September 20th, 2025
A new event brought to you by Willamette Week bringing together Portland’s creative community to celebrate home design in the urban core.
NestFest is a one day event open to the public that features select exhibitors, a marketplace, workshops, educational activations, food, drink and community building for folks in the home design community. The event will also function as a magazine release party, inviting Portlanders to come pick up their free copy of Willamette Weeks Nester Magazine and meet the community featured in the publication.
Nester Magazine
NestFest is anchored around the release of Willamette Week’s annual Nester Magazine, which profiles Portlanders in their homes and offers design resources for folks taking root in the metro area. NestFest will bring the publication to life by gathering the local designers, makers, small businesses featured in the magazine to the event, as well as Portland residents who are defining Portland’s unique “nesting” style.
The goal of Nester and NestFest is to inspire Portlanders to think creatively about their homes, get new ideas, connect with other design minded “Nesters”, and get out to meet and shop with the amazing artists, makers, and curators making their city a creative destination.
Cargo
City Wide
We’ll activate Portland’s small businesses in the home space, by creating a city-wide celebration of home design. In year one, we’ll work with brick and mortar small businesses in Portland’s core to offer in-store discounts for 5 days after the event, and be key pick-up spots for free Nester Magazines. WW and NestFest will develop a map available in the magazine, as a separate insert at the event and for download on wweek.com, and promote it through a campaign on WW platforms, at the event, and with marketing assets developed and distributed to all participating businesses.
If you’re interested in being on the map, fill out the form at the link below, and we’ll reach out!
