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Update: Six Bands To See @ 2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival | July 30 — August 1

Portland's “PDX Pop Now” Music Festival is a little over a week away, but you can get a preview this Thursday at City Hall. Just another great summer music event in Portland

Related Events and Info:

• PDX Pop Now! 2010 Fest Line-Up + Compilation CD
• Portland Concerts in the Park Schedule
• Free Portland Concerts Every Thursday Of July @ Ecotrust
• Free Portland Sunday Concert Series @ Rontoms

From Mayor Adams Website:

PDX Pop Now! at City Hall 2010
Thursday, July 22
5:30-8:30pm
1221 SW 4th Ave. (between Madison & Jefferson)
Free / All Ages / Outdoors
www.pdxpopnow.com

We have all waited very patiently for the summer to arrive this year, bringing with it all of the outdoor arts events that help make the warm, sunny months in Portland so special.  And now that it's here, there is theater to be seen in the parks, dancing to be done in the streets, and — here's where we come in — live music to be heard at City Hall.

We are proud to partner with local music advocacy organization PDX Pop Now! for the fourth year to bring a free, all-ages, early evening concert of Portland music to the steps of City Hall.  Whether you like rock, jazz, folk or electronic music — or even just watching an eclectic crowd of locals and visitors mixing to a local soundtrack in the City Hall courtyard — it will be worth your while to swing by between 5:30 and 8:30 pm to be a part of this annual tradition that honors the important contributions of local musicians to our city, and provides the public with a free, inclusive, accessible opportunity to discover them.

Concert-goers will be treated to performances by:

The Nick Jaina Band
Atole
Kelli Schaefer
The Andrew Oliver Quartet

(And if Nick Jaina sounds familiar to you, it might be that you've heard him on the City of Portland's phone lines lately, as part of our Listen Local program.)

What's more, there will be plenty to do between bands thanks to the crackerjack visual artists of the PDX Bridge Festival, who will unveil their site-specific City Hall installation FIXED SPANS — an optical illusion derived solely from masking tape and the inspiration of Willamette River bridges — during the concert.  FIXED SPANS will be on display in the south atrium of City Hall from July 22 to August 9.

This concert also serves as a kick-off event for the PDX Pop Now! 2010 Festival, a three-day, free, all-ages showcase of Portland music taking place at Rotture the weekend of July 30-August 1.

See you at the show!