2025 Portland Oddities and Curiosities Expo

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Get ready for a showcase of all things weird at the Portland Oddities and Curiosities Expo. If you love the strange, unusual and bizarre, you won’t want to miss this collection of artists and small businesses as they descend on Portland.

The Oddities and Curiosities Expo is the original traveling event in the country showcasing oddities vendors and dark artists. In October, the expo is stopping in Portland for a two-day event at the convention center. 

Here are the details about the 2025 event.

Portland Oddities and Curiosities Expo

The Portland Oddities and Curiosities Expo is Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, October 26, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hundreds of vendors and artists display curious and creepy goods at the Oregon Convention Center.

There’s something weird for everyone at this expo. Some of the items you’ll find include: 

• Taxidermy
• Preserved specimens
• Original artwork
• Horror/Halloween inspired pieces
• Antiques
• Handcrafted oddities
• Quack medical devices
• Creepy clothing
• Odd jewelry
• Skulls/bones
• Funeral collectibles

All items are shows are legal to own and sustainably sourced. Plus, there are specific classes available for additional fees, from entomology to taxidermy.

In addition to all things strange, there are concession areas where you can get a bite to eat and sideshow performers on stage all throughout day.

Tickets

General admission tickets are $15 (including fees) in advance. Tickets at the door are $15. Kids 12 and under attend for free. 

The Portland Oddities and Curiosities Expo is at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. in Portland. For more information about this event and to purchase tickets, visit the Oddities and Curiosities Expo’s website.

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