A round up of what’s going on in Portland this weekend including live music, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies & more!
Gather, Preserve, Share: 15 Year Celebration Gala for of The Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum | Tours, Dinner, Auction
November 12 @ Father Elias Stephanopoulos Center – Join The Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum for an unforgettable evening at their 15th anniversary gala that includes delicious food, a live auction, Greek dancing, and more!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($44): Holy Fawn @ Mission Theater | w/ SOM, Grivo
November 9 @ Mission Theater – Through an otherworldly conjuration of heavy guitars, soothing dissonance, and textural space, HOLY FAWN invoke music from seen and unseen corners and crevices of the wilderness.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($30): Object Heavy @ Mission Theater | w/ The Graduating Class, Progressive Soul, Funk, R&B
November 4 @ Mission Theater – Object Heavy is Northern California’s hardest hitting Soul sensation.
Read MoreQueens & Screams: Halloween Drag Performance @ The Pharmacy in NW Portland | Hosted by Devlin Lynn Phoenixx
October 31 @ The Pharmacy – Join The Pharmacy for a spooktacular night of drag performances on Halloween Night!
Read MoreA-WOL Dance After Hours: Trapped, Bound, Possessed @ Alberta Rose Theatre | Untamed Experience of Live, Sensual Artistry, Portland 2022 Halloween
October 21-22 @ Alberta Rose Theatre – After Hours is an untamed experience of live, sensual artistry that will make your eyes wide.
Read MoreMurderboat & Code Name: Project Wonky Present Cosmic Circus 2-Night Halloween Party in NE Portland | DJs, Aerial Performances, Contortionists, Karaoke & More!
October 28-29 @ Alberta Abbey – Step right up! Come one! Come all! To the Greatest Show in the Universe…. if you dare.
Read MoreMANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($2,000+): Haunted Corn Maze, Legends of the Otherworld, Haunted House, Spooky Escape Room & More! | October 13-16, 2022
The weekend is back, Portland! Cinema of Horrors continues w/ Beetlejuice, A Nightmare on Elm Street & More! Shop locally made goods from area artists and crafters at PDX Moon Market. And Halloween is coming up fast, get your party tickets soon!
Read MorePortland in the News: WNBA; Downtown Dining; Loretta Lynn’s Oregon Affair & More | October 13, 2022
Portland rapper Cool Nutz has been inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame.
Loretta Lynn’s song Portland, Oregon is about a time she pretended to have an affair with her guitarist while in Portland.
And Portland is on the short list of cities the WNBA is considering for expansion.
Read More2022 HOWL Awesome Halloween Dance Party @ The Den in SE Portland | Live Music, DJs, Benefit for City Repair Project
Huge Halloween dance party Howl is October 28-29 in SE Portland’s The Den. This 19th Annual Halloween Celebration is a benefit for the City Repair Project
Read More2022 Portland Snack Fest | Free, 135 Food & Beverage Purveyors, Live Music
October 14-15 in SE Portland – Your new favorite food festival with 135 food & beverage vendors! Tons of darling photo ops, live music so come and eat your way through Portland! Free to all ages.
Read MoreI WANT CANDY 2022 Halloween Party @ Spare Room Restaurant & Lounge in NE Portland | 80s New Wave Costume Dance Party w/ DJs Cooky Parker and Disarray
October 29 @ Spare Room Restaurant & Lounge – Put yur Halloween costume & come to Spare Room for the 80s dance party you want, that you love, that you need!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($55): The Milk Carton Kids & Katie Pruitt @ Revolution Hall | Indie Folk
October 20 @ Revolution Hall – Listening to The Milk Carton Kids — Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale — talk about their creative process, it’s easy to imagine them running in opposite directions even while yoked together.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($60): Grateful Shred @ Aladdin Theater | Grateful Dead Tribute
October 20-21 @ Aladdin Theater – The thing is, Los Angeles-based Grateful Shred manage to channel that elusive Dead vibe: wide-open guitar tones, effortless three-part vocal harmonies, choogling beats, and yes, plenty of tripped out, Shredded solos.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($90): An Evening with SIMRIT @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Punk Rock
October 21 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – “Imagine that the Aurora Borealis could sing: that’s Simrit’s voice. Timeless, Strong, and Ethereal as a whale’s song.”
Read MoreCancelled: The Island Tour with Etu @ Mission Theater | Featuring CRSB & Mo Musiq
November 11 @ Mission Theater – The Island Summer Tour featuring ETU, CRSB, & MO MUSIQ makes its stop in Portland.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Young Dubliners @ Mission Theater | Celtic Rock
December 4 @ Mission Theater – After thirty years as one of the world’s leading Celtic Rock bands, the Young Dubliners have begun work on their tenth studio album.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($24): Trio Subtonic Featuring D’Vonne Lewis @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Genre-bending Funk, Soul Jazz
October 22 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Trio Subtonic is a groove heavy power trio that blends genre bending funk with slow burning underground soul jazz.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Marc Broussard @ Revolution Hall | R&B, Soul, Rock, w/ Walden
November 1 @ Revolution Hall -Marc Broussard is an artist with a unique gift of channeling the spirits of classic R&B, rock and soul into contemporary terms.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($30): Rock and Roll Playhouse Presents Music of Grateful Dead for Kids @ Mission Theater | Halloween Spooktacular ft. Foolish Hearts Band
October 30 @ Mission Theater – The Rock and Roll Playhouse, a family concert series hosted at historic music venues across the country, allows kids to “move, play and sing while listening to works from the classic-rock canon” (NY Times).
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Miz Kitty’s Parlour Vaudeville Variety Show @ The Old Church Concert Hall | 21st Anniversary + Halloween Fall Flight of Fancy!
October 29 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Meow Meow Kittens~ We have missed seeing you and are ready to romp and play!! Join us for our 21st SEASON KICKOFF!!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): Lee Fields Presents The Sentimental Fool Tour @ Aladdin Theater | Soul
October 29 @ The Old Church Concert Hall -Lee Fields is arguably the greatest soul singer alive today. In an age when the shelf life of an artist largely depends on posturing and trends, he has proven to be an unassailable force of nature.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($36): Hayley Lynn Album Release w/ Jacob Westfall & Amy Evans @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Indie Pop
October 28 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Hayley Lynn is a Portland Oregon based songwriter with influences ranging from the effortless indie pop of Lykke Li and swagger of Sharon Van Etten to the organic tones of Maggie Rogers and tenderness of Imogen Heap.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($36): Bill and the Belles @ The Old Church Concert Hall | American Stringband, Folk
October 27 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Happy Again isn’t exactly happy. But the delightfully deadpan new album from roots mainstays Bill and the Belles is full of life, humor, and tongue-in-cheek explorations of love and loss.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): Megan Stalter @ Aladdin Theater | Comedy, Hacks, Church Girls on HBO Max
October 27 @ Aladdin Theater – Originally from the Chicago comedy scene, Megan has been called “an oasis of invigorating silliness in feeds dominated by wearying tragedy” by the New York Times and “a soothing comedy balm for a scathing grease fire of a year” by Harper’s Bazaar. Her breakout role is in the HBO Max series HACKS.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): Animals As Leaders @ Crystal Ballroom | w/ Car Bomb, Alluvial, Instrumental Progressive Metal
November 1 @ Crystal Ballroom – Armed with palette-expanding eight-string guitars, rich synths, and pummeling percussive grooves, Animals as Leaders is beloved by metalheads, aspiring virtuosos, jazz fanatics, and casual listeners alike.
Read MorePDX Vendor Collective Presents Fall Festival & Market @ Taborspace | 35+ Vendors, Kids Craft Table, Trick or Treat, Costumes
October 22 @ Taborspace – The Fall Festival & Market will feature over 35 vendors who create a variety of art, goods and food.
Read MoreBlueprint Choral Ensembles Presents FREE Above All Odds Concert in NE Portland | Songs for Overcoming, Striving & Rising, Free Dessert
October 22 in NE Portland – Blueprint’s fall show places focus on just that: overcoming the odds!
Standing up to obstacles, and finding that they haven’t half the strength you think they have!
Win 2-Day Passes ($214+): Freaky Deaky PDX 2022 Halloween Party @ Portland Expo Center | 2-Days, Svdden Death, CloZee, LSDream & More!
October 28-29 @ Portland Expo Center – Find your freakiest costume and come join Svdden Death, CloZee, LSDream, and many more frighteningly good sets that you won’t want to miss.
Read MoreMANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,800+): Pearl Dive Live, Hood River Harvest Festival, H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Win a Car w/ Freeya & More! | October 6-9, 2022
The weekend is back, Portland! Cooper Mountain Ale Works is hosting an Oktoberfest themed Brewer’s Dinner. Learn all about fungi at Radical Mycology Convergence. And this is your last weekend to see The Hombres by Artists Repertory Theatre.
Read MorePortland in the News: Best City for Vegans; Fall Colors; Spooky Tours & More! | October 6, 2022
Wallethub has named Portland the best city in the U.S. for vegans and vegetarians.
Oregon’s Medicaid program is set to be the first in the nation to cover expenses related to climate change such as air conditioners and air filters.
And no surprise, the filmed-in-Oregon Halloweentown is Oregon’s favorite Halloween movie for kids.
Read More2 for 1 Ticket Promo Code: ANTIfest with ANTI-FLAG @ Crystal Ballroom | Good Riddance, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, The Last Gang, The Black Tones, & The Macks
October 8 @ Crystal Ballroom – Punk rock renegades Anti-Flag have been packaging their subversive political messages in hardcore hooks for over two decades.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($50): SunSquabi @ The Get Down | w/ The Bad Table, Hydro Funk, EDM Funk
October 7 @ The Get Down – There’s a place, deep in the cosmos, where jam bands and electronic dance music intersect with rhythm-driven funk.
Read More2022 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival @ Hollywood Theatre | w/Guests Jeffrey Combs, Kelli Maroney, 60+ Short & Feature Films
The 27th Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® of Cosmic Horror returns to all 3 screens of the Hollywood Theatre October 7-9 with Guest of Honor JEFFREY COMBS in attendance all weekend!
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