Portland’s most popular fun run, the Starlight Run,is the wacky warm-up act for the Portland General Electric/SOLVE Starlight Parade is starting and finishing on Naito Parkway at Rose Festival CityFair.

The 44th Annual Starlight Run will start at 7:00 p.m. The traditional costume contest will be held at 5:45. The expected route is: start near Morrison Street at Naito, go north, then turn up SW Harvey Milk Street (formerly Stark Street) and join the Starlight Parade route at 4th AVE. Runners will follow the parade route up to 14th AVE where they will loop around Lincoln High School and race down to Burnside, then to 4th Ave and back to SW Harvey Milk Street returning to Naito Parkway.

All runners will get a medal and enjoy free access to CityFair following the race! Other goodies for race registrants TBA.