2024 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 2024 event.

2024 Polish Festival in Portland

The Polish Festival is September 14-15, 2024. 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, September 14

11 a.m. Polish music
12 p.m. Official opening of the festival
12:15 p.m. Lajkonik (Polish folk dance group from Tuscon)
12:30 p.m. Syrena (Polish folk dance group from Seattle)
1 p.m. Susse Fusse (dance group from Portland)
1:40 p.m. Performances from the Portland Polish Saturday School (children dance group, adult dance group, local musicians)
2:40 p.m. Lajkonik dance group
3 p.m. Official dedication ceremony
3:30 p.m. Syrena dance group
3:50 p.m. Lajkonik dance group
4 p.m. 7:30 pm: Oregon Polka Beats (local folk band)
5 p.m. Children Polka contest (with Oregon Polka Beats)
6 p.m. Adult Polka contest (with Oregon Polka Beats)
7:30- 10 p.m. Street dance (with Zabavva band)

Sunday, September 15

12 p.m. Festival grounds open
12:15 p.m. Lajkonik (Polish folk dance group from Tuscon)
12:30 p.m.Polish Fencing demonstration with Magda i Adam Skarbonkiewicz
12:50 p.m. Lajkonik dance group
1 p.m. Performances from the Portland Polish Saturday School (children dance group, adult dance group, local musicians)
2 p.m. Lajkonik dance group
2:15 p.m. Polish School (adults, youth groups)
2:40 p.m. Lajkonik dance group
3 p.m. Oregon Polka Beats (local folk band)
3:30 p.m. Children Polka contest (with Oregon Polka Beats)
4:30 p.m. Adult Polka contest (with Oregon Polka Beats)
6 p.m. Festival grounds close