2025 Chinese Festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square

Photo courtesy of Oregon Chinese Coalition

The Oregon Chinese Coalition is hosting the annual Chinese Festival in August. Celebrate Chinese American culture while enjoying a full lineup of entertainment, Chinese food, authentic arts and crafts, and family-friendly activities.

Here are the scheduled entertainment, activities, food and business vendors.

2025 Chinese Festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square

The Chinese Festival is Saturday, August 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pioneer Courthouse Square. The festival is free to attend. 

Cultural exhibits showcase Chinese art, history and gifts. There are lots of kids activities, including origami, Chinese calligraphy, ink painting and more.

Food options include barbecue pork buns, steamed dumplings, spring rolls, musubi, skewers, pot stickers, cold noodles, tea and more.

Performance Schedule

Along with these activities, you can also enjoy a full lineup of performances. Here’s the schedule:

11 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Welcome Speech MC
• Dance & Drumming: The Dearest Person by Huayun Art Club
• Instrumental Performance: Fog To Clear by OCC Youth Group
• Rhythmic Dance: Female Quartet Dance Performance by Oregon Rhythmic Gymnastics & Dance Academy
• Yang Style Taiji Group 
• Group Dance: Tian Yu by OCC Jade Dance Team
• Group Dance: Oil-Paper Umbrella by Vancouver Jasmine Dance Troupe
• Senior Qipao Show: Beauty of Taihu by MUM Senior Qipao Team
• Violin Duet: The Birch Woods of My Hometown by WE Youth String Ensemble
• Group Dance: A Journey for Peace and Portland Chinese Dance Troupe
• Vocal Ensemble: You Raise Me Up by OCC Portland Harmonics
• Group Dance: Blossoms of Youth by OCC Jade Dance Team
• Vocal & Cello XuanCaoHua by Musication Studio
• Children Group Dance: Dunhuang Drum Music by Winnie Chinese Dance
• Group Rhythmic Gymnastics Performance by Oregon Rhythmic Gymnastics & Dance Academy
• Flash Mob: By Lake Baikal

1-3 p.m.

• Group Chinese Drumming: Opening Drum & Dragon Boat Race by Hua Mu Lan Drum Team 
• Sword Dance Performance: Alice Crumbleholme
• Group Dance: Pretty Girl by East Dream Dance Troupe 
• Vocal: May our Loved Ones Live Long by Chunxiang Singing Group
• Children Dance: Moana by Winnie Chinese Dance
• Violin Solo: Evening Song of the Fishermen by Erin Qiu
• Group Dance: Meat and Veggie Combo by Portland Chinese Dance Troupe
• Hanfu Dance Performance: Qing Ping Diao by Northwest Chinese Alliance
• Vocal Duet: Waves of Wheat in the Wind by Soundi Ensemble
• Children Dance: Blossoms in a Flourishing Age by Winnie Chinese Dance
• Senior Group Dance: Blossoms and Full Moon by Rose House Senior Dance Team
• Vocal Solo: Wait for Me by Chunxiang Singing Group
• Group Dance: Moonlight in the City by YZ Dance Studio
• Children Dance: Raya Winnie Chinese Dance
• Group Dance: Sweet April Rain by East Dream Dance Troupe 
• Group Dance: Dance of Youth by Bluebell Dance Team
• Vocal Solo with Chinese Instrumental Ensemble: Wisdom Arts Academy/Jerry Lin/Huanyue Group
• Gu Zheng: A Song of Yangzhou in the Misty Rain by Wisdom Arts Academy
• K-Pop: Attention By New Jeans by Pink Valley

3-6 p.m.

• Children Dance: Little Dai Girl by Winnie Chinese Dance
• Group Dance: Gathering Vetch by OCC Jade Dance Team
• Choir: Velvet Flowers & Crescent Moon by Rose Harmony Choir
• Dance: Whispers of the Lotus by SODA Chinese Dance Academy
• Dance: Dreamy Homeland – A Mongolian Dance by Salem New Moon Dance Team
• Guzhen: If the Moon Hadn’t Come by Lulu Guzheng Studio
• Group Dance: Ride the Wind, Break the Waves by YZ Dance Studio
• Group Dance: Yaliguna by Salem Golden Willow Chinese Dance Team
• Vocal Solo: Brightest Star in the Night Sky & Queen of Heaven by Tingting Hou
• Group Dance: Bell Drum Performance by Oregon Hope Chinese School
• Group Dance: Like Jennie by YZ Dance Studio 
• Guzheng: XiangWangXing by Yuanyi Li
• Group Dance: Wukong by YZ Dance Studio
• Hanfu Show: The Peach Blossom Beam by OCC Phoenix Hanfu Team
• Dance: Wild Goose — Mongolian Dance by Salem New Moon Dance Team
• Vocal & Dance: Dream Come True by Huayun Art Club
• Group Dance: Violet Dream Sprite by YZ Dance Studio 
• Qipao Show: The Legend of the Qipao by Jingya Qipao Chapter, World Qipao Association
• Children Dance: Dunhuang Murals & Young Dan Role by Winnie Chinese Dance
• Group Dance: Luojia in My Heart – Mongolian Dance by Salem Golden Willow Chinese Dance Team
• Dulcimer & Guzheng: Singing Yangzhou in Mist and Rain by Oregon Hope Chinese School
• Group Dance: Endless Butterfly Dream by YZ Dance Studio
• Children Dance: Ode to the Goose by Bolton Primary School
• Family Performance: Song of the Hero by Community Family & Friend Group
• Group Dance: The Three Months of Spring by Oregon Hope Chinese School
• Vocal Solo: Songs Soaring Over the Earth by OCC Singing Social Group
• Hanfu Show: The Main Title Theme by David Bryne by OCC Phoenix Hanfu Team

The Chinese Festival is taking place at Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave. in Portland. For more information, visit Oregon Chinese Coalition’s website.

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