Portland Spirit River Rhythms Dinner Cruises

Portland Spirit’s River Rhythms dinner cruises are in their final week, with the last Friday sailing set for April 24 from Salmon Springs Dock. (pdxpipeline.com) The event runs Fridays from February 20 through April 24, 2026, with boarding at 5:30 p.m. and the cruise running from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tickets start at $102, according to Portland Spirit listings carried by PDX Pipeline and Travel Portland. (pdxpipeline.com) (travelportland.com) The cruises leave from 1010 Southwest Naito Parkway on Portland’s waterfront and pair a three-course dinner with sets by local professional vocalists. Travel Portland lists Alyssa Birrer Oliner as the featured singer on April 24. (travelportland.com) (pdxpipeline.com) River Rhythms is a spring variation on Portland Spirit’s year-round dinner cruise business, which the company markets as a 2.5-hour Willamette River meal service with city views. The cruise schedule page says Portland Spirit operates year-round in Portland. (portlandspirit.com 1) (portlandspirit.com 2) The timing puts River Rhythms at the end of Portland’s indoor-outdoor spring event season, when waterfront programming starts to expand before the summer cruise calendar fills out. Travel Portland’s event page shows the River Rhythms dates ending April 24, while Portland Spirit is already advertising separate sunset dinner cruises into late May. (travelportland.com 1) (travelportland.com 2) The entertainment lineup has rotated through three Oregon-connected performers this season: Melissa Gale in February and early March, Brit Eagan on March 20 and 27, and Alyssa Birrer Oliner on April 3, 10, 17, and 24. Both PDX Pipeline and Travel Portland list the same artist schedule. (pdxpipeline.com) (travelportland.com) Portland Spirit says its vessels are wheelchair-accessible on the first-level Willamette Deck, including accessible restrooms, though the bow and observation deck on the Portland Spirit are reachable only by stairs. The company also says vegan and gluten-free entrée modifications are available if requested in advance. (portlandspirit.com) After April 24, River Rhythms drops off the calendar, and Portland Spirit shifts back to its broader run of regular dinner cruises on the Willamette. (travelportland.com) (portlandspirit.com)