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We have two All-Show MusicFest NW wristbands to give out that include tickets to Exposions In The Sky, Iron and Wine, and Band Of Horses in Pioneer Square. We are giving out one wristband this week and one next week.

To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn Monday, August 29th.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff

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Related Portland Events & Info:

• –> Our Portland Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways <–
• September 10: Free Musicfest NW Party: Builders & Butchers, Dirty Mittens, FREE Beer | North Portland
• September 8-10: Free MusicFest NW Shows @ Doug Fir | Explosions In The Sky, Typhoon, Blind Pilot, & More
  
• September 10: Free Musicfest NW Party @ Rontoms + Free Ninkasi Beer | Pinehurst Kids, Drew Grow, & More
• September 10: Largest Portland Oktoberfest @ Widmer Brothers Brewing | 5,000+ People, Music, Beer, Food
• September 9-11: Hot Nights/Warm Coats 4 @ Bossanova | FREE, 3-day Hip-Hop Showcase

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From MusicFest NW website:
MusicFestNW (MFNW)
September 7-11, 2011
Various Venues | Portland, Oregon
Website: musicfestnw.com

Eleven years ago, Portland, Oregon was a sleepy burg, and MusicfestNW was little more than a hope and a prayer—a hope of putting on a music festival that matched the outsized ambitions of the alt-weekly that founded it and a prayer that the wheels wouldn’t fall off. Today, Portland is one of the most exciting cities on the globe. And MusicfestNW has become the third largest indoor music festival in the United States.

Time magazine dubbed our festival one of 50 Authentic American Experiences of 2009. MusicfestNW is not just about the hottest music; it’s also become the perfect platform for companies seeking to engage consumers and give them an experience like no other.

“The Northwest has always been on the cutting edge when it comes to music, and here’s your chance to find out why.”—Time.com

Just the Facts: MFNW is produced by Willamette Week, Portland’s Pulitzer Prize-winning alt-weekly newspaper. WW not only covers culture, it creates it. Each week, a quarter million people read the paper and its website, and for months preceding MFNW, Willamette Week puts its broad shoulders firmly behind the festival.

In 2010 MFNW showcased more than 170 bands across 18 venues including the brand new outdoor venue, Levi’s Pioneer Stage at Pioneer Courthouse Square. More than 20,000 fans danced and sweated to performances by The National, The Decemberists, Major Lazer, Panda Bear, Okkervil River, Wiz Khalifa, The Smashing Pumpkins and Black Lips.

In 2011, MFNW will be taking over the city. See you September 7th through September 11th.

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2011 Musicfest NW Ticket Info & Schedule: Read the rest of this entry »

By Travis Ritter:

Thee Oh Sees are the hardest working underground band today. Their relentless touring schedule and recording output over the last few years might even surpass the Beatles (okay, maybe that's a stretch, but the band has released at least two full-lengths and nearly a dozen 45rpm singles every year). Last night at Dante's, the four-piece San Francisco band, fronted by the enigmatic crack John Dwyer, played a prime time set supporting the recently reunited Detroit garage stomp legends The Gories. Thee Oh Sees brand of garage rock is like none other, and it only continues to get better. The band ran the gamut from 3-minute long jangling, indelibly catchy dirty pop songs ("I Was Denied"), to 10-minute long hallucinogenic, krautrock-inflicted jam outs ("Warm Slime"). For the duration of their forty minute set, the crowd was in full motion, pogoing, fist pumping, crowd surfing, and smiling.

Musicfest NW starts in just three days and with Devonwho & Panda Bear at the Crystal Ballroom. Check out the full schedule here. GO HERE TO WIN TWO MUSICFEST NW WRISTBANDS  ($65 Each!)

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This weekend was one chock full of things to do here in Portland, especially if you are an iPhone-toting, Twittering designer or marketer.  Inverge, a two-day interactive convergence conference, kicked off Thursday and had a mix of techie marketing presenters. Then, on Saturday, cre8con, Portland's one-day creative conference, took off with artists inspiring us with their processes.  Both conferences were really cool, especially if you're a geek like me.

The PDX Twitter culture exploded. Anyone not attending the conference could keep track very easily, thanks to the constant tweets of PowerPoint slides and in-the-room happenings.  Tweets on Inverge can be found here, the best of which are from Carri Bugbee though I contributed a little as well).  And it appears many did follow the twitter feeds, since at one time “inverge” took the lead in twitter searches over the Republican National Convention.  Cre8con even turned it up a notch by capturing video of the conference (all except, perhaps, of the Focus Features Coraline scenes that are to be kept from the masses.)  And as soon as it's online (after the awesome works of Johnny Hartman and Rod Pitman who filmed everything documentary style), I will post a direct link in the comments to this post.

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In addition to covering MusicFest NW this week, Diana Bayless (Wideshot Studios) and I will be covering the great interactive conferences happening in Portland this week(end).

In addition to reading the blog posts here, you can get your twitter fix by following us @pdxtweet.

If you haven't heard of these conferences, you still have time to sign-up.

There are discounts for students and joint-attendances. Go here for more info (and a brief description after the jump) Read the rest of this entry »

A (wonderful) message from KEXP and MFNW:

KEXP and InCase are excited to present the KEXP Live Studio Sessions taking place September 4th through 6th at the Doug Fir Lounge.  These shows are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, but be sure to get there early because it is first come, first served and space is limited.

Thursday, September 4th
11am:  Port O'Brien
1pm:   Nick Jaina Band
3 pm:  Oxford Collapse

Friday, September 5th
11am:  Blind Pilot
1pm:    Love as Laughter
3pm:    Helio Sequence

Saturday, September 6th
12pm:  The Muslims
2pm:    Centro-Matic
4pm:    Bobby Bare Jr.

If you can't make the show, tune in to KEXP for live broadcasts of each session and also be sure to see each of these bands as well as over 200 more during this year's MusicfestNW September 3rd through 6th in Portland, OR.