Thursday, December 7, 2022 (Full Moon) | Doors open at 7:00pm | Show 8:00pm | The Old Church Concert Hall - 1422 SW 11th Avenue, Portland OR
Tickets here | $17 General Admission / $22 Day of Show
TOC will be celebrating the “cold” full moon with some amazing artists in December.
Haley Heynderickx is the first performance of the night. The Portland artist has built a solid fan base around the country with serene folk tunes like The Bug Collector and Oom Sha La La. Her debut album, I Need to Start a Garden, popped up on several year-end album lists (Paste, Uproxx and more) and led to her own NPR Tiny Desk Concert. After spending the fall touring with Lucy Dacus, Heynderickx returns to Portland at the historic Old Church Concert Hall ahead of a period of “rest and recording.”
New York Avant-Garde legend Robin Holcomb finishes the evening with a set blending jazz, classical, folk music and much more. Her music has been described by the New York Times as “elegantly simple as a Shaker quilt, and no less beautiful.” It’s an honor to welcome her to the TOC stage.
Tickets are available now.
TOC is thrilled to announce the return of the “We Can Listen” social justice series. Since 2016, these events have brought storytelling, documentary, music and personal expression together in Portland. The series gives Portlanders the chance to share and hear perspectives on social justice topics.
December 6th's We Can Listen will highlight Oregon’s Black food systems, and explore the systemic inequities and disadvantages that Black farmers deal with in the agricultural industry. Speakers will also shed light on the achievements made by Black farmers in local cultivation, climate justice and food access.
This panel will include farmers, food industry experts, agricultural professionals, activists and historians from the Pacific Northwest. Each guest will tell their stories from personal experiences in the food industry, and then participate in the panel.
"We Can Listen" gives Portlanders young and old multiple opportunities to hear a variety of speakers share their perspectives on today's most important social justice topics from the sanctuary of our stage. The series presents speakers, both well-regarded and new to public discourse, on topics Portlanders have demonstrated are important to them including: racism, the homelessness crisis, food stability, housing stability, immigration and refugee issues, the environment, access to clean water, gender equality, disabled rights, health care, civic engagement strategies for adults and youth, and other compelling social justice issues.
TOC is a nonprofit, non-religious, all ages performance space and historic landmark in downtown Portland.
More information theoldchurch.org and wecanlisten.org
TICKETS | $22 advance, $25 day of show, $30 21+ Balcony, $35 day of show 21+ balcony
Floater has an impressive history of releasing albums that span a vast musical spectrum and hold up over time.
The band is squarely based in guitar rock but has evolved with stylistic changes that incorporate pop notes, reggae-inflected sounds, acoustic rock, and jazz.
With intense and unforgettable live performances, their fan base has grown over the years to a fever pitch and Floater fans are legendary for their dedication. For more things Floater go to www.Floater.com
Doors 6pm | Show 6:30pm
All Ages | Free Admission | Donations Encouraged Benefitting XRAY.FM, Friends of Noise, My Voice Music, & Youth Music Project.
A Collective Fundraiser for Nonprofits Empowering Young People Through Music
Four incredible nonprofits are banding together to host the ultimate youth open mic night with special guest performer Amenta 'Yawa' Abioto!
Join us as we raise awareness and support for Youth Music Project, Friends of Noise, My Voice Music, and XRAY FM through Willamette Week's Give!Guide campaign!
Sign-up at the doors at 6:00 p.m—spaces are limited due to the nature of this special event! Performances begin 6:30 p.m.
Note: This event may be live broadcast and/or recorded. Parent/guardian permission will be required for performers under the age of 18.
Straight Boom Bap. 90's Hip-Hop and Golden Era inspired.
DJ Ambush
In a time when DJ's come a dime a dozen, DJ Klyph was faced with the obstacle of separating myself from the pack. And through years of trial and error, he has come to find that the best way to do that is consistency. Stick to the script and give the people what they want. Consistency doesn't mean playing the same records each week. But it does mean giving a quality performance every time you pick up the headphones.
DJ Klyph
Always pushing the foundation, the definition of hip-hop. Peace. Love. Unity and Having Fun.
TICKETS | $15 Advance, $20 Day Of
Shaped by Jared Squires (guitar/vocals), Luke Nevills (bass/keys), Brandon Hailey (saxophone), Owen Mayo (keys/guitar), Trevor Church (drums), Alex Dean (synth/keys), Sean Connelly (vocals/keys), and Connor Merritt (aux percussion). Cytrus’ eight-piece funk-driven fusion makes a place at the table for everyone, offering a psychedelic pallet of funk, disco, electronic, rock, soul, hip-hop, and more. The Seattle-based band is personalized by its juicy synths, bass-induced grooves, and cinematic live performances. However, the group is best known for their flowing transitions in variety, consistently sonic wall of sound, and undeniable chemistry.
Bodhi Mojo is a psychedelic, four-piece jamband rooted in the good feels. Characterized by mind-bending jams and heartfelt songwriting, they never play the same show twice and leave you yearning for more.
https://www.cytrusband.com
https://linktr.ee/CytrusMusic
https://www.facebook.com/cytrusmusic
https://instagram.com/cytrusmusic
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdCL22fD/
TICKETS | $7 Advance/$10 At The Door
Neon Prairie Dogs
http://samuelcodymatson.bandcamp.com
Alison Self
https://linktr.ee/alisonselfmusic
Johnny Franco
TICKETS | $20
Never Ending Fall’s dynamic blend of jazz, funk, and alternative rock sounds create a soul-filled immersion into a catalog of electrifying feel-good music. Pair this one of a kind tour with a lineup of the hottest emerging artists that Portland has to offer and this is a lineup surely not to be missed.
No professional video or photography equipment permitted in the venue without prior approval.
Rosewood is excited to announce the return of Rosewood Saturday Celebrations, their summer market series with dates coming up on August 13th and September 10th, 1:00PM-4:00PM at their new location on SE 141st & Stark.
The events feature East Portland artisans selling their handmade goods, and resource fair of nonprofit organizations, providing an opportunity to gather, learn, celebrate, and support new small business owners. More information www.rosewoodinitiative.org or at the organization’s Instagram or Facebook.
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's (PICA) twentieth annual Time-Based Art Festival
TBA:22 illuminates what is new and extraordinary. It wrestles with the unanswered and unanswerable. It pushes against this edge of what it means to make—and who can participate in—contemporary art. In addition to performances, exhibitions, dance parties, our new NIGHT SCHOOL program, and our Fall 2022 Creative Exchange Lab, we invite you to come hang out, sip, ponder, and reconnect between and after programs at our on-site Festival bar. TBA:22 will feature international, national, and regional artists, World and West Coast Premieres, local partners, and accessible sites and spaces across the city.
This September, we invite you to come together—in the twenty-year spirit of TBA—to experience a festival like no other.
For a deeper dive into each program, please visit pica.org/tba.
Price
- Patron Pass (All Access + VIP) - $500
- Buy One, Give One - $300
- Full Pass - $150
- One-Weekend Pass - $75
- Individual tickets are also available for each individual program on a sliding scale.
Artists
- Adrienne Truscott
- Anthony Hudson/Carla Rossi
- Arab.AMP (Sir Richard Bishop, Lime Rickey International, and Descending Pharaohs)
- Black Feast (Akela Jaffi, Intisar Abioto, and Salimatu Amabebe)*
- Chloe Alexandra Thompson & DB Amorin
- Emily Jones**
- First Nations Performing Arts (Dakota Camacho, Kunu Bearchum, Allison Akootchook Warden, Autumn Chacon and Jess Abeita, Kevin Holden, morher feat. Chloe Alexandra Thompson, and Ed Bourgeois)
- garima thakur
- jaamil olawale kosoko
- Joseph Keckler with guest artist Holland Andrews
- Hannah Krafcik**
- Harun Morrison**
- Kite
- Lapaushi
- Nana Adusei-Poku
- Pallavi Sen**
- Pepper Pepper
- Princess Bouton**
- Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ (Elisa Harkins, Zoë Poluch, and Hanako Hoshimi-Caines)
- San Cha
- Satpreet Kahlon**
- Sasha Wortzel*
- Shannon Funchess/LIGHT ASYLUM
- Sylvan Oswald
- Takahiro Yamamoto
- UwU & Friends (ADAB (T4T LUV NRG), Ryan Bunao, Bianca AE Mack, Haevyn, Cay Horiuchi, Adam Lucero, Jack Malstrom, Jen Tam, Samantha Pollock, Ava Douglas, Baby Timm, Coco Madrid, Laura Anne Whitley, Nikki Nicole, Nzinga Valentine, and more!)
- Zach Blas*
*These artists are presented with our partners Black Feast; Cooley Gallery, Reed College; Hollywood Theatre, and Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University.
** These artists are part of our Fall 2022 Creative Exchange Lab.
21+ | Doors 4:30pm | TICKETS $25-$120 | COVID-19 Policies | Spotify playlist
Lose Yr Mind Fest is pleased to announce the full line up for the 8th annual independent music festival celebrating some of the best artists in rock, psychedelic, post-punk and garage.
This year’s primarily local lineup of 23 bands and two music showcases will take place September 2-3, 2022 across four venues in Portland’s Central Eastside neighborhood, with a free and open to the public wrap party on September 4.
Along with a majority of female fronted bands, this year’s festival will emphasize BIPOC and LGBTQ+ representation, making it the most diverse Lose Yr Mind Fest to-date.
Fueled by the nostalgia of the 90’s, this year’s lineup dives into the past to create a new blend of fresh and eclectic post-punk sounds. Highlights at Lose Yr Mind Fest include various Portland-based hometown stars such as ‘sad rock’ Soft Kill, psychedelic-pop band The Dandy Warhols, and indie-folk MAITA, whose sophomore record I Just Want to Be Wild for You dropped in February. While the mix of artists at Lose Yr Mind Fest includes local favorites, Psychic Bloom’s soulful garage rock from Tehran and Orquestra Pacifico Tropical’s Colombian cumbia rhythms show that the festival sounds go beyond borders and genres.
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Friday, September 2
Bunk Bar: Monsterwatch, The Macks, Shadowgraphs, Psychic Bloom
Vitalidad: The Dandy Warhols, Elephant Stone, Roselit Bone, Art d'Ecco, Orquestra Pacifico
Tropical, Abronia
Lollipop Shoppe (FKA Dig a Pony): The Thesis or Mama Bird Recording Co.
The Get Down: Soft Kill, TBD
Saturday, September 3
Bunk Bar: MAITA, Black Ends, Shaylee, TBD
Vitalidad: Jerry Paper, Holy Wave, Vinyl Williams, Tonstartssbandht, TBD, !mindparade
Lollipop Shoppe (FKA Dig a Pony): The Thesis or Mama Bird Recording Co.
The Get Down: Bush Tetras, Slang, Yuvees, Launderette
FEATURING:
Rosewood is excited to announce the return of Rosewood Saturday Celebrations, their summer market series with dates coming up on August 13th and September 10th, 1:00PM-4:00PM at their new location on SE 141st & Stark.
The events feature East Portland artisans selling their handmade goods, and resource fair of nonprofit organizations, providing an opportunity to gather, learn, celebrate, and support new small business owners. More information www.rosewoodinitiative.org or at the organization’s Instagram or Facebook.
FREE | All Ages until 7pm, 21+ 7pm on
It’s an endless sunny day. Eclectic music is pulsing through the air. Delicious eats and libations are being enjoyed by all. After all that time in quarantine and after that long, record-breaking winter, the whole community is coming together to celebrate. Music is vibing, records are being swapped, there are workshops and activities the whole fam can enjoy, and everyone you love is there having fun at your side…
This is the Portland July of your rainy winter dreams. Complete with XRAY favorites from the Saturday schedule--it'll be a day with XRAY you won't want to miss.
Come thirsty. Bring your friends and neighbors. And get ready to dance.
Find a full press release for the event here.
Live DJ Lineup:
- 12-1 PM: Beaches w/ Beaches Crew
- 1-2 PM: The Impact Sound! w/ The Grand Yoni
- 2-4 PM: Sessions from the Box with James Dineen
- 4-5 PM: Friends of Noise Presents w/ DJ Harry
- 4-6 PM: Friends of Noise Presents w/ DJ Ayler
- 6-7 PM: Intuitive Navigation w/ DJ Serious Moonlight & DJ Palm Dat
- 7-8 PM: Kevin Berry's Old School Show w/ Kevin Berry
- 8-10 PM: Welcome to the Neighborhood w/ DJ Klyph
Vinyl Fair:
As part of this event, we'll be hosting a Vinyl Fair complete with hidden treasures and longtime favorites from local collectors--including several longtime XRAY DJs. Vendors span all genres and, while prioritizing vinyl, will also have CDs and Tapes available. Expect to see music as wide-ranging as XRAY including Classic Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Psych, Punk, Industrial, Experimental, Folk, Goth, Acoustic, Pop, World, Soundtracks, Dance, and more.
Vendor Lineup:
Vendor Business Name // Vendor Name // Genre Specialties
*Links provided to shows on XRAY for those vendors who are station DJs.
- Too Many Records // Matt Kessler // Classic essentials from rock/jazz/soul/funk, modern rarities from hip-hop, video game soundtracks, indie, Brazilian, and blue note jazz
- DJ Morning Remorse // Carlos Block-Almanzan // All Genres
- Prospector Records // Patrick Gordy // Funk, soul, psych, jazz, rock, outsider
- Fragile Records // Randy Foss // Classic Rock
- Produce Records // Dan Bryant // All Genres
- Pleuracanthas Records // Thom Jones // Post-punk, experimental, goth, industrial
- DJ Bob Ham // Bob Ham // Indie Rock
- 3 Hand Stephen // Stephen Cohen // Freak folk, psych folk, poetic acoustic, creative acoustic, experimental
- David Wagstaff // David Wagstaff // Rock, Pop, World, Jazz, & Dance
- Fluff & Gravy Records // John Shepski // Indie Folk, Rock
- Discourage Records // Paul Montone // Indie
- Vinyl Crush // Mark Wald // Jazz & Rock/Pop
Volunteer at the Event
Want to help out with the event? Let us know by sending us an email at info@xray.fm. We could use folks to help with set up and clean up, recording shoutouts, merch sales, raffle/giveaway tickets, social media, photography, and all the things that go into a great summer party!
COVID-19 Precautions & More Information
TICKETS | $13 Advance, $15 at the Door
21+ Only
TICKETS | $13
21+ /// Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken in the prior 72 hours required
w/ Kelli Schaefer & Field Drums
Slang’s debut COCKROACH IN A GHOST TOWN is a force of nature that came, seemingly, out of nowhere. Lyricist/singer/guitarist Drew Grow and drummer/singer Janet Weiss started the band over a decade ago in Portland, OR—both having spent more than half their lives dedicated to making and performing music. Through the years, Weiss has played with everyone from her bands Quasi, Wild Flag, and Sleater-Kinney, to collaborators like Elliott Smith, Stephen Malkmus, and others.; Grow has fronted his own groups Modern Kin and the Pastors’ Wives, producing other bands along the way. Starting as a moonlighting collaboration, the meeting of this particular group was kismet if not totally cosmic.
TICKETS | $13
AN IMMERSIVE ONE-NIGHT, THREE-BAND LIVE CONCERT THAT DARES ASK THE QUESTION:
BUT WHAT IF THERE WERE PUPPETS?
Salo Panto performing with puppeteers: Matt Hopkins, Matt Laird, Liz Ghiz
Holocene and Bogmonster Events present the 7th edition of POP + PUPPETRY, an interdisciplinary extravaganza for the eyes and ears! 3 puppeteer teams of diverse styles will be paired with 3 inventive Portland-based pop/rock groups. Each puppeteer will present an original puppet show created especially for this event and synced to the band’s music. The results should be dazzling, and help to elevate the experience of both artistic mediums when combined.
Proof of full COVID vaccination (or negative rapid COVID test) required to enter
FREE
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 | $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+