You don't have to wait until Sunday to get your Easter festivities rolling like an upended basket of eggs. Look below for a list of 10 opportunities to celebrate the season at the breakfast table, at the edge of the stage, or at the end of the bar. Whatever's clever, right? Look below for all that delicious, fun, funny—and yes, even sexy—cleverness, and plan your Easter accordingly.
Dan Savage's Easter Extravaganza
No one loves Easter more than Dan Savage! And that’s why he’s bringing his top rated podcast, the Savage Lovecast, to Portland for a special Easter-themed live performance filled with comedy, sexy information, music, and… well, frankly? Stuff that will make your Aunt Flora clutch her pearls. Along with the Lovecast regulars, you’ll get music from Rachel Lark and the Damaged Goods, comedy gold from Nariko Ott, Dan will answer the audience’s sexiest questions, AND a special surprise appearance from… Sexy Jesus? Oh dear lord. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Apr 14, 8 pm, Revolution Hall, $30
Drag Queen Easter Brunch
What better way is there to spend Easter morning than attending the Drag Queen Brunch? Obviously there’s no better way, but listen up! This brunch will be hosted by drag queen extraordinaire Sasha Scarlett (who’s skill in the areas of singing, dancing, and comedy are world renowned), and she will be joined by even more drag amazement in the form of Ivanaha Fusionn, Babie Valentine Knight, and Diva Dott. Plus there will be a buffet, mimosas, Bloody Marys, AND proceeds benefit the Gay Softball World Series! Now that’s an Easter. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Apr 16, 11 am, Doug Fir, $18-20
Alpenrose Dairy 55th Annual Easter Egg Hunt
A Portland tradition continues this Easter, featuring a whole bunch of eggs, an astounding amount of candy, and hundreds of prizes, including bunnies standing over six feet tall.
Apr 15, 10:30 am, Alpenrose Dairy Opera House, all ages
Easter Bingo
Why not seriously lean into the holiday spirit by doing as your gramma did before you: Throwing on a nice sweater, getting that hair did just right, and settling in for a long day of daubing at cards and cursing under your breath as some other schmuck wins all the Bingo prizes you rightfully deserve on the day of Jesus' return! Local comedy talents Erin Jean O'Regan and Jed Arkley will call the numbers.
Apr 16, 2 pm, Siren Theater, $5
EastBurn Easter Brunch
The EastBurn adds some extra holiday love to their normal brunch menu in the form of what they call "the most delicious cinnamon rolls on the planet," made with bourbon-soaked raisins and bacon. And you can wash that down with a build-your-own bloody mary and/or $2 mimosas.
Apr 16, 10 am, EastBurn
Community Easter Egg Hunt
King School Park gets visited by a pretty busy Easter bunny, with over 12,000 eggs hidden away for kids to hunt up, with other activities available even after all the candy and prizes have been loaded into everyone's baskets, including face painting, crafting, and games.
Apr 15, 11 am, King School Park, free, all ages
Deliria Release and Easter Egg Party
Bazi throws a party that not only celebrates the holiday with an egg hunt featuring pink elephant gifts, but celebrates the 2017 vintage release of Deliria, a beer brewed once a year by women in honor of International Women's Day
Apr 16, 2 pm, Bazi Bierbrasserie
Easter at Pix
Pix is hosting a lovely little tea party, that also contains a big fat Easter egg hunt, with eggs that contain golden tickets good for $50 in Pix treats, such as house-made marshmallow chicks, a wide variety of chocolate novelties, and Pix's own take on the Kinder Egg.
Apr 16, 2 pm, Pix/Bar Vivant, $34
Sunday Service
The Analog hosts a brunch variety and burlesque show, featuring performances by Prince Peanut Butter (Christopher Lee Hall), Johnny Mayhem (John Metz IV), Dominoe DeSoto, Jasmine Rain John-Nuriel, Yeshua Vissell, and Richie Stratton. Hosted by Mad Marquis.
Apr 16, 11 am, The Analog Cafe & Little Theater, $10-12
Easter Grand Buffet
The Headwaters puts up this early-morning feast for those about to hit up the day's first egg hunt, or for those who already claimed their basket full of prizes, and are settling in for a victorious meal including smoked herring, smoked lox, oysters on the half shell, a variety of artisan cheeses, eggs benedict, breakfast hash, biscuits and gravy, and much more.
Apr 16, 10:30 am, Headwaters at the Heathman, $38-58