25+ Portland Labor Day Weekend Events: Festivals, Music, Art, Film, Giveaways

Yesterday we put out Portland Labor Day Weekend Tips ( In & Outside Of PDX) & there are many, many more events going on weekend in PDX, so wanted to give a heads up in case you are doing a “Stumptown Staycation“.

You can also check out our monthly Portland Events Guide (link located in top navigation on every page of Pipeline) anytime to find things to do quickly.

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Win Portland Tickets

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every month to our Portland Facebook Group for many of the top events & venues in PDX. Join it if you like free stuff. Not on Facebook? Join our email list and win there.

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Does the weekend start on Thursday? Yes it does…

Win Tickets For Slayer, Megadeth & Testament In Portland This Saturday | The American Carnage Tour

Pipeline has partnered with Roseland/DoubleTee and we are giving away TWO pairs of tickets to the Slayer, Megadeth & Testament American Carnage Tour this Saturday in Portland (Hillsboro). To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn & emailed Friday, September 3 @ 3PM.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every month to our Portland Facebook Group for many of the top events & venues in PDX. Join it if you like free stuff. Not on Facebook? Join our email list and win there.

From our partners at DoubleTee:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIRPLEX

Hillsboro, OR4:30 Doors, 6:00pm Show || All Ages
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Tickets available through all TicketsWest Locations-Safeway, Music Millennium
To charge by phone please call 503.224.8499 or order online at www.ticketswest.com
All tickets from January 19 show will be honored

Slayer and Megadeth are thrilled to announce the new, confirmed routing for the American Carnage North American Tour, which will commence with the rescheduled Canadian Carnage East dates in Quebec City on Friday, July 23.  Slayer will then head to Europe for a run of festival dates, returning to kick off the American Carnage leg in Albany, NY on August 11. Complete information regarding ticket sales can be found at www.slayer.net • www.megadeth.com • www.testamentlegiions.com

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50+ Portland First Thursday Art Events | September 2010

First Thursday @ Everett Station Lofts, Portland, OregonPortland's monthly First Thursday event is tomorrow. Time is certainly flying by right now with the end of all our great summer events. There are over 50 (probably 100) galleries having openings this month.

We have a very large list below thanks to Sequential Art Gallery (328 NW Broadway) & Rich Vail Mackin. They compile an email called the "[h]IT LIST" of events every month. You can join it by emailing them @ sequentialart @ gmail dot com. We have reproduced much of it below with permission.

Related: Portland EVENTS LISTINGS

Are you on the Twitter? Follow @FirstThursday or the #firstthursday hashtag to see what people are posting about it. You can also follow Sequential art on twitter: @sequentialart

Related Weekend Events & Info From Pipeline:

This Month at Sequential Art Gallery:

PORTLAND'S BEST OUTSIDER HAUNTS, by SHINICHI MORIYAMA
and SEQUENTIAL ART GALLERY'S 5TH ANNIVERSARY

To help us celebrate our fifth year of showcasing local artists, Sequential Art Gallery again features the work of Shinichi Moriyama. His new work, Portland's Best Outsider Haunts, takes us on a tour of unpopulated and perhaps even unknown locations. His painting search for the beauty in the decrepitude, reassuring us that our imperfect world is only temporary in the large scheme of things. Portland's Best Outsider Haunts opens First Thursday, September 2nd from 6-10pm, and runs through September 25th.

Sequential Art Gallery + Studio is Read the rest of this entry »