Portland Taiko is excited to perform at the East Portland Summer Arts Festival at Ventura Park (460 SE 113th Ave in Portland).
The East Portland Summer Arts Festival is part of the City of Portland’s Summer Free For All program and includes two days of multicultural music and dance performances plus, arts and craft activities. Portland Taiko will perform Sunday July 13th at 6:00 pm.
Portland Taiko will perform at 4 Days of Aloha festival at Esther Short Park in Vancouver Sunday July 27th, 2024 at 10:30 am. This is a ticketed event with proceeds benefiting the Ke Kukui Foundation. View the complete schedule of events.
Obonfest 2025 will be Saturday August 2nd at the Oregon Buddhist Temple. Portland Taiko is scheduled to perform starting at 5:15 pm, but there’s an entire day of fun activities.
View the complete schedule of events.
Join Portland Taiko, Portland JACL and OPSR (Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility) at the Japanese American Historical Plaza as we remember the victims of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
This annual event takes place Wednesday August 6th, 2025 and is free and open to the public. Portland Taiko will perform at approximately 6:15 pm.
The Japanese American Historical Plaza is located at 2 NW Naito Pkwy in downtown Portland (intersection with Couch St).
Every summer the Nikkei community comes together for an afternoon of food and fun. This year’s picnic is Sunday, August 17, 2025, Noon-5pm at Oaks Amusement Park (7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Area 11-13). The event is free, but there is a $5 fee for parking, payable on site 88.
Fried chicken, a vegan entree, watermelon and shave ice are provided. Portland Taiko will perform and there will also be games and prizes. Please bring your favorite side dish to share. To ensure variety, the organizers suggest bringing a dish that corresponds to alphabetical grouping below:
Please RSVP if you’d like ride bracelets. Only those who RSVP by August 10 will be guaranteed a bracelet.
More information is available on the Portland JACL website.
Farm Festival, our annual outdoor concert, returns to Triskelee Farm on Saturday September 6th. Spend a relaxing afternoon enjoying good food, friendly farm animals and a full-length taiko concert.
Portland Taiko is grateful to be supported by:
We’ll be back at PSU’s Lincoln Performance Hall for our annual fall concert. This year we’ll have two shows: an evening performance on Saturday October 11th and a matinee on Sunday October 12th. We’ll add more details to this page as they become available.
Last year’s concert sold out. Join our email list and be the first to know when tickets go on sale.
