Events

FES•TI•CIDE (August 15-17th)

8:00pm Friday, August 15, 2014

Seven shows featuring twenty-five underground Portland bands, from young upstarts to old masters, at the best underground venues in town, all shows either free or just five bucks, including two matinees (one all-ages).

FES•TI•CIDE [fes-tuh-sahyd]

- noun

1. the resultant anti-fest, spawned from the collective effort of Portland, Oregon's thriving DIY music scene, that eradicates the unwanted and unnecessary elements of traditional fests.

2. a loose collection of shows comprising venues, bookers, and bands to highlight Portland's forward-thinking underground music scene with a slant towards the darker, heavier, noisier, and weirder.

3. a live music series that forgoes long lines, corporate sponsors, wristbands, expensive tickets, expensive drinks, rock stars, sunburns, speakerless full stacks, massive stages, and tests of endurance, instead putting the show-goer in control of their own destiny via a multitude of affordable and free options.

origin:

AUGUST 15-17, 2014; fest + -i- + -cide

[from German fest "festival, gathering" + Latin cīda "slayer"]

examples:

FRIDAY 8/15

@ The Know - 8pm - $5 - 21+

Stoneburner - http://stoneburner.bandcamp.com

Hungers - http://hungers.bandcamp.com

sól - https://soundcloud.com/solpdx

FRIDAY 8/15

@ East End - 9pm - $5 - 21+

Vice Device - http://vicedevice.bandcamp.com