A round up of what’s going on in Portland this weekend including live music, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies & more!
Win Tickets ($30): Rosie Darling @ Mission Theater | w/ Caleb Hearn, Indie Pop
September 29 @ Mission Theater – You couldn’t mistake Rosie for anybody else. She’s quietly confident, exuberantly passionate, and creatively inclined to infinity. She’s highly aware of herself and the world around her, and she speaks her mind with clarity and focus.
Read MoreOregon Ciders of the World Festival @ Stone Circle Cider in Estacada | Featuring 5 Oregon Cideries, Food Cart
July 16 @ Stone Circle Cider – Enjoy an array of ciders from 5 Oregon cideries who specialize in styles of cider from around the world!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): I Draw Slow @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Folk, Irish
July 30 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Dublin, Ireland’s I Draw Slow has already won the adoration of fans in their home country and North America by combining American folk and Irish storytelling traditions with close-harmony vocals, intriguing instrumentation and compelling subject matter.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): Zero @ Aladdin Theater | Jazz, Rock and Blues
July 29 @ Aladdin Theater – As bands will, Zero came and went—and always came back, to the extent of 1,300 shows and eight albums.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($100): American Acoustic: Punch Brothers and Watchhouse Featuring Sarah Jarosz @ Pioneer Courthouse Square | Progressive Bluegrass
July 31 @ Pioneer Courthouse Square – Punch Brothers’ accolades include a Grammy® for Best Folk Album for their 2018 release, All Ashore, and praise from the media, including The Washington Post, which said, “With enthusiasm and experimentation, Punch Brothers take bluegrass to its next evolutionary stage, drawing equal inspiration from the brain and the heart.”
Read MoreWin Tickets ($80): Sal Vulcano @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | truTV’s “Impractical Jokers”
July 20 @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Staten Island native Sal Vulcano is best known for creating and starring in truTV’s long-running hit “Impractical Jokers,” and for “The Misery Index” on TBS.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($60): Red Fang, Big Business, & Tacos! @ Crystal Ballroom | Rock, Heavy Metal Punk
July 29 @ Crystal Ballroom – Portland rockers Red Fang have announced their long-awaited North America Summer 2022 tour dates, in support of their acclaimed 2021 full-length Arrows.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($64): Rising Appalachia @ Crystal Ballroom | w/ Jeffrey Martin, Folk, Roots Music
August 2 @ Crystal Ballroom – As world travelers for nearly two decades, Rising Appalachia have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots on their new album.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($36): The Lagoons @ Mission Theater | Synth-pop, Jazz, Soul, Electronic
September 9 @ Mission Theater – The Lagoons are the musical project of Los Angeles-raised multi-instrumentalist brothers Ryan and Joey Selan.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($30): US Air Guitar 2022 National Finals @ Dante’s Portland | Featuring Regional Winners from 20 US Cities!
July 16 @ Dante’s – Rock stars from across the US will travel to Portland to shred invisible guitars for the opportunity to represent the United States at the World Air Guitar Championships.
Read MoreClub Privata Presents Sheer Pleasure | Pacific Northwest’s Premier Lifestyle Club
September 30 @ Club Privata – Whatever your Pleasure is, we want to see your Sheer tonight! Put on your sexiest sheer, see through, mesh, or lace outfit and get ready to have all the Pleasure you desire.
Read MoreMANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,400+): Mississippi Street Fair, The Winter’s Tale, HAREFEST 10 & More! | July 7-10, 2022
Another summer weekend is here, Portland! Mississippi Street Fair returns to North Portland on Saturday! Zane Lamprey’s Brewery Comedy Tour stops at Cooper Mountain Ale Works on Thursday. Hip Chicks Do Wine is pairing bacon and wine. And see the best tribute bands at HAREFEST 10.
Read MorePortland in the News: World’s Smallest Park (For Now), Ultimate Portland Bucket List, Proposed I-5 Bridge & More | July 7, 2022
A proposed new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River will require a steep grade of nearly 4%.
Find something new to experience with this Ultimate Portland Bucket list.
And Mill Ends Park might be challenged for the record of World’s Smallest Park by a tiny park in Talent, Oregon.
Read MoreCorks & Cones @ Hip Chicks Do Wine | Featuring Wine-based Ice Cream, 3 Wines, Sangria
July 16-17 @ Hip Chicks Do Wine – Join us for a fun Summertime event pairing wines with wine-based ice cream!
Read MoreWin Tickets ($24): Mars Retrieval Unit @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Exploratory Jamband
July 16 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Led by guitarist/composer, Rob Sipsky, Mars Retrieval Unit is an exploratory jamband whose top shelf musicianship allows the band to cross genres and universes while keeping the dance floor full.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($44): Wavves King of the Beach Tour @ Aladdin Theater | Rock, w/ BOYO & Smut
July 25 @ Aladdin Theater – Wavves is an American rock band based in San Diego.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): Grammy Winners Asleep at the Wheel @ Aladdin Theater | Roots Country
July 23 @ Aladdin Theater – Fifty years ago, Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson wrote in his journal that he wanted to form a band to bring the roots of American pop music into the present.
Read MoreRose City Rollers Present Hampton Opera Skating with Opera a la Cart | Amazing City Sunset Views, Free CBD Seltzer
Saturday July 9th, we’ll be hitting the Hampton Opera Outdoor Lot with Opera A La Carte for an evening of live opera music as the sun sets over gorgeous PDX.
Read MoreCancelled: Amy Helm w/ Elizabeth & The Catapult @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Singer/Songwriter
July 24 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amy Helm’s third album, What the Flood Leaves Behind, is her most autobiographical yet, both in content and creation.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($120): Grammy Winners The Roots @ Pioneer Courthouse Square | w/ Deena Bee, Hip Hop
July 30 @ Pioneer Courthouse Square – The Roots have consistently elevated music and culture as one of the most influential and impactful hip-hop collectives of all time.
Read MoreChris Pureka w/ MaryLeigh Roohan @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Folk, Americana, Indie
July 15 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Chris Pureka is a Portland-based singer-songwriter whose body of work has resonated deeply with these seemingly disparate milieus.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($80): Reckless Kelly @ Mission Theater | Roots Country-Rock
July 29 @ Mission Theater – For nearly 25 years, Reckless Kelly has graced the musical landscape with a high-powered form of Americana, equally rooted in raw passion, refined musicianship, and gritty authenticity.
Read MoreLove, Oregon Festival @ Camp Colton | Micro-Festival Celebrating Oregon Music, Food & Nature
July 15-17 in Colton – Love, Oregon is a celebration of Oregon music, food, and nature with a first-class lineup of Oregon musicians, farm-to-table meals by Oregon chefs, and numerous speakers, workshops, and camp activities.
Read More2022 Tea Fest PDX @ Lewis & Clark College Estate Gardens | Vendors, Tastings, Classes
July 16 @ Lewis & Clark College – Join us for all things tea! Browse our vendor booths for tea and teaware from all corners of the globe and learn about tea in one of our tea classes.
Read MorePortland Parks & Recreation Presents East Portland Summer Arts Festival | Featuring Grammy Winner Esperanza Spalding
Portland Parks & Recreation presents the first annual East Portland Summer Arts Festival on July 9 and 10 featuring Five-time Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding.
Read More2022 Mississippi Street Fair in North Portland | 4 Music Stages, Bar-B-Q Competition, Rib Off, 100s of Vendors & More!
The 2022 Mississippi Street Fair is Saturday, July 9th from 10AM to 9PM on North Mississippi Avenue from Fremont to Skidmore Streets.
Read MoreZane Lamprey Lager than Life Brewery Comedy Tour @ Cooper Mountain Ale Works | Netflix, Hulu, Stories from a Professional Drinker
July 7 @ Cooper Mountain Ale Works – Zane Lamprey’s LAGER THAN LIFE COMEDY TOUR is a NEW comedy tour in 2022! It’s even more fun than last year’s very successful Laughs & Drafts tour. Join us for NEW stories, NEW jokes, and MORE great craft beer!
Read MoreHAREFEST 10 @ Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby | 23 Tribute Bands on 3 Stages, Food, Camping & More!
July 8-9 in Canby – HAREFEST 10, The Mother of All Tribute Festivals is back! 23 of the nation’s best tribute bands converge on Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby, Oregon for a weekend of live music, food & drink, camping, and more.
Read MoreMANY Portland July 4th Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,100+): Waterfront Blues Festival, Fireworks, Horror Film Festival, Vintage Sale & More! | June 30-July 4, 2022
July 4th Weekend is here, Portland! Waterfront Blues Festival is back and that means fireworks on the waterfront on Monday night! After hunting for Bigfoot, get a front row seat to see the fireworks w/ Portland Spirit’s Fireworks Cruise. And Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival is underway with a full schedule of events nearly every day.
Read MorePortland in the News: Local Swimming Holes; Celebrating Black Jazz Elders; Rose Quarter’s Puzzling Grain Elevator | June 30, 2022
This summer’s Cathedral Park Jazz Festival will feature Portland’s black jazz and soul elders.
The Rose Quarter’s grain elevator has a puzzling history and an uncertain future.
And cool off this summer at these nearby swimming spots.
Read MoreExplore Oregon’s Hood River Fruit Loop | Gorgeous Views, Summer Harvest Produce, Flowers, Lavender, Railbikes Ride, Animals & More!
Delicious cherries are available in abundance throughout the Hood River County Fruit Loop. Farm stands along the Fruit Loop offer fresh fruits and vegetables, pies, jams, jellies, ice cream, milkshakes, and freshly preserved produce.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($34): Michael Hurley, AC Sapphire (Album Release), Isabeau Waia’u Walker @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Freak Folk
July 16 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Michael Hurley could be called the godfather, or grandfather, of ‘freak-folk.” Throughout his career Hurley has marched to his own drummer, as a truly original American artist.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Triple Trouble Tour: Ryan Cassata, Tom Goss & de ROCHE @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Folk Rock, Indie
July 14 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Ryan Cassata is an award-winning singer-songwriter, actor, performer, published writer, LGBTQ+ activist and motivational speaker.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($30): The Old Church Moon Series Presents Super Buck Moon Sound Bath w/Moss Wand & Amulets | Healing Series
July 13 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – As Moss Wand, Troy Micheau and Brianna Sas explore the intersection of sound and healing with cascades of synthesizer drones and resonant crystal singing bowls.
Read MoreGet a Brighter Smile at Luxi Bar in Downtown Portland | Woman-Owned, Luxury Teeth Whitening and Tooth Gem Services
Luxi Bar can whiten your smile up to 10 shades using all natural, food-grade peroxide with long lasting effects.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($100): One Nation Under a Groove Tour w/ George Clinton & The Parliament Funkadelic @ Pioneer Courthouse Square | w/ The Motet, Fishbone, Pimps of Joytime
July 29 @ Pioneer Courthouse Square – George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic is back with the One Nation Under a Groove Tour, with iconic front-man George Clinton still at the helm, and this time, he’s bringing his friends.
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