Dragon Boat Race Registration | January 2nd-May 7th, 2025 | Register
Registration for Mixed, Women’s, and Open Division From 7am January 2nd, 2025 through May 7th.
2025 Team Registration is Open from January 2nd until May 7th, 2025!
Race weekend is June 7-8 2025.
The Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race, Presented by the PORTLAND-KAOHSIUNG SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION invites you to come join the Race!
Division Information
Teams can register for Women’s Division, Mixed Division, and Open Division.
Open to Local Teams and Out-of-Town Teams!
- Our Divisions
- Mixed division races with up to 10 male paddlers.
- Women’s requires all female paddlers.
- Open has no gender restrictions.
Teams can have up to 29 members.
A race is 500 meters
A race boat has a caller, flag catcher, 20 paddlers, and a tiller.
The Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race uses the incredibly beautiful traditional-style dragon boats on the Willamette River!
All divisions will have to have at least 12 teams to compete.
Divisions will be identified by colored wristbands for race weekend
Registration Rate Information
For 2025 we are keeping the same registration rates as the past several years with a few discount options.
- Our Rates
- $1900 Local Team Full Registration
- $1800 Early Bird – If Registered and Paid by January 25
- $950 High School and Out-of-Town Registration
If your local team has not raced with us since 2019, please reach out to us and we’ll see if we can get approval for a special discount for 2025
$100 discount “bounty” for bringing in and coaching a new team – $100 discount for the new team as well. Refunds will be given off of the registration fee at the end of season and both teams have participated in the race. (New teams are teams that have not raced with us since 2019 or have never raced with us before.)
This amazing event has been part of the Portland Rose Festival each year since 1989.