Sixty-two enthusiastic metro area high school students came together today at the Lakewood Center for the Arts in Lake Oswego competing for the position of the fifteenth Rose Festival Princess. As the seven volunteer judges watched, each took the stage and gave a short speech. The 24 girls that made the first cut were asked… Read more »
The Portland Rose Festival announced a major update in programming today at a joint press conference in front of the festival’s future home, the McCall’s Restaurant building in Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Beginning this season, the Rose Festival will open one week earlier on Memorial Day weekend, providing three weekends of downtown festivities in and… Read more »
Celebrating culture, diversity and ethnicity, amateur performance artists are being sought for open volunteer slots on the Portland Rose Festival’s Waterfront Village World Rhythms Stage and in the KeyBank Grand Floral Parade. Opportunities to perform all types of unique or eclectic routines are available for both children’s and adult groups daily between 11:00 a.m. and… Read more »
The Oak Knoll Winery and the Oregon College of Art and Craft will partner with the Portland Rose Festival Foundation to select the 2009 Rose Festival signature wine label from submissions by OCAC students, Monday February 9, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Students will submit works based on this year’s Festival theme: “Bridging Communities.” Up to… Read more »
The Rose Festival’s award-winning Character Clown Corps has opened enrollment for the 2009 season. Non-professionals with a little silly in their swagger are being sought. Participants will train and perform with a European-style clown professional, receive a makeup kit and costume as well as develop their very own clown character. Graduates will get to participate… Read more »
Following the recommendations of the 2007/08 Court Task Force study, the Portland Rose Festival opened its doors to the greater metro area, and a tsunami of applications poured in. A total of 70 girls representing 18 new schools have applied, along with 115 applicants from the 14 traditional Portland schools. Out of that number, 32… Read more »
With one-of-a-kind gifts, the Portland Rose Festival will appear for the first time ever at America’s Largest Christmas Bazaar the next two weekends. Specially discounted merchandise, prime KeyBank Grand Floral Parade tickets and certificates for the festival’s official rose will all be available at the Christmas Bazaar during event hours Friday through Sunday, November 28-30 (this… Read more »
The Portland Rose Festival Foundation presented a $10,000 check Thursday, October 30, to The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families, at the Friends of The Dougy Center Annual Fall Event. The donation comes from the proceeds of the 2008 Regence Grand Floral Walk, a brand new healthy lifestyle walk introduced at this year’s Rose… Read more »
Portland’s most exclusive girls club is opening enrollment for 2009 by adding an extra chair to the Court’s table. In the most significant upgrade in its 78-year history, the international awarding-winning Portland Rose Festival high school scholarship program is inviting eligible girls from an additional 28 area schools to apply for a fifteenth (Metro) position… Read more »
The Rose Festival is now actively recruiting for our Intern Program! Learn More
Carol Ross, who was recently promoted to the position of Director of Sales & Marketing for the Portland Rose Festival Foundation, took office for a two-year term as President of the Oregon Tour & Travel Alliance (otherwise known as OTTA). “I am extremely excited to be able to serve in this capacity and help grow… Read more »
America had something to celebrate when swimmer Michael Phelps came home from the Beijing Olympics with eight gold medals. Now Portlanders can be equally proud of the festival that bears its name: The Portland Rose Festival! For the second year in a row the Rose Festival won nine Gold Pinnacle Awards —- the Academy Award… Read more »
Like every good husband, Robert Hansen ‘volunteered’ to help his wife Janie with a little float decorating in 1990. Because of his hard work (and maybe with just a little influence from ‘the boss’), Robert was rewarded with the opportunity to walk along side the float in the Grand Floral Parade as a clown. From… Read more »
On June 13, 2008, Hallmark named Ronnie Bell of Portland, Oregon, the 2008 ‘Number One Dancing Dad In America.’ Bell, who was selected at the WaMu Waterfront Village contest during the 2008 Rose Festival, beat out hundreds of other dancing dads from across the country in Hallmark’s “Daddy of All Dance-Offs” — a nationwide search for America’s… Read more »
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You won’t want to miss viewing “From One Rose” on KOIN News 6, hosted by Mike Donahue! Be sure to tune in this coming Sunday, June 15 (from noon – 2:00 p.m.).
The KeyBank Grand Floral Parade — which many hailed as the most beautiful and varied parade in our history — is still available for viewing! Catch the rebroadcast tomorrow (Tuesday, June 10) at 7:00 p.m. on KGW NewsChannel 8 (seen for the first time ever in HD, generously funded by Spirit Mountain Casino and Fred… Read more »
WaMu Waterfront Village keeps the fun and the silly alive this weekend, with a special guest appearance from SpongeBob SquarePants, provided by Comcast. SpongeBob will appear in the afternoon and early evening’s on Thursday, June 5 through Sunday, June 8, at various locations around the Village — where he’ll pose for photos and offer a special… Read more »