A round up of what’s going on in Portland this week including festivals, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies, & more!
Win Tickets: House Special w/ Group Sound @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | DJ Collective
July 30 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Group Sound is a Portland-based collective of DJs that channel an eclectic palette of dance genres.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($70): 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 ($80): Comedian Neal Brennan: Unacceptable @ Revolution Hall | Emmy-Nominated Writer, The Daily Show
August 6 @ Revolution Hall – Three-time Emmy nominated writer, director, producer, and standup comedian Neal Brennan has become a force in the comedy world.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($40): Mimi Webb @ Mission Theater | Singer/Songwriter, Pop
September 24 @ Mission Theater – The loudest ones light up the room the brightest. Mimi Webb projects a voice as magnetic, massive, and magical as her personality.
Read MoreBlue’s Clues & You! Live On Stage @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | Broadway Style Song & Dance
November 11 @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Blue’s Clues & You! Live on Stage is an epic new adventure! Josh is conjuring up a magical theater show, but he needs YOUR help!
Read More2022 Portland Sketch Comedy Festival @ Siren Theater | 3 Nights Featuring Performers From Across North America
July 21-23 @ Siren Theater -The Portland Sketch Comedy Festival brings the smartest and freshest sketch comedy performances to Portland!
Read MoreWin Tickets: Far Out West @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Funk Infused Rock
July 20 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Portland-based Far Out West strikes a relentlessly engaging balance between funk-infused rock and a jazz-informed collaboration.
Read MoreWasabiCon 2022 @ Downtown Portland Hilton | Portland’s Anime, Cosplay & Gaming Convention
July 30-31 @ Hilton Portland – WasabiCon PDX focuses on three key facets of fandom: anime, cosplay and gaming!
Read MoreGregory Alan Isakov @ Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island | Surprise Monday Show w/ Guest Daniel Rodriguez
Gregory Alan Isakov and special guest, Daniel Rodriguez, will play a surprise performance this Monday, July 18th, under the 500 year-old massive, Historic Topaz Farm Oak Tree.
Read MoreMANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,350+): Wild Hare Music Festival, Love Oregon Festival, US Air Guitar National Finals, Tea Fest PDX & more! | July 14-17, 2022
The weekend is back, Portland! Sample a huge variety of brewed beverages at TeaFest PDX. Enjoy two summer favorites at Corks & Cones. And rock out at US Air Guitar Nationals!
Read MorePortland in the News: New Blazers Players; Nature Piano; Funding for Firefighters | July 14, 2022
Two former Beavers teammates, Gary Payton II and Drew Eubanks, are again playing together after joining the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Portland City Council is backing a plan to build new I-5 Bridge over the Columbia River.
And a member of Pink Martini is putting a grand piano in grand places.
Read MoreWin Tickets ($100): OrpheusPDX’s Inaugural Season Features L’Orfeo & The Fall of the House of Usher | Where Opera Gets Intimate
August 4-7 & 25-28 @ Lincoln Hall – Portland’s new opera company, OrpheusPDX, aspire to touch the soul of the community through the power of great music and theater.
Read MoreTiny Moving Parts @ Mission Theater | w/ This Wild Life & In Her Own Words, Rock, Acoustic
Tiny Moving Parts with special guests This Wild Life and In Her Own Words perform live at Mission Theater on July 16.
Read MoreWin 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.
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