PDX Bridge Festival’s DrawBridge arts-in-education project was featured on the front page of the March 18, 2010 edition of the Portland Tribune. The article includes selections of student artwork from participating Portland Public School third grade classrooms.
Download a PDF of the Portland Tribune Article.
A full day and night of Music On the River, Saturday July 31st! PDX Bridge Festival present an historic, outdoor free concert and performance featuring Portland’s best musical and performance acts. Join us on the Eastside of the Hawthorne Bridge at Water and Salmon Streets for MORSound.
Activities—besides five hours of stellar music on three stages—include street performance, live art, local shops, art installations, info booths, and a kids area. Willamette Jetboat Tours will be running every 30 minutes between 7-9pm departing from the Fire House boat dock..
And don’t miss a special two-hour media and music spectacular on the Hawthorne Bridge! This event has something for everyone…even an official theme song by AFTERPARTY band Sweet Snacks!!
BRIDGING CULTURES – 4-9pm (Doors Open at 3:30pm)
All Ages/Free (suggested $5 donation)
A sampling of Portland’s diverse communities, MC’d by Tres Shannon of Voodoo Doughnuts. This afternoon, open-air concert includes Music all day on 3 Stages. Kids’ Pavilion with Sound Roots School of Music, the Right Brain Initiative, crafts, and Battle of the Band Camp. Sustainability and Ambiance by City Repair, Friends of Trees, Bamboo Temples and Todji Kurtzman. Food by some of Portland’s great vendors. Beer & Wine Garden by Lagunitas Brewing Company and Barefoot Wine & Bubbly.
DOME STAGE
4:30-5:15pm – NIAYH
5:30-6:15pm – Chervona
6:30-7:15pm – Philly’s Phunkestra
7:30-8:15pm – Sneakin’ Out
8:30-9:30pm – March Fourth Marching Band (Parade to the Hawthorne Bridge Centennial Party!)
10:00-10:45pm – Buoy LaRue
SOLAR STAGE
4:00-4:45pm – Manimalhouse
5:00-5:30 – Boka Marimba
6:00-6:45pm – Venerable Showers of Beauty Gamelan
7:00-7:45pm – Dusu Mali Band
8:00-8:45pm – Nuestro + Medicine for the People
9:15-10:00pm – Reggie Houston
10:30-11:00pm – Reva Devito
SOUND ROOTS KID’S STAGE
4:45-5:00pm – Mo Phillips
5:35-6:00pm – World Tour: winner of the Battle of the Bands
6:45-7:00pm – Us, The Band
7:45-8:00pm – The Funk Dover Project
8:45-9:00pm – Steve Hall Quintet
THE HAWTHORNE BRIDGE CENTENNIAL PARTY – 9 – 11pm
All Ages/Free – On the Hawthorne Bridge!
The crescendo of the event at 9:30pm is LIFT 100 the Hawthorne Bridge Centennial Party. Join us on the nation’s oldest working vertical lift bridge as we celebrate its centennial in style with an enormous interactive media display on the lift span of the Hawthorne Bridge with music by some of your favorite Portland bands.
MOBILE GROOVE BOMB
9:00-9:30pm – a Parade to the bridge with MarchFourth Marching Band
9:30-10:15pm – Solovox
10:15-11:00pm – DJ GlobalRuckus
AND DON’T FORGET THE AFTERPARTY…..! – 11pm – 3am
All Ages/$10
Come down off the Hawthorne Bridge and keep the party going late into the night with the MORSound Afterparty.
DOME STAGE
11:00-11:45pm – Vokab Kompany
12MIDNIGHT – Wanderlust Circus
12:45-1:45am – Sweet Snacks
1:45-3:00am – Sidecar Tommy (of Beats Antique)
SOLAR STAGE
11:30pm-12:15am – Manhandel
12:30-1:15am – Trio Subtonic
LISTEN LIFE ON KBOO 90.7 FM, OR AT KBOO.FM/LISTEN – all day broadcast of the event!
PDX Bridge Festival 2011
July 29 – August 7
Festival Events & Information
Radiating like spokes from downtown Portland, the ten bridges that span the Willamette River are central to regional identity, tying the geography and cultures of Portland into a vibrant whole. Beginning with the Hawthorne Bridge Centennial in 2010—followed closely by the Steel Bridge (2012) and the Broadway Bridge (2013) Centennials—we introduced PDX Bridge Festival as an annual, citywide cultural arts festival that celebrates the Willamette River Bridges while harnessing the power of Portland’s creative capacity.
PDX Bridge Festival, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) volunteer-led non-profit organization made up of everyday bridge advocates, with the simple but ambitious goal of celebrating the bridges with a civic festival of artistic excellence. Our mission is to raise public awareness and foster appreciation for the Willamette River bridges through educational, historic, cultural and artistic programming.
The PDX Bridge Festival reinvents the bridges as staging grounds for individual works of art and performance. While showcasing the convergence of industrial design and artistic endeavor, and presenting a diverse program of gallery exhibitions, speakers, musical events and performance, we create a valuable cultural tourist destination in the heart of Portland. Drawing large numbers of visitors and residents to events, our goal is to bring people together in a spirit of civic pride, aesthetic wonder, and community engagement. In short, PDX Bridge Festival treats the bridges as a canvas upon which to tell the story of Portland—who we are, where we come from, where we are going, and how we choose to express the culture of our great city.
Here you’ll find PDX Bridge Festival items to fit any budget. Whether you’re looking for something stylish, something useful, or something simply stunning, we promise not to steer you wrong with this stuff–t-shirts, bumper stickers, art, belt buckles…something for everyone!
Whether you’re on vacation, or looking for a stay-cation, PDX Bridge Festival recommends the following accommodations from our Hotel Sponsors:
409 SW 11th Avenue
Portland’s “Hotel to the Arts,” The Mark Spencer Hotel offers an exceptional value in the hub of the city. This pet-friendly hotel offers standard rooms and suites, all equipped with a fully operating kitchen.
800 East Burnside
A mid-century renovated motor-inn-turned-boutique hotel, The Jupiter Hotel offers affordable accommodations on the funky Eastside, just minutes from the heart of downtown. From sustainable practices to a live-music lounge, this pet-friendly hotel offers post-modern comfort and a hip urban aesthetic. (Jupiter code word: “Flicker” for PDX Bridge Festival discounts!)
More accommodations and visitor information available from TravelPortland.com
PDX Bridge Festival:
July 23 – August 8, 2010
Film Makers- to submit a film to PDX Bridge Festival Film Screening- click HERE!
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 2010 PDX Bridge Festival—Portland, Oregon, USA. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 16th, 2010.
PDX Bridge Festival, in partnership with Portland City Art, is pleased to announce their 2010 Call For Art. PDXBF is taking place throughout the great city of Portland, Oregon July 23rd through Aug. 8th, 2010
PDX Bridge Festival (PDXBF) is a collaborative non-profit with a mission to raise awareness and foster appreciation of the Willamette River Bridges through artistic, cultural, educational and historic programming. Our goal is to celebrate the bridges with a civic festival of artistic excellence, producing an awe-inspiring public arts celebration with the longevity and magnetism to function as the premier showcase for Portland arts.
PDXBF is partnering with Portland City Art (PCA) to curate the festival. The mission of PCA is to bring artists, patrons and the public together, transforming alternative venues into art galleries and event spaces that showcase art in new and exciting ways. With a variety of partners PCA continues to provide the resources and meet the needs, aspirations and future goals of our artists and burgeoning art community.
We are looking for artists of all types—painters, sculptors, photographers, collagists, installation artists, filmmakers, performers, and musicians—to take part in this community-sourced, citywide celebration of the bridges. Using “Bridge” as a thematic or metaphorical element of your work is encouraged, though it is not required. The “Bridge” theme may include—but is not limited to—bridging communities, bridging styles, bridging time periods, concepts, politics, perspective, mediums, etc. In other words, we are open to all quality works of art and performance, and leave it to you to explain the bridge link in your artistic statement.
Art will be exhibited at the 2010 PDX Bridge Festival in a variety of traditional and non-traditional venues, including Olympic Mills Commerce Center, City Hall, Pioneer Place Mall, East Bank Esplanade, and a number of galleries throughout the city.
To SUBMIT your art for consideration of the PDX BF please visit our artist submission page below hosted by our partner Be Ticketing:
*Please note that there is a $6.00 Application Fee that will help cover the cost of selecting from hundreds of submissions. Have a question, please direct all inquiries to submit@pdxbridgefestival.org
STEPS TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE APPLICATION (Don’t Worry It Really Is Super Easy!):
1. Create an account with BeTicketing.
2. Complete the Artist Submission Application Form.
3. Pay the $6.00 application fee.
4. Hit submit and wait for the good news! We will contact you shortly.
(Note: Your submission is not complete till you hit “submit” in Step 4!)
*Brought to you by PDX Bridge Festival and Portland City Art.
The mission of the PDX Bridge Festival is to raise public awareness and foster appreciation of the Willamette River Bridges through educational, historical, cultural and artistic programming.
PDX Bridge Festival, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization made up of everyday bridge advocates, with the simple but ambitious goal of celebrating the bridges with a civic festival of artistic excellence. Our team consists of artists, event planners, local government, leading businesses, media partners, and Portland’s top audio/visual houses, and draws on wide creative talents to produce an awe-inspiring public arts celebration with longevity and magnetism. For a complete list of our partners, please go here.
Kevin Balmer
Pollyanne Birge
Nancy Chapin, President
Alex Cousins
Kohel Haver, Secretary
Commissioner Deborah Kafoury
Matt McCune
Mike Thelin
Kate Sokoloff
Tucker Teutsch 3.0, Creative Director
Jessica Klinke, Managing Director
Produce a short film by June 21st, win $250 cash and a private screening at the Bagdad Theater!
The PDX Bridge Festival will host a short-film screening August 5th, 2010. Films must be 10 minutes or less and include a “bridge” connection – thematically, metaphorically, satirically or literally. Audience Choice awards for the top 3 films include $250 cash, a private screening at the Bagdad Theater of the film of your choice; gift certificates to Pro Video and Tape, Pro Photo Supply, Koerner Camera and tickets to NW Film Center films. Sponsored by OMPA. Submit by June 21st
You can find the PDX Bridge Festival Film Screening application HERE!
Thank you to the following companies and organizations, who are central to PDX Bridge Festival through their generosity of time, money, and resources. Please visit their websites to learn more about how they support the Portland community.
PDX Bridge Festival is brought to you through the generous support of our sponsors and partners:
Suspension Level Sponsor - MORSound Concert
Suspension Level Sponsor - MORSound Concert
In-Kind Sponsor and Community Partner
Beam Level Sponsor - Opportunity Grant
Beam Level Sponsor - Presenting the Film Series
Beam Level Media Partner
Beam Level Media Partner
Beam Level In-Kind Sponsor
Beam Level In-Kind Sponsor - Lift 100 Lighting Technicians
Truss Level Sponsor - Interactive Art Grant
Truss Level Partner - Brunch on the Bridge
Truss Level Sponsor - Film Series Venue Partner
Truss Level Sponsor
Truss Level Sponsor - 3D Animations
Bolt Level Sponsor
Bolt Level Sponsor - Preferred Hotel
Bolt Level Sponsor - Preferred Hotel
Beam Level In-Kind Sponsor - Brunch on the Bridge
Bolt Level Sponsor
Bolt Level Sponsor
Bolt Level Sponsor
Bolt Level Sponsor
Bolt Level Sponsor - Program Partner
Production Partner
Lift 100 Lighting and Projection Design - Production Partner
Production Partner
Art Partner
Production Partner
Production Partner
Promotions Partner
Ticketing Partner
Cultural Calendar
Travel Partner
Program Partner