In its second year back after two years of COVID pandemic shutdowns, the Portland Rose Festival hopes to bring the city something everyone could use right about now: An old-fashioned good time. The 2023 Portland Rose Festival theme is “Focus on Fun,” and while it might sound a bit cheesy, maybe focusing on the basic idea of having fun, something that has become challenging to most people during the last three years of pandemic anxiety, weather anxiety, violence anxiety, etc., is the perfect way to kick off Portland’s summer. Read more at the link in our bio. 🥳 #portlandrosefestival #rosefestival #summer #fun #portland #theoregonian