Events

// All Ages Welcome // 7pm Doors, 8pm Show // $18 Advance, $24.25 day of show //

Ava Maybee (23) indie/pop singer & songwriter from Los Angeles, finished top 14 of American Idol Season 20.  She released six singles with over 15 million streams.. Ava has been featured in Nylon, Rollingstone Mexico, and graced the cover of the indy online magazine Beautiful Blood, among others. Dedicated to her philanthropic work, she is a junior ambassador for Children's Hospital of LA. Ava recently graduated from NYU / Tisch / Clive Davis Institute and just wrapped a 30 city U.S. tour with Beauty School Dropout.

// All Ages Welcome // Doors 7pm, Music 8pm // Tickets Start at $56 //

When it comes to defining the space between classical and electronic music, hardly any other name is mentioned as often as that of the Berlin-based pianist, composer and producer. His unconventional approach to an age-old instrument, played contemplatively and intimately, and his sonic alchemy of ambient textures and atmospheric electronica, has won him many fans around the world. Numerous tours and concerts all over the globe have strengthened his reputation as both an exceptional instrumentalist and a fascinating live musician. His albums have garnered international acclaim from critics and audiences alike, and his live shows are regularly sold out.

Join XRAY's own DJ Wednesday (Six Beats Under, Mondays 9-10pm) for a night of curated live performances by

Guest Directors, Ten Million Lights and Mayray

Saturday, May 16th at the Fixin' To on N Lombard

21+

$10

Doors at 8pm

// All Ages // Multiple Dates and Times // $20 early bird GA, $40.00 early bird w/ reserved seating at Trashion Show //

This year's theme, "Gathering" invites us to come out of hibernation and into creative collaboration. Enjoy four incredible days of artistry & imagination! Heart of Cartm envisions a dynamic culture focused on actively using waste as a resource for social, economic and creative benefit. They believe that the create use of waste can improve the quality of life for all communities.

The Trash Bash Art Festival celebrates our region’s resourcefulness and creativity!

Trash Art Gallery Opening & Reception: Thursday, May 15th, 5-9pm

// All Ages // Multiple Dates and Times // $20 early bird GA, $40.00 early bird w/ reserved seating at Trashion Show //

This year's theme, "Gathering" invites us to come out of hibernation and into creative collaboration. Enjoy four incredible days of artistry & imagination! Heart of Cartm envisions a dynamic culture focused on actively using waste as a resource for social, economic and creative benefit. They believe that the create use of waste can improve the quality of life for all communities.

The Trash Bash Art Festival celebrates our region’s resourcefulness and creativity!

Trash Art Gallery Opening & Reception: Thursday, May 15th, 5-9pm

// All Ages // Multiple Dates and Times // $20 early bird GA, $40.00 early bird w/ reserved seating at Trashion Show //

This year's theme, "Gathering" invites us to come out of hibernation and into creative collaboration. Enjoy four incredible days of artistry & imagination! Heart of Cartm envisions a dynamic culture focused on actively using waste as a resource for social, economic and creative benefit. They believe that the create use of waste can improve the quality of life for all communities.

The Trash Bash Art Festival celebrates our region’s resourcefulness and creativity!

Trash Art Gallery Opening & Reception: Thursday, May 15th, 5-9pm

All Ages Welcome // 7pm Doors, 8pm Show // $26.41 Advance, $41.77 day of show //

You already know Phil Cook, at least if you've listened to any of the most essential folk-rock, indie rock, or even gospel records of the last decade. The spirited piano solo on Hiss Golden Messenger's "Day O Day," the incisive melody of Bon Iver's "AUTAC," the mesmerizing elegance of the keys on Hurray for the Riff Raff's "Life on Earth"-yes, those are all Phil Cook, a beloved collaborator capable of transforming an entire song with a pretty lick here, a sharp line there. The War on Drugs, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ani DiFranco, Nathaniel Rateliff, Frazey Ford, the Indigo Girls: Cook's partnerships in just the last dozen years shape their own best-of.

But now, Phil Cook has returned to his first musical love: solo piano. It is, after all, the instrument of his upbringing and now the most direct line between his fathoms-deep sensitivity and the ears of his audience. On the new release, All These Years, Cook's playing-a chronicle of gorgeous and emotionally expansive meditations-reorients expectations of solo piano composition and improvisation. Indeed, that exquisite album is just the start for a player approaching the grand old instrument from the perhaps unlikely foundation of American folk music.

Two decades ago, Cook left his native Wisconsin for North Carolina, largely to be closer to the American roots music that had taken over his life. The blues, bluegrass, old-time, country: They formed a composite lingua franca for Cook, who began to deliver his keen understanding of these sounds with a guitar or a banjo, a slide or fingerpicks. He funneled that information into his pioneering avant-folk band Megafaun and subsequent duties as an in-demand sideman. But in early 2020, Cook paused his relentless touring duties with others, intent on focusing on how all his experiences and erudition could fit into his own songs. He found a cabin in the North Carolina mountains and woke early and wrote late, penning aubades and nocturnes and endearing reflections on his own life. The results feel like a mirror held to a heart and mind squinting to find light in our age of darkness, hope in a moment where it's easier to believe in its absence.

Traditional folk music, we are rightly told, was often the sound of people getting by, of chronicling despair and worry so that they might get through that stuff, if only for the next five minutes. Technique and melody and vocabulary aside, that is the absolute essence Phil Cook summons at the piano, whether supporting some famous singer or offering the warm flicker of his solo work. This is music that makes you glad to have heard it, glad that it exists, glad that you're here with the chance to be glad at all.

- Grayson Haver Currin (2022)

All Ages // 7pm Doors, 8pm Show // $29.03 Advance, $36.41 Day of Show //

The Jins have been on a tear for the last decade, bringing their fusion of incredible riffs, bombastic drums, and driving basslines to fans first in Vancouver, and then across Canada and the US.

Ben Larsen, (guitar vocals) Hudson Partridge, (Bass) and Jamie Warnock (drums/vocals) got the ball rolling in 2014 in the living room of a shared house. This music was not destined to remain in the living room however, and soon the Jins were playing stages both in Vancouver, and then across Canada, with a self-produced EP and Album along the way.

The hard work paid off in 2019 when The Jins were noticed by Vancouver indie label 604 Records, and an EP was soon in the works with producer Dave Genn (Matthew Good Band, 54-40). The resulting EP featured the runaway hit "She Said" (14M+ streams on Spotify) and the eponymous "Death Wish."

In 2022, The Jins returned with a vengeance and once again hit the local scene with songs that they had kept in the vault. The indie rock smoothness of "Metro", the air punching anthem of "Stay Please", and the garage rock cool of "Effigy", the pieces came together that would become 2023's "It's a Life" LP. While not afraid to show their influences, one can hear the weight of Sabbath, the harmony of the Beatles, the echoes of Smashing Pumpkins, all wrapped in their unique swagger and humour.

When the three-piece hit the stage, you are in for one thing and one thing alone, and that's a spectacular show. The songs take on new life and become barrelling avatars on the shoulders every rock band stands on. The crowd moves, sways, jumps, and screams to the beck and call of the instruments and vocals as a wall of sound crashes over you, just to recede and hit you once again. In between guitar changes and Larsen's trademark banter, The Jins achieve one thing on every song they play and every time they take the stage- sheer passion, and the one goal of bringing everyone together for a good time.

Website:

https://www.banditbooking.com/the-jins

All Ages // 7 PM Doors, 8 PM Show // $33 Advanced Tickets

Join DJ Wednesday from the XRAY show Six Beats Under (Mondays 9-10pm) for a curated evening at Holocene

Performances by Carrion Empire, Solara Obscura and Waking Sophia. DJ set by DJ Wednesday.

7pm, 21+
$10 in advance, $12 at the Door

Saturday, February 15th from 7pm-12am, the Gathering of the Tribes, presented by Impact! Sound and XRAY.fm

With DJ sets from Shockman (Dub), YT (DanceHall), Action Slacks (Soul), Nomad (Reggae), Cucia (Cumbia).

$5 at the door and All Ages at the Cravedog warehouse at 665 N Tillamook St

2nd Annual Cravin' Gravy and Friends Holiday Pop Up

Saturday, December 14th. Noon - 8pm. 665 N Tilamook St

Featuring tables and sale items from record labels, XRAY.fm and local makers

Vendors include

• Kill Rock Stars
• The Submissive Stone
• Philly Finds
• Western Hearts Handmade
• Fluff & Gravy
• Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble
• Cravedog
• Jealous Butcher Records
• XRAY.fm

All Ages  

Doors 5pm: Open House 

Show Starts at 7pm

Tickets $10

Find out more information on the initiative's website at portlandpossible.org

October 14th is Oregon’s Voter Registration Eve & Indigenous People’s Day. We’re celebrating!

Don’t miss this spirited evening at Portland Center Stage with City Council and Mayoral candidates sharing their visions for the future of business, arts, culture, and community in Portland — in a high energy gameshow format with lots of audience participation.

Doors at 5 pm at Portland Center Stage for an Open House with candidates, light snacks, and tasty beverages.

Oregon Taste, a program of the James Beard Public Market will host tasting stations highlighting the flavors of each district.

Straightaway Cocktails will stir a little spirit into the evening with a no-host bar, opening at 5 pm.

Ice cold sparkling water provided by our friends at Rambler. Born in Austin, Texas and enjoyed clear across the U.S.  Sustainably sourced and proudly supporting American Rivers.  

Event put on by North Star Civic Foundation, XRAY FM, Better Portland, NW Native Chamber, Portland Center Stage, & Reimagine Portland.

21+ / 7 PM Doors 8 PM Show // $28 Advanced Ticketing

ESG with Strange Babes and Dirt Twins

10+ Femme Fronted Performances

$15 // Tickets available first come, first served at the door door day-of-event

Doors 3:30pm, Show 4:00pm 

Lineup: 

21+ // Doors 8pm, Party 9pm

Special XRAY Advance: $10.71, or $15 at the door.

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Join us at Holocene for a dance party as part of our summer to celebrate 10 years of XRAY!

This special DJ showcase features longtime XRAY DJs Honest John (of Savage Beat, Thursdays 7pm-8pm) and Morning Remorse (of Meaningful Connections, Thursdays 8pm-9pm), as well as newcomer Smasheltooth (of the new XRAY program Smasheltoonz 01:00am-02:00am).

50 Bands. 5 Venues. More Information. 

$20 // Tickets available first come, first served at the door door day-of-event

Doors 3:30pm, Show 4:00pm // VENUES: Spaceroom, Quarterworld, Trough, Tanker, BOG

Lineup: 

Join XRAY and Happy Lucky for a block party!

Looks, Sips, Swagger and Beats

XRAY DJs will be on hand to spin records, local vendors, food and drink. Help us celebrate and show your pride!

Saturday July 20th from 4-9pm at 615 SE Oak Street. This event is free and open to everyone. This is an outdoor event so please prepare accordingly.