Events

🎉 BORN-DAY VIBES LOADING… 🎉
We’re celebrating the one and only @djambush at the next #NoRequestsPDX — and you already know it’s gonna be a vibe.

🗓️ Sunday, Sept 28
🕕 6–9PM
📍 White Eagle Saloon
🎧 2 DJs • 4 Decks • No Requests
🎂 Born-day set from DJ Ambush himself
💥 Classic hip-hop, underground gems & community energy

No cover all night
All ages ‘til 8PM | 21+ after

Presented by @norequestsdjs
Powered by @klyphworks + @dstrct9cs

#DJAmbush #KlyphWorks #Dstrct9 #GoldenEraHipHop #HipHopLives #PDXevents #NoRequests #BoomBap #UndergroundVibes

PDX INDIE ART WALK / MAKING INDIE TRAXX TOUR

Abstract Rude

Vursatyl

Propaganda

Rhymewave

Rob the Universe

Myhrrlin

The Inspirational Rapper / DJ Gobi

Freestyle Cypher with Krow and Adam Cedar

Open Beat Cypher, Open Mic 

Art Walk/Vendors 2-5pm

Music/Cyphers 5-10pm

Sunday Sept. 28th @ The Haven PDX

2505 NE PACIFIC ST PORTLAND, OR

2-10PM

All Ages

$15 presale / $20 doors

21+ // Doors 7 PM // $75 3 - day pass and $30 DoS

A shoegaze, dream pop, psych and post-punk music festival

Pitchfork declared that 2023 was the year that the shoegaze revival hit its stride. Well, in the Pacific NW, shoegaze never really went away, with past trailblazing events in Portland like Shoegazer’s Ball / Fuzzy Ball, and now Seattle’s recent Seagaze and Tremolo festivals leading the way. Currently in Portland, however, there’s a shoegaze-shaped hole in our festival calendar. Our all-volunteer membership committee–made up of members of Kallai, Ten Million Lights, and presenting sponsor DKFM Shoegaze Radio–have joined together to remedy that.

Full festival lineup, tickets and more information at www.dreamgazepdx.com 

All Ages // 7 PM Door 8 PM show // $34 Tickets

All Ages // 6 PM Doors 7 PM Show // $21 Tickets

Sabertooth Presents a one day mini fest featuring the heavy/sludge/metal sounds of:

Gata Galactica
Fluid Druid
Salo Panto
Rarefaction

Gata Galáctica:
Gata Galáctica are a Portland-based band that blend elements of cumbia, afrobeat, surf music, and psychedelia from past to present. Their music creates kaleidoscopic grooves that will make your body move and soul soar. Their melting pot of influences are infused with high energy performances that transport listeners to another dimension. BELIEVE, as you travel through space and time with their infectious sound.

Fluid Druid: 

Portland's Fluid Druid is a psychedelic rock band blending the garage grit of 13th Floor Elevators with the glam flair of T-Rex and Brian Eno. Their driving instrumentals, sharp hooks, and engaging lyrics make for an irresistible live show, where energy flows freely between band and audience.

Salo Panto:
Since 2015, Salo Panto has been exploring and bending every corner of the rock genre. Rooted in psychedelia with a stage presence that will blow your hair back, commonly being described as 'a sight to behold'. Their technical skill and original hooks pay homage to the legends of rock while transforming the genre into something new entirely. These chameleons can be found anywhere from the alternative radio waves to a doom show lineup, specially curating their sound for every performance, creating an atmosphere that is infectious and inclusive, all for the love of music.

Rarefaction: 
Rarefaction is a dynamic four-piece heavy psych band hailing from Portland, Oregon with elements of progressive, garage, and stoner rock. 

All Ages // Friday Sep 19th through Sunday Sep 21st // Single Day and Full Festival Pass

The Third Annual Cascade Equinox Festival is coming back to Central Oregon to celebrate the 2025 Autumnal Equinox. The musical lineup paired with the unique immersive experiences of visual and performance art, workshops, kids activities and camping make Cascade Equinox more than just a music festival.  Alongside a curated selection of local wineries, breweries and eateries and a market featuring unique nomadic and artisanal crafts set against the majestic landscapes of the Pacific Northwest High Desert, Cascade Equinox is an event not to be missed.

Single day passes along with a multitude of camping and curated experiences plus lineup information and schedule can be found at www.cascadeequinox.com 

For those who miss my pre-pandemic era recurring dance party Club Nitty Gritty, you'll want to be sure to show up for the next edition of FLAME World Famous Kenton Club!

It's the Nitty Gritty edition of Flame featuring gritty rhythm 'n' grooves of the 1950s & 1960s (mostly).
R&B
Garage
Soul
Blues
Latin (mambo, boogaloo, etc)
Roots Rock 'n' Roll

Chuck Berry, Ruth Brown, Otis Redding, Tina & Ike Turner, Perez Prado, Yma Sumac, The Fabulous Wailers, Koko Taylor, Howlin' Wolf & SO much more!

Get ready to get DOWN and GRITTY on the dance floor!

SATURDAY LINEUP

Aminé
Amaarae 
Zack Fox (DJ Set)
Chlothegod 

SUNDAY LINEUP

Thundercat
Smino
MIKE
Donta 

21+ // Doors 7 PM // $15 Advance $20 DoS

Australian psy-rockers O.R.B supporting their album Tailem Bend are joined by Buddy Wynkoop and Mini Blinds for a blistering set at SE PDX's Swan Dive. Tickets and more information at lonelygodpdx.com

21+ // Doors 7:30 PM // Tickets $18 DoS

Denver-based lyricist and producer Deca brings the Growing Young Tour to Portland for a night of thought-provoking rhymes and immersive beats. Catch him live on Wednesday, September 10th at Twilight Café, delivering cuts from his latest project alongside fan favorites that showcase his signature blend of introspection and boom bap.

Featuring special guests:

Spinitch – bringing raw energy and lyrical sharpness

No Requests DJs – setting the vibe with Golden Era heat and head-nod classics

Pull up early, catch the full lineup, and tap in with real ones.

🎤 It’s not just a show—it’s a vibe.

All Ages // 7 PM Doors 8 PM Show // Tickets $36 & up

About TOPS:

Musicians David Carriere, Jane Penny, Marta Cikojevic, and Riley Fleck — write timeless music that reliably threads immediacy and depth. Bury the Key, their first full-length since 2020 and with new label home Ghostly International, is a captivating reintroduction for the Montréal band: ever refined, undoubtedly masters of their melodic craft yet unafraid of evolving and testing themselves against different, at times darker tones. The album faces feelings once locked away, engaging the give-and-take between happiness, hedonism, and self-destruction. While often inhabited by fictional figures, their glowing, grooving, self-produced songs draw from personal observations: intimacy (both inside and outside the band), toxic behavior, drug use, and apocalyptic dread. When recording started, they noticed a shift and leaned in, jokingly dubbed “evil TOPS,” says Penny. “We’re always kind of seen as a soft band or like naive or friendly in a Canadian way, but we made it a challenge to really channel the world around us.” Through the lens of a looming epoch and the clarity that comes with age, TOPS dip into a more sinister disco realm with Bury the Key, giving their soft-focus sophisti-pop a sharpened edge.

No Requests presents: Native Tongues – A Labor Day Weekend Celebration
Date: Sunday, August 31, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St, Portland, OR
Admission: Free | 21+

Celebrate the legacy of the Native Tongues collective—A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, and more—with an all-vinyl tribute set by Portland’s own No Requests DJs, DJ Klyph and DJ Ambush. Expect golden era hip-hop classics, deep cuts, and a community vibe in one of the city’s most intimate venues.

Presented by No Requests DJs, KlyphWorks, and DSTRCT9 Creative Solutions.

21+ // 8:30 PM Doors 9 PM Show // $5 Adv $8 DoS

All Ages // 7 PM Doors 8 PM Show // Tickets $22 and up

Fred Cole's Birthday Celebration

All Ages // Art Showcase 3 PM Event 5 PM // Free

The electrifying “Star Awards” at this year’s PDX HIP HOP WEEK, honoring a decade of hip hop culture in Oregon! This momentous celebration will take place at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, a fitting venue for such a historical occasion. Featuring legendary hip hop pioneer Cool Nutz, alongside captivating performances by Karma Rivera, Majik9, Mighty, Jae Lava, D•T, King Thayo, Sayu, Jumbo, DJ Avelanche, DJ O.G.TOO, the talented Manifest Dance Agency, and special surprise guests! The heart of the celebration is to honor individuals from various elements of hip hop, recognizing their invaluable contributions to the culture’s growth outside of industry protocols. These honorees have and are paving the way for future generations to thrive. The event will be skillfully hosted by Trail Blazers DJ and PDX HIP HOP Week Co-Founder DJ O.G.ONE, alongside the charismatic radio personality DJ Klyph. Together, they will keep the energy high and the audience engaged throughout the celebration. Don’t miss this chance to be part of a milestone event celebrating ten years of PDX HIP HOP Week, where culture, community, and artistry come together for a night of inspiration and joy!

21+ // 2 PM - 1 AM // $20 Tickets

XRAYFM and Volume Bomb Records present the annual Volume Bomb Block party taking place over 5 venues (Bar of the gods, The Trough, Spaceroom, and Quarter World) and 50 bands. More information, lineup and tickets at www.volumebomb.com

Portland’s biggest local Christian hip-hop concert in over a decade comes to White Eagle

PORTLAND, Ore. (July 24, 2025) — Portland’s top gospel rappers, spoken word poets, and DJs will come together for the first-ever Elation Hip-Hop festival on Saturday, Aug. 23, at White Eagle Saloon. The afternoon concert will inspire its audience and re-spark Portland’s Christian hip-hop scene. Headliner Braille (Bryan Winchester) began his recording career in Portland in 1996 and has been in several groups including the nationally popular Beautiful Eulogy. Co-headliner Oracle (Doug Gaither) has been a cornerstone of Portland’s Christian hip-hop scene, having released 12 projects featuring virtually every gospel rapper in the city. The lineup also includes rapper and DJ G*Natural (Jelani Greenidge) alongside both emerging and established artists.
 
Elation Hip-Hop 2025 is a featured concert of the 10th annual Portland Hip Hop Week founded by STARCHILE and DJ O.G. ONE. The week’s mission is to “foster a sense of community, unity, love, and respect through the celebration of togetherness” and create “an inclusive and diverse environment that uplifts and celebrates the vibrant culture of hip hop while bringing people together in a spirit of joy and connection.”

Elation Hip-Hop 2025 is sponsored by Champions Barbering Institute, Corban University, St. Andrew Nativity School, Bryan Atkinson Real Estate, and Eastside Imago Dei Community.

What: Elation Hip-Hop 2025
When: Saturday, Aug. 23, 1–5 p.m.
Where: McMenamins White Eagle Saloon & Hotel, 836 N. Russell St. Portland, OR 97227
Tickets: $24.24, available at etix.com, all ages
More Info: elationmusic.org/hip-hop and Facebook event “Elation Hip-Hop 2025”
Promo graphics, official music playlist, and info about Portland Hip Hop Week are available.

All Ages // 6:30 PM Doors 8 PM Show // $50 Advance $57 DoS

L7's signature sound of a heavy, catchy, mixture of punk, metal, noise and pop helped usher in the era of Grunge. Since their recording career began in 1987, the band has released six studio albums, three live albums, one covers LP, and one greatest hits to date on labels including Epitaph, Sup Pop, Slash, and Warner Brothers.

Founded in Los Angeles in 1985 by Donita Sparks-guitar and vocals, and Suzi Gardner- guitar and vocals, the band features Dee Plakas on drums and Jennifer Finch - bass and vocals.

While particularly known for their unforgettably raucous live performances, the band also spawned underground and mainstream hits including Shove, Pretend We're Dead, Shitlist, Andres, Fuel My Fire and more. Their music can be heard in television (ER), video games (Grand Theft Auto, Rock Band 2) and popular films including The Perks Of Being a Wallflower, Natural Born Killers and John Water's classic Serial Mom, in which they also star as fictitious band Camel Lips.

In 1991, the band founded Rock for Choice, a pro-choice organization with the Feminist Majority Foundation producing nationwide benefit concerts featuring the biggest musical acts of the day from Joan Jett to Nirvana.

In 2001 the band went on an 'indefinite hiatus'. After 15 years and at the urging of their fans via social media platforms, L7 reunited in 2015 and performed sold out shows around the globe to rave reviews and accolades from a new generation of music fans.

Their triumphant return continues with two new singles Dispatch from Mar-a-Lago and I Came Back to Bitch, released on Don Giovani Records. The latter, released in February of 2018 kicks off a US Tour in April in addition to tours of South America, Mexico, and Europe this summer.

A documentary on the band L7: Pretend We're Dead was released in 2017 to critical acclaim and demonstrates L7's contribution and legacy in the pantheon of rock.

Website: http://l7theband.com/

All Ages // Doors 5 PM Show 6:30 PM // $47 - $75

With five GRAMMY® Awards, 14 Blues Foundation Awards, and a groundbreaking career spanning more than 50 years under his belt, Keb’ Mo’s got nothing left to prove. Just don’t tell him that.

Keb’ reflects, “I’m still breathing, and I’m still hungry. I’m still out there going for it every single day.”

Born and raised in Compton, Keb’ began his remarkable journey at the age of 21, when he landed his first significant gig playing with Jefferson Airplane violinist Papa John Creach. For 20 years, Keb’ would work primarily behind the scenes, establishing himself as a respected guitarist, songwriter, and arranger with a unique gift for linking the past and present in his evocative playing and singing. Though he recorded a one-off album in 1980 under his birth name, Kevin Moore, it wasn’t until 1994 that he would introduce the world to Keb’ Mo’ with the release of his widely acclaimed self-titled debut. Critics were quick to take note of Keb’s modern, genre-bending take on old-school sounds, and two years later, he garnered his first GRAMMY® Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album with Just Like You. In the decades to come, Keb’ would take home four more GRAMMY® Awards, top the Billboard Blues Chart seven times, perform everywhere from Carnegie Hall to The White House, collaborate with many, including Taj Mahal, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, The Chicks, and Lyle Lovett; have compositions recorded and sampled by artists as diverse as B.B. King, Zac Brown, and BTS; release signature guitars with both Gibson and Martin; compose music for television series like Mike and Molly, Memphis Beat, B Positive, and Martha Stewart Living; and earn the Americana Music Association’s 2021 award for Lifetime Achievement in Performance.

In addition to his extraordinary musical output, Keb’ has also established himself as a captivating onscreen presence over the years, appearing as himself in Martin Scorcese’s The Blues, Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing, and even the iconic children’s series Sesame Street. He flexed his acting chops in a wide variety of projects, as well, portraying Robert Johnson in the 1998 documentary Can’t You Hear The Wind Howl, Howlin’ Wolf on CMT’s Sun Records, and the ghostly bluesman Possum in John Sayles’ 2007 film Honeydripper. A fixture on late-night TV and award show stages, Keb’ has also performed on Letterman, Leno, Conan, Colbert, and Austin City Limits in addition to appearing on nationally televised broadcasts from The Kennedy Center, The Ryman Auditorium, and Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival.

A passionate philanthropist and outspoken activist, Keb’ has devoted countless hours and helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to support social, environmental, and racial justice throughout his career. As a celebrity mentor with The Kennedy Center’s Turnaround Arts Program, which began under the guidance of First Lady Michelle Obama and the President’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities, Keb’ “adopted” The Johnson School for Excellence in Chicago, where he teamed up with teachers, students, and parents to help develop a thriving arts education program. As a longtime ambassador for the Playing For Change Foundation, he’s supported the non-profit from its early days in its quest to provide free music education and basic needs like food, water, medicine, clothing, books, and school supplies to children worldwide.

Bringing it all back home, Keb’ looked to his own story for inspiration on his captivating album, Good To Be, artfully linking the grit and groove of his Compton roots with the strum and twang of his more recently adopted hometown of Nashville, TN, where he’s lived and worked for the last eleven years. The collection, drawing on country, folk, blues, and soul, transcends genre and geography, weaving together a joyful, heartwarming, and relentlessly optimistic tapestry that encompasses the entirety of this once-in-a-generation artist’s larger-than-life career.

New TajMo album Room On The Porch out May 23!  Listen to the new single now!

About Shawn Colvin:

In an era when female singer-songwriters are ever more ubiquitous, Shawn Colvin stands out as a singular and enduring talent. Her songs are slow-release works of craft and catharsis that become treasured, lifetime companions for their listeners. As a storyteller, Colvin is both keen and warm-hearted, leavening even the toughest tales with tenderness, empathy, and a searing sense of humor. In the 30 years since the release of her debut album, Colvin has won three GRAMMY Awards, released thirteen albums, written a critically acclaimed memoir, maintained a non-stop national and international touring schedule, appeared on countless television and radio programs, had her songs featured in major motion pictures and created a remarkable canon of work.

Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota, where she lived until she was eight. A small-town childhood in the university town of Carbondale, IL. drew her to the guitar by the age of 10. She made her first public appearance on campus at the University of Illinois at age 15. By the late 1970’s Colvin was singing in a Western Swing band in Austin, TX.—the city she now calls home. She moved to New York at the decade’s end as a member of the Buddy Miller Band where she met producer, guitarist and co-writer John Leventhal. Leventhal inspired Colvin to find her own voice as a songwriter. She began honing her skill and was soon signed to Columbia Records. Her first album, Steady On, produced by Leventhal, won the GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording.

Colvin was most recently honored with an induction into the 2019 Austin City Limits Hall of Fame, alongside legendary artists Lyle Lovett and Buddy Guy. In a moving induction speech, Jackson Browne praised her as “ineffable” – ‘that which is impossible to express in words’ – and extolled, “Not many writers are able to do what Shawn does. It’s a very special way of relating what really matters. It takes an original to get our attention. Shawn is utterly original in her singing, and original in what she speaks about in her songs.”

Over the course of three decades, Shawn Colvin has established herself as a captivating performer and a revered storyteller, well-deserving of the commendation of her peers and the devoted audiences who have been inspired by her artistry. As she enters her thirtieth year as a songwriter and performer, she continues to reaffirm her status as a vital voice in music.