❓ FAQs & Contact

Everything you need to know for Portland Blues Experience 2025

📅 Sunday, July 6
🕙 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
📍 Director Park, 815 Southwest Park Ave, Downtown Portland
🎟 Free • Family-Friendly • Outdoors

🧺 What to Bring

We’ll have lots of chairs and tables available — including umbrellas and a shaded area for kids — but feel free to bring:

Folding chairs or picnic blankets
Small coolers or water bottles
Sunscreen, personal fans, neck towels
Change of clothes (yes, you might dance through a fountain!)
Hats or umbrellas for sun protection
Cash or cards for vendors, merch, and band donations
Comfortable shoes or dedicated dance shoes

📜 The Rules

Be excellent to each other. All laws and general expectations for public behavior apply.
When dancing, be sensitive to your partner’s personal boundaries, and be prepared to make your own boundaries clear.
No smoking or vaping of anything.
By attending the Portland Blues Experience 2025 you consent to Portland Blues Experience using photos of you taken there for any purpose.

🚇 Getting There

Public Transit is the BEST way to arrive.
Director Park is located steps from major MAX and bus lines.

🟢 MAX Light Rail

Closest stop: Pioneer Courthouse/SW 6th Ave
(3-min walk to Director Park)
Served by the Blue, Green, and Red lines
Red Line connects directly to PDX Airport

🚌 Bus Routes

Nearby stops serve lines: 4, 12, 14, 19, 20, 44

🚗 Parking Options

Downtown has many nearby garages. A few convenient options:

SmartPark 10th & Yamhill – 1 min walk
SmartPark 4th & Yamhill
Fox Tower Garage (775 SW Taylor St)
World Trade Center Garage
Other private lots available nearby

🚙 Street Parking

Metered until 7:00 PM
Use the Parking Kitty app
Free after 7 PM in most zones (check signs!)

⚡ EV Charging

SmartPark garages at 10th & Yamhill and 4th & Yamhill have EV chargers.

♿ ADA & Accessibility

Director Park is wheelchair accessible with flat walkways, ADA-accessible restrooms nearby, and ample open space for seating, spectating, and dancing.

🗺 Director Park Map

Download a full site map here:
📄 Director Park Layout (PDF)

📬 Contact

Brenda Jean Russell – PBEx Director
📧 PortlandBluesExperience@gmail.com
📞 503-998-7417
🌐 www.PortlandBluesExperience.com