things to do in portland: Free Summer Symphony Concerts

There are only a few free summer symphony concerts remaining this season.

An overview of free concerts in Portland and a few highlights:

Saturday, August 23rd The Oregon Symphony at Mt. Scott Park- an afternoon festival begins at 2 and culminates in a show at 7 pm. Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Berlin are among the show highlights.

Thursday, August 28th A free symphony concert at Tom McCall Waterfront Park- The Portland Youth Philharmonic plays at 5 pm and the Oregon Symphony takes the stage at 7. More Tchaikovsky, bits of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody and Verdi makes this show look promising. And the Portland park concert ends in the 1812 Overture, the biggest crowd-pleaser there is.

Sunday, Sept. 7th at 4:00 pm at the Foothills Park in Lake Oswego, the Portland Festival Symphony finishes off the free concert season with selections including Liszt, Tchaikovsky and the Toy Symphony by Haydn.