For enjoying music across town, Portland Jazz Festival, TriMet make perfect combo
There’s no better accompaniment to March’s Portland Jazz Festival than TriMet!
From March 5-14, the Jazz Festival will engage audiences with performances and events all around Portland. While some music festivals draw concertgoers to a single spot on the city map, the Jazz Festival features about 30 venues.
How do you get to all those places? Simple: Go by TriMet.
Just go to trimet.org and enter the venue name or address into our handy trip planner. You’ll see multiple options for how to get there on TriMet, so you can choose the travel plan that’s best for you.
Venues, venues everywhere
The Portland Jazz Festival isn’t just a musical showcase — it’s a showcase of Portland itself.
If you hit different shows during the 10-day festival, chances are you’ll see different sides of the city. Wherever you’re headed, TriMet can get you there and back — saving you money and taking the stress out of travel.
One show you want to see might be at Southwest Portland’s Burlingame Space, home of the Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra. You can get there any day on TriMet’s Line 43-Taylors Ferry/Marquam Hill, which stops less than a block away.
Perhaps another show on your list is at the Rose City Book Pub, on Northeast Fremont Street. Great news: TriMet has everyday bus service on Fremont Street, too. Just take Line 24-Fremont/NW 18th.
The Aladdin Theater in Southeast Portland? TriMet buses stop right outside the theater. You can also take the MAX Orange Line; the Clinton St/SE 12th Ave MAX Station is just a couple blocks to the north.
Mississippi Studios in North Portland? No problem. Line 4-Fessenden provides Frequent Service along North Mississippi Avenue, with buses running right in front of the venue every few minutes for most of the day, every day.
The list goes on — including for the Jazz Festival’s many venues in Downtown Portland. Take the bus or MAX to get there and back, and take a miss on those costly parking fees.
Find your perfect show at pdxjazz.org, then plan your perfect trip at trimet.org. Be sure to set your travel date to see the schedule for that day.
How to ride TriMet
With TriMet, you’re going places! Use our trip planner at home or on the go at trimet.org.
Check out our Rules for Riding before you go. You can also learn more about our fare system at trimet.org/fares. Just tap your bank card or smartphone with digital wallet at a green Hop reader to pay Adult fare, good to ride anywhere on TriMet for 2½ hours.
If you need a Hop Fastpass® card, buy one in seconds from a fare card machine at any MAX station, participating retailers or the TriMet Customer Support Center at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
We’re making it easier than ever to navigate our system with more real-time information displays, on-board stop announcements and the ability to track your vehicle at trimet.org. If you need assistance, you can also chat with live, local TriMet Customer Service representatives at trimet.org/chat or by calling or texting 503-238-7433 (RIDE) from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., every day — or find one of our helpful On-Street Customer Service team members, easily recognizable with their green safety vests. Our team is always happy to answer your questions.
You can help keep our system clean and safe. Report any cleaning or maintenance issue, or unwanted or suspicious behavior, 24 hours a day at 503-238-7433 (RIDE). In case of emergency, call 911.