50+ Weekend Events & Parties + Free Tickets | June 12-14

If you are looking for a Portland Pride Week event guide, we have that here.

Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below. You can get the email and your chance to win hookups for shows and deals by emailing leighfeldman3 @ gmail and asking to join

There are many listings so we have put events in red that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Reminder: Also, we give out free tickets every week to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.

From Leigh Feldman:

Portland Weekend EventsThings I'm currently jocking…

Weekend events… It's Pride and Pedalpalooza Weekend. So many things to do. Drag Races, Bike Races, Drag Performances, Bike Dancing, Dance Parties, Boat Rides, Block Parties, Naked Parties, Naked Rides and Nakedness in general.

Free music ish… A free remix album from Mad Decent's Toy Selectah – http://www.maddecent.com/mp3/toyselectah_MexMoreLP.zip and a new club mix from DJ Marvel – http://www.instinctdjs.com/mp3/djmarvel/No_Requests_Vol_3.mp3

DIY Events… So many fashion shows this month!! Explode La Mode and PDX Collections this weekend, the A.I, Silhouette Fashion Show, Zita Hollywood Fashion Show, the Create Clothing Trunk Show and the Pets Get This Fashion Show next weekend and at the end of the month is Massive #8. But perhaps the best DIY event in PDX right now is the weekly music gathering of musicians at Tony Ozier's Wednesday night party ‘The Doo Doo Jam.' It's at Club Calabash, it's free and it's pretty much what every person needs in their life — a little bit of funk and a whole lot of soul. I'll be there next week. Maybe I'll see you there too.

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.
Leigh Feldman

Friday, June 12

  • Portland Is Burning @ Someday (dance party, drag queens, performances, music)
  • Ice Cream Fest w/ Grey Anne, Sallie Ford and more! @ Junior Ambassadors (ice cream, bands, sunset,
  • ON:Gallery Broadcast Party @ ON:Gallery (come watch the dawning of the digital age e.g. the switch from analog to digital tv)
  • Wend Magazine Ping Pong Tournament @ Lizard Lounge (spots may be full, but go to drink and shop)
  • East Infection w/ DJ Izm @ East (weekly hip hop and club lounge party)
  • Azsa West's Lesbian Art Show @ Fontanelle Gallery (mixed media designs)
  • Mansion Mixtape Release Party @ Bossanova (hip hop showcase)
  • Kulturszene @ Branx (minimal techno)
  • Rose City BBall Showcase @ Lewis & Clark (streetball competition)
  • Fruitcake @ Rumpspankers (go go dancers, dj's, lots of fun)
  • Sucka Free w/ DJ Wicked, Mighty Moves and Deff Ro @ Tiger Bar (hip hop dance party)
  • Nate Allen 6 Month US Tour Kickoff Party @ The Coop (banjo folk punk .. yes, banjo folk punk)
  • Rave Cave w/ White Rainbow, Breakfast Mountain and Ghosting @ The Wail (live PA electro)
  • Dom-Prove @ Hipbone Studios (improv comedy led by a dominatrix)
  • BFA/MFA Thesis Show @ PNCA (art art art)
  • OMSI Film Festival @ OMSI (movies in omnimax)
  • Shpongle @ Wonder Ballroom (burning man jam band party)
  • Shpongle Afterparty w/ Devon Who and David Starfire @ 2410 (this will go to the wee hours of the morn)
  • Bike Porn Premier Party / Mystery Ride @ Mystery Location (screening of bike porn films and then a ride to a secret location)
  • Yamio 263, Living Proof, Lady Adie @ Berbati's Pan (a mix of hip hop and electro)
  • DJ Roane @ Report (hip hop, downbeat, lounge)
  • PUFF V @ Clinton St. Theater (5th Annual PDX Underground Film Festival)

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Tonight: Bat For Lashes @ Doug Fir

Posted by Christine Taylor

Bat For Lashes at Doug FirWhat do crystals, smoke, animal identities and moody colored lights have to do with Doug Fir Lounge tonight? Everything, if you plan to be at the Bat for Lashes show promoting their latest CD called, ‘Two Suns'. This British band is danceable pop music with electro influences who are equally known for their creative videos.

Seeing this show will be not unlike witnessing a fantastical mash-up of Queen and ELO, with more beauty, and modernized for people like you and me. Surely it will be a performance made for those who dream of riding a choreographed BMX dance on an open road at night, under the stars, where thanks to our animal guides, no harm can come to us. Read the rest of this entry »