Vanport Jazz Festival

Portland Union Station is Amtrak's Pacific Northwest hub, served by six daily Cascades round trips to/from Seattle plus one daily Coast Starlight (Los Angeles-Seattle). This is an intercity option for attendees combining the festival with wider West Coast travel, not an airport connector. Union Station is downtown, about 6 miles from the University of Portland campus, so onward travel is by MAX/bus (above) or rideshare.

Both FlixBus and Greyhound run scheduled intercity coach service into Portland, stopping at NW Station Way just north of Union Station, connecting Portland to Seattle, Eugene, and other West Coast cities. Like the train, this reaches downtown Portland rather than the venue directly, onward travel to campus is by MAX/bus or rideshare.

The Red Line runs directly from PDX into downtown Portland, with trains every 15 minutes. From downtown, the Yellow Line continues north (transfer is a short walk between the Rose Quarter Transit Center and the adjacent Interstate/Rose Quarter MAX platform) to the Rosa Parks Station in North Portland, which connects to bus service toward the University of Portland campus. The university's own transit page names Routes 35 (Macadam/Greeley) and 44 (Capitol Hwy/Mock Crest) as its campus-serving TriMet buses.

The festival does not advertise an airport shuttle. It does run an accessibility shuttle from its own parking lots to the gate entrances once you're already on site, per the official FAQ, this is a short internal shuttle, not an airport connector.

Standard curbside pickup at PDX; the festival's own FAQ explicitly encourages rideshare and names a dedicated drop-off/pick-up location next to the entrance, which is the most direct single-leg option from PDX to campus.

1215 N Hayden Meadows Dr, about 2.7 miles from campus. All-suite format with kitchens, opened 2024; free breakfast and WiFi.

≈ $79-100 / night approx, book direct with the hotel

59 Northeast Gertz Road, Portland, OR 97211

Typically $70-130 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

1401 North Hayden Island Drive, Portland, OR 97217

Typically $70-130 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

479 Northwest 18th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209

Typically $70-130 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

431 Northeast Multnomah Street, Portland, OR 97232

Typically $70-130 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

About 5.6 miles from campus in the Jantzen Beach retail area, near I-5. Free breakfast, indoor pool, no complimentary local shuttle per the hotel's own amenities page.

≈ $91-116 / night approx, book direct with the hotel

3971 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

836 North Russell Street, Portland, OR 97227

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

305 North Broadway, Portland, OR 97227

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

303 Southwest 12th Avenue, Portland, OR 97205

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

1000 NE Multnomah St, Lloyd District, about 7 miles from campus, closer to downtown Portland and the Moda Center/convention-center area than to the university itself. Wide price spread by date, so treat the top end as festival-weekend-realistic rather than baseline.

≈ $143-294 / night approx, book direct with the hotel

7025 Northeast Alderwood Road, Portland, OR 97218

Typically $100-190 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

Portland has a large, well-established Airbnb inventory. North Portland/St. Johns listings closest to the University of Portland campus are less dense than downtown, so most nearby options are a short drive rather than walkable.

University of Portland is an urban campus with no meaningful Hipcamp inventory nearby; the closest genuine Hipcamp camping/glamping listings are well outside the city (toward the Columbia Gorge or the coast).