A round up of what’s going on in Portland this weekend including live music, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies & more!
DoveLewis 2023 Wet Nose Soirée @ Hyatt Regency Portland | Auction, Wine, Dinner, Animal Guests
April 22 @ Hyatt Regency Portland – Join DoveLewis for the celebration of the year with fellow animal lovers and special animal guests – all in benefit of DoveLewis’ essential community programs that you make possible!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($24): Ural Thomas & The Pain @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Soul Legend
March 18 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Ural Thomas and his crack backing band, The Pain, return to the Goodfoot for another dance floor burning evening of soul and funk
Read MoreBodyVox Dance Presents “The Spin” | Spontaneous Improvisation, Prompt Wheel
April 6-8, 13-15 @ BodyVox – The SPIN returns to thrill audiences, blending dance and the spontaneity of improvisation with a game show wheel thrown into the mix.
Read MoreMANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,900+): Weddings & Wine, Maizee Mae’s Vintage Market, Fight For Air Climb, Nightfall & More! | March 2-5, 2023
The weekend is back, Portland! Plan for your big day at Weddings & Wine at Hip Chicks Do Wine. Climb for a good cause at Fight for Air Climb. And Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Presents Live Performances this weekend at Remembering to Remember.
Read MorePortland in the News: Lillard’s History-making Score; Great Fitness Classes; More Snow on the Way | March 2, 2023
Don’t give up on those New Year’s fitness resolutions! Here’s some great spots around town to give you motivation.
It might be March, but more snow is on the way for the Portland area.
And Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard made history this week after scoring more than 70 points in one game.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($90): Grammy Winners Los Lobos @ Revolution Hall | w/ Gaby Moreno
March 22 @ Revolution Hall – Los Lobos’ love letter to the city of Los Angeles as their album Native Sons (2021), returned the band to the Grammy winner’s circle with Best Americana Album of 2022.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($60): Skerryvore @ Mission Theater | Scottish Celtic Rock
April 16 @ Mission Theater – icking up Scottish music’s ‘Live Act of the Year’ twice on the way – Skerryvore’s wide range of influences and talent produce a musically expansive, high energy set that excites and captivates audiences.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Adam Melchor @ Aladdin Theater | Pop, Alternative Folk
March 17 @ Aladdin Theater – Singer and songwriter Adam Melchor first made a name for himself recording lullabies, but he’s less interested in putting children to sleep than building an audience for his laid-back but emphatic indie pop.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): The Old Church Moon Series Presents New Moon w/ Susie Suh & The Cabin Project | Immersive Wellness Experience
March 23 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – We know it’s technically not the actual day of the new moon this time, but we couldn’t help but harness the new moon energy that this particular concert brings and we decided it’s close enough.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Tank and the Bangas @ Revolution Hall | Hip Hop, Soul
March 17 @ Revolution Hall – Tank and The Bangas don’t go anywhere quietly. They are a beacon of life. And it’s that life that you hear in their music.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($75): The Church – The Hypnogogue Album Tour @ Aladdin Theater | Psych Guitar Masters
March 15 @ Aladdin Theater – Few bands enter their fifth decade of making music with all the fierce creative energy of their early years.
Read MoreClub Privata Presents Violet Vixen in Downtown Portland | Pacific Northwest’s Premier Lifestyle Club
March 10 @ Club Privata – Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red symbolizing power, luxury, and ambition. Wear your favorite purple or violet dresses, lingerie, shirts, and ties!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($30): Heather Maloney w/ High Tea @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Folk, Indie Rock
March 16 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Stitched together from personal and universal ecstasy, loss both intimate and ancient, Heather Maloney’s fourth full-length release is a collage of tremulous folk, existential ballads, and assertive rock. Taken as a whole, it’s a constellation that looks a lot like life.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($80): Queensrÿche @ Crystal Ballroom | Heavy Metal, w/ Marty Friedman, Trauma
March 21 @ Crystal Ballroom – Celebrating the release of their sixteenth studio album, Digital Noise Alliance, Queensrÿche have announced the 2023 Digital Noise Alliance Tour!
Read MorePortland Youth Philharmonic Presents Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 3 @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | w/ Double Bass Soloist Maggie Carter
March 4 @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Let the musicians of the Portland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra whisk you away for this fun and inspiring musical experience, featuring the USA premiere of Symphony No. 3 by one of England’s greatest symphonic composers Ruth Gipps.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): G. Love & Special Sauce, Nat Myers @ Crystal Ballroom | Laid Back Blues, Rock, Hip Hop, Soul
March 17 @ Crystal Ballroom – Recorded in Nashville with a slew of special guests including Robert Randolph, Marcus King, and Roosevelt Collier, ‘The Juice’ is indeed diploma-worthy.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Väsen Duo w/ Special Guests Varelse @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Swedish Folk
March 18 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Väsen-Duo, Mikael Marin and Olov Johansson have, after 37 years of interaction and touring, refined their sound and their stage presence to the extent that today they are unique in their kind.
Read MoreShanRock’s Triviology Presents Wednesday Trivia @ Dots Cafe in SE Portland | Prizes
Wednesdays @ 7PM – Old school Portland bar Dots Cafe has all of the things that a Triviologist wants in a venue: great personality, lots of comfortable seating, wonderful staff, solid sound system, and delicious food and drinks.
Read MoreThe Pharmacy FREE Community Vaccine Clinic | Open to All, All COVID Boosters & Doses, Flu, MPox
The Pharmacy is proud to be hosting a community vaccine clinic on March 1 from 9am – 1pm. This is free and open to anyone and everyone.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($24): 80s New Wave Video Dance Attack @ Polaris Hall | Depeche Mode, Yaz, The Cure, A-ha & More!
March 18 @ Polaris Hall – Portland’s longest running video dance night is now featuring a special New Wave & Alternative edition of 80s Video Dance Attack at Polaris Hall!
Read MoreBlueprint Choral Ensembles Presents Nightfall in NE Portland | Free Entry, Dessert, Featuring Lauridsen’s Nocturnes
March 5 in NE Portland – Come explore dusk, twilight, and the night sky in its many forms… including Lauridsen’s masterful Nocturnes!
Read MoreMANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,400+): Hillsbrew Festival, Portland Spring Festival, Concerts, Comedy, & More! | February 23-26, 2023
The weekend is back, Portland! Support small local businesses at BIPOC Community Market. Blueprint Choral Ensembles Presents free concert Nightfall in NE Portland. And Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Presents Remembering to Remember: Experiments in Sound.
Read MorePortland in the News: Record-making Snowfall; Top City for Digital Nomads; Sidewalk Joy Kiosks | February 23, 2023
This week’s snow was Portland’s second snowiest since records started in 1939.
Portlanders are creating Little Free Libraries that house more than just books, including toys, VHS tapes & more.
And Raquel Welch, who died this month at 82, played a roller derby star in “Kansas City Bombers,” which was filmed in Portland in 1972.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Backfence PDX Presents Roulette @ Alberta House | Live Storytelling w/ Spinning Wheel Prompt
March 11 @ Alberta House – Each show begins with a giant game show size wheel packed with juicy story prompts. One of our five seasoned storytellers is randomly drawn.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Backfence PDX Presents Bad Dates @ Alberta House | Live Talk Show Interviewing of Local Movers and Shakers
March 10 @ Alberta House – BAD DATES is a live talk show where authors, Eden Dawn and Ashod Simonian, interview well known Portlanders about their cringiest (and most entertaining) dating experiences gone awry.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Live on Stage: Jonathan Richman @ Aladdin Theater | Featuring Tommy Larkins on the Drums
July 3 @ Aladdin Theater – Richman has spent decades removing barriers between himself and his audience, cultivating an intimacy that is almost extinct in modern music.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($76): Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Aladdin Theater | 5-Time Grammy Award Winners
March 10 @ Aladdin Theater – For 60 years, South Africa’s five-time Grammy Award winners, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has warmed the hearts of audiences worldwide with uplifting vocal harmonies, signature dance moves and charming onstage banter.
Read MoreColin Stetson w/Justin Garrett Walter @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Horns
March 4 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Colin Stetson has developed an utterly unique voice as a soloist, principally on saxophones and clarinets, his intense technical prowess matched by his exhilarating and emotionally gripping skills as a songwriter.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Show Me The Body: World War Tour @ Revolution Hall | w/ Jesus Piece, Scowl & TRiPPJONES
March 9 @ Revolution Hall – Show Me The Body is a New York City based ecClesiastical hardcore trio.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($38): Acoustic Songs & Stories Featuring Grammy Nominee Marcia Ball & Tinsley Ellis @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Blues
March 9 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Tinsley Ellis and Marcia Ball are excited to present an intimate evening of their music and memories called Acoustic Songs and Stories.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($56): Andy Fransco & The UN @ Aladdin Theater | w/ Big Something
Andy Frasco & The U.N. plays Aladdin Theater on March 9 with special guests Big Something!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($34): Chris Pierce w/RedRay Frazier @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Soul, Folk, Americana
March 11 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – CHRIS PIERCE gained national prominence with “We Can Always Come Back To This.”
Read MoreWin Tickets ($36): Trousdale @ Mission Theater | Acoustic, Pop Folk Trio
March 10 @ Mission Theater – Driven by their passion to empower young women, Trousdale is committed to making quality music that spreads a message of self-acceptance and love.
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