Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: which venues?

Busiest venues: Portland Art Museum (18), Crystal Ballroom (9), Clinton Street Theater (6).

Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: is anything free?

Yes. Free: 3, including Quick-n-Dirty Spec Fic, Poetic Justice Workshop.

Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: which day has the most?

Sunday, November 15, 2026, with 9 events.

Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: what’s on?

51 events from Sunday, November 1 to Monday, November 30, 2026. Highlights: The Bylines (The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Saturday, November 21), DJ RAPHI (Hawthorne Theatre, Friday, November 27), Trans‐Siberian Orchestra (Moda Center, Saturday, November 28). Free: 3. Busiest venues: Portland Art Museum, Crystal Ballroom, Clinton Street Theater.

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Music
10 AM

Crystal Ballroom History & Art Tour

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
Going Interested
Music
1 PM

What’s Up Doc? (1972) - 35mm

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Cabaret
2 PM

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces + The Return Episodes 1 & 2

Clinton Street Theater · Hosford-Abernethy
- Cabaret
- Cinema
Going Interested

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Music
9 AM

Free First Thursday

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
- Post-punk
- Punk
Going Interested

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Music
10:30 AM

Writing With Tarot

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Music
11 AM

Quick-n-Dirty Spec Fic

Rental Sales Gallery
- Music
Free

Going Interested
Music
12 PM

Starting the Story

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Music
12:45 PM

Poetic Justice Workshop

Rental Sales Gallery
- Music
Free

Going Interested
Music
1:30 PM

Plotting the Story

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Music
3 PM

Poetry as Personal Myth

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Music
3:30 PM

Writing True Characters

Rental Sales Gallery
- Music
Free

Going Interested

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Music
10 AM

Crystal Ballroom History & Art Tour

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
Going Interested
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Music
1 PM

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Literature
1 PM

The Hot Dog Cookbook Party with Farideh Sadeghin

Literary Arts · Downtown
- Literature
Going Interested
Music
1 PM

The Hot Dog Cookbook Party with Farideh Sadeghin

L’Echelle
- Music
$30–$50

Going Interested
Music
1 PM

Warren Miller's "Days Off"

Aladdin Theater · Brooklyn
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
2 PM

Rocky Mountain High Experience: A John Denver Tribute

Winningstad Theatre · Downtown
- Music
- Theatre
- Punk
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
3 PM

Christmas Pop-Up

Clinton Street Theater · Hosford-Abernethy
- Music
- Christmas
- Pop
$10 Tickets

Going Interested
Comedy
3:30 PM

Special Event: Masood Boomgaard

Helium Comedy Club · Buckman
- Comedy
Tickets

Going Interested

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Music
10 AM

Crystal Ballroom History & Art Tour

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
Going Interested
Music
1 PM

Member Night: Afronauts (2014)

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested

Saturday, November 14, 2026

Visual arts
2 PM

Ornette: Made In America (1985)

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Visual arts
- Cinema
Going Interested
Cabaret
3 PM

Internalized

Clinton Street Theater · Hosford-Abernethy
- Cabaret
- Cinema
Going Interested

Sunday, November 15, 2026

Music
10 AM

Crystal Ballroom History & Art Tour

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
Going Interested
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Other
10 AM

Holiday Market

THE DEN
- Christmas market
- Christmas
Going Interested
Music
11 AM

Art in ASL + Look With Me

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Visual arts
2 PM

Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (1985)

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Visual arts
- Cinema
Going Interested
Music
2 PM

The Mountain That Loved a Bird

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Visual arts
2 PM

York Panel

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Visual arts
- Cinema
Going Interested
Visual arts
2:30 PM

How We Show Up Closing Panel

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education · Old Town
- Visual arts
$10

Going Interested
Music
3 PM

Fleetmac Wood present Chiffon Frenzy (Day Party!) – 21+

Holocene · Buckman
- Music
$29.12 Tickets

Going Interested
Cabaret
3 PM

Roadless

Clinton Street Theater · Hosford-Abernethy
- Cabaret
- Cinema
$10

Going Interested

Thursday, November 19, 2026

Music
10 AM

Crystal Ballroom History & Art Tour

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
Going Interested

Friday, November 20, 2026

Music
until Jan 2

Rental Sales Gallery Holiday Gifts Show

Rental Sales Gallery
- Music
Going Interested

Saturday, November 21, 2026

Music
11 AM

Plus Plus Bizarre Bazaar

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Music
1 PM

The Bylines

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
- Music
- Jazz
- Pop
Tickets

Going Interested
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Visual arts
2 PM

Truthiness: Featuring Sterlin Harjo & Reginald Dwayne Betts

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Visual arts
- Cinema
Going Interested

Sunday, November 22, 2026

Music
10 AM

Crystal Ballroom History & Art Tour

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
Going Interested
Visual arts
2 PM

Station to Station: A Roadtrip Through Modern Creativity

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Visual arts
- Cinema
Going Interested
Cinema
3 PM

March Forth w/ Reginald Dwayne Betts, Robe Imbriano, Thomas Curtis

PAM CUT's Tomorrow Theater · Richmond
- Cinema
Going Interested

Thursday, November 26, 2026

Music
10 AM

Crystal Ballroom History & Art Tour

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested

Friday, November 27, 2026

Music
12 PM

DJ RAPHI

Hawthorne Theatre · Sunnyside
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Cabaret
3 PM

American Doctor

Clinton Street Theater · Hosford-Abernethy
- Cabaret
- Cinema
$10

Going Interested

Saturday, November 28, 2026

Cabaret
11 AM

The Amazing Bubble Man

Clinton Street Theater · Hosford-Abernethy
- Cabaret
- Cinema
$10

Going Interested
Music
1 PM

Inaugural Holiday Bazaar Brewfest

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
- Christmas
Going Interested
Visual arts
2 PM

Amélie (2001)

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Visual arts
- Cinema
Going Interested
Music
3:30 PM

Trans‐Siberian Orchestra

Moda Center · Rose Quarter
- Music
- Hard rock
- Rock
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
3:30 PM

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Moda Center · Rose Quarter
- Music
- Hard rock
- Christmas
- Rock
Going Interested

Sunday, November 29, 2026

Music
10 AM

Crystal Ballroom History & Art Tour

Crystal Ballroom · Pearl District
- Music
Tickets

Going Interested
Music
10 AM

Frame by Frame: Painted Film Strips Artmaking

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Music
Going Interested
Visual arts
2 PM

Cinema Paradiso (1988) x ScreenPLAY!

Portland Art Museum · South Park Blocks
- Visual arts
- Cinema
Going Interested

Everything on in Portland

Questions and answers

Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: how many events?: 51 events from Sunday, November 1 to Monday, November 30, 2026.
Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: what are the highlights?: Highlights: The Bylines (The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Saturday, November 21), DJ RAPHI (Hawthorne Theatre, Friday, November 27), Trans‐Siberian Orchestra (Moda Center, Saturday, November 28).
Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: which venues?: Busiest venues: Portland Art Museum (18), Crystal Ballroom (9), Clinton Street Theater (6).
Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: is anything free?: Yes. Free: 3, including Quick-n-Dirty Spec Fic, Poetic Justice Workshop.
Daytime events in Portland in November 2026: which day has the most?: Sunday, November 15, 2026, with 9 events.