Win Tickets ($42): Fred Cole Birthday Celebration w/ Toody Cole, Los Hackals, The Reverberations @ Crystal Ballroom | Garage Rock

We are giving away another pair of tickets to the Fred Cole Birthday Celebration w/ Toody Cole, Los Hackals & The Reverberations @ Crystal Ballroom on August 28. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed August 25.

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From our sponsors:
Fred Cole Birthday Celebration w/ Toody Cole, Los Hackals & The Reverberations
August 28, 2025
6:30pm doors, 8pm show | $21.25-$28.10 | All Ages
Purchase Tickets: crystalballroompdx.com

Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209

The Crystal Ballroom is honored to play host to another birthday celebration for the late great Fred Cole of legendary garage-rock trio Dead Moon. He and wife (“kickass garage bass player”) Toody influenced an entire generation of Pacific NW musicians. Fred was – as The New York Times noted in his obituary, “a cult hero of the Pacific Northwest music scene as the leader of the long-running garage-rock band Dead Moon… playing a rough and raw sound that long predated grunge’s noisy take on punk.” Toody Cole anchors the night along with Los Hackals and The Reverberations.

Last year’s celebration of Fred was so much fun that we decided to do it again! Join us as we toast the memory of one of Portland’s late great rock icons!

11 Comments

Deni Vidaurri on July 7, 2025 at 5:12 pm

Because I love the Rvrbs song Nothing and the sexy keyboard player,

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- Zach on July 12, 2025 at 4:58 pm
  
  Dead Moon night!
  
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Amanda Pants on July 14, 2025 at 12:10 pm

54 40 or fight!!! ALRIGHT!!

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Thea on July 15, 2025 at 2:55 pm

Yaaaa please!

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Erik on July 17, 2025 at 1:05 pm

Heyyy I’d like to go

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Brian O on July 20, 2025 at 12:39 pm

Hell yeah, so much fun last year, would love to go again!

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Marychris Mass on July 24, 2025 at 3:07 pm

Besides honoring Fred, lots of friends playing!

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John on July 28, 2025 at 11:15 am

Every time I meet a musician from the EU or Australia that hears I am from Portland, I am asked if I know Dead Moon.

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Suze Barton on July 29, 2025 at 1:17 pm

The Rats albums= soundtrack to my 20s
Plus, I bought Toodys old bass
So I should be there!

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C.R. on July 29, 2025 at 5:02 pm

Rock!

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Brent Walker on October 2, 2025 at 4:32 pm

I was Rat drummer 2 back in the 80’s, sure miss Fred, and Toody, would love to win tickets ( kinda broke these days).

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