Salmon Homecoming 2025

Join us in honoring salmon with two days of fun, food and cultural connections along the Sandy River. View fall Chinook returning to one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier glacier-fed wild and scenic rivers. Enjoy plant walks, arts and crafts, storytelling, Native games, vendors, traditional baked salmon samples, educational activities and more!

Free event. No registration is required.

Parking is $5 or covered by an annual Metro parking pass.

Please bring cash. Portland Indigenous Marketplace artists and entrepreneurs are joining Salmon Homecoming. Limited cell service will not allow for credit/debit card transactions.

Accessibility
No interpretive services available. The event is held at a park with grass and patches of uneven land, which can be difficult to navigate in standard wheelchairs. There will be golf carts, ADA restrooms, and ADA reserved parking available for the use of attendees with access needs.

Pet policy: To protect plants, wildlife and people, Metro does not allow dogs or other pets at Oxbow. Service animals are allowed.

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