THE SEARCH LEDGER · PORTLAND, OREGON · ENTERTAINMENT
Every month Portland types 126,460 entertainment searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in FEB and lowest in APR.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Entertainment category in Portland — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 227 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “pdx rose festival” at $8.00.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | memorial coliseum portland | 14,800 | $2.18 | branded | |
| 2 | portland concerts | 9,900 | $0.42 | informational | |
| 3 | pdx events | 8,100 | $1.08 | informational | |
| 4 | pdx events today | 8,100 | $0.47 | informational | |
| 5 | moda center portland events | 8,100 | $1.03 | informational | |
| 6 | bollywood theatre portland | 6,600 | $1.03 | branded | |
| 7 | comedy club portland | 5,400 | $1.06 | informational | |
| 8 | pdx events this weekend | 5,400 | $0.35 | informational | |
| 9 | pdx rose festival | 3,600 | $8.00 | branded | |
| 10 | winter light festival portland | 3,600 | $3.31 | branded | |
| 11 | portland moda center concerts | 2,900 | $0.72 | informational | |
| 12 | starlight theater portland | 2,900 | $1.88 | 8 | commercial |
| 13 | candlelight concert portland | 2,400 | $1.45 | branded | |
| 14 | live music pdx | 1,900 | $2.76 | 21 | commercial |
| 15 | live music portland today | 1,600 | $2.68 | 14 | commercial |
| 16 | pdx rv show | 1,600 | $2.31 | branded | |
| 17 | portland night events | 1,600 | $0.95 | informational | |
| 18 | concerts in portland tonight | 1,600 | $0.96 | informational | |
| 19 | omsi tickets portland | 1,600 | $0.30 | informational | |
| 20 | book festival portland | 1,600 | $0.11 | branded |
SRC: DataForSEO, Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pioneer Place | 4.2 ★ | 5,796 | Shopping mall | YES |
| #2 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | 4.7 ★ | 5,280 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #3 | Keller Auditorium | 4.6 ★ | 5,217 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #4 | Guardian Games | 4.7 ★ | 3,995 | Bar | YES |
| #5 | Roseland Theater | 4.3 ★ | 3,932 | Performing arts theater | YES |
| #6 | Regal Evergreen Parkway | 4.4 ★ | 3,849 | Movie theater | YES |
| #7 | Cinemark Cedar Hills 16 | 4.5 ★ | 3,533 | Movie theater | YES |
| #8 | McMenamins Bagdad Theater & Pub | 4.6 ★ | 3,318 | Movie theater | YES |
| #9 | AMC Vancouver Mall 23 | 3.9 ★ | 3,243 | Movie theater | YES |
| #10 | Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown | 4.3 ★ | 3,146 | Hotel | YES |
| #11 | Cinemark Century Eastport Plaza 16 | 4.5 ★ | 2,830 | Movie theater | YES |
| #12 | Super King Buffet | 3.9 ★ | 2,651 | Buffet | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Portland entertainment results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What concerts are coming up in Portland?
Who is coming to Portland in 2026?
What's going on in Portland right now for adults?
What concerts are coming to Portland, Maine?
What is happening in PDX right now?
What is happening in PDX this weekend?
What are some fun things to do in Portland tonight?
What concerts are happening in Portland, Oregon?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
ENTERTAINMENT IN OTHER METROS
HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Portland, Oregon · Entertainment · 227 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026