Lamb Band

The Portland Bastille Day Committee will present the 8th Annual Bastille Day Festival at Jamison Square Park on Saturday, July 10 from 12:00 noon to 8 p.m. The event is free, open to the public and for people of all ages. Bastille Day festivals – held in cities all around the world – celebrate the storming of the Bastille Prison on July 14, 1789, an event which is recognized as the start of the French Revolution.

The 2009 event in Portland was among the largest such festivals on the West Coast, with close to 8,000 visitors (click here to view pictures), and was filmed in 2008 by PBS for a documentary that was shown nationally on TV. This year’s festival will feature a variety of vendors and organizations offering French wine, cuisine, music, art and sport.

Related Portland Events and Info:

• Portland Historic Races + Win Tickets | Portland International Raceway
• 2010 Mississippi Avenue Street Fair Pictures & Info: “Largest Street Fair in Portland”

Event schedule and waiter race info below Read the rest of this entry »

The 4th annual Ladies Of Arm Wresting is back this Sunday at the B-Side and according to the owners, it is “the most fun you can have while standing up“. I ran into co-owner Joel Denton on Monday night, and he gave me the info below…which is pretty much what is on the flyer here.

Relevant event info:
Sign up at the B-Side at 5PM and competition starts at 6PM. There were around thirty contestants last time, so ends around 8PM. It is single elimination and sorry South Paws, you have to go right-handed. $5 to enter and all proceeds go the MS Society.

B-Side (Facebook Page)
632 E. Burnside
Portland, OR, 97214

Related: Our Portland events list

***Forgot to ask what prizes there are, but in the past they were provided by Fantasy For Adults.

Update from Joel: THE MEETING OF THE MOMS
before the competition begins, my mother and Julie, my girlfriend & her mother are meeting for the first time. they're going to meet in an arm wrestling, battle royale

Video: Portland Timbers Army Animated Tifo vs. Seattle.
Timber Jim cuts down Space Needle
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There is another interesting event from the Portland Timbers Army this weekend and money raises goes to buy “tifo” displays like the one in this video. Related: Our July 2010 Portland Events guide.

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From Press Release/Website:

Timbers Army Tailgate: Beers, Bachelors, & History

When: Saturday, July 10th at 3pm (Kick off is at 7pm)
Where: Parking Lot on SW 18th Ave between SW Taylor and SW Salmon (behind Cheerful Bullpen)

Before the Portland Timbers play Miami Blues FC on July 10th at PGE Park at 7pm, join us for what can only be called a Timbers Army tailgatepalooza as we have a variety of special events happening including a homebrew mini-fest, a tifo fundraiser in the form of a bachelor auction of Timbers Army boys, a chance to participate in Portland Timbers history, and more.

Timbers Army Homebrew Mini-Fest

As a continuation of our celebration of Oregon craft beer this month, we are having a homebrew mini-fest at the tailgate for our 21+ attendees to showcase the local beer talent amongst the Timbers supporters. All homebrew entries are welcome! If you are not a homebrewer, you can always bring your favorite Oregon craft beer. For more information on the brewers participating in this, or if you are interested in contributing something, please go the planning page here.

Timbers Army Bachelor Auction for Tifo

The recent tifo displays at the games have been amazing Read the rest of this entry »

Pipeline is giving away two pairs of three-day passes with parking, (valued at $55 apiece) to the Portland Historic Races. To win: Comment on this post why you would like to attend. You have to be on the email to win. We’ll draw the winner on Friday morning (July 9).

Reminder: We give out free tickets to our Portland Facebook Groups & our email list to many of the top events in Portland. So, join if you like free stuff.

From our partners at Portland Historic Races:
Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races
Portland International Raceway, 1940 N Victory Blvd
July 9-11, 2010
8:30 am to 6 pm daily

Admission:
Friday $10; Saturday $25; Sunday $25
Three-Day Pass: $40
Children 12 and under: Free when accompanied by paying adult

Parking pass: $10 daily or $15 for three days

Discount admission passes are available at Baxter Auto Parts locations.

Description
The 34th annual Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races features an annual entry list of more than 250 prestigious historic race cars, all of which have been restored to the way they were when they originally raced decades ago.  The cars are divided into groups according to make, age and horsepower, then raced at high speeds to their full potential, delighting enthusiasts just as they did in their heyday.

This year’s event will celebrate 100 year of Alfa Romeo, a Read the rest of this entry »

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2011 Update: Oregon Country Fair Pictures (NSFW) & 2011 Information | Veneta (Eugene) July 8-10

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Oregon Country Fair – Indigo Bellydance
Photo by SmilingMonk

The Oregon Country Fair starts this in two days and and runs through Sunday. There are a ton of activities and entertainment. Full information is at www.oregoncountryfair.org.

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More Oregon Country Fair Pictures and info below… Read the rest of this entry »