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Dragon Boat Race Registration 2025

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.

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Race Weekend 2025

Race Weekend | June 7-8, 2025 | South Hawthorne Waterfront Park, Portland Oregon
Our annual traditional-style dragon boat race held during the Portland Rose Festival. Free to the public. Come and enjoy an exciting weekend of Dragon Boat Races and local food and shopping vendors.


Dragon Boat Stuff, One of our most beloved vendors.
Dragon Boat Stuff, One of our most beloved vendors.

Participating Vendors (2025)

*Info to come as it is finalized

We are so grateful to our wonderful vendors. They add so much to the Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race. With around 5000+ people at race weekend, the vendors provide diverse delightful food and drinks as well as a joyous shopping experience. They help make race weekend an exciting event for all involved, racers, volunteers, and spectators.

Food/Drink


Arrow Coffee & Desserts

At Arrow Coffee & Desserts, our mission is to provide our community with the highest quality coffee and exceptional customer service. We believe that coffee should be more than just a morning pick-me-up; it should be an experience that brings people together and brightens their day! We source only the finest beans from around the world and prepare each cup with care and attention to detail. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are dedicated to ensuring that every customer leaves feeling satisfied and energized. 

Arrow Coffee & Desserts is committed to supporting our community by sourcing local ingredients and partnering with neighboring small businesses. We are working to reduce our environmental impact through sustainable practices. 

Join us for a cup of coffee and discover the difference that passion and expertise can make.

Offering: Hand-crafted Espresso drinks (hot, cold & blended), Flavored Lemonades, Italian Sodas, Dirty Sodas, Matcha, Cold Brew, Assorted Pastries, Belgian Waffles & Breakfast Sandwiches



Artie’s Shave Ice

Shave ice for people and pets! Artie gives back to the community! A portion of all proceeds go back to local shelters and subsidized training for pets in need.

Offering: Shave ice, slushy drinks, shave ice for dogs, slushy lemonade


Bambū Desserts & Drinks

Bambū Desserts & Drinks

Website: https://www.drinkbambu.com/
Instagram: @pdx_Bambu
TikTok: @_bambupdx
Facebook: @PDXBambu

Bambū, strives in serving authentic Vietnamese desserts and drinks, “just the way you like it!” We take great pride in using the best ingredients to deliver top quality flavors, by brewing fresh teas, using real fruits in our products, offering dairy substitutes, serving mainly vegan and gluten free products, and making most of our ingredients in-house. With over 100 different items, we are sure to have something for you.

Offering: Vietnamese Dessert/Drinks (Desserts, Smoothies, Milk Tea, Fruit Teas, Coffee, Waffles, Mystery Bags)


Little Bear

Authentic Vietnamese Desserts, Boba, and Street Food

Offering: Banh Mi, Bubble Tea, Coffee


Maruka Loka Antojitos

Discover an exquisite taste experience at Maruka Loka, your go-to destination for tantalizing Sonoran-style bacon-wrapped hot dogs.This mobile food purveyor elevates the culinary landscape with its signature hot dogs, esquites, refreshing agua frescas, dulces enchilados, and more. Maruka Loka is on a mission to delight taste buds and offer an extraordinary culinary adventure throughout the PNW!

Offering: Sonoran style bacon wrapped hot dog, esquites, agua fresca, dulces enchiladas, fruit with chamoy.


Scoop of Love

We serve rolled ice cream hibachi style right in front of the customer.

Offering: Rolled Ice Cream


Stoopid Burger

Unique hand crafted burgers. Beef pattied by hand, grilled, with additional toppings selected by customers layered with love on top of a toasted bun. Fries and fried to perfection and tossed in fairydust.

Offering: Burgers, Chicken, Fries, and drinks


Retail/Arts & Crafts


RainBro Crafts

RainBro Crafts Logo

Website: www.rainbrocrafts.com
Instagram: @rainbrocrafts
Facebook: RainBroCrafts

All are welcome at RainBro Crafts. We specialize in handcrafted vegan soap, candles, bath bombs and other self-care products. Our mission is to make the world a little bit gayer, greener and cleaner.

Offering: Handcrafted vegan soap, candles, bath bombs, haircare, skincare and beard care.


Vendor Layout

*Info to come as it is finalized


Vendor Recruitment

Each Vendor will be contacted by Aaron Bocanegra or Megan Kunze via our email: social_media@pksca.net. A Google form will be sent along, to be filled out along with a contract. The Google form is where the vendor will include the media content and vendor information that will be included in advertisement, social media, and our race booklet. Any interested vendor may reach out to the above email to express interest.

Each food vendor is required to have temporary or permanent food vendor licenses unless exempt. You may see the Oregon Law at the Multnomah County Temporary Food Events site.

PDF Download: Vendor Flyer