Every 1st Sunday of the month at the Urge-835 N Lombard. 4:00-8:00pm

Every 3rd Saturday of the month now 9pm-midnight
$8/members, $10/non-members - includes all the beer you can drink.

Held at Gail's Dirty Duck
Downtown Portland - NW 3rd and Glisan - MAP 

Video nights hosted at a Bears home. Always refer to the main page of the web and the Calendar of Events for location.

 Held the 4th Friday of every month, and modeled after SF's Planet Big popular dance event, Oregon Bears get down on the dance floor or just hang out together with some good music at CC Slaughter's club on NW Davis in old town Portland. 9:00pm-midnight - No cover charge and $1.25 well drinks and soda with a valid Oregon Bears Membership Card.
 

The Portland Tribune write up on our

November 2005 Double X Dance.

Monthly Event

Final Sunday of every month - 11am

At Varying locations around the area.  Check out the website main page for this month's location.

As scheduled by our membership or administrative secretaries, the new member event is a welcome and get-to-know-you get together to welcome new OR Bear members and let them get to know other new folks.  Usually held before the monthly bear bust, this gathering is a great way to make new friends in the OR Bears.

Most recently held at the North Bank Tavern in downtown Vancouver WA.

Nearly $4300 total and well over 300 bears raised in 2005 for Friends of PWA Foundationand Outreach in Burnside.

Read about it on TJ Norris' blog at

Oregonlive.com

The 2006 Beartown Weekend festivities have concluded and it was a huge success with bears visiting from Vancouver BC, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Arizona, NY, Maryland, Alaska and more.  A big thanks to all those who attended and kudos to the organizing committee.  

Beartown Weekend is the Oregon Bears yearly bear weekend held typically in June in conjunction with Portland's Rose Festival.

If you would like more information about this event, please send an email to the address below or check out the main page of this web for more information about next years scheduling.

For more information, write to beartown@oregonbears.org

(Normally on same weekend as Father's Day in June)

Festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.  The Oregon Bears have a booth each year and walk/ride in the parade on Sunday.

Our first annual picnic at Dabney State Park
Our second annual picnic was held at Overlook Park in N. Portland.

Event is held during Leather Pride Week (August) in support of the leather community. Visit oregonleatherpride.org for more details.

Usually planned for August, the Oregon Bears venture to Sauvie Island Nude Gay Beach to frolic in the sun and water (clothing optional).
 

Held in mid-September (Thursday – Sunday)

For more information, write to campout@oregonbears.org or check out the main page of the web.

Held yearly, the bears head out into the woods in the mountains or the coast and commune with nature.  Meals are shared, our traditional furry face and buns contest... this event grows every year and has become a big hit for bears from all over!

Join the Bears out in the snow as we slip, slide and frolic!

Normally held at Gail's Dirty Duck - an annual blast of a party with costume prizes, scantily clad bears and a whole lot of fun.

Bears in their underwear!!!

Held at Gail's Dirty Duck
Downtown Portland - NW 3rd and Glisan - MAP 

Usually $5 entry (includes optional clothing check)

Read What the Willamette Week had to say about it! (will need Adobe Acrobat reader to view)

Bears bowling in their boxers!!!

Held at a local Bowling alley after hours.  Provisions are made to isolate our fun depending on the venue - usually follows gay bowling league night.

Other Oregon Bears official events have included:

-  The Red, White and Blue Party - a benefit to raise money to support gay firefighters and policemen and women of NYC who so bravely helped us all following the 9/11/01 attack -
-  Movie Nights - Bears hit the flicks

-  The Bear Monty - Strippin' bears for charity

-  Bear Bachelor Auction - Buy a bear date?

-  Bears In Leather Party - Best chest in a vest and chaps contests

-  Second Chance Prom

-  Timber - Bears in Flannel

-  Annual BearBQ