First-Timer’s Guide
New to the Symphony? We've compiled everything you need to know to make the most of your first concert experience.
2025/26 SEASON
Sounds Like Portland Festival
Revel in the sounds that define our city with this three-week musical celebration spotlighting extraordinary artists like The Decemberists, esperanza spalding, M. Ward, and more!
Upcoming Concerts
October 31 – November 2, 2025
Seven Deadly Sins
Portland songstress Storm Large wows you as she explores the world of The Seven Deadly Sins.
November 6 & 7, 2025
The Decemberists
For their first time performing with an orchestra in nearly two decades, The Decemberists take the stage with the Oregon Symphony for a landmark hometown collaboration.
November 9, 2025
The Complete String Quartets of Caroline Shaw: A Concert Crawl
This one-day, three-venue event celebrates the work of Portland-based composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, inviting audiences to journey across Portland, experiencing six hours of her stunning music for string quartet and voice.
November 13, 2025
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols return to the Oregon Symphony for the second time featuring new favorites and classics from their 30-year career.
November 15 & 16, 2025
Chicago: The Movie Musical in Concert
Put on your dancing shoes and prepare for a breathtaking concert you’ll never forget...and all that jazz!
November 20 – 23, 2025
Carmina Burana
Starting and ending with the mighty hymn to the capricious Goddess Fortuna and her relentlessly turning wheel, the bold tunes and primal rhythms of Carmina Burana celebrate nature, the tavern, and the pleasures of love. It’s earthy and risqué, but sometimes also breathtakingly beautiful—like the soprano’s heaven-reaching solo—or raucous and rowdy, as the lusty drinking song, “In taberna.”
November 29 & 30, 2025
Cirque Nutcracker
Troupe Vertigo joins the Oregon Symphony for a festive and family-friendly concert that will have you and yours jumping for joy!
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2025/26 Season Choose Your Own Series
Packages available now!
With our Choose Your Own (CYO) package, you can handpick 3 or more concerts from our incredible lineup and enjoy the same exclusive perks and discounts as our full-season subscribers. It’s flexibility with all the benefits—your season, your way!
2025/26 Season
Don't just hear music. Feel it.
Your favorite films - Live!
Experience the Sights and Sounds of the Cinema
Now available in Choose Your Own packages
Hear some of the most iconic film scores performed live by your Oregon Symphony while the movie plays on the big screen. Subscribe today to save big and experience your favorite films like never before all year long!
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In the Community
Each year the Oregon Symphony discovers more ways to reach more people, both in the concert hall and beyond.