A round up of what’s going on in Portland this weekend including live music, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies & more!
Portland in the News: Beautiful Fall Colors; President Jimmy Carter’s Portland Sleepover; Major League Table Tennis & More | October 2, 2024
This summer, Downtown Portland saw increased foot traffic, the most in the last 4 years.
Soccer legend Megan Rapinoe was inducted into University of Portland’s 2024 Athletic Hall of Fame.
And Portland will host the 2028 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball Regional Rounds at the Moda Center.
Read MoreExplore Oregon’s Hood River Fruit Loop | Fall Fruit Harvest, 100+ Varieties of Apples, Fiesta Days, Cider Days, Fresh & Hard Cider, Pumpkins & More!
Apple season has arrived at the Hood River Fruit Loop! The stands will be full of all your favorites and if you want to u-pick your own.
Read MoreFright Night – A Halloween Circus in Downtown Portland | Hair-raising Spectacular w/ Aerialists, Hand-balancers, Contortionists, Drag Superstars & More!
This October, Night Flight’s Fright Night returns to downtown Portland with a hair-raising circus spectacular featuring aerialists, hand-balancers, contortionists and more in a tribute to classic horror movies!
Read MoreGet Spooked at Haunted Escape Room – Escapism’s Malice Manor in NE Portland | Ghost Story, Private Rooms, 2024 Halloween Activity
Open Daily in NE Portland – Secrets can be hidden, but never destroyed. This was the harsh lesson learned by the members of the Randle family, whose cursed bloodline came to a tragic and mysterious end nearly a hundred years ago.
Read MoreHawthorne Ghost Tour | Spooky & Real-life Stories of Portland’s Old Red Light District, 2024 Portland Halloween
The Hawthorne Ghost Tour is a fun, exciting, and educational adventure through the heart of East Portland’s most haunted street.
Read MoreNew Portland Jobs: PSU Foundation, Reed College, Bar Carlo & More!
Here are the latest job listings on PDX Pipeline for this week including McMenamins & More!
Read MoreBlueprint Choral Ensembles Presents FREE Above All Odds Concert in NE Portland | Songs for Overcoming, Striving & Rising, Free Dessert
October 11 in NE Portland – Blueprint’s fall show places focus on just that: overcoming the odds.
Standing up to obstacles, and finding that they haven’t half the strength you think they have!
Win Tickets ($44): Backfence Presents Roulette Storytelling @ Alberta Rose Theater | Featuring Returning Champions, The 5th Strongest Woman in the World & More!
October 17 @ Alberta Rose Theater – At Roulette, each storyteller has only 5 minutes to come up with a true 5-minute story based on their prompt!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): Distillers Fest West @ Oregon Convention Center | Featuring 40+ Distillers, Sample Rare Spirits, Explore West Coast’s Most Talented Distillers
October 11 @ Oregon Convention Center – Distillers Fest West will showcase the finest in craft spirits with over 40 distiller booths offering a variety of tastings from Oregon’s top distilleries.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Little Cloud Records Showcase LSD & The Search For God + Sun Atoms @ Mission Theater | Featuring Peter Holmstrom from The Dandy Warhols, Tremours
December 11 @ Mission Theater – LSD and the Search for God hit the Northern California coast in 2005 dosing San Francisco with hypnotic shows built upon swirling guitars, otherworldly drones, fuzzed-out pop melodies, and dreamy vocal harmonies.
Read MoreWith Love, From PDX and A.R. Moss Present Holiday Wreath Workshop | All Materials Provided to Create A Lush Holiday Decoration
On November 7 you will have an hour to create a beautiful foliage base wreath for your door this holiday season.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Kerosene Dream Annual Reunion Show @ Mission Theater | Acoustic and Electric
March 1 @ Mission Theater – Kerosene Dream had such a blast at their 2017 reunion show show that they’ve continued to play these reunion shows annually since.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($94): The Dandy Warhols 30th Anniversary @ Crystal Ballroom | Psych-rock, Soegaze, Power Pop, Synth Pop & More!
December 12 @ Crystal Ballroom – Combining psych-rock, shoegaze, power pop, synth pop, and more with the cheeky detachment of their pop-art namesake, the Dandy Warhols are equally skilled at heady reveries and satirical pop.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Mungo @ Mission Theater | R&B, Afrobeat, Soul
October 27 @ Mission Theater – Meet Mungo, a true artistic chameleon whose creativity knows no bounds.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($59): Mdou Moctar @ Revolution Hall | Nigerien Quartet, w/ Rosali
October 23 @ Revolution Hall – Funeral For Justice is the new album by Mdou Moctar. Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019 breakout Afrique Victime, it captures the Nigerien quartet in ferocious form.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): Blackberry Smoke: Be Right Here Tour @ Revolution Hall | w/ Jason Scott & The High Heat
October 22 @ Revolution Hall – When Charlie Starr started writing the songs that would become Blackberry Smoke’s new album, Be Right Here, the first tune the vocalist/lead guitarist worked up was “Dig A Hole.”
Read MoreWin Tickets ($60): Valley @ Revolution Hall | w/ Mickey Darling & Charli Adams
October 21 @ Revolution Hall – Juno Award nominated band Valley return this year with their most intimate and personal record yet.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Gaelic Storm @ Aladdin Theater | Celtic Juggernaut
October 21 @ Aladdin Theater – With their latest release, Go Climb a Tree, Gaelic Storm’s music has never sounded more representative of themselves as musicians and as live performers.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): My Siamese Twin @ Mission Theater | 80s Cover Band Celebrating the Music of John Huges Films
October 19 @ Mission Theater – Join us for a very unique My Siamese Twin show as they play music featured in the John Hughes 80’s movies.
Read More2024 Underhill Haunted House Season of Screams @ Portland’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 3 Giant Haunted Houses, Halloween Market & More!
Through November 2 @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Three tales of terror in the 40,000 square-foot basement of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum! All new twists and turns, creatures that stalk you, and a large vendor area.
Read MoreRose City Vintage Market @ Portland Expo Center | A Treasure Trove of Vintage Delights, First Pick
Get ready to step back in time and indulge in the charm of yesteryears as Rose City Vintage Market makes its highly anticipated return on October 12-13 at Portland Expo Center.
Read MoreScience Friday and World Forestry Center Present Land of the Lichen | Meet the Experts, Featuring NPR’s Ira Flatow
October 30 @ World Forestry Center – Ira Flatow is coming to the World Forestry Center for a day full of the fuzzy growths on trees, roofs, and gravestones.
Read MorePortland Spirit Presents Spirit of Halloweentown: The Ghosty Voyage Cruise | Spooky Trip to St. Helens, Explore Famous Halloween-Themed Town, Costumes
October 19-20, 26-27 on Portland Spirit – Embark on a spooky voyage to the famous Spirit of Halloweentown event in St. Helens!
Read More2024 Local 14 Art Show & Sale @ World Forestry Center | Featuring High Quality Original Art
October 4-6 @ World Forestry Center – LOCAL 14 is a not-for-profit group whose mission is to support Northwest women and men in the arts and provide scholarships to deserving art students.
Read More2024 Portland Regional Gem & Mineral Show in Hillsboro | Featuring 40+ Exhibits, Door Prizes, Silent Auction, Demonstrations & More!
Portland Regional Gem & Mineral Show features 40+ exhibits selling rocks, minerals, fossils, jewelry, beads, faceted gems, and lapidary supplies from October 4-6 in Hillsboro.
Read More2024 Oregon Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony @ Aladdin Theater | Hosted by Tony Starlight, Featuring Casey Neill and the Norway Rats, Auction
The 17th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) Induction Ceremony and Concert will be held again this year at the Aladdin Theater on October 12.
Read MorePortland in the News: ‘Epicenter of Women’s Sports,’ Coolest Neighborhood in the U.S., Potential South Waterfront Stadium & More! | September 26, 2024
Time Out has named Kerns one of the top 5 of coolest neighborhoods in the world.
The Portland Diamond Project has signed a letter of intent to acquire Zidell Yards in the hopes of building an MLB stadium.
And did you see the giant meteor fireball light up the sky Monday night?
Read MoreWin Festival Passes ($180): H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® @ Hollywood Theatre | 60+ Films, w/ Aaron Moorhead & More!
The 29th Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival will take place Oct 4-6, 2024 on all 3 screens at the Hollywood Theatre!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($60): Bella Organic Presents 2024 Haunted Corn Maze | Group Discounts, Terrifying Creatures, Bonfires, Pumpkins, Portland Halloween Event
Get lost in acres of corn, in the dark, on Friday and Saturday nights starting September 28!
Read MoreWin Tickets: The Walkaways @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Portland’s Phish Covers Cover Band
October 3 @ The Goodfoot – The Walkaways are Portland’s Phish Covers Cover Band.
Read More2024 Dine the Couve – Vancouver Dining Month | Featuring 35+ Participating Restaurants, Win Gift Card
October is dining month in Vancouver, Washington! Dine the Couve features 3 for $33 menus all month long at more than 35 participating restaurants around Clark County.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($65): Zack Fox DJ Set @ Crystal Ballroom | Rapper, DJ, Actor, Comedian, Artist & Writer
November 14 @ Crystal Ballroom – Zack Fox is an Atlanta-raised rapper, DJ, actor, comedian, artist, and writer with an ever-expanding following and footprint on the culture.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Sprints @ Aladdin Theater | Irish Garage Punk, w/ Slow Fiction
Otober 16 @ Aladdin Theater – Transforming pain into truth, passion into purpose and perseverance into strength, the Dublin four-piece Sprints have steadily grown in stature over the last three years.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($100): Al Di Meola @ Aladdin Theater | Guitar Hero, Jazz Fusion, World
October 15 @ Aladdin Theater – Al Di Meola, a bonafide living Guitar Legend inducted into the Gallery of Greats is among the top guitarists of our time.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($80): Glass Cannon Live! @ Aladdin Theater | Featuring Comedy w/ Troy, Joe, Skid, Matthew, Sydney and Kate
October 10 @ Aladdin Theater – Your favorite nerds are back for another year of Glass Cannon Live!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): The Weather Machine @ Mission Theater | w/ Risley, Retro Nostalgia Indie Rock
October 11 @ Mission theater – One part soulful longing, two parts theatrical glam, and a heaping spoonful of retro-nostalgia indie-rock abandon, The Weather Machine is a tasty, wholesome audio treat.
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