A round up of what’s going on in Portland this weekend including live music, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies & more!
Win Tickets ($60): Ian Karmel @ Revolution Hall | Emmy Award Winning Comedian
November 18 @ Revolution Hall – Originally from Portland, Ian is currently co-head writer for the Emmy award winning The Late Late Show with James Cordon.
Urban Craft Uprising Presents 2022 Gobble Up Artisan Market @ Alder Block | Featuring 70 Local Food, Beverage & Kitchenware Makers
November 12 @ Alder Block – At Gobble Up, shoppers will find innovative, local treats ranging from artisan sauces and chutneys, to local ciders and spirits to delicious vegan and gluten free baked goods.
Win Tickets ($30): Rock and Roll Playhouse Presents Music of Aretha Franklin @ Mission Theater | Family Friendly Classic Rock Concert
November 20 @ Mission Theater – This concert for kids and families shares the music of Aretha Franklin with a new generation of music lovers.
Rose City Rollers Home Town Throw Down @ Oaks Amusement Park | Roller Derby Tournament
November 4-6 @ Oaks Park – Rose City Rollers Presents -Home Town Throw Down – our premiere roller derby tournament – is BACK for the first time since 2019!
MANY Portland Halloween Weekend Events ($1,600+): Fright Night, Erotic Ball, HOWL, Freaky Deaky, Boo Cruise, Trick or Treat & More! | October 27-31, 2022
Halloween weekend is here, Portland! See hair-raising feats at Halloween circus Fright Night. Sexy Halloween party Erotic Ball is back at Crystal Ballroom. 80s Video Dance Attack Halloween Party is at Revolution Hall. And HOWL and Freaky Deaky are both spread over two nights!
Portland in the News: Title of ‘Most Kinky;’ Dumplings Destinations; Photos Show Oregon 120 Years Ago | October 27, 2022
Portland artist Mike Bennett has taken over a former bank in St. Johns and transformed it into a wonderland w/ coffee.
See what it was like in Oregon 120 years ago with these recently digitized historic photos.
And Innerbody released a list of the kinkiest states. (Spoiler, it’s Oregon.)
Win Tickets ($50): Os Mutantes @ Aladdin Theater | w/ Claude Fontaine, Brazilian Psychedelic Rock
November 13 @ Aladdin Theater – Os Mutantes (“The Mutants”) are an iXnfluential Brazilian psychedelic rock band.
Win Tickets ($40): Sports / Hot Flash Heat Wave @ Revolution Hall | Dream Pop, w/ Sipper
November 15 @ Revolution Hall – A dream-pop from Oklahoma, Sports is made up of Cale Chronister and Christian Theriot. Since 2015, the band has released a series of indie hits.
Win Tickets ($54): Trace Bundy @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Internationally-acclaimed Guitar Virtuoso
November 17 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Trace Bundy’s music is poetry in motion, using harmonics, looping, multiple capos, and his unique banter and stage presence to deliver an unforgettable live concert experience.
Win Tickets ($30): Saroon Album Release @ The Old Church Concert Hall | w/Songs-In-The-Round by Lily Breshears, Kelli Schaefer, Isabeau Waia’u Walker & more!
November 13 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Saroon plays Lighthouse/\Collider with an opening set of songs-in-the-round by Lily Breshears, Kelli Schaefer, Em Warden, Isabeau Waia’u Walker, Alexis Mahler, Kati Claborn, Luke Ydstie, and Ryan Oxford.
Win Tickets ($50): Larry Fuller Trio @ The Old Church Concert Hall | w/Special Guest Dan Faehnle (Guitarist of Pink Martini)
November 12 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Originally from Toledo, OH and now based out of New York City, Larry Fuller is an internationally acclaimed jazz pianist known to “swing like a beast!”
Win Tickets ($85): Dave Mason – World In Changes Tour @ Aladdin Theater | Renowned Guitarist, w/ Beckett Mcdowell (Son of Malcom McDowell)
Dave Mason plays Aladdin Theater on November 11th! The prolific English songwriter has played with legends over the years — The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and more.
CANCELLED: The Wait Wait Stand Up Tour Late Show @ Revolution Hall | Hosted by Alonzo Bodden
November 11 @ Revolution Hall – Wait Wait’s panelists are a talented bunch — some of the most hilarious and insightful people in the country.
Win Tickets ($88): Fright Night – A Halloween Circus in Downtown Portland | Hair-raising Spectacular w/ Aerialists, Hand-balancers, Contortionists & More!
October 27-30 @ Lincoln Hall – This October, Night Flight’s Fright Night returns with a hair-raising circus spectacular featuring aerialists, hand-balancers, contortionists and more in a tribute to classic horror movies!
Free 2022 Trick or Treat Down Alberta Street in NE Portland | Costumes, Visit 40 Stops Along 17 Blocks
October 31 in NE Portland – On Halloween, head to Alberta Street for a giant trick or treat event that runs 17 blocks.
Win Tickets ($110): Oregon Zoo Presents 2022 BrewLights | Adults Only, Featuring 45 Northwest Breweries & Cideries
November 18-19 @ Oregon Zoo – Join the Oregon Zoo for the fourth annual BrewLights, a ZooLights brew festival experience just for the 21-and-over crowd with more than 45 Northwest breweries and cideries to sample from.
Win Tickets ($70): Experience Theatre Project Presents 101 Extraordinarily Awful & Truly Terrible Ways to Die (in one night) @ Beaverton Masonic Lodge | Dark Sketch Comedy
October 28-29 @ Beaverton Masonic Lodge – Part improv, part side show, this Monty Python-like dark comedy will have you cheering “Death! Death! Death!” more than once.
Win Tickets ($34): Surf Curse, Toner @ Crystal Ballroom | Rock, Indie Pop
November 12 @ Crystal Ballroom – Surf Curse’s Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck have been crafting sounds spanning from punk to psych rock for nearly a decade with a rabid and dedicated international fanbase and no end in sight.
Hip Chicks Do Wine Presents Pre-Holiday Wine Tasting | Appetizer Pairing, Holiday Sangria, Discounts
November 5-6 @ Hip Chicks Do Wine – Join us for a Pre-Holiday Wine Tasting paired with Holiday inspired appetizers.
MANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($2,100+): Season of Screams Haunted House, A-WOL After Hours, Art in the Burbs, Candy & Wine Pairing & More! | October 20-23, 2022
The weekend is back, Portland! Hip Chicks Do Wine will be pairing candy & wine this weekend. Get a head start on holiday shopping at Art in the Burbs. And Halloween Weekend is coming up fast, see our huge list of Halloween parties & events.
Portland in the News: Ghostbusters Firehouse; Fall Colors Covered Bridges Tour; Bug Museum & Petting Zoo | October 20, 2022
A vacation rental in Portland has recreated the Ghostbusters firehouse.
Portland’s Bug Museum + Petting Zoo is open in SE Portland.
And read up on this history of Portland’s notorious Shanghai Tunnels.
Win Tickets ($30): Tim Taylor Band: Birthday Bash @ Ponderosa Lounge & Grill | From Classic Rock to Hit Rock and Roll
November 19 @ Ponderosa Lounge & Grill – From Classic Rock to Hit Rock and Roll, Tim Taylor Band is ready to get y’all singing along with some face-melting jams!
Win Tickets ($40): 7 Deadly Sins: Haunted Storytelling for Adults @ Mission Theater | True Tales of Ghosts, Witches, Monsters & More!
Portland’s most sinful storytelling show returns from the dead this October 29 at Mission Theater with our own twist on Halloween campfire stories: 7 Deadly Sins: Haunted.
Win Tickets ($40): Psycho-a-Go-Go! 2022 A Rock & Roll Halloween Dance Party! @ Rainbow City in Old Town Portland | Costume Contest, DJs Rescue & Gregarious, The Edgar Allan Poser
October 29 @ Rainbow City – It’s our second year throwing our mind-blowing Rock & Roll Halloween DANCE party with DJs Rescue & Gregarious.
Portland Film Festival Presents Humanity Stoked @ Oregon Shore Crab Theater | Featuring Q&A w/ Filmmaker, Cast Member, & Pro Skater/Artist, Sebo Walker
October 18 @ Oregon Shore Crab Theater – Humanity Stoked is a feature length documentary featuring world-famous skateboarders, scientists, artists, musicians, activists and educators, all of whom share a love of skateboarding.
Win Tickets: On One Posse – Electro Boogie Dance Party @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Vinyl-based Funky Dance Party
October 27 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – On One Posse is one of PDX’s long time purveyors of vinyl-based funky dance parties.
Win Tickets ($112): Storm Large 2022 Holiday Ordeal @ Aladdin Theater in SE Portland | Music, Comedy, Special Guests
November 25-26 @ Aladdin Theater – Storm will love you, leave you, delight you and abuse you with a wicked charm and stunning vocals that will have you begging for more.
2022 The Big Lebowski Halloween Party @ Grand Central Bowl & Arcade in SE Portland | Costume Contest, White Russians, Bowling
October 28 @ Grand Central Bowl & Arcade – Come bowl the night away in your favorite costume.
Win Tickets ($59): Cory Wong: Power Station Tour @ Revolution Hall | Featuring Sierra Hull and Robbie Wulfohn (of Ripe)
November 9 @ Revolution Hall – Cory Wong fashions himself “a hype man,” first and foremost.
Win Tickets ($54): Craig Finn & The Uptown Controllers @ The Old Church Concert Hall | w/Bridget Kearney & Benjamin Lazar Davis
November 9 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – American singer-songwriter and musician Craig Finn, is best known as the frontman of the American indie rock band The Hold Steady.
Win Tickets ($64): Guster @ Revolution Hall | Alternative Rock, w/ Ratboys
American alternative rock band Guster is at Revolution Hall on November 8.
Win Tickets ($60): Glen Phillips (of Toad The Wet Sprocket) @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Rock, Folk
November 6 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Since starting his solo career, Phillips has pared his music down to its emotional core, concentrating on the simple truths of love and relationships, with a profound spiritual understanding.
Win Tickets ($40): An Evening with My Siamese Twin @ Mission Theater | New Wave 80’s Tribute
December 2 @ Mission Theater – My Siamese Twin is a Portland based band that plays songs by your favorite alternative bands of the 80s.
Win Tickets ($50): An Evening with Lucy Kaplansky @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Folk, Rock, Bluegrass
November 4 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Celebrated singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky is thrilled to announce the release of her ninth solo album, Last Days of Summer on Lucyricky Records.
Win Tickets ($44): Battle Trance (feat. Travis Laplante) + Blue Cranes @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Saxophonist, Composer
November 3 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Travis Laplante is a saxophonist, composer, and qigong practitioner living in Brooklyn, New York and southern Vermont. Laplante leads Battle Trance, the acclaimed tenor saxophone quartet as well as Subtle Degrees, his newest project with drummer Gerald Cleaver.
Win Tickets ($50): Hermanos Gutiérrez El Bueno y El Malo Tour 2022 @ Mission Theater | Latin
November 13 @ Mission Theater – “When Alejandro and I play together, it’s like we are driving a car,” says Estevan Gutiérrez, one half of the guitar duo Hermanos Gutiérrez. “It’s like we are taking a road trip. Sometimes we’re driving through a desert. Sometimes we’re traveling up the coast.