Come join Woodsman Tavern on Saturday, July 4th from 2pm - 7pm for a hot dog eating contest, FREE Stumptown Coffee Roasters cold brew floats with Salt & Straw Ice Cream! There will be face painting for the kiddos and plenty of food and drink.
To sign-up for the hot dog eating contest, e-mail events@woodsmantavern.com! Prizes for Poler Stuff for the winners!
Hot dogs donated from Olympia Provisions - how many can you eat in FIVE minutes?
A Wonderful Small Town Parade, Fun Festival, Live Music, Fireworks and So Much More!
http://www.corbettfunfest.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CorbettFunFest
Juan Wauters moved from Uruguay to New York as a teenager and turned to music to take control of the loneliness that came with his new surroundings. As the frontman of the garage outfit, The Beets, Juan became known throughout the city. He has now grown into poet of sorts and his sound has matured to outsider folk music, which he plays under his own name. On his new album, Who Me? Juan continues his approach to existential questioning through pop music.
New single and video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eResaNhTli8
Live videos- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fqMdd6aa1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aEa1xn5YWg
"One of New York's most compelling singer/songwriters" -SPIN
"Sweet, unvarnished folk-rock... Simplicity here isn't a matter of technical limitation but of philosophical stance." -Pitchfork
"Wauters has pursued a more introspective, subdued sound, writing songs that explore who he is and how "he" came to be. The eccentric punk-turned-poet sings as though he's finally wriggled free of received wisdom." -NPR
In honor of the Portland Art Museum's Gods and Heroes exhibit, Chamber Music Northwest will perform a free concert at the museum on July 2, 2-3:00 pm.
For more information about the concert and the exhibit, visit http://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/gods-heroes/
http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/
ATTENTION: THE RSVP LIST IS COMPLETELY FULL. SEE YOU ALL JULY 1! OFFICIAL RSVP REQUIRED!
OFFICIAL RSVP REQUIRED (Joining this FB event page does not count! Must have printed or electronic proof of Eventbrite RSVP to enter.)
bit.ly/wwbestofpotland2015
Join Willamette Week and 500+ of our closest friends as we celebrate this historic day in Oregon! Check out what Portland pot dispensaries, services, bakeries, resources and more have to offer at the city's first legal pot party. Prohibition is over and we must celebrate. Legal weed? Yes, indeed!
21+ ONLY | RSVP REQUIRED (must have printed or electronic proof of invitation to enter. FB RSVP doesn't count.)
VENDORS INCLUDE:
Golden XTRX
GreenSky Collective
The Weed Blog
Nectar PDX
Bud Rub- The Topical Medicinal Salve
Eco Firma Farms
Women Grow
True North Extracts
Proper Oils
Goochy Gardens
...and many more
Beer by Lagunitas Brewing Co
Food available for purchase from PDX Sliders and Taqueria La Merced
Music by RISKY STAR & KP OF BLAK NEON | DJ WICKED | XRAY.FM
With special guests ANTHONY JOHNSON, MEASURE 91 DRAFTER, PETER ZUCKERMAN, ARTIST, and others TBA.
Thank you event partners:
Falcon Art Community
XRAY.FM
Killingsworth Dynasty
Red e café
@Curb
Art by Kurt McRobert
Questions? Contact pot@wweek.com.
SUPERGROUP FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS, THE LOCUST AND THE BLOOD BROTHERS
HEAD WOUND CITY
GRAVE BABIES, VICE DEVICE
MONDAY, JUNE 29TH
DOORS: 8:00 PM / SHOW: 9:00 PM
Metropolitan Youth Symphony & School Of Rock Team Up!
Proceeds will go towards the benefit of Metropolitan Youth Orchestra's tuition assistance program as well as PROWUS grants for young musicians in need!
Paint Your Art Out is Siren Nation’s huge annual visual art show & fundraiser featuring over 40 NW artists!
Opening night is Saturday, June 27th from 6pm - 9pm at the Olympic Mills Building: 107 SE Washington St. Portland, OR 97214. Show runs through August 8th.
Don't miss this fun-packed celebration featuring LIVE art demos, art auction, kids area, wine bar, snacks and music! The show will remain up and be on view from June 27th through August 8th. All art will be available for purchase and receive a red dot to be picked up at the end of the show!
Join us and invite your friends to this amazing and art-filled night!
2015 Participating Artists:
Alyssa Kubitz, Amy McLain, Amy Stoner, Arielle Adkin, Beth Kerschen, Caitilin Pope Daum, Cate Anevski, Consu Tolosa, Di Pinsonault, Harriet Levi, Heather McGeachy, Jaclyn Evalds, Jeanne Levasseur, Jen Bracy, Jennifer Feeney, Jennifer Finn, Jennifer Cox, Jessi Anjuli, Joanna Butterfly Chase, Katie Todd, Kirista Trask, Kristen Hamilton, Lea K. Tawd, Linda Sawaya, Linda Robertson, Lisa Hoffer, Lisa Wilde, Liv Rainey-Smith, Lori Rivers Hanson, Martha Wallulis, Merle Keller, Nicki Beiderman, Nicole Gartland, Niko aka Jen Mitsuko, Pam Moore, Patrice Demmon, Peggy Pfenninger Reed, Robin Phillips Occhipinti, Samyak Yamauchi, Shantara Sandberg, Suzy Lacey Laruffa, Tara Croft Carmichael and Tatyana Ostapenko.
Siren Nation is a nonprofit organization devoted to inspiring women in the arts. Our mission is to inspire and empower women of all ages to create their own art and to highlight the many achievements of women in the arts.
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/693454020777032/
Ninkasi Brewing and XRAY.FM presents Hot Mass, a daytime parking lot party at Church bar, on June 27th. Live music provided by Pearles, Rio Grands, Thanks and Doubleplusgood. Music starts at 5, Church is located on the corner of NE Sandy and 26th.
XRAY's own Jeremy Peterson is DJing!
FIVE BUCKS!
Come dig through the crates of 25 Venders, (buy a record from your favorite DJ!)
XRAY.FM DJs playing the whole time. Happy hour specials and a percentage of proceeds go to XRAY.FM
3-4pm- XRAY DJs ONLY
4-7pm Open to the public
THIS IS A RAD BENEFIT FOR THE STATION XRAY.
EYELIDS record release show with PHANTOM SHIPS AND WIMPS!
Show is $10 and listeners will find chances to win pairs of tickets right here on some fine XRAY.FM radio shows
Eyelids say:
Hey everyone... if you are in Portland on Friday June 26th come on down to celebrate the release of our new 12" EP along with the mighty Phantom Ships and the always amazing power that be Wimps (they hail from Seattle). We're looking forward to playing some new songs and also some of those five month old "classics" as well... Hope to see you there!
“Scholars of sunshine pop” - Keith Cameron, Mojo
"A whirlwind of tangled acoustic and electric guitars that gets stuck in your head and continues to spin long after the tune is over" – NPR Heavy Rotation
Portland band Eyelids have a collective history creating music for some of the most legendary indie songwriters. Longtime friends and principle songwriters John Moen (Decemberists) and Chris Slusarenko (Guided by Voices, Boston Spaceships) channel their teenage Paisley Underground obsession and love of New Zealand / Flying Nun guitar buzz into a sound they describe as, “sweet melodies and bummer vibes.”
Immediately following sold-out pressings of three 7” and the 2014 full length 854, Eyelids will release a new self-titled EP on June 23 (Jealous Butcher / Schizophonic Records). Produced by Peter Buck, Eyelids will be available digitally and limited edition colored vinyl with a download card featuring three exclusive live videos (including Stephen Malkmus performing “Hey Joe” w/ Eyelids).
GET YOUR TICKETS BY CLICKING HERE!
GENDERS
Voted one of Portland’s Best New Bands of 2013 by the Willamette Week, with a debut EP and full length 'Get Lost' under their belt, they are currently working on a new EP!
Genders is comprised of Stephen Leisy on guitar, Toby Tanabe on bass, Katherine Paul on drums, and Maggie Morris on guitar and vocals.
It's about influence. Not just the many bands we are influenced by, but by environment, change. Like a New York city street where one moment it's musical ambient textures, the next a disharmonic chaos of horns and sirens. That is what we're about. Chords that overlay in washes, then bite and stab and tear the canvas.
The core philosophy of sonic youth is a strong commonality. Lee Ranaldo played with Glenn Branca often, where he learned to play with alternate tunings and create 'white noise'. Branca was a musician/composer who enlisted several (sometimes up to six) guitarists to play his symphonies of noise. Sonic Youth learned much from Branca later, such as using alternate tunings and various non-conventional ways of playing to create their style of noise. - source the Rare Vinyl Network
Though we may not sound entirely like Sonic Youth, we embrace this aspect. The non-convention. Interestingly, non-convention has its own pattern. Chaos has pattern. turn on a faucet a little, it drips water at the same rate. a little more, and the drops start combing with another, erraticaly. But upon closer inspection, there is a pattern. Society is erratic, but the same mistakes happen again. It is all around us. And we try to embody that in our music.
The reason we chose the name, Helvetia, is because it doesn't interrupt. Use this typeface and it somehow embraces the personality of whatever visual it is part of. Without being obstructive. It reinvents itself, like a chameleon, adapting without having to necessarily change. Sometimes light, bold, italic. that's it. And we are that. We let the music be the visual, and we ourselves try not to be brash and corny showmen. The music is the importance. We simply carry the message.
The songs here are a tiny slice of what we are all about. We are still discovering what it is. And that makes it all worthwhile.
During that tour they discovered a mutual reverence that sung louder than words. After Touring with The Lumineers in 2012 Mendoza finished writing Y La Bamba's EP "Oh February" Inspired by the journey and the adventure Nick and Luz began to collect there songs with a raw approach "The Thrill of creating new music overwhelmed us and gave us a path to celebrate life with others." she said.
The Vibrant, Incessant beat of "Tiburones" is a intoxicating three piece with enchanting harmonies and syncapated percussion, electric guitar, bass, and keys. Influenced by Neil Young, Patti Smith, Richard Brautigan and the pulse of the Velvet Underground. "TIburones" Frames the sound of folk with Beat heavy rhythms and songs that split the sea.
FOODWARS 8 annual music & comedy festival + food drive to benefit hungry children
Bring a can of food!
Join us as we showcase a collection of the best local musicians and comics
to raise non-perishable food items for children via ImpactNW and the SUN School program, which targets childhood hunger in the classroom.
Our annual event pits artists of varying disciplines against each other to see who’s fanbase can generate the most generous response to the very serious realities of childhood food insecurities.
The winner will be named 2015 King/Queen of the Hungry in a lavish ceremony.
This is our eighth year hosting this wonderful event and we are proud to say we have raised over 50,000 cans of food during that time.
The Chicharones
The Sexbots
Bad Habitat
Proper KnocksKing GhidoraAugust in Blue (featuring Naomi T)
Tragedy
Ice Water Recordz
and comics:
Adam PasiBelinda Carroll
BoomerRissa Riss
Lance Edwards
Scott Von Wald
On June 20, OMSI will celebrate the beginning of summer with a free Star Party at Rooster Rock State Park and LL Stub Stewart State Park beginning at 9:00 pm, weather permitting. View the stars and other celestial object up-close through telescopes and binoculars. Viewing highlights include the gathering of the moon with Jupiter and Venus in the west and Saturn. Visit https://www.omsi.edu/events
The Oregon Juneteenth 2015 celebration is on Saturday, June 20 at Legacy Emmanuel Field. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Oregon Juneteenth will feature a parade and a host of other free, family friendly activities.
For more information, visit http://www.juneteenthoregon.com/
June 19-22nd It's WTF!
XRAY FM is proud to be a sponsor of this year's What the Festival. What The Festival features a giant splash pool, an illuminated forest art work, hookah lounge, spa oasis and live performances on 5 stages from over 80 electronic musicians including Big Gigantic, Odesza, Griz, Keys N Crates and more.
The rest of the line-up and ticket information can be found here!