Festival Production Services

Treadway Events plans and produces festivals for cities, promoters, brands and nonprofit organizers in Portland, Oregon and across the Pacific Northwest. Festival production services here means the work that gets a public event on its site and through the day: permits, layout, vendors, rentals, production and live operations.

You can hire us to produce a festival end to end, or to run site operations and production alongside your own team. Since 2015 we have done both, including large events at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

This page is for festival production and management. If you are planning a community festival or street fair with a city or volunteer committee, see community festival and street fair planning. If the brief is a concert, nightclub event or music-led show, see concerts and festivals.

Bring us in for the full festival or for the parts your team wants to hand off:

• Festival site operations, including layout, guest flow, fencing, power and load-in / load-out.
• Permits and city or parks coordination, including support for events at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
• Vendor outreach, registration and on-site vendor management.
• Production: staging, lighting, sound, scenic and branded builds, much of it designed and built by our own shop.
• Talent and entertainment buying when the festival needs it.
• Rentals and décor, sourced and installed by our crew.
• Event-day management, staffing and a single point of contact from first brief through strike.
• Marketing, graphic design and sponsorship support when those are in scope.

A full list of planning and production capabilities is on our event services page.

These are festivals Treadway Events produced, created, or led as the planning and site-operations team. The client or creator is named in each case.

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. The Portland Guadalajara Sister-City Association engaged Treadway Events to produce the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, beginning in 2023. It is a four-day festival that has drawn 50,000+ attendees, with 100+ vendors. See the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta.

Panda Fest Portland. Treadway Events led full-service planning and site operations for Panda Fest Portland, a national touring Asian food and culture festival whose first Portland edition ran on the Willamette River at Tom McCall Waterfront Park and drew 30,000 attendees. See Panda Fest Portland.

Scooped Ice Cream Festival. Treadway Events created Scooped Ice Cream Festival. It launched at Seattle Center and later came to Esther Short Park in Vancouver, WA. See Scooped Ice Cream Festival.

St. Helens Fourth of July Festival. The City of St. Helens engaged Treadway Events to plan and produce the St. Helens Independence Day Celebration end to end, including talent buying, fireworks coordination, parking, site operations, vendors, marketing and day-of support at Columbia View Park and Plaza Square. See the St. Helens Fourth of July Festival.

Vancouver Arts and Music Festival. Treadway Events provided planning and production for the City of Vancouver, WA four-day Arts and Music Festival at Esther Short Park, with 110+ artists and 40+ shows. The City of Vancouver is the client. See the Vancouver Arts and Music Festival.

These are festivals owned or led by another organizer, where Treadway Events provided defined support rather than producing the event.

Bridge City Block Party. Red Cube Presents owns and produces Bridge City Block Party, a two-day, 18-and-over electronic music festival in downtown Portland. Treadway Events provided site operations and production support when the festival moved to Tom McCall Waterfront Park. See Bridge City Block Party.

Squirrel Fest. Treadway Events planned Squirrel Fest with the Rotary Club of Longview at R.A. Long Park in Longview, WA, including live music, vendors and the Squirrel Bridge Tour. See Squirrel Fest.

Scappoose 100-Year Centennial Celebration. The City of Scappoose engaged Treadway Events to support its 100-Year Event, including budget and schedule help, vendors and sponsors, setup, cleanup and parking. See the 100-Year Centennial Celebration.

For festivals booked on Portland’s downtown waterfront, see our dedicated Tom McCall Waterfront Park event production page. That page covers site operations, permits, layout and live operations at that park, including work at Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, Panda Fest Portland and Bridge City Block Party.

• Community festival and street fair planning for city and community organizers.
• Concerts and festivals for live music, concerts and nightclub events.
• Corporate event planning and production and corporate event planner in Portland, OR when the brief is a company event rather than a public festival.
• Event services for the full production and rentals list.
• Festivals and experiences portfolio.

Tell us the date, the site and what the festival has to accomplish. We will come back with a production plan you can take to your team, your board or the city.

Call +1-971-266-1781 or email info@treadwayevents.com.

Which organization engaged Treadway Events to produce the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta?

The Portland Guadalajara Sister-City Association engaged Treadway Events to produce the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, beginning in 2023. The four-day festival has drawn 50,000+ attendees.

Which organization engaged Treadway Events for Panda Fest Portland?

Treadway Events led full-service planning and site operations for Panda Fest Portland at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The first Portland edition drew 30,000 attendees.

Which organization engaged Treadway Events to support Bridge City Block Party?

Red Cube Presents owns and produces Bridge City Block Party. Treadway Events provided site operations and production support for the festival at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

Which organization engaged Treadway Events to produce the St. Helens Fourth of July Festival?

The City of St. Helens engaged Treadway Events to plan and produce the St. Helens Independence Day Celebration end to end at Columbia View Park and Plaza Square.

Which organization engaged Treadway Events for the Vancouver Arts and Music Festival?

The City of Vancouver, WA engaged Treadway Events to provide planning and production for the four-day Arts and Music Festival at Esther Short Park.

Which organization engaged Treadway Events to plan Squirrel Fest?

The Rotary Club of Longview engaged Treadway Events to plan Squirrel Fest at R.A. Long Park in Longview, WA.