75+ Portland Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets: October 8-11
October 8, 2009 — PDXPIPELINELeigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below with some additions by Pipeline. 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 (or blue = linked!) that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.
Reminder: 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.
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From Leigh Feldman:
Things I'm currently jocking…
Free ish… We have tix to Monorail on Fri at Holocene, Oktoberfest at North 45 on Sat, Fright Town at the Coliseum on Sun and a VIP bracelet for POH Hop all this weekend. Wanna win any of them? Forward this email to a friend, have them write us asking to join the group and we'll enter you both in a drawing to win! (These are from Leigh, not Pipeline. Email him to join his list & win: leighfeldman3 @ gmail)
Free music ish… The Triple L Tour EP from DaiN. He'll be at POH Hop this weekend. http://www.sendspace.com/file/ml2rj1. Grab it if you are a fan of J Dilla, Slum Village, Pete Rock or any type of glitch hop.
Awesome Ish … There is a free screening of the ‘Sailor Jerry' tattoo documentary/open bar party w/ Sailor Jerry Rum next Thursday, Oct. 15th at the Mission Theater. Free drinks, free screening of the film, bands, giveaways, free swag and other ish. RSVP if you wanna go! horismokumovie.com
Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.
See you all out and about! Leigh Feldman
Portland Thursday Events, October 8
- POH Hop: Zion I, Braille, Luck-One, Sapient @ Backspace (some of the best hip hop artists in the NW)
- Se(xxy) Plastic Art Show @ Tribute Gallery (Barbie's, action figures, photos!)
- I've Got A Hole in My Soul w/ Beyonda & Chairman Mao @ Rotture (monthly soul nite dance party that gets packed quick has a special guest!)
- DJ OG One/Scion/Poh Hop Meet N Greet @ Ash St. Saloon (music, cars, mc's)
- Portland Fashion Week/After Party @ Shipyards/Candy (it's a week of fashion!)
- Nau Clothing Fall Launch Party @ Lizard Lounge (dj's, drinks, clothes)
- Wordstock: 2nd Story Theater Group @ Bagdad (comedy/storytelling)
- Live Painters PT. 2 @ O'maileys (live art, music, dj's)
- Grindhouse Films presents 80's double feature @ Clinton St. Theater (ridiculous films from the 80's)
- Transworld Snowboarding ‘Get Real' movie party @ 200 Victoria Dr E. Vancouver (film premiere, dj's, bands, giveaways from Billabong)
- MJ Gets Pixelated @ Pix Patisserie (a tranny tribute to the King of Pop)
- Miss Nude Oregon Finals @ Dolphin Too (the Groove Bomb bus is taking people to the show!)
- Dubstep Fathoms @ Report Lounge (dubstep)
- From Pipeline: Free Admission @ Classical Chinese Gardens
- PDX Tattoo Expo Pre-Party @ Dante's (probably some people with ink)
- I Hate Your Job w/ DJ KG @ Tube (soul/r&b and rock)
- Psychedelic Sock Hop w/ DJ AM Gold @ The Tanker (Psych, Rockabilly, Surf, Early Soul and R&B and Fuzzed-out Garage)
- From Pipeline: Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (PLGFF)
- Breakdown Thursdays @ Pala (dubstep, electro, glitch, bass)
- From Pipeline: Second Skin, documentary about online gamers @ Hollywood Theater
- The Fix @ Someday Lounge (hip hop)
- Delicious @ Crown Room (weekly alternative party with super cheap drinks)
- X-otica Go Go @ Dante's (bass and booty)
- From Pipeline: Hang Out With Ron Jeremy Tonight @ Club Sesso
- Rose City Sirens @ Hawthorne Theater (burlesque performance)
Friday – Sunday after the break…
Portland Friday Events, October 9
- Jig-a-lin @ Crown Room (bass music, future music, dubstep)
- Esozone @ Watershed Building (‘a weekend event of fringe science and magick')
- Oblation 20th Anniversary Party @ Oblation (wine, cheese, fancy paper supplies … no seriously, it's a stationary store)
- Fright Town @ Memorial Coliseum (one huge haunted house, like your mom's va– nevermind)
- Lower Freemont Art Walk Party @ NE Freemont (art, wine, cheese)
- Doug Benson @ Mission Theater (comedy from ‘Super High Me' comedian)
- Se(xxy) Plastic Art Show @ Tribute Gallery (Barbie's, action figures, photos!)
- Portland Fashion Week/After Party @ Shipyards/Seven Planet (it's a week of fashion!)
- Spinnaface, George Holland, Ryan Craig @ Mt. Tabor Theater (he has a spinner for a face! Electro funk, techno, hip hop)
- PDX Tattoo Expo @ Portland Expo Center (% of African American's in PDX = 6%, % of people w/ out ink in PDX = .04%)
- POH Hop: Grayskull, Sleep, Illmaculate, Living Proof, Dain, Dave Notti, Darel Jr @ Slabtown (some of the best hip hop artists in the NW)
- Live & Direct w/ Rev. Shines, DJ Nature, Tre Hardson of Pharcyde, Starchile @ Rotture (classic hip hop trax)
- Space Room Grand Re-Opening Party @ Space Room (fishbowl drinks)
- Pinkham Fashion Show @ secret location (check their site for details!)
- DJ Roane @ Report (laid-back hip hop and lounge)
- From Pipeline: Hang Out With Ron Jeremy Tonight @ Club Sesso
- Monorail w/ Sal P @ Holocene (disco dance party/glamorous life)
- Underground Chinese Comix @ Floating World (Chinese art and design in comic book form)
- Fruitcake @ Rumpspankers (queer night dance party)
- Memory/Frequency 100 Year PNCA Art Show @ Worksound (art art art)
- Sean Kingston @ Hawthorne Theater (how can I make a joke about this? Oh I know! Sean Kingston is at Hawthorne Theater)
- Federico Aubele @ Doug Fir (similar to Thievery Corporation in sound)
- Kulturszene @ Branx (mnml techno)
- From Pipeline: The Prids, Lookbook, Soft Tags & We Miss The Earth @ Mississippi Studios
- Custom Car Show/Canned Food Drive/Guitar Hero Competition @ Herzog Meier Mazda (custom cars? Canned food? Video games? It's a frat boys wet dream)
- From Pipeline: Underground Comix From China @ Floating World
- Strength, Jeffery Jerusalem, Sugar & Gold @ Someday (disco funk/party music)
- Brewpublic 1 Year anniversary / Laguintas 20 Tap Beer Party @ Saraveza (beer)
- Seaplane Grand Re-opening Party @ Seaplane (they've moved back to 23rd, let's party!)
- Elevated Entities CD Release Party @ Blue Monk (hippity hop)
- From Pipeline: Ed Wood @ 5th Ave Cinema
- Tremors @ Groove Suite (dnb and dubstep)
- Selector YT, Steve Treez, DJ Snacks & Jagga @ U&I (dancehall)
- East Infection @ East Chinatown Lounge (hip hop, club, lounge)
Portland Saturday Events, October 10
- Esozone @ Watershed Building (‘a weekend event of fringe science and magick')
- Concours D'Elegance Bike Ride @ Steel Bridge to 539 NW 10th (dress in fancy clothes, ride your bike, party like it's the end of prohibition)
- Scarub of Living Legends, Very Foundation, Kruse, Ramsey Brothers @ Crown Room (NW/Bay-Area hip hop)
- PDX Tattoo Expo @ Portland Expo Center (% of African American's in PDX = 6%, % of people w/ out ink in PDX = .04%)
- Se(xxy) Plastic Art Show @ Tribute Gallery (Barbie's, action figures, photos!)
- Portland Fashion Week/After Party @ Shipyards/Aveda (it's a week of fashion! … check out the matinee show presented by Momentum Magazine during the day)
- Fright Town @ Memorial Coliseum (one huge haunted house, like your mom's va– nevermind)
- Exit Team Skate Demo @ Bridgeport Village (do people still write it as sk8? They totally should)
- The Courts HS Dance Party @ The Courts (for the all ages dance scene)
- Wordstock: Livewire! w/ Blue Scholars & Y La Bamba @ Aladdin (readings, mc's, singers, songwriters)
- Lotus @ Crystal Ballroom (pay what you want before you go — name your own price and that's the cost of your ticket)
- Fresh Hop Beer Tastival @ Oaks Park (beer .. 35+ craft breweries)
- Bass Boom w/ CoryO, Boy Meets Club, Chase Manhattan @ Branx (heavy bass/electro)
- Atlas @ Holocene (world music dance party)
- Wordstock: Text Ball @ Gallery Homeland (dress up like a book or character from one, dance, drink, play games)
- Vanport Sq MLK Block Party @ Vanport Sq on MLK (music, food, comedy, church choirs, barbq, diversity)
- Typhoon @ Berbati's (this band keeps growing in numbers of members, but their music is awesome — brass indie rock)
- 11th Annual Bizarre Bizaar @ 7204 NE Glisan (costume party)
- Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers w/ King Fader @ 134 SE Taylor (night time block party!)
- Bad Tattoo Contest @ Blue Parrot (win a chance for free cover-ups or money for more bad ink)
- Bellisimonde @ Horn of Africa (Balkan dancers/singers/musicians)
- Singlelicious/New Deal Vodka Bottling Party @ New Deal Distillery (get your drink on)
- Star Wars Lego's Party @ Clackamas Barnes & Noble (a celebration of the new Star Wars lego's/chance to meet people you probably play online games with in person!)
- 10th Annual Miss White Trash Pageant @ Mt. Tabor Theater (past/current/future talk show guests compete to be the trashiest … women get in free if you come in a tube top)
- Killer Beer Fest @ Bailey's Taproom (beer)
- Church of Burlesque @ 4349 NE 9th (bands, beer and burlesque performers house party)
- Freak Bike Fall II @ Various Locations (check their blog for more info!)
- Fresh @ Report (classic hip hop)
- After Dark @ Groove Suite (electro dance)
Portland Sunday Events, October 11
- PDX Tattoo Expo @ Portland Expo Center (% of African American's in PDX = 6%, % of people w/ out ink in PDX = .04%)
- Film Screening of ‘Come Together Home' @ Someday (movie and drinks .. perfect date night!)
- Screwed/Blue/Tattooed @ Blue Parrot (a chance to win more ink)
- Portland Fashion Week/After Party @ Shipyards/Club 915 (it's a week of fashion!)
- Holy Revival @ Tube (soul music, rock heavy r&b)
- Junior Boys @ Doug Fir (people love them, should be a good show)
- Brother Ali, Evidence, Cool Nutz @ Hawthorne Theater (an albino rapper, a slow flow mc and the godfather of pdx hip hop walk into a bar…)
- Crafty Wonderland @ Doug Fir (art projects and goods for everyone)
- Wordstock: Photo/Audio Booth @ Convention Center (have your photo taken/stories recorded for a documentary)
- Fright Town @ Memorial Coliseum (one huge haunted house, like your mom's va– nevermind)
- Metronomy, Fool's Gold, DJ Lifepartner @ Holocene (vintage synth)
- Esozone @ Watershed Building (‘a weekend event of fringe science and magick')
- Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante's (fire dancing, strippers, magicians)
- Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (mini bike madness)
- Soulstice @ Groove Suite (deep house)
- Anime Hentai @ Paris Theater (cartoons)
- Soft Sundays w/ Gretchen Mitchell @ Club Calabash (r&b, blues, soul)
- Bikini Bingo @ East End (bingo and bikinis)
- Boy Eats Drum Machine and The Hugs @ Rontoms (bands, beer, hipsters)
- Pickin On the Patio @ Doug Fir (bluegrass and acoustic folk)
UPCOMING (just a taste of things to come…)
Oct 12th — Flaming Lips present ‘Embryonic' @ Bagdad Theater, Fall 2009/2010 Fashion Show @ Gerding Theater, Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Schnitzer, Felabration @ Someday
Oct 14th — 19th — Latin American Film Festival @ Broadway Metroplex, Exurbia Book Signing @ Floating World, WWeek Retail Therapist Party (rsvp@wweek.com)
Oct 16th — Townbombing w/ DJ Marvel from TX @ Tube
Oct 17th — Scion Garage Rock Party @ Berbati's
Oct 18th — Puppetry of the Penis @ Aladdin

















October 8, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Quick correction – EsoZone is only Friday and Saturday, not Sunday.
October 8, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Where did you find the tattoo statistic for Portland? I want to quote it, but need the source.
October 8, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I am almost 100% sure that is a joke
October 9, 2009 at 12:38 pm
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