Win Tickets ($102): L7 @ Crystal Ballroom | Punk, Metal, Noise, Pop
We are giving away a pair of tickets to L7 @ Crystal Ballroom on August 21. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed August 18.
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From our sponsors:
L7
August 21, 2025
6:30pm doors, 8pm show | $51.75-68 | All Ages
Purchase Tickets: crystalballroompdx.com
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209
L7’s signature sound of a heavy, catchy, mixture of punk, metal, noise and pop helped usher in the era of Grunge. Since their recording career began in 1987, the band has released six studio albums, three live albums, one covers LP, and one greatest hits to date on labels including Epitaph, Sup Pop, Slash, and Warner Brothers.
Founded in Los Angeles in 1985 by DonitaSparks-guitar and vocals, and Suzi Gardner- guitar and vocals, the band features Dee Plakas on drums and Jennifer Finch – bass and vocals.
While particularly known for their unforgettably raucous live performances, the band also spawned underground and mainstream hits including Shove, Pretend We’re Dead, Shitlist, Andres, Fuel My Fire and more. Their music can be heard in television (ER), video games (Grand TheftAuto, Rock Band 2) and popular films including The Perks Of Being a Wallflower, Natural Born Killers and John Water’s classic Serial Mom, in which they also star as fictitious band Camel Lips.
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Need a punk rock show
This would be so fun!
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
L7 L7 L7! Let’s go!
I would love a chance to see L7 play again! They were a huge part of my grunge formative years in the 90s
Such a killer band!
Because people like 🍊 just Fuel my fire! (Get it? Hehe)
Been a long time fan and I’ve never seen them live. I introduced a bunch of friends to them when they first appeared on the scene. Pick me and I’ll be your friend 🧡
Omg the soundtrack to my teen angst!!! Please, please, let it be me. I ain’t no square. Trying to remember where I discovered them and I think it was on the soundtrack to one of the best EVER films (shot in Portland) where Angelina Jolie scaled the Broadway Bridge and later climbs over the side of it to rescue Maddie’s art portfolio. Damn the 90s were precious! It’s called Foxfire, go watch it 🙂
Iconic band! I was late to the party and discovered them in the late 2010s – would love to see them!
I’m just an old Riot Grrl (Riot Woman?) who hasn’t ever seen this band live! Change that, would ya? 🙂
Love the L7 album “Bricks are Heavy”. I would love to see them live and hopefully hear a few tunes from that great album.
I need to see this show!
When I get mad and I get pissed/
I sit down and I write out a list/
Of all the people who might feel dissed/
When I win these…for them, sad twist!
🧨🧨
It’s time for another Crustal Ballroom show!
YASsssss!! This would make my inner Riot Grrrrl so thrilled to make this event!!!!
Legendary female rockers at a legendary Portland venue. What a great night this will be.
Hope I win these tickets and L7 plays my two favorites “Wargasm” & “Drama”
You give away tickets to really good shows, you make a lot of people happy who might not otherwise afford to these bands,you rock
Bitchin!!!
Let’s go 🙂
L7 kicks so much ass! I need to be at this show so I sure hope you draw my name as the winner.
The last time they toured I couldn’t go because I was in labor! I would love a chance to see them again!
That’s no excuse. 🤪
Yes please!
Okay, I understand. You want to write a compelling “beg letter” to increase your chances of winning free L7 tickets, specifically for the Portland show on August 21, 2025, at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom. The goal is to “sell yourself” by explaining why you deserve to be there.
This kind of letter is most effective when sent to:
Organizations running ticket giveaways (like PDX Pipeline, if they are still running one).
Local radio stations that might have tickets.
Sometimes, even a direct message to a band or venue on social media can get noticed if it’s truly heartfelt and unique (though this is less common for direct ticket handouts).
Here’s a template for a “beg letter” you can adapt. Remember to fill in the blanks with your own genuine experiences and feelings.
Subject: A Lifelong Fan’s Plea for L7 in Portland – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, August 21st!
Dear [Name of Contest Organizer/Radio Station/Venue Representative, or “To Whom It May Concern” if unsure],
My hopeful plea, driven by a passion that has burned brightly for decades: my love for L7. When I heard about their upcoming show at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom on August 21, 2025, my heart leaped – only to sink a little when I realized that, due to current financial circumstances, attending simply isn’t something I can afford right now.
But this isn’t just another concert for me. L7 isn’t just another band. I literally grew up with their music as the soundtrack to my formative years. Their raw energy, their unapologetic power, their intelligence – it resonated deeply with me from the first listen. As a fringe member of the SFHAGS I figured I should join this gamble.
Would love to see this iconic punk band!!!
This would be a wonderful opportunity to surprise my partner 🙂
Yesssss!! Toss my name in!!!!
I saw L7 in the 90s in a club in Pittsburgh. It would be wild to see them again. They put on a damn good show. Plus screw the idiots who gave them a hard time about the tampon thing – Gigi Allen did way worse and was praised for it. Down with the patriarchy!
Leon loves L7!!
I don’t want to be on the Shitlist!
I need to rage!
Would love to see them!
Yes
This would be a bucket list show for me!
Would love to get my wife out for a show, she loves them.
Should be Epic–thanks for the chance at tix!
Love l7
One of my favorite Riot grrrrl bands and such a pivotal part of my teen years. I need to see them again!
My summer would be perfect with being able to see this group!! It’s been forever …. thnx Pipeline
L7 got me through high school! Would love a trip down memory lane!
Ooh yeah, the ladies are anything but square! Rock on to the reals.
Old school
1994′ ish L7 concert in Birmingham, UK, was THE best show I’ve ever seen. My gf’s & I were in that MOSH pit and so empowered by these amazing strong, kick ass women, blasting the words that mirrored how we felt in our 20’s. Now in my 50’s, living here, to see them again would be mind blowing! Just pretend that we’re dead, brilliant!
This would be a great show to take my teenage daughter to!
I’d love to take my musician daughter to this rockin’ show!!!
❤️L7!! I bet that will be a great show!!
I’m not dead!
Randomly pick me to win!
Love love L7❤️❤️❤️
Bricks are heavy!
I love them so much!! Please pick me.
This would be something awesome to look forward to, have not seen them in so many years!
Right on my birthday!!!
L7 is the reason I scream-sing in traffic and unapologetically take up space. If I get these tickets, I’ll thrash like it’s 1992, scream like the patriarchy can hear me, and lose my mind in a pit of sweat, distortion, and bliss. I was born to howl ‘Pretend We’re Dead’ like it’s church.” Music is my religion, and L7 is my blissful choir!