Start building your weekend itinerary with cheap and cheerful suggestions from Portland Pickles Opening Night + Rockin’ The Walk to the Burnside Bridge Turns 100 and from The Portland Mercury’s Highball Week to the inaugural Portland Indie Game Convention (PIGCON). For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.
FRIDAY
SPORTS & RECREATION
Portland Pickles Opening Night + Rockin’ The Walk
The 2024 WCL champion Pickles return to the chair-raising Walker Stadium for their season opener. Pickles games are a Portland summer institution and last year was a record breaker for attendance and wins, but the team ultimately fell short to the Bellingham Bells (LAME MASCOT ALERT) in the championship game. Not this year, Pickles fans. The boys are back and ready to reclaim their title as the best team in the collegiate league. Watch them batter up against the Victoria HarbourCats and rock the walk—there’ll be live music before first pitch, tattoos by Anatomy Tattoo, and the usual on-field activities, which tend to get unhinged when mascot Dillon T. Pickle gets involved. BRI BREY
(Walker Stadium, Lents, $15)
