TICKETS | $25 advance, $30 day of show, $30 advance 21+ Reserved Balcony, $35 day of show 21+ Reserved Balcony
Doors 6:30 PM | Show 8 PM
All Ages | Proof of COVID vaccination or Negative Test within 72 hours required for entry
Parquet Courts' thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. Sympathy For Life finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity.
Built largely from improvised jams, inspired by New York clubs, Primal Scream and Pink Floyd and produced in league with Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, Hot Chip, David Byrne), Sympathy For Life was always destined to be dancey. Unlike its globally adored predecessor, 2018's Wide Awake! - a Top 30 hit here and an album of the year everywhere from Spin and The Skinny to NME and Australia's Double J - the focus fell on grooves rather than rhythm.
Featuring Automatic
TICKETS | $10 pre-order, $12 at the door
Doors 8 PM
Penny Wishes are a three-piece indie/alternative rock band out of Portland, OR. The music these three create is thick with urgency and buzzing guitar jangle. RIYL Throwing Muses, Dinosaur Jr, The Breeders, and Bikini Kill.
Venues require proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test), to enter the venue until further notice. More details at holocene.org/vaccine
TICKETS | $12 presale/ $15 at door
Doors 8 PM | Show 8:30 PM
21+ Only
DAN.G is an Alternative R&B duo based out of Portland, Oregon. Started in the summer of 2019, DAN.G consist of singer Daniel Garrett and guitarist/production Jesse Valdez. Together they hope to provoke the feeling of empowerment, mirroring the experience during the writing process. Also featuring:
TICKETS | $12
Doors 7 PM | Show 8 PM
21+ | Required COVID-19 vaccination proof, or proof of a negative Covid-19 test result, taken within 48 hours prior to entry.
Goon’s latest EP Paint By Numbers, Vol. 1 expands the band’s sound immensely, bringing it in a lush, freer direction, hinting at wilder things to come. Paint by Numbers 1 is the first of two EPs, done in a similar manner to founder Kenny Becker’s early Bandcamp days. Forgoing a traditional studio, Becker recorded Paint by Numbers 1 entirely at his apartment and the band’s rehearsal space, alternating between a used four track tape recorder and plugging straight into his computer interface. The songs were recorded quickly, capturing the urgency and energy with which they were written. Becker compares the songs to “sculptures or collages,” but “no less significant” to him.
Caleb Nichols is a queer writer and musician from San Luis Obispo, CA. Since 2005, Caleb's played guitar, bass, and sang in bands as disparate as DIY folk-punks the Bloody Heads, mid-2000's Pitchfork buzz band Port O'Brien, and Rogue Wave side project Release the Sunbird, not to mention his own projects, Grand Lake, CHURCHES and Soft People.
FREE
An artist takeover of 30+ diverse creators is coming to Sou’wester for a week-long Artist Residency; to play with materials, the environment, and each other. They will come create and transform The Sou’wester into a Studio/Gallery/Theater/Stage. Providing opportunities for extended play on the weekend, we invite the public to witness, interact with, and re-imagine their work through studio tours, installations and performances.
TICKETS | $16 advance, $18 day of show
FREE
An artist takeover of 30+ diverse creators is coming to Sou’wester for a week-long Artist Residency; to play with materials, the environment, and each other. They will come create and transform The Sou’wester into a Studio/Gallery/Theater/Stage. Providing opportunities for extended play on the weekend, we invite the public to witness, interact with, and re-imagine their work through studio tours, installations and performances.
TICKETS | $10 advanced, $12 day of showCalling all hip-hop fans and beat heads! Rose Tinted is the hip-hop project you didn't know you needed. The Portland-based band is back at Holocene on Thursday, March 24th. This show is part of their monthly residency, celebrating the very best hip-hop artists in the PDX scene. Through their residency with Holocene, Rose Tinted strives to showcase and collaborate with Portland's finest MC's, beat producers, DJ's, and R&B artists. Opening up the night on this one-time showcase is beat producer Calvin Valentine and Portland MC, Milc. The two will be performing tracks from their most recent album, "Tiger Milc," for the first time live!Rose Tinted is dedicated to producing live-sampled beats, flipping classic hip-hop joints to pay tribute to the classic boom-bap sound. Rose Tinted provides hip-hop lovers with the nostalgia of their favorite DJ set combined with the incredible musicianship and creativity. If you consider yourself a hip-hop fan, you should get used to making their monthly residency a regular hang.
TICKETS | $10
Doors 8 PM | Show 9 PM
21+ | Valid COVID vaccination card required for entry
The Whags, out of Seattle, visit Portland on their 'Just Desserts' tour in support of new music. The band brings their blend of psychedelic funk and groove-driven pop to the stage at the Fixin' To. As is typical with their sets the group will meander through their catalog, discovering opportunities for jam and expansion. Local cult-rock cohort Family Worship Center and psychedelic sound explorers Super Secret Band support.
TICKETS | $25 advance, $30 day of show, $30 advance 21+ Reserved Balcony, $35 day of show 21+ Reserved Balcony
Doors 6:30 PM | Show 8 PM
All Ages | Proof of COVID vaccination or Negative Test within 72 hours required for entry
TICKETS | $13
Aaron Space & his Terrestrial Underlings is the musical moniker of composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Elihu Knowles. Based in Berkeley, CA, Knowles's background as a jazz drummer deeply influences his soulful and experimental tunes. His work has often been compared to a variety of artists including Jon Bap, Sun Ra, Radiohead, King Krule, Standing on the Corner, and Rufus Wainwright.
Now, following a brief sojourn playing traditional jazz in Berlin, Germany, Knowles has returned to the states for another west coast tour. With a smaller band, he hopes to shed light on a different aspect of Aaron Space's musical universe, emphasizing its improvisatory elements to create a more captivating and continually evolving performance. He has begun production on his second full length studio album, which is expected to be completed around the end of the year.
PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION OR NEGATIVE TEST REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
Doug Fir is currently requiring COVID-19 vaccination proof, or proof of a negative Covid-19 test result, taken within 48 hours prior to entry.
For full, up to date information, please visit dougfirlounge.com/covid
THIS EVENT IS 21+
TICKETS | $18 Advanced
Doors 8PM | Show 9PM
21+ | Proof of COVID vaccination or Negative Test within 48 hours required for entry
with Su Lee
Since breaking out in 2018, CHAI have been associated with explosive joy. At their live shows, the Japanese four-piece of identical twins MANA (lead vocals and keys) and KANA (guitar), drummer YUNA, and bassist-lyricist YUUKI have become known for buoyant displays of eclectic and clever songwriting, impressive musicianship, matching outfits, delightful choreography, and sheer relief.
TICKETS | $15 Advanced
Doors 7 PM | Show 8 PM
All Ages | Proof of vaccination or negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of event.
New Constellations are Portland based duo Harlee Case (vocals) and Josh Smith (multi-instrumentalist and producer). As childhood best friends, Josh recorded Harlee’s first songs in his bedroom when she was 14. Josh spent the next decade playing and touring in bands around the northwest, while Harlee was spending her time building a large community around female empowerment and the legalization of plant medicine.
After 15 years of working on music separately, they have teamed up to form New Constellations. Blending powerful vocals, dancy beats, catchy guitar hooks, and energetic live shows, they have caught the attention of listeners with their debut single
“Hot Blooded’ earning over 2.5 million streams in its first year. With a combined force of killer songs and a thriving supportive community, New Constellations are set for success.
Featuring: DJ KLYPH (The Numberz & XRAY's Welcome to the Neighborhood)
Doors 8:00 pm // Show 9:00 pm
Tickets: $49.75 Advance GA // $55.00 Day of Show
21+ // Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test Required
Robert Glasper is the leader of a new sonic paradigm with a career that bridges musical and artistic genres. To date, he boasts 4 Grammy wins and 9 nominations across 8 categories, and an Emmy Award for his song for Ava Duvernay’s critically hailed documentary “13th” with Common and Karriem Riggins. His work and accolades bridge all aspects of the music business, from live touring to film scoring, composing and producing.
Evolution is his hallmark. Glasper’s breakout crossover album Black Radio changed the face of the genre and set a new expectation for what popular music could be. The album won him the Grammy for best R&B album and established him as the musician of choice for some of the world’s most iconic artists; notably playing keys throughout Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly.
The ongoing Black Radio series has since become Glasper’s calling card, upholding a place at the heart of a trailblazing community: from Mos Def and Bilal, to legends including Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu.
Glasper’s eternal pursuit to further his sound has been consistent in challenging and transforming his creative horizons across the board. Whether producing a remix album with Kaytranda or as a bandleader, he consistently defies the limits of the genre. This is evident in a portfolio that ranges from his acoustic jazz trio; which simultaneously defies and elevates the traditional idiom by uniting it effortlessly with electronics from visionary DJ Jahi Sundance, to August Greene; a collaboration with Common + Karriem Riggins, to R+R=Now a supergroup at the crossroads of hip-hop and Jazz.
In the last two years alone Glasper has seen a staggering diversity of success. He dropped Fuck Yo Feelings; a star-studded mixtape; with features from YBN Cordae to Herbie Hancock to Yebba. The album was nominated for the Grammy for Best Progressive R&B album in the recent 2021 awards. He created an original score for the Emmy Nominated doc The Apollo and the feature film The Photograph starring Issa Rae.
He led a legendary residency at the Blue Note NYC with 56 sold-out shows in 27 days which saw everyone from Dave Chappelle to Tiffany Haddish, Chadwick Boseman, Q-Tip, Anderson.Paak and Angela Davis join him on and off stage. And, alongside long-time collaborator, co-producer, and creative partner Terrace Martin, he formed another dream team supergroup Dinner Party featuring Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder.
In August of 2020, Robert released ‘Better Than Imagined’ which won the Grammy for Best R&B song in 2021; the first taste of his hotly anticipated forthcoming Black Radio 3 album. Featuring H.E.R and Meshell Ndegeocello, the song advocates for Black love and the power, and responsibility, we have to improve our world; again demonstrating that, above all, Glasper is an artist at the heart of a moment – and a movement – to champion Black music, Black people, and the possibility of a better future. The hip-hop-head-nod ballad is a dedication to just that: the beauty and brilliance of a heritage that is as much Kendrick as it is Coltrane, and which seeks to empower and uplift with every offering.
In his own words:
“Black lives matter and so does black love; no one wants a life without love, but we have generations of people in our community who haven’t had the tools to actually be in healthy relationships. It seems like people are finally ready to open their eyes to systemic racism in this country, and if we’re going to talk about it, we have to also talk about how it affects our relationships — how we communicate, how we see ourselves, how we treat each other. It’s not always good, even though maybe it could be.”
Next up for Glasper is the long-awaited release of Black Radio vol. 3, with this very special 2022 Biamp PDX JAZZ FESTIVAL appearance a showcase of those new tunes along with his now classic catalog.
TAHIRAH MEMORY
Portland native, singer, songwriter Tahirah Memory, raised by a willful, loving and resourceful mother, and shaped at an early age by the vibration and melodic hands of her jazz trumpeter father, asserted her love for music extremely early in her childhood. Tahirah’s sound, steeped in jazz, soul and R&B is unlike any other, sounding distinctly like her personal truth.
DJ KLYPH – THE NUMBERZ 96.7FM & XRAY.FM (Welcome to the Neighborhood, Sat 8-10pm)
is a Portland based radio personality who has been creating platforms for the local music scene and artists worldwide. He’s utilized terrestrial radio [The Numberz FM, XRAY FM], Podcasting [Klyph Notes] and live events [Mic Check PDX] with an ear toward lyricism and conscious hip-hop representing the underrepresented.
21+ // Doors 8 PM // Show 9 PM
OLD TIME RELIJUN
Old Time Relijun give sweaty, compulsively danceable performances that never fail to inflame their audience. Their songs are simple but no one else in the world could imitate them. Their albums are packed with sing-along hits, mixed with sonic experiments and inside jokes.
DESCENDING PHAROAHS
Half structure, half improvisation, they draw influence from Arabic/Anatolian electric music, eastern improvisation, spiritual jazz, gamelan, British psych, and the louder side of 70s krautrock. Harmonia, Omar Khorshid, Mogollar, Ash Ra Tempel, Hawkwind, Sandy Bull, Savage Republic are inspirations.
21+ // Doors 7PM // Show 8PM
TICKETS: $20 Advance & Day of Show
The Weather Station
Ignorance, the forthcoming album by The Weather Station, begins enigmatically; a hissing hi hat, a stuttering drum beat. A full minute passes before the entry of Tamara Lindeman’s voice, gentle, conversational, intoning; “I never believed in the robber”. A jagged music builds, with stabbing strings, saxophone, and several layers of percussion, and the song undulates through five minutes of growing tension, seesawing between just two chords. Once again, Toronto songwriter Tamara Lindeman has remade what The Weather Station sounds like; once again, she has used the occasion of a new record to create a new sonic landscape, tailor-made to express an emotional idea. Ignorance, Lindeman’s debut for Mississippi label Fat Possum Records, is sensuous, ravishing, as hi fi a record as Lindeman has ever made, breaking into pure pop at moments, at others a dense wilderness of notes; a deeply rhythmic, deeply painful record that feels more urgent, more clear than her work ever has.
MOSTLY STANDING / LIMITED BALCONY SEATING
THIS EVENT IS 21+
VALID U.S. ID OR PASSPORT REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
TICKETS | $12 Advanced
Doors 8PM | Show 9PM
21+ | Proof of COVID vaccination or Negative Test within 48 hours required for entry
Called “one of Mexico’s greatest young talents and vocalists” by KCRW’s José Galvan, Silvana, who is 23 years old, is the new voice of a movement of independent female artists who have characterized Latin Alternative music over the past decade.
TICKETS | $35 advance, $40 day of show, $40 advance 21+ reserved balcony, $45 day of show 21+ reserved balcony
Doors 6:30 PM | Show 8 PM
21+ | VENUE COVID POLICY
Galactic bring the sound of New Orleans to the Crystal Ballroom with guest Too Many Zooz. After 25 years performing together and ten albums, the group continue to build on their jazz funk sound with the recent addition of vocalist Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph.
An event to connect local Black and Brown farmers with local buyersBuy your CSA share!
Meet BIPOC farmers and learn about local agriculture!
Are you a chef? Market manager? Come meet your farmers! Join the movement that's changing the face of farming!
Free to attend! Food trucks on site! Live music and DJ!
LOCATION: CORE PDX, 3612 SE 82ND AVE, PORTLAND, OR 97266
Please RSVP to enter a raffle filled with goodies from farmers! Otherwise just show up day of!
Email sitafalfarm@gmail.com if you have questions!
An event to connect local Black and Brown farmers with local buyersBuy your CSA share!
Meet BIPOC farmers and learn about local agriculture!
Are you a chef? Market manager? Come meet your farmers! Join the movement that's changing the face of farming!
Free to attend! Food trucks on site! Live music and DJ!
LOCATION: CORE PDX, 3612 SE 82ND AVE, PORTLAND, OR 97266
Please RSVP to enter a raffle filled with goodies from farmers! Otherwise just show up day of!
Email sitafalfarm@gmail.com if you have questions!