2025 Portland Polish Festival

Photo courtesy of Portland Polish Festival

Experience the food, dance and music of Poland. The annual Polish Festival in Portland hosts a full weekend of free, family-friendly activities.

Started in 1993, the Polish Festival is the oldest Polish festival in the Western United States. This event celebrates Polish culture, traditions and achievements.

Here are the details about the 2025 event.

2025 Polish Festival in Portland

The Polish Festival is September 20-21, 2025. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

This event features authentic Polish food, live music and dance performances, history and culture exhibits, children’s activities, polka contests, local merchants and a beer garden.

This event takes its delicious eats seriously. In fact, more than 15,000 pierogi are expected to be consumed during the weekend! Get ready for lots of Polish delicacies, including bigos, kielbasa, lacki ziemniaczane, chrusty, sernik and more.

Vendor booths are selling Polish-inspired jewelry, arts and crafts, pottery, cookbooks and clothes.

More than 60 dancers and musicians from the Pacific Northwest and Poland perform at the event. Here are the performance schedule for each day:

Saturday

11:00 AM Polish Music
12:00 PM Festival Opening
12:10 PM Youth Band of Polish School
12:30 PM Susse Fusse
1:10–1:40 PM Polish School & Dances
- Polonez (Krakusy, Sobotka)
- Krakowiak (Syrena)
- Songs, Gaik, Polka, Krakowiak (Polish School)
2:00–3:20 PM Dance Performances (Krakusy, Syrena, Sobotka)
- Dances from Three Corners Sobotka youth
- Suita Śląska Krakusy
- Warsaw Polka Sobotka
- Łowicz Syrena
- Krakowiak Krakusy
- Hej Sokoły Sobotka
- Lubelskie Krakusy
- Śląsk Syrena
3:00 PM Dedication Ceremony
4:00–7:30 PM Oregon Polka Beats (folk band)
5:00 PM Children’s Polka Contest (with Oregon Polka Beats)
5:00 PM Pierogi Eating Contest
6:00 PM Adult Polka Contest (with Oregon Polka Beats)
7:30 PM Street Dance (Zabavva Band)
10:00 PM Closing

Sunday

12:00 PM Festival Opening
12:10 PM Youth Band of Polish School
12:30–1:00 PM Polish School & Dances
- Polonez (Krakusy, Sobotka)
- Songs, Gaik, Polka, Krakowiak (Polish School)
1:00 PM Polish Folk Costumes Show
1:30–2:00 PM Dance Performances (Krakusy, Sobotka)
- Dances from Three Corners Sobotka youth
- Suita Śląska Krakusy
- Warsaw Polka Sobotka
- Krakowiak Krakusy
- Hej Sokoły Sobotka
- Lubelskie Krakusy
2:00 PM Polish Songs by Ks. Mirek
3:00–4:30 PM Oregon Polka Beats (folk band)
3:30 PM Children’s Polka Contest (with Oregon Polka Beats)
4:00 PM Pierogi Eating Contest
4:30 PM Adult Polka Contest (with Oregon Polka Beats)
6:00 PM Closing