Comics & Crafts Club for grades 6-8
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Comics & Crafts Club for grades 6-8 is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at East County Library, Portland. Good one for the kids.
Families
Things to do in Portland for teens
80 dated listings for teens in Portland in the next 60 days — youth nights, drop-ins, courses and volunteering, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.
Teens life in Portland — the short version
If you're raising a teenager in Portland, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Nov 14, Portland's feed lists 80 dated listings for this age — 23 different programs, covering youth nights, drop-ins, courses and volunteering. Most of it runs at Rockwood Library (21) and East County Library (17).
Everything here is a real listing from Portland's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 13–18 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door. The library branches showing up for this age are Albina Library and Belmont Library.
Coming up for teens in Portland
Dated listings in the next 60 days, soonest first. A weekly program shows a few of its sessions here — the rhythm section below has the full pattern.
Teen Gaming Club
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Teen Gaming Club at Northwest Library, Portland on Wednesday, Oct 7. Worth bringing the whole family.
Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace!
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Wednesday, Oct 7: Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace! at Rockwood Library, Portland. Bring the kids along.
Teen Council
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On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 8: Teen Council at Rockwood Library, Portland. Family-friendly.
Teen Council
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Thursday, Oct 8: Teen Council at East County Library, Portland. Family-friendly.
Graphic Novel Club grades 6-8
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Graphic Novel Club grades 6-8 at Capitol Hill Library, Portland on Friday, Oct 9.
Teen Council
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On the calendar for Friday, Oct 9: Teen Council at Holgate Library, Portland. Bring the kids along.
Teen Maker Drop-in
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Teen Maker Drop-in is on Friday, Oct 9 at East County Library, Portland. Family-friendly.
Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace!
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Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace! at Rockwood Library, Portland on Friday, Oct 9. Good one for the kids.
UAU 2026 FANCON [Playlist #Your Youth] in Portland
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UAU 2026 FANCON [Playlist #Your Youth] in Portland plays at Star Theater, Portland on Monday, Oct 12. A live show, if you're in the mood for a night out. Bring the kids along.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Portland parents actually plan around.
Tuesdays — Fiber Friends: Beginning Crochet Class for Tweens & Teens at Midland Library · 6 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Tuesdays — Queer Youth Club at Albina Library · 5 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Wednesdays — Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace! at Rockwood Library · 17 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 9.
Thursdays — Video Game Club - For Teens at Fairview-Columbia Library · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 15, then Nov 5.
Thursdays — Video Game Club - For Teens at Rockwood Library · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 15, then Oct 29.
Thursdays — Teen Council at Rockwood Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 22.
Fridays — Teen Maker Drop-in at East County Library · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Fridays — 3T DnD: Teen Table Top Games at East County Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 16, then Nov 6.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Portland: 80 dated listings in the next 60 days; 7 start in the evening and 6 land on a weekend — teen programming keeps teen hours; the busiest single venue is Rockwood Library with 21 of them.
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Portland's feed, so treat prices as check-the-listing — libraries and rec centres often run these at no cost, but the feed doesn't say so and we won't guess.
Drop-in or sign up? The listings that call themselves drop-in: Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace!, Teen Maker Drop-in.
Keep exploring
Common questions
What's on in Portland for teens right now?
The feed lists 80 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Nov 14 — the Coming up section is pulled straight from it.
Are these drop-in, or do I need to register?
It varies by program, and the page only says which is which where a listing's own words say so — the Good to know section names the drop-in and registration listings it found. When it doesn't say, the listing link is the place to check.
What's free for teens in Portland?
None of the current listings carries a free tag in the feed, so check each listing for its price — we don't mark anything free that the source doesn't.