TICKETS: $8 EventBrite, $10 @ Door
Join us for a hilarious evening with very funny comedians at a great new location - Dig A Pony located @736 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214
COMEDIANS
Ben Harkins
Pedro Andrade
Hyjinx
Bjorn RG
Imani Kent
HOSTS
Joyce Nance
Todd Basil
TICKETS: $15 advance, $20 day of
The Thesis (@TheThesisPDX) is a first Thursday hip hop showcase
A Portland institution!
Sour Deez
Wavy Josef
MADGESDIQCEG
Hinnessy Da Goon
Hosted by Verbz
21+ // Doors 7pm // Show 8pm
TICKETS // $15 Advance, $17 Day of Show
RATBOYS
10 years ago this April — April 1st to be exact — Chicago’s Ratboys put out their first collection of songs. The RATBOY EP, consisting of five indie-folk dorm room recordings, was free to download on Bandcamp and humbly passed around to friends on social media.
Cut to 2021, and Ratboys would normally be celebrating their 10-year anniversary on the road, playing a mix of songs from their very first release to their most recent, last year’s critically-acclaimed Printer’s Devil. Instead, just two weeks after the album’s February 2020 release and mere days before heading out on their first headline tour, the COVID-19 pandemic forced all touring to a halt. Despite not being able to play in-person shows for the past year, Ratboys has managed to stay busy by performing their music online via their own Virtual Tour series and by finding a different way to celebrate their first decade of being a band.
Lots of time at home last year gave Ratboys a chance to hit the studio, which has led to Happy Birthday, Ratboy, a surprise party of a new album featuring 10 brand new recordings of the band’s earliest songs + a newly-written bonus track entitled “Go Outside.”
WILD PINK
Wild Pink’s last album, 2018’s Yolk In The Fur, concluded with a song about the strange sense of relief that comes with “letting go of youth.” Frontman John Ross, then in his early thirties, was singing from a place of newfound comfort and wisdom, but it ended with a repetition of the line, “I don’t know what happens next.” The song, titled “All Some Frenchman’s Joke”, is a beautifully concise rendering of a universal milestone: leveling up from the wide-eyed naivety and self-destructive routines of our youth, only to realize that we’re as unprepared for the future as we were for the past.
On Wild Pink’s third album and first for Royal Mountain Records, A Billion Little Lights, Ross explores that dichotomy of finally achieving emotional security—of accepting the love and peace he deprived himself of in his twenties—while also feeling existentially smaller and more directionless than ever before. The record is a two-pronged triumph: an extraordinary reflection on the human condition presented through the sharpest, grandest, and most captivating songs Wild Pink have ever composed.
MOSTLY STANDING / LIMITED BALCONY SEATING
THIS EVENT IS 21+
VALID U.S. ID OR PASSPORT REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
WITH SPECIAL GUEST: OPEN MIKE EAGLE
21+ // Doors 8PM // Show 9PM
TICKETS: $20 Advance & Day of Show
"Armand Hammer raps from another dimension, it's on us to catch up" - NPR
"The rappers are superb foils for one another" - Pitchfork
Haram is a mercurial collaboration between incendiary rap duo Armand Hammer, and living legend The Alchemist. For the first time ELUCID and billy woods have crafted an album with a single producer and the result is extraordinary. With their unmatched penchant for stirring imagery and incisive storytelling, the two rappers dive into an ocean of Alchemist’s creation: warmly inviting on the surface, black and bonecrushingly cold at depth. Haram is a collection of the profane and the pure; a reminder that that which is forbidden is also sacrosanct.
The artists are joined by their friends and fellow travelers on this journey. KAYANA’s golden voice upps the wattage on “Black Sunlight,” while Fielded’s sultry alto gets chopped and screwed on “Aubergine”. Earl Sweatshirt makes a sun-soaked appearance, while Curly Castro and Amani mix like ice and salt on Brooklyn sidewalks and Quelle Chris, as always, finds a pocket all his own. Still, there is a natural rapport that belies the New York-to-Los Angeles-and-back nature of the project, allowing Haram to be more than the sum of its parts, however impressive those parts may be. This isn’t just the genre’s most insistent contemporary voices paired with arguably its best producer. This is when you buy a beautiful house only to discover, hidden behind a heavy bookcase, a stairway twisting up and away into the darkness.
Humor can conceal and alleviate the pain of trauma, but no joke will erase it. Even Wu-Tang Clan told you that tears come after laughter. Relief comes only from opening every emotional and psychological wound.
Open Mike Eagle spent the 2010s finding comedy in rap music and American nightmares. On albums like Brick Body Kids Still Daydream and Dark Comedy, he delivered hilarious socio-political insights via half-sung verses laid atop progressive production. Acclaim from publications like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and NPR coincided with headlining solo tours and top-billing at events like Adult Swim Festival. Between studio sessions, Eagle co-founded The New Negroes, a standup-meets-music variety show that explores perceptions of blackness. He and co-founder Baron Vaughn brought the show to Upright Citizens Brigade, Comedy Central, and venues around the U.S. Since founding his record label Auto Reverse Records, though, Eagle has scaled back the jokes. He’s finally unpacking his traumas and acknowledging their impact.
With over a dozen solo and collaborative projects to his name, Eagle has spent his career redefining and expanding the parameters of “art rap,” the term he coined as a shorthand for leftfield and avant-garde rap music. On Dark Comedy, which Pitchfork called “one of the most compelling indie-rap listens of [2014],” he chronicled everything from smartphone addiction to the realities of being an indie artist in the streaming era with self-deprecation and side-splitting absurdity. 2017’s Brick Body Kids Still Daydream (Mello Music Group) marked Eagle’s shift toward examining trauma. Here he waded through the rubble of Chicago’s demolished Robert Taylor Homes, where several family members once lived. Part documentary and part tribute, BBKSD b lended powerful fantasy and grim reality. It illustrated the strength and vulnerability of a community afflicted by institutional racism and the enduring pains of life in the projects. There were few jokes but decades of survival.
Anime, Trauma, and Divorce is Eagle’s first full-length album on Auto Reverse and the most personal project of his career. On the verge of middle age, reeling from the collapse of his marriage, he probes the darkness of his past and searches for lights to guide him forward. This is the sound of a broken man sifting through the pieces while trying to rebuild, the struggle to self-critique while practicing self-care. Do you disassociate by envisioning yourself as the lead in your favorite anime, or do you reflect on your headass behavior? Tattoos and beer or push-ups and smoothies? Executive produced by renowned rock producer Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M.), the album’s few features include Auto Reverse artist Video Dave and Eagle’s son. Anime, Trauma, and Divorce finds Eagle virtually alone, doing his best to reject the humor that will not cure his ills. All is not well, but he’s never been better.
THIS EVENT IS 21+
VALID U.S. ID OR PASSPORT REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
MOSTLY STANDING / LIMITED BALCONY SEATING
Doors 7:30PM | Show 8pm | Ages 21+ | Tickets
Proof of COVID vaccination or negative COVID test required for entry. FREE onsite testing available.
Catch Mipso touring in support of their new self-titled full length album, with bonus b-side tracks and new official videos recently released. Watch Mipso perform their single Big Star to get a feel for how this Carolina-bred four-piece’s layered harmonies captivate audiences and go swimming in space in three digitally authentic full-color dimensions with the "Big Star" music video. You can catch Mipso playing at Mississippi Studios on Saturday, September 18th.
FREE, No Tickets Required | 6:30pm
Kickstand Comedy is proud to present Comedy in the Park, Bringing FREE live stand up shows back to Portland audiences all summer long. Featuring your favorite comics from Portland and beyond in one of the city's most beautiful spaces — Laurelhurst Park. Hundreds of Portlanders have been showing up each week to remember what laughter sounds like, so come early to claim your spot on the lawn! Bring your pup and whatever Summer bevvy you'd like to sip on. Blankets drop at 6pm, and the show starts at 6:30pm.
Comedy in the Park: Portland’s #1 Comedy Show of all time… in a public dog park
Kickstand Comedy is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to curating live comedy with a focus on quality, community, and unique voices. An all-inclusive space for Portland’s comedy scene to perform, collaborate and learn.
We'll see you there!
FREE, No Tickets Required | 6:30pm
Kickstand Comedy is proud to present Comedy in the Park, Bringing FREE live stand up shows back to Portland audiences all summer long. Featuring your favorite comics from Portland and beyond in one of the city's most beautiful spaces — Laurelhurst Park. Hundreds of Portlanders have been showing up each week to remember what laughter sounds like, so come early to claim your spot on the lawn! Bring your pup and whatever Summer bevvy you'd like to sip on. Blankets drop at 6pm, and the show starts at 6:30pm.
Comedy in the Park: Portland’s #1 Comedy Show of all time… in a public dog park
Kickstand Comedy is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to curating live comedy with a focus on quality, community, and unique voices. An all-inclusive space for Portland’s comedy scene to perform, collaborate and learn.
We'll see you there!
TICKETS // GA: $20 per person // VIP: $30 per person (includes VIP seating, parking, food & drink voucher)
Kids 5 & under are free.
Open Air CINEMA AT OMSI
Enjoy great movies, food, drinks (including beer, wine, cocktails) & spectacular waterfront sunsets!
Food and beverages available for purchase. Music from XRAY DJs begins once doors open and films begin at dusk. A limited number of chairs are available on a first-come basis, so feel free to bring a chair or blanket, along with a light sweater or jacket.
FAQS AND SUMMER MOVIE GUIDELINES
SCHEDULE:
Weekend 1 – The Deep Search
- July 1 Life Aquatic, DJ Bobby D of Night School
- July 2 Wonder Woman, DJ Emoji Heap of Radio UwU
- July 3 Nomadland, DJ Bob Ham of Double Bummer
Weekend 2 – Tiger Beat! The Heartthrobs of Gen X
- July 10 Beetlejuice, DJ Bob Ham of Double Bummer
- July 11 Say Anything..., DJ PHNM of Phenomenal Disco
Weekend 3 – ‘90s Slumber Party Weekend
- July 17 House Party, DJ Honest John of Savage Beat
- July 18 Clueless, DJ Honest John of Savage Beat
Weekend 4 – Shake It Dance-Along
- July 25 Zola, DJ Serious Moonlight of Intuitive Navigation
Weekend 5 –Solve The Mystery Movies!
- July 31 Knives Out, DJ Womb Service of Much Finer
- August 1 Sherlock Holmes, DJ Kyle Reese of VCR TV
The following events have been moved to the OMSI Bridge Lot.
Weekend 6
- Thu, September 9th, Valley Girl, DJ Bob Ham of Double Bummer
- Fri, September 10th, Dirty Dancing, DJ Nate C of Heavy Metal Sewing Circle
- Sat, September 11th, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, DJ Bob Ham of Double Bummer
Weekend 7
- Thu, September 16th, The Dark Crystal, DJ Nate C of Heavy Metal Sewing Circle
- Fri, September 17th, The Green Knight, DJ Ambush of Eastern Standard Time, The Numberz, & News with my Fiance
- Sat, September 18th, Shrek, DJ Chancie of Welcome to Your Good Day
Weekend 8
- Thu, September 23rd, Brokeback Mountain, DJ Ryan Bunao of Radio UwU
- Fri, September 24th, Selena, DJ James Dineen of Sessions from the Box
- Sat, September 25th, Mars Attacks, DJLX of DiaspoRADIO Show
The Numberz and XRAY present our 5th Annual Juneteenth Teach-In, once again taking over the airwaves on Saturday, June 19th from 7 am-7 pm!
In its 5th year, we're thrilled to see this teach-in return to the XRAY airwaves straight from its thriving home with many of the folks that made it happen on XRAY from 2016 on, through our sister station. The Numberz, 96.7 FM, is The Black Music Experience Curated by Black Portland and we couldn't be more proud to champion their voices on our airwaves. Tune in to hear community leaders, thinkers, activists, artists, and more take over the airwaves in celebration of their work towards a more equitable society and celebrating Black excellence in Portland.
*Detailed schedule forthcoming
Andy & Ginkgo will be streaming live from Holocene with some soulful selections.
For those who wish to donate, all proceeds will be donated to Don't Shoot PDX to support their important efforts toward supporting BIPOC communities, and ending systemic racism and police brutality.
Donations:
Venmo - @HolocenePortland
Tune in on Twitch or Youtube
https://www.twitch.tv/holoceneportland
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsoKG1GHaJGVO2XPJpRBxpA
Join Don't Shoot PDX on YouTube for their second live organizing meet up on Zoom.
Face to Face meet up to organize community in support of families affected by police violence. #BlackLivesMatter
Black America is going through collective trauma and community organizers are not able to physically show up. This makes it hard to process everything that is happening. We need to connect. There are resources for the families and there is legal support for comrades. It’s time to organize our communities. Professional organizers against systemic violence will help to guide your access and issue call to action. There is something you can do to end the racist violence against black people. It’s time to step up and speak up.
DontShootPDX.org
Youth Power PDX is taking over XRAY.fm and Instagram with Speak Up, Sing Out, a multiplatform teen summit that will focus on the issues that matter to them. We'll be making space for their voices and the music and poetry that they are listening to every Monday in June from 2-3 pm. Follow Youth Power PDX on Instagram and bookmark our website, https://youthpowerpdx.org/ to learn how you can contribute and participate in this month long event.
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Holocene presents
Noche Libre: Isolation Edition
w/ DJs La Tati & Cuan
Friday, April 3, 2020
8:00 PM – 11:00
Reggaeton, Dancehall and House selected by Noche Libre DJs, streaming live from Holocene's Youtube and Twitch channels!
Stream will happen on our YouTube and Twitch accounts starting at 8pm.
Subscribe now
Youtube: https://bit.ly/2vzDXdr
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/holoceneportland/
Tips/Donations are encouraged and appreciated, with proceeds split between DJs and Holocene staff. Send a donation here on Eventbrite, or use one of the following methods:
Cash app: $holoceneportland
PayPal: contact@holocene.org
Holocene presents
SNAP! Y2K: '90s vs '00s Dance Party - LIVE STREAM!
Fri, March 27, 2020
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM | All Ages
Join the SNAP! crew via live stream from Holocene's Youtube channel on a nostalgic trip back to the 90s through the early '00s music!
Stream will happen on our YouTube account starting at 8pm.
Subscribe now!: https://bit.ly/2vzDXdr
We'll also be streaming to Twitch - Twitch users, follow Holocene Portland!
Tips/Donations are encouraged and appreciated, with proceeds split between DJs and Holocene staff. Send a donation here on Eventbrite, or use one of the following methods:
Cash app: $holoceneportland
PayPal: contact@holocene.org
The pandemic has meant our once very busy calendar of shows and events around town has to take a pause for a little while. We hope to be back together soon once it's safe to gather.
In the meantime, check out XRAY's 2020 series of House Shows for your favorite Portland artists live from their homes and our friends at The Fixin' To.
Come celebrate festival-style during Reed College's 3rd annual Black Arts Festival presented by the Reed College Multicultural Resource Center, The Office of Institutional Diversity, The Office for Student Engagement and JOOP JOOP Creative.
The festival will include a full concert experience featuring performances by:
Bbymutha
Maarquii
KayelaJ
Zsa Zsa
Bnick
Father Fannie
Myke Tomorrow
BIPoC Community Marketplace featuring:
donna's macarons
HAB Sauce
Golden Pear Studio by Georgina Brooks
Om Thrive
Nia Musiba
Sitafal Farm
Siren's Song Stitchery
City Troll, LLC
Tazha World
Mariquita Medicinals
Chalchi Farm and TleXochitl
Just V Natural
Stackin' Kickz Clothing
Habiba Abdul Rahim Art
Designs By Le'yon
Mane Threads
Tender Table
PDX WOC Zine Collective
MexiRican PDX
Bishop and Sons
Q+M Collective
Myal Medicinals
Upper Metal Class
Project Object
NEO
Meals 4 Heels
Open Signal: Portland Community Media Center
bearandbeebalm
Switchblade Sistas Vintage
Cascade AIDS Project
Mudbone Grown LLC.
Art of Nike Ozaki
Honeybee Sparkling Lemonades & Syrups
Iltopia Studios
BODI Brand
Orquidia Violeta
Domthemadartist
Three Fifs
Amrapali Boutique
Mildreds Sweet Treats
Kerry Mark Green
Eloy Gomez
Forever Hungry
Food from
Sengetara Ethopian
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College
3pm
All Ages
Kid Friendly
Bring the whole family!
FREE and Open to the Public! FREE Parking! FREE food!
*West Parking is closest to Kaul Auditorium
*North Parking is also close
Womxn House & Beacon Sound present:
Collapsi, Faustina Masigat, sunbaby, Crystal Quartez
Plus a raffle with the chance to win goods & services from Psychic Bar, Lovesick Tattoo, Babylon Vintage, Mesmer Natur, Beacon Sound, Seven Sisters, Solabee and more!
All proceeds will go towards supporting the Womxn House space located on Mississippi Ave. Hope to see you there!
21+ / $10 NOTAFLAF
KPH & The Canary Collective is releasing their first full-length album "The Canary Collective: Vol 1" and wants to celebrate with Portland fam Tuesday Feb 11th at 8pm at Turn! Turn! Turn! with brilliant Portland sirens Margaret Wehr and Isabeau Waia'u Walker.
It's time to heal our bodies and the earth holistically! "The Canary Collective" album was concocted in the spirit of amplifying voices of sensitive canaries in the proverbial coal mine: people with chronic illness who are struggling to afford healthcare and safe water, food, air, and housing. Now KPH is on another tour of the west coast hoping to encourage dialogue and action around the issues of healthcare, gender, and climate justice for all. This will be a beautiful evening of womxn songwriters sharing their songs and thoughts on how we can heal.
Partially funded by an Arts Project grant from King County's 4Culture, the album features guest artists such as Luz Elena Mendoza of Y La Bamba, Nataly Dawn (solo artist and in band Pomplamoose), and poets such as Afrose Fatima Ahmed, Leland Chazen, and Tara Hardy. It was recorded and mixed in good ol' Portland by Ryan Oxford of Color Therapy Recording.
Doors 8pm Show 8:30pm
21+
Cover suggested donation $5-10
Hear more of Kaeley's music and support her medical treatment at: https://www.patreon.com/kph
Now in its 6th year, Girl Fest has announced the full schedule and line-up for Girl Fest 2020, which will take place January 11th – 12th, in Portland, Oregon. Historically a one-night event, this year’s Girl Fest will debut three new installations at various venues around town, leading up to the official Girl Fest 2020, which will take place at Holocene on Sunday night, and will feature Seattle’s Chong The Nomad, with Guayaba, Pool Boys, DAN DAN, Basil Strawberry, and No Manches of the Noche Libre Collective. The event, (and all 3 new Girl Fest events), will be open to all ages with a bar available to 21+ attendees.
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Saturday, January 11:
Girl Fest Songwriters Luncheon @ The White Eagle Featuring: Robin Bacior, Clara Baker, Tara Velarde 12-3pm – FREE – Attendees may RSVP on Facebook
Girl Fest Comedy Happy Hour @ The Hallowed Halls Featuring: Kate Murphy, Becky Braunstein and more! 5-8pm – $10 – Tickets Available Here
Sunday, January 12
Girl Fest Benefit Brunch @ Blackheart Featuring: DJ Kween Kay$h 11am-2pm – Portion of Food & Bev Sales Benefit Girl Fest – Attendees may RSVP on Facebook
Girl Fest 2020 @ Holocene Featuring: Chong The Nomad, Guayaba, Pool Boys, DAN DAN, Basil Strawberry, No Manches (of the Noche Libre Collective) 7pm – $10 / Adv, $15 / DOS – Tickets Available Here
Albina Music Trust & Cooky Parker Present: A World Arts Foundation Production
Ural Thomas’ 80th Birthday Party
Tonight’s 80th birthday celebration is for “Portland’s Pillar Of Soul,” Ural Thomas. The event features headliners Ural Thomas & The Pain with an eclectic mix of opening acts including soul crooner Nick Waterhouse, the local R&B sounds of Covi., and the live comedy of “Portland’s Funniest Person,” Adam Pasi. Live storytelling from event MCs Paul Knauls, Sr. and Calvin Walker round out the night. Ural Thomas only turns 80 once. Come sing him happy birthday, won’t you?
Ural Thomas & The Pain
Nick Waterhouse | Covi. | Adam Pasi, “Portland’s Funniest Person”
MCs Paul Knauls, Sr. & Calvin Walker
December 21, 2019
Revolution Hall (1300 SE Stark St. Portland, OR 97214)
Doors 7pm | Music 8pm | $20 Advance | $25 Door | All Ages
Advance tickets available at www.revolutionhall.com or at the venue box office.