A round up of what’s going on in Portland this weekend including live music, concerts, comedy, trivia, happy hours, movies & more!
Win Tickets ($90): An Evening with Goose @ Pioneer Courthouse Square | Indie Groove
August 25 @ Pioneer Courthouse Square – Fluidly traverse genres with head-spinning hooks, technical fireworks, and the kind of chemistry only possible among small town and longtime friends.
Win Tickets ($30): AMP (Asebroek, McLean, Prescott) @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Featuring Members of Fruition, G. Love & Special Sauce, and World’s Finest
August 20 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – A pandemic-era revelation, AMP draws from the original music of these three members’ main projects.
Lan Su Chinese Garden Presents This is She | Featuring Stories of Local Women of Color Leaders, Performers & Entrepreneurs
August 13, 20 @ Lan Su Chinese Garden – This is She features the stories of local women of color by inviting notable Portland leaders, entrepreneurs, musicians, actresses and more to share their craft as well as their perspectives.
Win Tickets ($40): FULL STURGEON MOON: Animal Feelings, Chris Dingman @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Ambient Soundscapes, Electronic, Indie
August 12 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – ANIMAL FEELINGS is the musical love child of producer and pianist Oli Chang. From introspective piano pieces to sprawling indy anthems, Animal Feelings ranges from ambient soundscapes to unexpected electronic drops.
Win 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.
Placebo @ Crystal Ballroom | Pop Rock, Industrial, Britpop
May 16 @ Crystal Ballroom – Called ‘Never Let Me Go’, Placebo’s 8th studio album channels all their skill as songwriters and sound-makers into music that satisfies their near-brutal appetite for self-expression.
Win Tickets ($34): BackFence PDX Russian Roulette Live Storytelling @ Alberta House | True, Spur of the Moment 5-Minute Stories
August 20 @ Alberta House – RUSSIAN ROULETTE is our high stakes, high-risk live storytelling show where five seasoned performers spin a giant game show wheel filled with mystery prompts.
2022 Oregon Zoo Nights | Portland Outdoor Summer Music Featuring Afrobeat/Juju w/ Jujuba
August 12 @ Oregon Zoo – We’re keeping the zoo open late on select Fridays this summer, and enhancing the already-spectacular experience with additional food carts, beer & wine sales, live music, keeper talks and educational fun for kids and adults alike.
August Sip & Shop @ Hip Chicks Do Wine | Flights, Bites, Vendors
August 12 @ Hip Chicks Do Wine – Join us for a fun evening of wine, shopping and light bites!
Portland in the News: New Murals, Portland Winemakers, Best Comic Shop in the World & More | August 3, 2022
Portland’s Books With Pictures has earned the title of ‘Best Comic Shop in the World’! A Vancouver coffee shop is raising money to build a women’s health clinic in Tanzania.
MANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,600): Festivals, Block Parties, Sand Castles, Concerts, & More | August 4-7, 2022
We’re in for another busy Summer weekend, Portland! The St. Helens 2022 Sand Island Sand Castle Competition and Pirate Encampment takes place all weekend, First Thursday and First Friday events including Freeya’s “The Art of Free”, Unique Markets big shopping event at Veterans Memorial, Clark County Fair Summer Concerts are back, A-WOL Dance Collective Presents ART…
Win Tickets ($100): Echo & The Bunnymen @ Roseland Theater | Celebrating 40 Years of Magical Songs
Echo and the Bunnymen will celebrate their 40th anniversary by embarking on a North American tour in Summer 2022.
Freeya Presents The Art of Free @ First Thursday | Free, All Ages, Art Show
New app FREEYA! Welcomes you to The Art of the Free, a First Thursday installation showcasing the art of salvaging free goods. In an unexpected twist, we encourage you to take home the art — for free!
Win Tickets ($36): Mdou Moctar @ Revolution Hall | Rock, w/ Lithics
August 24 @ Revolution Hall – Prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar boldly reforges contemporary Saharan music and “rock music.”
Win Tickets ($90): The Tubes @ Aladdin Theater | Featuring Fee Waybill, Rock
August 21 @ Aladdin Theater – The Tubes formed in 1972 in San Francisco from two bands that moved there from Phoenix, The Beans along with the Red, White and Blues Band.
Win Tickets ($90): Modest Mouse @ Pioneer Courthouse Square | Rock, w/ Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (Saturday)
August 19-20 @ Pioneer Courthouse Square – Over the past quarter century, Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock has served as indie rock’s resident backwoods philosopher, pondering his infinitesimal place in the world at large and seeking balance in a universe governed by polar opposites.
Win Tickets ($79): Grammy Nominated Crash Test Dummies @ Aladdin Theater | w/ Carleton Stone, Rock
August 19 @ Aladdin Theater – The Crash Test Dummies first album garnered them their first big hit, Superman’s Song, and a Juno Award for Group of the Year.
Win Tickets ($90): Steve Earle & The Dukes with Special Guests The Whitmore Sisters @ Revolution Hall | Rock, Folk, Country
August 18 @ Revolution Hall – JERRY JEFF is Earle’s 22nd album. He’s released nearly an album a year since getting sober in the mid 1990s, LPs ranging from bluegrass to blues to folk to country.
Win Tickets ($20): Rhododendron @ Mission Theater | Prog Rock, w/ Twistur, Growing Pains
August 20 @ Mission Theater – Rhododendron are a difficult band to pin down. Hailing from Portland, OR, their music takes influence from post-hardcore, noise rock and math rock, while also dabbling in screamo, jazz fusion and sludge metal.
MANY Portland Weekend Events & Giveaways ($1,100+): Oregon Brewers Festival, ART in the DARK, Oregon Zoo Nights, WasabiCon 2022 & More | July 28-31, 2022
We’re in for busy Summer weekend, Portland! World Naked Bike Ride returns Saturday! Tour 75+ studios at NW Marine Art Works Open Studio. And stay cool at Shanrock’s Trivia at EastBurn Public House.
Portland in the News: More Portlanders Now Have AC; Library of Experiences; Rose City Beaches & More! | July 28, 2022
At Hillsboro Library, in addition to books & movies, patrons can check out board games, kitchen tools, cameras and more!
Portland will be an oven this weekend. Rising summer temperatures have pushed many residents to install air conditions, with roughly 80% of Portland homes now equipped with an AC.
Another way to cool off: Hit the beaches — Portland is full of them!
2022 Estacada Harvest Festival & Uncorked Now Accepting Vendor Applications | Wine, Cider, Spirits Tastings, Pumpkins, Children’s Parade & More!
September 17 @ Estacada – Estacada’s annual Uncorked event is BACK! Looking for vendors of all types specifically wine, spirits, and beer.
Win Tickets: Boys II Gentlemen @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Party Band, Dance Hits
August 9 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – B2G is a party band featuring members of the Quick and Easy Boys and Excellent Gentlemen. Their shows are a mix of dance floor burning grooves, sexy slow jams and raucous group improvisation.
Win Tickets ($130): Comedian Amanda Seales @ Revolution Hall | Actress, Writer, HBO’s Insecure
August 13 @ Revolution Hall – Comedian, actress, writer, producer, and more, Amanda Seales doesn’t just make you laugh, she makes change!
Win Tickets ($40): Jackie Gage w/Special Guest Jimmie Herrod @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Jazz, Folk
August 6 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Jackie Gage is an international recording artist whose velvety voice, and uplifting songwriting paint a relaxed atmosphere familiar to California natives.
Win Tickets ($60): Lost Dog Street Band @ Revolution Hall | w/ Matt Heckler, Country, Folk
August 16 @ Revolution Hall – Returning to the stripped-back, string band sound of their busking years, Lost Dog Street Band’s new album Glory is a searing testament to recovery, redemption and resolve.
Win Tickets ($30): Molly Parden and Max Helgemo @ The Old Church Concert Hall | Indie, w/ Larsen Gardens
August 13 @ The Old Church Concert Hall – Molly Parden’s career in music is something of a mystery—something that happened to her more than it was ever anything she set out to achieve.
Portland Spirit Presents Cascade Locks to Portland Sternwheeler Repositioning Cruise | Includes Transport, Dining, Amazing Columbia River Gorge Views
November 5 @ Caruthers Landing – Join us as we cruise the Willamette and Columbia Rivers and go through the locks at the Bonneville Dam.
Win Tickets ($40): Keep Portland Country @ Ponderosa Lounge & Grill | Featuring 4 Country Artists
August 26 @ Ponderosa Lounge & Grill – This quartet of country artists are lighting up the stage with country music like you’ve never seen before!
Win Tickets ($75): Bridge City Block Party in SE Portland | Featuring Get Real, Nala, Freak On, Luxo, Food Trucks, Vendors & More!
Bridge City Block Party, coming in hot! Featuring international touring artists Get Real (Green Velvet + Claude VonStroke), Nala, Freak On + Luxo on Sunday, September 25.
2022 Oregon Brewers Festival @ Downtown Portland’s Waterfront Park | Featuring 40 Beers, 2 Ciders, Food
July 28-30 @ Portland Watefront Park – Oregon Brewers Festival is listed among the world’s top beer festivals, with 40 beers and 2 ciders from across the state, plus great food, vendor booths and more.
Win Tickets ($20): Rhododendron @ Mission Theater | Prog Rock, w/ Twistur, Growing Pains
August 20 @ Mission Theater – Rhododendron are a difficult band to pin down. Hailing from Portland, OR, their music takes influence from post-hardcore, noise rock and math rock, while also dabbling in screamo, jazz fusion and sludge metal.
Canceled: Bodhi Mojo @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge | Psychedelic 4-Piece Jambad
August 4 @ The Goodfoot Pub & Lounge – Bodhi Mojo is a psychedelic 4-piece jamband rooted in the good feels. Characterized by heartfelt songwriting and mind-bending jams, BM never plays the same show twice!
2022 Oregon Zoo Nights | Portland Outdoor Summer Music Featuring the Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms Country Band
July 29 @ Oregon Zoo – We’re keeping the zoo open late on select Fridays this summer, and enhancing the already-spectacular experience with additional food carts, beer & wine sales, live music, keeper talks and educational fun for kids and adults alike.
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.
Win Tickets ($40): THICK, Skating Polly, VIAL @ Mission Theater | Punk, Pop
September 25 @ Mission Theater – Since first forming in 2014, New York trio THICK have triumphed at turning the harshest truths into wildly exhilarating punk songs.
MANY Weekend Events & Giveaways ($2,400+): Festivals, Fireworks, Concerts, Comedy, Theater, Film, & More!
| Weekend
Portland in the News: State Park Passes, Pink Light District, Swimming Holes & More | July 9, 2026
| News
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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