A round up of what’s going on in Portland this weekend including live music, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies & more!
Win Tickets ($70): Luna @ Aladdin Theater | Indie Rock, Dream Pop
January 19 @ Aladdin Theater – Luna was a New York band formed in 1991 by singer/guitarist Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500
Wine Bingo Jargon @ Hip Chicks Do Wine | Funny Factoids About Urban Winemaking
May 6 @ Hip Chicks Do Wine -Urban Wineries Clay Pigeon Winery, Hip Chicks do Wine and RAM Cellars are teaming up to not only share their wines with you but to also have a little fun with Wine Bingo Jargon.
2023 Portland Christmas Ship Schedule & Info | Dinner Cruise on Portland Spirit, Best Viewing Locations
Experience wonder, create traditions and make memories as our spectacularly illuminated fleet glides past for Portland’s annual Christmas Ships Parade.
Portland in the News: New Restaurants in 2023; Black History Tours; Ice-free Hikes & More! | December 29, 2022
See what food writers are most excited about for new eateries planning to open in Portland in 2023.
Stay active in 2023 w/ these hikes that normally won’t ice over in the winter.
And learn more about Oregon history w/ these Black History tours across the state.
Win Tickets ($80): Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono @ Aladdin Theater | Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar Master, Grammy Nominated Singer/Songwriter
January 18 @ Aladdin Theater – Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono are two legends of Hawaiian music. Each became an icon in the 1970s, both at the creative forefront as Hawaiian music reinvented itself. They have continued to lead the way for over 4 decades.
Win Tickets ($59): Railroad Earth @ Revolution Hall | Bluegrass Americana, Rock, Improvisational
January 15 @ Revolution Hall – For over two decades, Railroad Earth has captivated audiences with gleefully unpredictable live shows and eloquent and elevated studio output.
Night Flight Aerial Presents Attic of Wondrous Things @ Portland Playhouse | Cabaret Style Revue Featuring Aerialists, Hand-balancers, Contortionists & More!
January 5-8 @ The Portland Playhouse – Join Night Flight Aerial and Circus Arts in their Attic of Wondrous Things; a cabaret style revue featuring aerialists, hand-balancers, contortionists and more!
MANY Portland New Year’s Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,000+): Champagne Ball, Brandi Carlile, Parties to Ring in 2023, The Illusionists & More! | Dec. 29, 2022 — Jan. 1, 2023
New Year’s Eve weekend is here, Portland! Say adios to 2022 at Portland’s famous Champagne Ball. Brandi Carlile is hosting a huge New Year’s Eve concert at Moda Center. And celebrate the magic of the holidays at The Illusionists.
Portland New Years Eve 2022 Events & Celebrations – Parties to Get 2023 Started | Champagne Toast, Live Music + Win Tickets
Every year, PDX Pipeline puts out a HUGE list of Portland New Year’s parties and events as well as pictures, champagne toasts, and GIVEAWAYS.
Portland in the News: Statue of Naked Bike Rider; Project Illumination Lights Up Downtown & More | December 22, 2022
This week, Damian Lillard is now the all-time leading scorer for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Over the dark winter months, Downtown Portland will be home to a series of interactive light displays.
And a sculpture of a naked bike rider that was too racy to display at the airport now has a home in Old Town Portland.
2022/2023 Brandi Carlile’s New Year’s Eve Party @ Portland’s Moda Center | Grammy Winner, w/ KT Tunstall
Ring in the new year with GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer Brandi Carlile at Moda Center on December 31.
Artist Repertory Theatre Presents American Fast @ Portland Center Stage | Young Basketball Star Faces Cultural Contradictions
January 3-29 @ Portland Center Stage – Winning at all costs will force a basketball star to grapple with her faith and confront some uncomfortable truths about who she’s meant to be.
MANY Portland Christmas Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,200+): Holiday Markets, Cinnamon Bear, Gift Ideas & More! | December 22-25, 2022
Christmas weekend is here, Portland! Find your last-minute gifts at Winter Fair & Holiday Market or at PDX Urban Wineries Holiday Pop Up. There’s still time to see Christmas at The Old Church. And New Year’s Eve is coming up, enter to win tickets to ring in 2023.
Win Tickets ($50): New Year’s Eve w/ Soul Stew Featuring DJ Aquaman and Friends Upstairs @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Funk, Soul, Disco
December 31 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Come ring in the new year with the longest running dj night in PDX.
Win Tickets ($34): Gill Landry (of Old Crow Medicine Show) @ The Old Church Concert Hall | 2-Time Grammy Award Winning Singer/songwriter
January 21 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Gill Landry is a two-time Grammy award winning singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist.
Win Tickets ($60): Yak Attack New Year’s Eve 2022/2023 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge Downstairs | Organic Electronica, Jam, Funk, Jazz
December 31 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Ring in 2023 w/ the NW’s premier live electronic dance band! Their epic all night dance parties are legendary. Come party!
2022/2023 New Year’s Eve Celebration @ The Pharmacy PDX in NW Portland | DJs, Drinks, Dancing, No Cover Before 9PM
December 31 @ The Pharmacy PDX – We’re going all out for 2023 with rounds of DJs, dancing, and drinks!
Win Tickets ($80): Portland 2023 Folk Festival @ Crystal Ballroom | Ron Artis II, Hillstomp, Rayland Baxter, Fox and Bones & More!
Janaury 13-15 @ Crystal Ballroom – Portland Folk Festival is an ALL AGES, three-day celebration of Folk and Americana music in Portland.
Win Tickets ($100): Oregon Distilled Craft Spirits Festival 2023 @ The Redd | 30+ Distillers, 120+ Different Spirits, Fine Food & more!
February 18 @ The Redd – Portland — share good spirits at Oregon Distilled, February 18th at The Redd! This Craft Spirits Festival celebrates Oregon’s finest offerings in whiskey, gin, vodka, rum and much more.
MANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($800+): Christmas at the Old Church, Christmas Ships & More! | December 15-18, 2022
The weekend is back, Portland! Find that perfect gift at Winter Holiday Market and Winter Fair & Holiday Market. Get in the holiday spirit w/ Christmas at the Old Church w/ Michael Allen Harrison.
Portland in the News: Best Place to Own a Dog; North America’s Largest Research Forest & More | December 15, 2022
Recently, the U.S. News and World Report named Portland the best place to own a dog in the US.
Portland chef Luna Contreras is featured in Netflix’s Snack vs Chef.
And Oregon will be home to North America’s largest research forest.
Win Tickets ($70): Unrealistic Work Goals @ Clinton Street Theater | Conversation About How to Create Stronger Work Boundaries
January 8 @ Clinton Street Theater – This month, we’re talking about how we cope when last year’s best is next year’s failure.
Free Stand Up Comedy Night @ Shifters | Mondays, Hosted by Danelle Porter
Mondays @ Shifters – Go Comedy Go is a funny, weird, weekly comedy showcase every Monday in the Lent Neighborhood.
Win Tickets ($60): The EYE BALL! A 2022/2023 New Year’s Eve Surrealist’s Dance Party @ Polaris Hall in NE Portland | Champagne Toast, w/ Sun Atoms, DJs Rescue & Gregarious
December 31 @ Polaris Hall – Evoking the spirit of the Dada/Surrealist movement, we promise you an evening of
outlandish, outrageous fun.
2022 Winter Holiday Market @ Community for Positive Aging in NE Portland | 18+ Vendors, Kids Craft Area, Holiday Gifts, Coat & Sock Donation Drive
Finish up your holiday shopping at the Winter Holiday Market in NE Portland on December 17 from Noon-6pm.
Win Tickets ($30): dKOTA Album Release @ The Old Church Concert Hall | w/ Pulp Western
January 13 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Red Shift traverses a sonic and emotional spectrum from a delicate acoustic guitar and voice, to haunting strings layers, to blistering rock anthems and electric guitar solos.
Win Tickets ($60): Steel Panther, Crobot, Tragedy @ Crystal Ballroom | Comedic Glam Metal
April 4 @ Crystal Ballroom – Steel Panther has established themselves as the world’s premier party band, melding hard rock virtuosity with parody and criminally good looks.
MANY Portland Events & Giveaways ($850+): Holiday Markets, Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl, Fungi Film Festival, Maizee Mae Vintage Market & More! | December 8-11, 2022
The weekend is back, Portland! Find the perfect gift at Maizee Mae’s Vintage and Collectible Market. A Very Merry PDX-mas continues at Broadway Rose New Stage. And free live music fills Pioneer Courthouse Square for The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition & Tuba Christmas Concert.
Win Tickets: Jimmy Russell’s Party City 2034 (Afrobeat Edition) @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Super Group of Portland All Allstars
December 13 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – For this month’s residency, Jimmy has assembled an All-Star band of a dozen musicians to explore the rhythms of Afrobeat, with a little of that Party City twist.
Foster for the Holidays in SE Portland | Free Live Music Featuring Carolers, Hot Cocoa, Holiday Shopping, Gift Ideas
Join us Saturday, December 10, from 4-6pm as we host carolers and free hot chocolate on Foster!
Win Tickets ($80): New Year’s Eve 2023 w/ Digable Planets @ Crystal Ballroom in Downtown Portland | Jazz-informed Hip Hop
December 31 @ Crystal Ballroom – Nearly 20 years after their debut, Digable Planets’ music still shines and the group continues to bring their celebrated stage show to excited crowds around the world.
Win Tickets ($90): The Charlatans UK, Ride @ Crystal Ballroom | English Rock
February 15 @ Crystal Ballroom – Twenty-seven years since they first bagged a Number One album with ‘Some Friendly’, The Charlatans are still achieving fresh career highs.
Win Tickets ($50): Rome Streetz @ Lola’s Room | Hip Hop, A Mix of Gritty New York Boom Bap & London Grime
April 11 @ Lola’s Room – Rom Streetz’ unique style and rhyming technique is best described as a mix of gritty New York boom bap with London grime.
Win Tickets ($50): The Bridgetown Boogie 2023 New Year’s Eve @ Aladdin Theater | Featuring Polyrhythmics w/ Adryon de León
December 31 @ Aladdin Theater – A New Year’s Eve Dance Party of choice cuts, deep tracks and rare grooves featuring special guest: Adryon de León (Orgone, Matador! Soul Sounds)
Club Privata Presents Margaritas & Mistletoe | Toy Drive, Drink Specials, Pacific Northwest’s Premier Lifestyle Club
December 9 @ Club Privata – Come enjoy drink specials on Margaritas and kiss someone sexy under the MistletoeMargaritas & Mistletoe Party!
THE ILLUISONISTS Present Magic of the Holidays @ Keller Auditorium | A Merry Magical Night in Downtown Portland Direct From Broadway
December 29-30 @ Keller Auditorium – Celebrate the holidays with the entire family at The Illusionists—Magic of the Holidays, a mind-blowing showcase featuring jaw-dropping talents of the most incredible illusionists on Earth.
MANY Weekend Events & Giveaways ($2,400+): Festivals, Fireworks, Concerts, Comedy, Theater, Film, & More!
| Weekend
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Win Tickets ($70): McMenamins Presents “A Hot August Night” with Super Diamond @ McMenamins Grand Lodge in Forest Grove | The Neil Diamond Tribute
| music
7 Deadly Sins: CHURCH Part Two: Lust @ PAM-CUT’s Tomorrow Theater | Interactive Storytelling Series
| Comedy, events, music, SE Portland
Portland Sketch Fest @ The Siren Theater | Oregon’s Only Sketch Comedy Festival
| Comedy
Haulin Aspen @ Wanoga Sno Park | Marathon, Half Marathon, 6.5-mile “Half As,” and NEW Three-Person Marathon Relay
| Active Lifestlye, sports
New Portland Jobs: Lan Su Chinese Garden, PHAME, Creo Chocolate & More
| Jobs
Win Tickets ($85): Jerry’s Middle Finger @ Crystal Ballroom | Jerry Garcia Tribute Band
| All Ages, downtown, events, music
Kumoricon 2026 @ Oregon Convention Center | Anime & Japanese Culture Convention
| All Ages, Books, events, Food & Drink, NE Portland, Shopping, Visual Art
Win Tickets ($48): McMenamins Presents Gully Boys @ Mission Theater | Indie Rock
| All Ages, music, NW Portland
2026 Summer Free For All In The Parks: Festivals, Free Movies, Free Concerts, Dance, Theater, Comedy, & More
| All Ages, events, Film, Free, music, Visual Art
Win Tickets ($56): McMenamins Presents The Hails Duck Pond Tour @ Mission Theater | Indie-Rock
| All Ages, music, NW Portland
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