The year could see the Rose Festival, the Waterfront Blues Festival and other bigger happenings return.
When it comes to events, could we see a return to normalcy in 2022?
Does the Rose Festival return in all its glory, parades and all?
Does the Waterfront Blues Festival again lure thousands of fans to Waterfront Park with four days of great music?
Can we all gather at the PDX Jazz Festival and Oregon Brewers Festival and in Portland parks and at the Expo Center?
Mind you, many things have returned from COVID-19 dormancy, and events continued throughout the past two years in different forms — streaming, online, socially distanced, significantly altered. Zidell Yards hosted a great many events, including a scaled-down Waterfront Blues Festival.
In March 2021, against the odds and bucking the trend, the folks with O’Loughlin Trade Shows successfully put on a combined event…
