presents

the 2014 events calendar

Willamette Weeks brand

extends beyond the

newspapers reach.
WW is a community more than 400,000
Portlanders strong. It offers 40 years of
news and culture, digging beyond the
average news story while featuring
award-winning arts, music and food
coverage. wweek.com delivers more
than 420,000 page views per month.
With more than 26,000 Facebook fans,
24,000 Twitter followers, 6,000 opt-in
email subscribers and events that sell out
using only in-house marketing efforts,
the audience WW reaches is like no
other. In the last six years, WW has
grown well beyond print to help our
advertisers reach their customers and
extend their brands.

PieFest Finder Launch

August // LOCATION TBD
For the first time, WW is bringing the citys
best pizza and pie together in one
location and will launch the WWs bestselling Finder Guide.

Cartathlon

March 2 // Food Cart Scavenger Hunt

Willamette Week presents Cartathlon IV! Part scavenger hunt,
part eating competition and part urban footrace, Cartathlon
celebrates Portlanders love of food carts, defiance of winter
weather and affinity for oddball competition.
More than 450 active, hungry Portlanders compete in teams
deciphering riddles, manuevering through the city, eating from
food carts and performing other silly tricks in hopes of winning
free food-cart grub for a year. Costumes are encouraged.
Previous Sponsors // Keen, vitaminwater, Red Bull, KIND Snacks,
Happy Cup Coffee, Ninkasi Brewing and Pedal Bike Tours.

Cyclers Happy Hour

May 28 // Crank Bike Shop

Celebrate the launch of WWs inaugural Bike Guide with door

prizes, free beer, and a cross-cut of Portlands bike-lovers.

Eat Mobile

April 27 // Portland Food Cart Festival

Portlands food-cart scene is in the international spotlight. Eat
Mobile draws more than 1,800 hungry Portlanders to sample 30 of
Willamette Weeks favorite food-carts in one place. Vendors compete
for the coveted Carty Award, chosen by a panel of celebrity judges,
as well as the Peoples Choice Award.
Previous sponsors // Bear Flag Wine, vitaminwater, Whole Foods,
Pabst Blue Ribbon, Stumptown Coffee, Eat St., Art Institute of
Portland, Verizon Wireless, Comcast, Car2go , Dry Soda, Boyds
Coffee, PEMCO Insurance, Alexis Foods and Delicato Bota Box.

Best New Band

Showcase

May 17 // Mississippi Studios

Willamette Week aligns and polls the pros in the local music
business for a list of the best up-and-coming bands of the year.
We publish the results and gather the top picks to perform a
concert at Mississippi Studios.
Previous sponsors // Black Star Beer, Dr. Martens, Red Bull,
Pabst Blue Ribbon, Scion and MGD.

Best of Portland

July 23 // WW Headquarters
1,000 Portland taste-makers, advertisers, civic leaders and
friends of the paper come to celebrate everything that makes
Portland an invigorating, amazing and bizarre place to live.
Previous sponsors // vitaminwater, Ketle One Vodka, Bear
Flag Wine, Pyramid Brewing, Widmer Brothers, Segura Viudas,
Honda, Hopworks Urban Brewery, Townshends Tea, popchips,
Skyy Vodka, Rainier and Scion.
BOP sponsors get up-close interactions
with some of Portlands finest.

MusicFestNW

August 1617 // Waterfront Park

MFNW gathers local and national musicians for two nights of
amazing music, showcasing their talents to more than 5,000
enthusiasts each night.
Previous sponsors // Hyundai, Heineken, Nike, Levis, popchips,
Red Bull, Oregon Lottery, Stumptown Coffee, vitaminwater and
Experience Music Project, smart, Cover Oregon.

WWs Beer Pro/Am

September 27 // Location TBD

Commercial and home brewers pair up to create a new beer!

More than twenty two person teams will collaborate and brew a
beer together. We introduce the teams in WW and sample their
unique brews at an open-to-the-public event, let the masses vote
and crown a winner.
Previous Sponsors // Brewvana, F.H. Steinbart, KIND, DigitalPour,
Drink Tanks, Hydroflask.

Secret Supper

October 14 // WWs Restaurant of the Year

Secret Supper is held the Tuesday before Restaurant Guide
publishes. WW readers sign up for an all inclusive meal at
WWs pick for restaurant of the year. Its a secret until hours
before the dinner.
Previous sponsors // Brooks Wines, Stella Artois, Cooper
Mountain Vineyards, Widmer Brothers Brewing and Segura
Viudas.

Holiday Marketplace

November 20 // Location TBD

A one-night festival of locally inspired and Portland-made gifts,
specialty foods, beer, wine and spirits. Vendor/booth fee for
participation.
Previous Vendors // Rogue Brewery., Ruby Jewel, Hood River
Distillery, Double Mountain Brewery, Elephants Delicatessen,
Tieton Ciders, Eastside Distilling, Bekel Canvas, Imbue Vermouth,
Masala Pop, NW Elixirs, Oui Presse, Olympic Provisions, Tabor
Taverns Bacon Jam, and WISH.

2013 Skidmore Prize winners with Peter Stolpe from Adidas

Give!Guide

November 5 // Left Bank Annex

Willamette Weeks Give!Guide is Portlands
easiest path to year-end giving. Created in 2004,
G!G has raised more than $7.3 million for hundreds of local
nonprofits. In 2012, WW readers gave over $1.9 million to 110
fabulous Portland organizations. In 2013, we hope to raise $2.7
million to get to our goal of $10 million in 10 years. WWs Give!Guide
was created to hook young readers on year-end giving.
GET INVOLVED AS A SPONSOR //
Purchase an ad in the Give!Guide Roll of Honor
Sponsor a Skidmore Prize, honoring a young person
who does fabulous work at a local nonprofit
Host the Give Guide kick off event
Sponsor the 35 and under giving competition
Donate products to be used as incentives for G!G donors