PyCon Dinners

New for PyCon 2016: The dinners are not concurrent so you can attend both! Join us Monday May 30th and/or Wednesday June 1st at 6pm after talks for great food, great company, and great speakers!

If you are new to PyCon, this is a great opportunity to make new friends early on in the conference. Both dinners have an audience participation aspect designed to get people talking — which we hope will be especially valuable to first-timers at PyCon, which was 60% of attendees last year based on the post-conference survey!

If PyCon is already an annual event for you, then you know that the conference continues with great conversations long after the talks end for the day — so pull up a chair!

Monday, May 30, 2016 — McMenamins Crystal Ballroom

• Cost: $35 per person
• Location: McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside, Portland OR 97209
• Time: 6:30 – 10:30 PM
• Speaker: Brandon Rhodes, running three rounds of Python Trivia
• Punk band: The Adventure Capitalists!
• Menu: Buffet Style
  • Dinner: Pepper-Crusted Round of Beef and Wild Mushroom & Spinach Cannelloni
  • Sides: Garlic Green Beans and Nutty Wild Rice Pilaf, dinner rolls, fruit tray, vegetable platter, mixed green salad
  • Beverages: Citrus punch bowl, McMenamins own freshly brewed coffee & decaf, black & herbal teas
  • Dessert Tray
  • One drink ticket will be included and a cash bar will be available
  • Vegan entree is available upon request

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - Portland Art Museum

• Cost: $45 per person
• Location: Portland Art Museum, the Mark Building at 1119 SW Park Ave , Portland, OR 97205 - - Fields Sunken Ballroom
• Time: 6:30 – 9:30 PM
• Speaker: Adrienne Lowe
• Includes access to two floors of the Portland Art Museum Gallery next door to the ballroom!
• Menu: Buffet Style (legend: VE = vegetarian, WF = wheat­ free, VG = vegan, DF = dairy ­free)
  • Hors d’Oeuvres: Mini Latkes & Lox, (DF/WF) Pineapple Rumaki, (VE/WF) Polenta, Lemon, Pine Nut & Honey Canape
  • Dinner Buffet: (DF) Braised BBQ Beef with Cherry Cola Glaze, (DF/WF) Chicken, Peperonata, WF/VG) Rainbow Quinoa Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
  • Sides: (VE/WF) Willamette Valley Salad, (VG/WF) Herbed Potatoes Saute, (VG/WF), Grilled Seasonal Vegetables, (VG) French Baguette
  • Dessert: Brownies, lemon bars, walnut bars & seasonal bars, (GF) Baby Cakes
  • One drink ticket will be included and a cash bar will be available

Note: Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten ­free meals will be provided at both dinners for those that request such meals on their registration form.