Oregon City Pride 2026: Your Guide to the Festival and Inclusive Spots Around Town

August 13, 2026
Photo of square dancers in colorful shirts and skirts, dancing on the lawn for Oregon City Pride 2025 at Clackamas Community College in front of the Dye Learning Center.
Square dancers at Oregon City Pride 2025. Credit: Sylecia Johnston, Travel Oregon City.

Oregon City may be best known for its waterfall, elevator, and pioneer history, but there’s another kind of history being written here too. What started in 2023 as a grassroots Pride Night has grown into an annual, city-wide celebration heading into its fourth year.

That’s right – in Oregon City! Surprised? 

Listen, there’s a myth that queer life only happens in big cities (around the world), that community and safety live inside urban “gayborhoods” and nowhere else. The data says otherwise: roughly 15 to 20 percent of LGBTQIA+ Americans live in rural areas, right in line with the country’s overall rural-to-urban split. 

Portland’s LGBTQIA+ community gets plenty of well-deserved attention, but just outside the city, in quieter suburbs, river towns, and farm country, that same community has always been here too. They’re neighbors building families, running businesses, and increasingly choosing to put down roots in places like Oregon City on purpose. 

Now there is a growing circle of local businesses and gathering spots that have been put on the OC Pride map, keeping the welcome mat out and safe space signs up well beyond one weekend in August. Yes, we have extended the Metro celebrations in June and July to help you celebrate all summer! 

Here’s what to know about Oregon City Pride 2026, plus a guide to the queer-owned, ally, and safe-space businesses worth visiting and supporting while you’re in town.

Oregon City Pride 2026: The Main Event

When: Saturday, August 29, 2026, 12–5pm 

Where: Clackamas Community College, 19600 S Molalla Ave.

Tickets: This event is FREE but we do request that attendees register through Eventbrite and show your eTicket upon entry to the festival.

Booths and the stage are set up in and around the courtyard area between the Dye Learning Center library and the Gregory Forum. We suggest parking in the Purple or Yellow lots.

Now in its fourth year, Oregon City Pride is a free, family-friendly festival with vendors, live entertainment, drag performances, community resources, guest speakers, and activities for all ages. The event is run entirely by a committee of queer and allied Oregon City residents, and proceeds benefit two local organizations: Identity Euphoria, a Clackamas County nonprofit creating affirming spaces for queer and questioning people, and the Oregon City Children’s Theatre, where roughly a third of participating kids are LGBTQ+.

Stick around after the festival for the Pride After Party: Drag-aroke, a 21+ drag karaoke night hosted by Kherry O’Kay (@kherryokay) starting at 8pm at Oregon City IceHouse.

Events Before and After the Big Day

  • Aug 19 — Taste: Wine & Food Night: A fundraiser at Taste Wine Café in West Linn, 6–9pm, all ages welcome; 15% of sales go directly to Oregon City Pride.
  • Aug 20 — Ten O’Clock Food Pantry: Open to everyone, first come first served, at Beavercreek United Church of Christ, 23345 S Beavercreek Rd, 10am. First and third Thursday of the month. 
  • Aug 29 — Oregon City Pride & Drag-aroke After Party.
  • Sept 3 & 17th: Ten O’Clock Food Pantry: Open to everyone, first come first served, at Beavercreek United Church of Christ, 23345 S Beavercreek Rd, 10am. First and third Thursday of the month. 
  • Sept 6 – Inclusive Night at Highland Stillhouse Pub: A low-key monthly meetup (first Sunday of every month, 6–8pm) at Highland Stillhouse Pub, 201 S 2nd St. Free bite with any beverage purchase, 21+.

Where to Shop, Sip, Support, and Feel Welcome

Here is a list of inclusive, queer-owned, allied and safe spaces in Oregon City. Check out our Explore page to plan your visit.

  • Arch Bridge Taphouse (205 7th St) — Hosted Oregon City’s very first Pride Night back in 2023!
  • Highland Stillhouse Pub (201 S 2nd St) — It’s the local Scottish watering hole perched above the Willamette Falls overlook and home of the monthly Inclusive Night meetup, in partnership with Oregon City Pride.
  • Oregon City IceHouse (1200 Main St) — Regularly hosts inclusive community meetups and serves as the venue for the Pride after party.
  • Corcilla Cellars (721 Main St) — This downtown tasting room has locally-made wines with all of the flavor and none of the fuss. They regularly host LGBTQ+ meetups, including “Cheers, Queers!” mixers with the Queer Social Club, plus drag bingo and community pop-ups.
  • ChamBurn Farm (20925 S Nursery Lane) — A 6.5-acre sustainable farm offering a monthly meat and egg CSA, farm tours, miniature donkey experiences, and seasonal farm-to-table dinners; hosts joint family farm days with Oregon City Pride.
  • Haunted Oregon City (816 Main Street) — Guided walks and ghost tours exploring the city’s gritty, historic past, led by a local historian from the queer community.
  • LiveEdge Salon + Spa (613 Railroad Ave) — LGBTQ+- and woman-owned; organic, low-impact hair and skin care in a boho organic space. 
  • Evolution Healing Arts (216 7th St) — Offers a safe, compassionate space for personal growth, providing various modalities of massage and intuitive guidance with Reiki energy work to support clients on an empowered healing journey. Mention this article for 15% off on any Sept sessions.
  • māk (1019 7th St) — This arts and craft café is full of creative energy and good vibes, offering instructor-led workshops, drop-in crafts, and private parties for makers of all ages and comfort levels — a welcoming, judgment-free space to create, celebrate, and belong exactly as you are.
  • Comics Adventure (712 Main Street) – Your full-service comic book shop, welcoming fans of all ages and backgrounds with an expansive selection spanning new releases, vintage back issues dating to the 1950s, manga, graphic novels, and a colorful collection of collectibles, figures, and pop culture finds.
  • White Rabbit Book Cafe (503 Main St)  — An independent, family-run bookstore and community gathering place offering book groups, puzzle exchanges, game nights, and salon-style discussions, with a curated selection of titles and gifts that centers local artists, small businesses, and equitable representation.
Love wins at Oregon City Pride 2026: Your Guide to the Festival and inclusive spots around town.
Love wins in Oregon City. Source: Oregon City Pride.

Plan Your Visit Anytime

Oregon City is just a short 20 minute drive or a $2 one-stop Amtrak ride from Portland. With the exception of Clackamas Community College campus where the main event is hosted, a majority of businesses in our list above are clustered in our compact and walkable downtown, so it’s easy to spend an afternoon visiting several of them. 

Like most Pride communities and celebrations, Oregon City’s event has received its share of online bullying and threats, but mostly from a small number of anonymous accounts with no real ties to the community. Love overcomes fear and today Oregon City’s Pride community has grown from a single Pride Night into a year-round network of gathering spaces, small businesses, and nonprofits. If you’re in town for the August 29 Pride Celebration or visiting any other day of the year, there’s a welcome waiting.

For the latest details on vendor, volunteer, and sponsorship opportunities, follow @oregoncitypride on Instagram or visit oregoncitypride.com.

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