The unofficial start of the summer festival season — the St. Johns Bizarre! — is just weeks away, on May 10, 2025. We’re getting ready for another year bringing thousands of Portlanders a dynamite lineup of musicians, artisans, makers,… Read More

Last year’s triumphant return of the St. Johns Bizarre was so sun-soaked and glorious, of course we had to come right back this spring — May 11, 2024 — for our 15th year. And right now’s the time… Read More

The return of the St. Johns Bizarre is finally here! Join us in downtown St. Johns from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2024 — and spend time with our dynamite lineup of musicians, artisans, makers,… Read More

The return of the St. Johns Bizarre is just weeks away, on May 13, 2023. We’re ready for you, with our dynamite lineup of musicians, artisans, makers, creators, food vendors, community groups, and more. But we’d love to… Read More

As the world takes hopeful steps towards recovery from this pandemic, we are opting to not hold the St. Johns Bizarre in 2022. We love St. Johns and all of you who make it so special (especially on… Read More

We regret to say this but we will not be holding the St. Johns Bizarre in 2021. When we made the hard decision to cancel the Bizarre last year we were optimistic that things would be different in… Read More

We have made the hard decision to cancel the St. Johns Bizarre this year. We were holding out hope that we could postpone it to a later date but after many discussions we’ve realized that there are just… Read More

The St. Johns Bizarre is back — May 13, 2023 — for its 14th year. And we’ll be picking up right where we left off. Vendors, that means it’s time to send in your applications, so you can help… Read More

Here it is, folks — the music lineup for the Plaza Stage. We are pretty excited about seeing these bands with the majestic St. Johns Bridge as their backdrop and look forward to rubbing elbows with all of you… Read More

Thanks for your interest in volunteering at the 13th Annual St. Johns Bizarre. Our volunteer crew makes this event possible! The majority of our needs come on event day, Saturday, May 13th, but we also need some assistance… Read More