It’s summer outdoor concert season, and free and ticketed concerts abound in Portland Parks and venues from Forest Grove to Ridgefield, Washington to Bend.

Here are listings for outdoor concerts that you might want to check out:

Waterfront Blues Festival

The 37th annual festival takes place at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, July 4-5 — yes, it’s two days in 2025, rather than four. There also will be two stages, rather than four, located in the bowl area of the park alongside the Willamette River.

Ticket pricing has also been streamlined: $35 for single-day general admission, $65 for a two-day GA pass, and VIP tickets will be sold.

The lineup has a diversity of genres — blues, soul, funk, Americana, and R&B. The lineup of soulful songwriters, danceable bands, rising stars and beloved local voices includes: Allen Stone, The Main Squeeze, The Record Company, The Motet, Southern Avenue, Son Little, Low Cut Connie, Oh He Dead, Come to Mama — Etta James Celebration, Psychedelic Soul Revue, Ben Rice & The PDX Hustle and Norman Sylvester.

More: waterfrontbluesfest.com.

Concerts in the Park

Portland Parks and Recreation’s “Summer Free For All” includes free concerts in city parks (evening shows, many time 6:30 p.m., unless noted); see portlandoregon.gov for complete info.

July 10 Son de Cuba, Mt. Tabor Park Amphitheater

July 11, Norman Sylvester Band featuring Lenanne Miller, Jamison Square Park

July 12 Edna Vazquez, East Portland Summer Arts Festival, Ventura Park

July 13 Portland Taiko and Friends, East Portland Summer Arts Festival, Ventura Park

July 17 Vibra Quintet, Glenwood Park

July 19 Wamba, Kenilworth Park

July 25 Picante Latin Jazz, Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park

July 26 Iron Prophecy, Rose City Park; BridgeCity Soul, Kenton Park

Aug. 1 Conjunto Alegre, Woodlawn Park

Aug. 2 King Louie and Renato Taranto, Columbia Park

Aug. 8 Barrio Mestizo, Pier Park-Playground Meadow

Aug. 9 Tempos Contemporary Circus, Washington Park Summer Festival

Aug. 10 Portland Cello Project: Radiohead, Washington Park Summer Festival

Aug. 15 Ache Son, Glenhaven Park

Aug. 16 Mo Phillips and the Spaghetti Pants Dance Band, Grant Park

Aug. 17 “Into the Woods” musical, 5 p.m., Luuwit View Park

Aug. 21 Arietta Ward, Unthank Park

Aug. 22 Red Yarn, Pendleton Park

Aug. 23 The Kids Outside Festival, George Park

Aug. 24 Too Loose, Sellwood Park

Aug. 28 Rogue Moon, Hoyt Arboretum-Stevens Pavilion

Aug. 29 LaRhonda Steele and Friends, Peninsula Park

Noon Tunes

Now in its 33rd year, it’s free noon Tuesday and Thursday concerts at Pioneer Courthouse Square; see thesquarepdx.org.

June 3 Reisender

June 5 Ben Rice & The PDX Hustle

June 10 Rachel Wong

June 12 Hannah Glavor

June 17 @tlas

June 24 Friends Friends

June 26 JoAnna Lee

July 1 Fox Walker

July 3 Foamboy

July 8 Johnny Francoand his Real Brother Dom

July 10 Chasing Ebenezer

July 15 Jacob Westfall

July 17 dadweed

July 22 AC Sapphire

July 24 Cowboy Jazz

July 29 Eric John Kaiser

July 31 Neighbors

PDX Live

The concert series with evening shows will be held at Portland Courthouse Square; see pdx-live.com.

Aug. 6 Royel Otis

Aug. 7 Dinosaur Jr + Snail Mail with Easy Action

Aug. 8 Jamie xx

Aug. 9 Waxahatchee with Foxwarren

Aug. 11 STRFKR + Phantogram

Aug. 15 Men/Trust

Aug. 16 Shakey Graves + Trampled By Turtles

Aug. 20 Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals

Aug. 21 The Roots

Street fairs

Portland street fairs feature live music; please check the websites for updated information.

Mississippi Street Fair, July 12, North Mississippi Avenue/Fremont to Skidmore streets, mississippiave.org/streetfair.

Montavilla Street Fair, July 27, Southeast Stark/76th Avenue, metba.org.

Fremont Fest, Aug. 2, Northeast Fremont/42nd-51st avenues, bbapdx.org.

Multnomah Days, Aug. 16, Multnomah Village/Southwest 31st-37th Avenue, multnomahvillage.org/event-details/multnomah-days-festival-parade.

Kenton Street Fair, Aug. 17, North Denver Avenue, facebook.com/kentonstreetfair.

Hawthorne Street Fair, Aug. 24, Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard/34th Street, hawthorneblvd.com.

Belmont Street Fair, Sept. 13, Southeast Belmont Street/33rd-39th avenues, belmontdistrict.org-belmont-street-fair.

(Not complete information, yet, on Division Clinton Street Fair and Parade, Foster Summer Soire and Lents Street Fair.)

Oregon Zoo

The Oregon Zoo features Friday concerts throughout the summer, called Zoo Nights, starting at 6:30 p.m.; see oregonzoo.org/zoo-nights for info.

June 20 Hit Machine

June 27 Petty Fever

July 3 Jacquie Roar

July 11 Kalimba

July 18 Conjunto Alegre

July 25 Bloco Alegria

Aug. 1 Stone in Love

Aug. 8 Jujuba

Aug. 15Jeff Miller and the Congregation

Aug. 23 Garcia Birthday Band

McMenamins Edgefield

The McMenamins Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn series in Troutdale continue through the summer, with tickets remaining to many shows (see below) and evening start times. See edgefieldconcerts.com for info and tickets.

June 26 Barenaked Ladies

June 27 Tash Sultana

July 20 Alison Krauss and Union Station

July 28 Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge

Aug. 8 Lucy Dacus

Aug. 12 Glass Animals

Aug. 13-14 Weird Al Jankovic (sold out)

Aug. 15 The Head And The Heart

Aug. 16 Ethel Cain

Aug. 26 ZZ Top

Aug. 30 Pixies

Sept. 3 Teddy Swims (sold out)

Sept. 7 Gregory Alan Isakov

Sept. 10-11 Modest Mouse and The Flaming Lips

Sept. 13-14 Amine Presents — The Day Ever Festival

Sept. 17 Haim

Sept. 19 Big Thief

Sept. 20 Coheed and Cambria and Taking Back Sunday

Oct. 8 Turnstile

Oct. 11 Big Wild

McMenamins Grand Lodge

The Concerts in the Grove will be held in Forest Grove. Concerts below still have tickets (evening shows). For more: grandlodgeconcerts.com.

June 20 The Kooks

Aug. 14 The Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon

Aug. 15 Sam Barber

Aug. 20 Keb’Mo’ and Shawn Colvin

Aug. 28 Bright Eyes

Aug. 29 Tennis

Aug. 31 Michael Franti, Spearhead

Sept. 14 Viagra Boys

Sept. 20 Band of Horses, Iron and Wine

Sept. 22 Mac DeMarco

Sept. 26 The Teskey Brothers

Cascades Amphitheater

It’s a short drive to the venue in Ridgefield, Washington, and it usually attracts top acts (evening shows). See cascadesamphitheater.com for info and tickets.

June 23 Pierce The Veil

June 26 Halsey

July 22 Volbeat

Aug. 13 Creed

Aug. 14 Wiz Khalifa

Aug. 16 Above & Beyond

Aug. 17 Cyndi Lauper

Aug. 22 Parker McCollum

Aug. 23 Pantera

Aug. 26 Suicideboys

Aug. 30 Toto, Men At Work, Christopher Cross

Sept. 1 Lil Wayne

Sept. 4 The Offspring

Sept. 19 Billy Idol

Sept. 26 Thomas Rhett

Oct. 1 Breaking Benjamin

Music on Main

The free shows are held from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday evenings at Southwest Main Street, next to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (between Broadway and Park). More: portland5.com.

July 23 Band After Midnight

July 30 Conjunto Alegre

Aug. 6 BrassRoots Movement

Aug. 13 Jujuba

This and that

If you’re up for a road trip, you won’t be disappointed with the impressive lineup at Hayden Homes Amphitheater in Bend. Check out the lineup at BendConcerts.com.

In a second season of concerts at Providence Park, it’s Post Malone, 6:30 p.m. June 28 on the “The Big Ass Stadium Tour” along with Jelly Roll, 6:30 p.m. (timbers.com/providencepark).

A new event, Punk in the Park, takes place June 28 at Waterfront Park. There’ll be a full day of punk rock music and craft beer tasting. Music will be by the likes of Descendents, Screeching Weasel, Propagandhi, 7Seconds, Mustard Plug, Swingin’ Utters and more (PunkInThePark.com).

Portland Opera a la Cart will be held every other Wednesday at Pioneer Courthouse Square, July 2-Aug. 27. Portland Opera brings free, live opera over the lunch hour to the square through the Opera a la Cart mobile performances (portlandopera.org).

Harefest, the “Mother of all Tribute Festivals,” returns to Canby’s fairgrounds with an extra day, Thursday-Sunday, July 17-19. This year’s tribute band festival will feature 27 tribute bands on two stages, along with food, onsite camping, and a party atmosphere that will celebrate timeless music. Tribute bands will perform as Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Def Leppard, KISS, ABBA, Eagles and more (harefest.com).

It’s free and fun under the St. Johns Bridge. The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival features local jazz, blues, soul and Latin artists for the 45th year, July 18-20 (jazzoregon.org).

An annual concert event and campout, the 21st NorthWest World Reggae Festival will be held July 18-20 near Brightwood, featuring roots reggae bands from eight countries, two stages, craft booths, organic food booths and youth activities. It’ll see the return of some of its favorite performers and it’s a showcase of local and regional acts. Its address is the Pfau Family Pfarm, 58885 E. Marmot Road, Sandy (nwwrf.com).

Returning for its second year after a hiatus, Project Pabst music fest features Iggy Pop, Devo, Death Cab For Cutie, Japanese Breakfast, The Damned, Mannequin Pussy, The Exploding Hearts, The Chats, Built To Spill, Cap’n Jazz and more. It’ll be July 26-27 at Waterfront Park. Tickets are $85 for single day and $150 for the weekend (projectpabst.com).

A cast, orchestra and full chorus put on the next Opera in the Park production, George Bizet’s iconic opera “Carmen,” July 27, at Peninsula Park. (Opera in the Park is not included in the Portland Parks and Recreation’s Summer Free For All this year).

Pickathon indie music festival at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, July 31-Aug. 3, will have a pretty big act on stage in 2025. Grammy Award-winning Portland band Portugal. The Man will be part of the lineup. The 25th anniversary lineup features a curated mix of legendary artists and rising stars — 59 bands in total — across a diverse range of genres. The four-day event includes headliners include Portugal. The Man (big hit “Feel It Still”), Taj Mahal, Julien Baker & TORRES, Fruit Bats, Haley Heynderickx, Reyna Tropical, Ocie Elliott, and Surprise Chef (pickathon.com).

The Clark County Fair in Ridgefield, Washington (clarkcofair.com) includes Brothers Osborne (7 p.m. Aug. 1), George Thorogood and the Destroyers (7 p.m. Aug. 2) and Kansas (7 p.m. Aug. 3).

Across the Columbia River, the Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival features plenty of music for its 25th anniversary festival, Aug. 22-24 at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, Wash (vancouverwinejazz.com). Highlights are Rick Estrin and The Nightcats (Friday); Stanley Jordan, The Rumba Kings, Arturo Sandoval (Saturday); David Benoit, Shemekia Copeland, Take 6 (Sunday).

The Oregon State Fair at Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem has set its Umpqua Bank Concert Series lineup (oregonstatefair.org): The All American Rejects, Friday, Aug. 22; Russell Dickerson with Niko Moon, Saturday, Aug. 23; Sean Paul, Sunday, Aug. 24; Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Monday, Aug. 25; Wynonna Judd, Tuesday, Aug. 26; Maverick City Music, Wednesday, Aug. 27; Cheap Trick, Thursday, Aug. 28; The String Cheese Incident, Friday, Aug. 29; Dylan Scott, Saturday, Aug. 30; Banda Los Sebastianes, Sunday, Aug. 31; The Beach Boys, Monday, Sept. 1.

Montavilla Jazz Festival has a stellar lineup for its 12th annual festival with more than 30 concerts at 12 venues, including Alberta Rose Theatre, The 1905, Mt. Tabor Park and elsewhere, over Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 30-Sept. 1 (montavillajazz.org).

County fairs

County fairs are great fun for everybody, and each has music entertainment. Here are the upcoming fair in and around the Portland area:

Marion County Fair, July 11-13, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem, marioncountyfair.net.

Columbia County Fair and Rodeo, July 16-19, St. Helens, columbiacountyfairgrounds.com.

Washington County Fair, July 18-27, Hillsboro, bigfairfun.com.

Hood River County Fair, July 23-26, Hood River, hoodriverfairgrounds.com.

Clark County Fair, Aug. 1-10, Ridgefield, Washington, clarkcofair.com.

Clackamas County Fair and Rodeo, Aug. 12-16, Canby, clackamascountyfair.com/fair.

Vancouver concerts

Waterfront Park Concert Series, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Vancouver Waterfront Park: July 3, Bobby Torres Ensemble; July 10, Wamba; July 17, Orquestra Pacifico Tropical; July 24, Norman Sylvester.

Sunday Sounds Concert Series, 6 p.m. Columbia Tech Center Park: July 13, Curtis Salgado; July 20, Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts; July 27, Dancehall Days; Aug. 3, Ants in the Kitchen; Aug. 10, Brewer’s Grade; Aug. 17, Hit Machine.

More: See concert listings at cityofvancouver.us.

Indoor shows

And, although they are inside, check out some events at the Moda Center/Veterans Memorial Coliseum (rosequarter.com) and Portland’5 Centers for the Arts (portland5.com) through September:

Some big concerts at Moda: Wu-Tang Clan, July 1; Barry Manilow, July 16; Shinedown, Aug. 7; Nine Inch Nails, Aug. 8; Hozier, Aug. 12; Linkin Park, Sept. 19; Jonas Brothers, Sept. 20; Ice Cube, Sept. 22; Megan Moroney, Sept. 27.

Some things at Portland’5: A great Pink Floyd tribute act, Brit Floyd, comes to Keller Auditorium, 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, on its “Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary” tour; A cool show with classic tunes awaits: “Beatles vs. Stones — A Musical Showdown,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 at Newmark Theatre.; Another tribute show, “Billy Nation — Tribute to Billy Joel” stages at Newmark Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15.