# Entertainment search demand in Portland 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. BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/portland/entertainment#colophon) 227 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026 126,460 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026 $208K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $3.04 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Portland searches for entertainment Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in FEB and lowest in APR. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 80, February 100, March 75, April 62, May 92, June 96, July 79, August 90, September 76, October 88, November 90, December 82. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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. ## What Portland pays per click for entertainment 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 | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored. ## Who owns the Portland entertainment results Live position tracking for 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one. portland concerts 9,900/mo · $0.42 CPC ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 ticketmaster.com - 2 bandsintown.com - 3 rosequarter.com LOCAL - 4 everout.com - 5 seatgeek.com pdx events 8,100/mo · $1.08 CPC ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 travelportland.com - 2 everout.com - 3 pdxpipeline.com - 4 dopdx.com - 5 pdxparent.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 entertainment businesses competing in Portland 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 | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## Entertainment brands Portland searches by name 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. memorial coliseum portland 14,800/mo bollywood theatre portland 6,600/mo pdx rose festival 3,600/mo winter light festival portland 3,600/mo candlelight concert portland 2,400/mo pdx rv show 1,600/mo book festival portland 1,600/mo pdx car show 1,300/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Portland asks about entertainment 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? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. [SCAN YOUR SITE FREE](https://seobandwagon.com/#scan) ## More Portland search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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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 Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 227 entertainment keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. 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