Alberta Arts

The Portland Blues & Jazz Dance Society presents Barefoot Fusion Festival 2026 - BFF Pajama Jam!Barefoot Fusion Festival 2026: The Pajama JamNovember 20–22, 2026 | Alberta Abbey | Portland, OregonBarefoot Fusion Festival is back! Join us for a vibrant, genre-rich partner dance weekend celebrating connection, creativity, musical exploration, and community.Get ready for three days of dancing, workshops, phenomenal Live Bands and DJs, evening socials, and plenty of opportunities to connect with dancers from Portland, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.Pajamas encouraged. Good vibes guaranteed.Featured Genres & InstructorsThis year we're highlighting five featured dance genres and instructors:

• Tango — Sandy Ninh (Portland)
• Kiz — Marietta Villalobos (Seattle)
• Bachata — Malik Delgado (Portland)
• Zouk — Parker Wells (Portland)
• Fusion — Grey Armstrong

Alongside our featured genres, BFF will continue to explore the creative, genre-blending world of Fusion, with additional classes and programming throughout the weekend.-Find the Pro-level & an Amateur Mix-n-Match Competition applications on PDXBLUES.comRegistration & TicketsAll-Access PassesFLASH SALE — $100 - Only 20 passes available! First come, first served.Tier 1 — $150 Early Bird pricing • Closes September 30Tier 2 — $190 Advance pricing • Closes October 31Tier 3 — $225 Last Chance pricing All-Access Passes include:

• 3 days of dancing
• All workshops
• Evening socials

À La Carte Options

• $25 — Individual workshop
• $35 — Individual evening social
• $100 — Day workshop pass
• $90 — Only Dance Socials

COVID SafetyBFF is committed to creating a safer and more accessible dance environment for our community.This is a mask optional event. Temperature check at the door. Must be below 100f. COVID testing is required on your first day of attendance. Please take a rapid test at home before joining us if possible, and we ask everyone to test at home after the festival as well.If you receive a positive COVID test following the event, please report it to the BFF organizers. Reporting helps us communicate with attendees and take appropriate steps to protect our dance community.As always, please stay home if you are feeling sick or experiencing cold, flu, or other contagious illness symptoms.

Last Thursday on Alberta Street in Portland, Oregon happens 12 months a year every last Thursday of the month indoors with art gallery opening parties, live music, DJs and other indoor performances at venues, bars and event spaces.

Last Thursday is a community-grown event, free for all artists and art vendors, musicians, performers and visitors.

On Last Thursday, galleries hold opening parties, and performance venues and bars often host live music and performances. If the weather is nice enough, then vendors take to the street.

June, July and August Last Thursday 6-9 p.m. is outdoors and indoors with 15 blocks closed to traffic, hundreds of diverse arts and crafts vendors, art gallery opening parties, street performers and musicians, and other outside events.