Five days of festivities coming up at transit-friendly Waterfront Park
Go by TriMet to Waterfront Park, starting this weekend, for Oregon’s largest multicultural festival and biggest Cinco de Mayo celebration.
The Portland Cinco de Mayo Fiesta will bring authentic Mexican dance, music, food, arts, crafts and more to the Waterfront, from May 1-5. The festival is completely family-friendly, and it’s presented in English as well as Spanish.
TriMet provides regular service to Waterfront Park via the MAX Blue and Red lines. The park is just a block east of the Old Town/Chinatown, Oak/SW 1st and Yamhill District MAX stations. Several bus lines also stop within a few blocks, including Line 16-Front Ave/St Helens Rd, which runs along Naito Parkway. It’s also a short walk from the Downtown Portland Transit Mall, where other MAX lines and many of TriMet’s bus lines run.
As drivers feel the pinch of high fuel prices and parking fees, now is a great time to go by TriMet instead and save money.
Visit trimet.org to plan your trip now!
Friendship, fun and family
The Fiesta kicks off Friday morning, May 1. Festival hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and 4 to 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
Highlights of the schedule include Aztec dance, ballet folklórico and mariachi performances, a car show on Friday afternoon, and lucha libre wrestling on Saturday and Sunday.
More than one in 10 Oregonians was born in Mexico or has Mexican ancestry. Portland is a sister city of Guadalajara, capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco and one of Mexico’s largest cities.
The Portland Guadalajara Sister City Association is responsible for the Portland Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, which is its primary fundraising event.
Getting around on TriMet
TriMet is proud to serve riders from all backgrounds and cultures.
We’ve invested in improvements to make our transit system easier to use for people who do not speak or read English as their primary language. Our website, trimet.org, now has full translation support for five widely spoken languages in our region, including Spanish. Just select your preferred language from the drop-down menu.
You can plan your trip and see travel options at trimet.org.
Real-time arrival information is displayed at all MAX stations and many bus stops, as well as on trimet.org. Service alerts are also displayed in both English and Spanish.
Fare
Tap your bank card, digital wallet or Hop Fastpass® card at a green Hop reader whenever you ride! One tap instantly pays Adult fare for 2 1⁄2 hours.
Children under age 6 ride TriMet free. Youths age 7-17 can ride for half price using a reduced fare Hop card. So can adults age 65 and older, people with disabilities, veterans and active-duty military, and those who qualify based on income, who are eligible for Honored Citizen reduced fare.
Learn more at trimet.org/fare.
Riding TriMet costs the same now as it did before the recent rise in fuel prices! Now is a great time to save money by traveling with TriMet.