Food Trucks
Coffee in the morning, trucks through the day, and enough buffet energy to keep 100-125 people moving.
Over by Oxbow Park / July 10-12, 2026
Oxbowpalooza
A weekend of friends, camping, music, food trucks, yoga, games, and the kind of open-ended hanging out that somehow becomes the whole point.
Oxbow photo dump
Drop your best shots into the central pile.
Candids, camp chairs, taco evidence, jam-session proof, and the kind of blurry joy that makes sense later. Photos will show up in the gallery below; videos are welcome in Dropbox, but they will stay in the shared folder instead of loading on this page.
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What is Oxbowpalooza?
A backyard festival world for family, friends, food, music, and being gloriously off-schedule.
Camping
Open acres, RV room for a few, tents welcome, and a short walk back to the fun.
Jam Time
Music, drum circle moments, casual hangs, and whatever songs survive the weekend.
Move Around
Yoga, outdoor games, movement, and open time for doing exactly as much as you feel like doing.
The weekend board
Schedule, camping, drinks, and getting there.
July 10-12
Itinerary
- Friday
- Pizza party + casual hangs
- Saturday
- AM coffee truck
- Morning yoga
- Breakfast buffet
- Food trucks for lunch + dinner
- Music, games, open time
- Sunday
- AM coffee truck
- Movement
- Breakfast buffet
- Slow goodbyes
Bring a cup, bring an appetite
Food & Drinks
- We will provide beer, wine, and NA beverages.
- Bring a water bottle and a drink cup to reduce waste.
- There will be a taco food truck on site.
- Feel free to bring your own food and favorite libations.
Room to spread out
Camping
- 20 open acres on the property.
- Limited RV spots with no hookups.
- Electric for a few, first reserved.
Over by Oxbow Park
Getting There
- Carpooling encouraged.
- Uber and Lyft are available, but getting a ride back into town from the property can be harder.
- If you are ridesharing home, consider scheduling your pickup in advance.
- Use the map button when you are ready to roll.
Need a nearby bed?
Hotels
Troutdale
Best first search for staying near Oxbow. Look around Edgefield, Best Western Cascade Inn & Suites, Holiday Inn Express Troutdale, and the I-84 corridor.
Search TroutdaleGresham
A straightforward option with more everyday hotel/motel choices. Good for people who want simple access to town, stores, and rideshare.
Search GreshamSandy
Fewer hotels, but useful if your weekend route points toward Sandy or Mt. Hood. Best Western Sandy Inn is the clearest starting point.
Search SandyHouse, cabin, cottage, crash pad
Airbnb
Troutdale
Start here if you want the easiest drive back and forth. Look for whole homes, guest suites, and anything near the Sandy River side.
Search TroutdaleGresham
Good if you want more neighborhood choices, stores nearby, and an easy rideshare/carpool option for the weekend.
Search GreshamSandy
Worth checking for cabins or homes if you are coming from the east or want to turn the weekend into a bigger Oregon foothills moment.
Search SandyThe quick-save version
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Oxbowpalooza: July 10-12, 2026
Where: Over by Oxbow Park
Friday: Pizza party + casual hangs
Saturday: Coffee truck, yoga, breakfast buffet, food trucks, music, games
Sunday: AM coffee truck, movement, breakfast buffet, slow goodbyes
Bring: Cup, chair, layers, camping gear if staying over
RSVP: Tell whoever invited you so the planning math stays friendly.
Headcount magic
RSVP to whoever brought you into this beautiful situation.
Tell your inviter you are in so the planners can count mouths, cups, campsites, and the appropriate amount of good decision-making.
Travel leaderboard
Who came the farthest?
Totally optional. Share only what you want, and we will use it to make the weekend board more fun.
Drop your info and we will turn the guest list into a friendly mileage contest. Your city becomes the starting line. Oxbow is the finish.
Nearby crews
Once out-of-state RSVPs come in, nearby travelers will gather here.
Flight matches
Optional PDX arrivals and departures will group here when times line up.
Miles leaders
- Connect the SheetReady
Tallest attendees
- Awaiting tall tales.0 ft
Where everyone starts
Oxbow orbit map
As RSVPs come in, this map opens wide enough to see everyone. Zoom in from there to explore where people are starting from.
Add your Mapbox token and connect D1 to light up the travel ribbons.
Birthday board
Weekend birthday calendar
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Households of harmless chaos
Framily Fued
No trophies, no grudges, just a very official-looking way to see the branches fill in.
Beving
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Sieling
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Vitangeli
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Schultz
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