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Placebo @ Crystal Ballroom | Pop Rock, Industrial, Britpop
May 16 @ Crystal Ballroom – Called ‘Never Let Me Go’, Placebo’s 8th studio album channels all their skill as songwriters and sound-makers into music that satisfies their near-brutal appetite for self-expression.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($34): BackFence PDX Russian Roulette Live Storytelling @ Alberta House | True, Spur of the Moment 5-Minute Stories
August 20 @ Alberta House – RUSSIAN ROULETTE is our high stakes, high-risk live storytelling show where five seasoned performers spin a giant game show wheel filled with mystery prompts.
Read More2022 Oregon Zoo Nights | Portland Outdoor Summer Music Featuring Afrobeat/Juju w/ Jujuba
August 12 @ Oregon Zoo – We’re keeping the zoo open late on select Fridays this summer, and enhancing the already-spectacular experience with additional food carts, beer & wine sales, live music, keeper talks and educational fun for kids and adults alike.
Read MoreAugust Sip & Shop @ Hip Chicks Do Wine | Flights, Bites, Vendors
August 12 @ Hip Chicks Do Wine – Join us for a fun evening of wine, shopping and light bites!
Read MoreFreeya Presents The Art of Free @ First Thursday | Free, All Ages, Art Show
New app FREEYA! Welcomes you to The Art of the Free, a First Thursday installation showcasing the art of salvaging free goods. In an unexpected twist, we encourage you to take home the art — for free!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($36): Mdou Moctar @ Revolution Hall | Rock, w/ Lithics
August 24 @ Revolution Hall – Prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music and “rock music.”
Read MoreWin Tickets ($90): The Tubes @ Aladdin Theater | Featuring Fee Waybill, Rock
August 21 @ Aladdin Theater – The Tubes formed in 1972 in San Francisco from two bands that moved there from Phoenix, The Beans along with the Red, White and Blues Band.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($90): Modest Mouse @ Pioneer Courthouse Square | Rock, w/ Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (Saturday)
August 19-20 @ Pioneer Courthouse Square – Over the past quarter century, Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock has served as indie rock’s resident backwoods philosopher, pondering his infinitesimal place in the world at large and seeking balance in a universe governed by polar opposites.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($79): Grammy Nominated Crash Test Dummies @ Aladdin Theater | w/ Carleton Stone, Rock
August 19 @ Aladdin Theater – The Crash Test Dummies first album garnered them their first big hit, Superman’s Song, and a Juno Award for Group of the Year.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($90): Steve Earle & The Dukes with Special Guests The Whitmore Sisters @ Revolution Hall | Rock, Folk, Country
August 18 @ Revolution Hall – JERRY JEFF is Earle’s 22nd album. He’s released nearly an album a year since getting sober in the mid 1990s, LPs ranging from bluegrass to blues to folk to country.
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