Fall is a great time for weekend festivals! The weather has cooled down and your kids need something on the weekend to get them out of the house and moving about your community. So do some research and find a fun and entertaining festival nearby where you live and go check it out! Festivals are usually cheap and usually even free, family outings that are active, enjoyable and educational for your whole family.
If you live in the Portland, OR area, here is a list of some great festivals going on this weekend.
-Green Sprouts Organic Baby & Family Fest-Saturday, September 26 (10am-5pm)
Green Sprouts Festival is a fun, festive and educational one-day event for the whole family that celebrates and promotes the nurturing of life through nature. From pregnancy to childhood, parents can learn about and explore eco-friendly, community-involved, natural, and healthy options to raising their families.
-17th Annual Portland Juggling Festival, September 25-27
The Portland Jugglers is a rich community of people from around the globe that use the Portland, Oregon area as a place to nurture juggling as a hobby and a lifestyle.
Once a year, we focus our collective energies to put on the biggest regional juggling festival in North America, which draws jugglers from around the world to come and see what is happening this year.
-27th Annual Grape Stomping Festival at St. Josef’s Winery, September 26 (12pm-6pm)
The Original NW Harvest Festival- complete with fun music, homemade food, casual & lively crowd- and of course stomping. Owners Josef & Lilli started the festival to honor the ones they grew up with in Europe. Wine tasting of the reserve wines and new releases, plus the ‘famous’ tours by the winemaker.
-2009 Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival, September 26-27
Activities for the whole family
The 2009 Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival is scheduled for Sept. 26-27th with workshops on the 25th. Next year’s featured breed will be Primitive sheep, including Icelandic, Jacob and Navjo Churro. Naturally, primitive sheep produce the perfect fiber for the featured handcraft — rug making.