A round up of what’s going on in Portland this weekend including live music, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies & more!
Ride with REACH! Community Ride @ Floyd Light Middle School | Loaner E-Bikes Provided, All Ages, Family Friendly
Join the Multnomah County REACH program for a community bike ride on September 9 at Floyd Light Middle School.
Read MoreBella Organic Pumpkin Patch & Winery Presents “No More Silence, End Gun Violence” Corn Maze in NW Portland | Labor Day Weekend, Petting Zoo, Food, Wine, Beer, Cider
September 2-October 31 – Bella Organic’s 2023 Corn Maze Message is “No More Silence, End Gun Violence.”
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Field Medic @ Aladdin Theater | Lo-fi Folk, w/ Olivia Barton
September 18 @ Aladdin Theater – Field Medic is the lo-fi folk project of Kevin Patrick Sullivan.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): Devon Allman & Donavon Frankenreiter @ Aladdin Theater | w/ Special Guest Goodnight, Texas & Jackson Stokes
September 15 @ Aladdin Theater – Rock n Roll recording artists and globetrotting journeymen, Devon Allman & Donavon Frankenreiter have their sights set on a World Record with their new SEE IT ALL TOUR 2023.
Read More2023 FREE Huckleberry Festival @ Bingen, WA | Beer Garden, Wine, Live Music, Pies, Dancing Horses, Cornhole Tourney & More!
September 8-10 @ Bingen, WA – the 2023 Hucklebery Festival features fresh baked Huckleberry pies, Huckleberry ice cream and many other Huckleberry items.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($24): Ogre Record Release Show @ Mission Theater | w/ Sea Moss, Common Girl & Hewn
September 21 @ Mission Theater – Pre-crash bunker wave earth tone noxious metal rubber tone mathscape grass-fed conglomerate bass post-ego brown noise premeditated deathcore punk rock jazz hands from Portland.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($60): 2nd Chance Homecoming w/ DJ Gregarious and VJ Disorder @ Mission Theater | Playing Your Favorites From the 80s, 90s & 2000s
September 23 @ Mission Theater – Whether you were the jock or cheerleader, the social outcast or the quirky art kid – all are welcome at The Second Chance Homecoming Dance!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($36): Portland Oktoberfest @ Pioneer Courthouse Square | Live Music, Beer, Wine, Spirits, Costume Contest, Stein-holding Competitions & more!
September 22-23 @ Pioneer Courthouse Square – Bring your steins, dirndls, and lederhosen – Munich’s favorite fest has arrived in downtown Portland.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($90): Grammy Winner Keb’ Mo’ @ Revolution Hall | Roots, w/ Scott Mulvahill
September 18 @ Revolution Hall – Keb’ Mo’ stands as one of the most accomplished and respected artists working in contemporary roots music today.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($20): Integer Quintet, Joseph Mammarella, Like Mang @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Modern Jazz, Fusion, Groove
September 7 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Integer Quintet is the newest iteration of “Integer” projects by Todd Marston (keyboards/compositions).
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): Ben Bailey @ Crystal Ballroom | Cash Cab, Comedy
September 30 @ Crystal Ballroom – Ben Bailey drove the smash hit series “Cash Cab” (still in syndication around the world) for over 550 episodes.
Read MoreVaux’s Swifts Watch @ Chapman School in NW Portland | 2023 Labor Day Weekend, Pictures & Video
The Chapman Swifts Watch starts Labor Day Weekend in Portland. Just before sunset every night in September, thousands of Vaux’s Swifts gather in the city as they prepare to migrate to Central America and Venezuela!
Read MoreSangria Saturday @ Hip Chicks Do Wine | 5 Wines & 3 Sangrias
September 2 @ Hip Chicks Do Wine – Join us for Sangria Saturday!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($64): Rising Appalachia @ Crystal Ballroom | Southern Roots, w/ Lily Henley
November 5 @ Crystal Ballroom – As world travelers for nearly two decades, Rising Appalachia have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots to create the inviting new folk album, Leylines.
Read MorePowell’s Books Presents Chuck Palahniuk @ Revolution Hall | Bestselling Author of Fight Club and Choke
September 5 @ Revolution Hall – Chuck Palahniuk, bestselling author of Fight Club and Choke, joins us for an evening celebrating the release of his latest novel, Not Forever, But for Now. Prepare yourself for an author/fan experience unlike any other.
Read MorePortland in the News: BottleDrop Matches Maui Donations; Portland Named Coolest City; Weird Wine & More! | August 24, 2023
Weird wines are gaining ground in Oregon.
Vancouver is developing a Pike Place Market style market called Terminal 1 set to open in 2028.
Oregon’s BottleDrop network is matching up to $25,000 on 10-cent bottle and can donations to support relief efforts in Maui.
Read MoreMADE Handmade Bike Show @ Zidell Yards | 200+ Builders and Brands
August 25-27 @ Zidell Yards – The inaugural MADE Handmade Bike show is happening this week at Portland’s Ziddell Yards.
Read MoreThe Lovecats [Cure Tribute] @ Crystal Ballroom | w/ New Sensation [INXS] & Louder Than Moz [Smiths]
August 25 @ Crystal Ballroom – The Lovecats The Cure tribute rotates nearly 2-hours of the emotion, look, and sound of an album-quality early-era Cure performance.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($30): The Girl, Interrupt’r Comedy Tour @ Mission Theater | Featuring Pallavi Gunalan, Monica Nevi & Elena C. Hayden
September 13 @ Mission Theater – The Girl, Interrupt’r Comedy Tour featuring Monica Nevi (Big Step-Dad Energy, ESPN) and Pallavi Gunalan (Netflix is a Joke, Laugh Factory Fresh Faces) kick off the first ever “Girl, Interrupt’r” West Coast Women of Comedy Tour, presented by Oregon Roots and Rip City Comedy.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Shafty @ Crystal Ballroom | Portland’s Tribute to Phish
September 16 @ Crystal Ballroom – Since February 2012, Shafty – Portland’s Tribute to Phish has brought masterful improv to the stage using the decades-deep Phish catalog as a trampoline for creative expression.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Stop Light Observations, Little Bird @ Mission Theater | Rock, Pop, Indie
Stop Light Observations is a dynamic five-piece hailing from Charleston, South Carolina. Their sound is a unique blend of rock, pop, and indie, infused with electronic beats and soulful vocals. See them November 7 at Mission Theater.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Blue Collar Budget Wine Fest @ Pairings Portland Wine Shop & Bar | Tasting 12 Wines, Bottle & Case Discounts
August 24-27 @ Pairings Portland Wine Shop & Bar – Blue Collar Budget Wine Fest will be pouring 12 wines you can taste all of for $20, and selling those wines for $15 a bottle or, $160 for a mixed case.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Vacancy Side Street Block Party | w/ Bobby Raps, Common Apparel + Fam Jam, Live Music, Skateboarding, Shopping
Vacancy’s side street Block Party features Bobby Raps, Sean Anonymous, Demon Marcus, Rainezra, Onry Ozzborn & more!
Read MorePHAME Presents Stop Making Sense @ Revolution Hall | Featuring Laura Gibson, Lost Lander, Blitzen Trapper’s Brian Koch, Stephanie Strange & Matthew Gailey
PHAME Academy is taking on their most ambitious project yet — an all-Talking Heads multimedia extravaganza inspired by Jonathan Demme’s legendary 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, live onstage at Revolution Hall on August 26-27.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($90): Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine @ Crystal Ballroom | Perhaps the Last Ever Tour, Swingin’ Vegas Rock and Rap
September 13 @ Crystal Ballroom – America’s loudest lounge singer Richard Cheese performs swingin’ Vegas versions of rock and rap songs, “swankifying” popular Top40 hits into retro vocal standards.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($130): Jamie Cullum @ Crystal Ballroom | Jazz Pop Singer
September 26 @ Crystal Ballroom -Jamie Cullum is a celebrated musician the world over with loyal fans in every corner of the globe.
Read MoreConverge 45 Contemporary Arts Biennial – Opening Weekend | City-wide Celebration Featuring 50+ Local Artists at 15+ Venues
Opening in venues across the Portland metro area on August 24, Social Forms will feature 50+ artists across 15+ local venues.
Read More2023 Kenton Street Fair in North Portland | Live Music, 70+ Vendors, Food, & Fun!
Join Kenton for a fun day of celebration in North Portland on August 27 with two live music stages, 70+ vendors, food and neighborhood fun!
Read MorePortland in the News: Giant Troll Sculpture; Bioluminescence on Oregon Coast; & Record Setting Heat | August 17, 2023
Portlanders can now see a giant troll sculpture on display at Nordic Northwest.
More than 50 people rappelled down Portland’s Big Pink on Saturday for a benefit.
And with a high of 108, Monday set a record for hottest day in August in Portland.
Read MorePink Passion @ Club Privata | Pacific Northwest’s Premier Lifestyle Club
Come show off your sexiest and most passionate pink attire August 26 at Club Privata.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($90): Sabertooth 2023 @ Crystal Ballroom | w/ Yob, Ludicra, Uada, Ghost Bath, WILL & More!
McMenamins, Nanotear, Portland Mercury, and X-Ray Present proudly host Sabertooth 2023 on September 2, bringing a stoner metal edge to this celebration of the Crystal Ballroom’s psychedelic history.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Mo Lowda & The Humble @ Mission Theater | Indie Rock, w/ Trash Panda
September 8 @ Mission Theater – Mo Lowda & the Humble are a self-produced indie rock band hailing from Philadelphia.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($80): Grammy Nominee Sonny Landreth @ Aladdin Theater | Blues, Country, Zydeco
August 31 @ Aladdin Theater – A percussive burst of acoustic resonator guitar pushes the narrator on a journey “between the life I left and the edge of next” in the title cut of guitarist, songwriter and bandleader Sonny Landreth’s 14th album.
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