menu-button3_2
HOME ABOUT SHOWS PLAYLIST EVENTS PARTNERS BLOG MEMBERSHIP GET INVOLVED! Sign In

Events

Hollywood Theater August 15th and 16th Doors 6:30/Stories 8:00
6:30pm Friday, August 15, 2014
Back Fence PDX has got a fantastic lineup of people telling stories based on the theme BLINDSIDED 
CLAIRE WILLETT, Award-winning playwright and Company Member Playwrights West
JOHN RODERICK, returning crowd favorite and frontman for the band The Long Winters, and has a fabulous and popular podcast, Roderick on the Line
ANDY LINDBERG, Host of Kick Ass Oregon HIstory and Played David Lard Ass Hogan in the movie Stand by Me, 
COLE KAZDIN, Moth Radio Hour Storyteller and Emmy-Winning TV News Producer 
VAL MALLINSON, Freelance Writer. 

Top Pot Doughnuts served at intermission!!!!

Mississippi Studios3939 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227
9:00pm Saturday, August 2, 2014

XRAY.FM presents masterful guitarist of what SPIN magazine hailed as "the most exciting live band in rock n roll" touring his punk- and jazz-influenced roc.

General admission: $10

A Weekend Festival in Happy Valley
9:00am Friday, August 1, 2014
2014 Line-Up

AgesandAges • Angel Olsen • Bobby Patterson •Cahalen Morrison • Courtney Barnett • Foxygen • Gregory Alan Isakov •Houndstooth • Jonathan Richman • Love as Laughter • Mac DeMarco •Mandolin Orange • Mikal Cronin • Parquet Courts • Possessed by Paul James •Robbie Fulks • Steve Gunn • The Barr Brothers • The Men • The Sadies •Unknown Mortal Orchestra • Ural Thomas • Valerie June • Willie Watson • Woods •X • The Black Lillies • Those Darlins • Destroyer • Diarrhea Planet • Leroy Thomas •Quilt • Charlie Parr • Brownout • Hiss Golden Messenger • Julianna Barwick •Lonnie Holley • Marco Benevento • Spanish Gold • Della Mae •People Under the Stairs • Shakey Graves • Jolie Holland • The War on Drugs •Warpaint • Blind Pilot • Nickel Creek\\Description

There’s plenty that could be said about Pickathon: The diverse and expertly crafted lineup; the festival’s pioneering ways in zero-waste food and beverage service; the celebration of Portland’s food-truck culture; Six stages creating unique environments for the performers, who all play twice over the course of the weekend; The emphasis of quality over quantity, with a 3500 paid attendance capacity; The family-friendly environment. Pickathon is the best weekend a music-lover could ask for.

Mississippi Studios
8:00pm Friday, July 25, 2014

XRAY.FM presents Gainesville, FL-based group whose rhapsodic art-rock has drawn comparisons to Stereolab and Björk.

HUNDRED WATERS
PURE BATHING CULTURE
WISHYUNU

8:00pm Doors, 9:00pm Show
$10.00 Advance / $12.00 Day of show
Bunk Bar Midnight - 2am
11:59pm Sunday, July 20, 2014

Join XRAY, Montel Spinoza and PDX Pop Now! for the official http://pdxpopnow.com/ after party at Bunk Bar from Midnight to 2am. 

Playing all the jams all night long while you top the festival off with a few nightcaps. 

And find out everything you need to know about PDX Pop Now!  Here

Disjecta Contemporary Art Space
7:00pm Friday, July 18, 2014

Videos, Stand Up, Music, Raucous Readings, Weird Stuff.

Hosted by Dan Kennedy (Host/Performer with the Moth in NY)

Beth Lisick

Kevin Samsell

Amy Miller

Laura Gibson

Vin Shambry

Arthur Bradford

Mindy Netifee

Andrew Dickson

B. Frayn Masters

and then Deb Leopards


TIckets and more information can be found here: http://portland.strangertickets.com/events/15309816/entertainment-for-people-mainstage-show-with-dan-kennedy

Audio Cinema, 226 SE Madison, Portland
10:10am Friday, July 18, 2014

XRAY is proud to sponsor the 2014 PDX Pop Now! It's the festival’s 11th year this July 18-20th. Join XRAY for a free and all ages music festival showcasing an array of genres representative of Portland, Oregon’s thriving and diverse musical talent. The three day event will feature 41 local bands, food carts, and a street fair, carrying on the tradition of being one of the most interactive and inclusive festival experiences.

This year’s festival will feature sets by Alameda, Barra Brown Quintet, Blouse, Brownish Black, The Bugs, Cambrian Explosion, Coma Serfs, The Cry!, The Estranged, Etbonz, Eyelids, Fringe Class, Grandparents, Gulls, Hustle and Drone, IllMacuLate, The Lonesome Billies, Lunch, Old Age, Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, Philip Grass, Portland Cello Project, Psychomagic, Purse Candy, The Resistance, Rio Grands, Sad Horse, Sama Dams, Souvenir Driver, Spellcaster, Stewart Villain, Summer Cannibals, Tezeta Bands, Thanks, Tre Redeau, Usnea, Vikesh Kapoor, Wampire, We Miss The Earth, Wishyunu, Zirakzigil.

More information and updates at  http://pdxpopnow.com/

The East End 203 SE Grand
3:00pm Saturday, July 5, 2014

Come join XRAY for some music in the sun! 

Featuring:

Wampire, Litanic Mask, Billions and Billions, We Miss The Earth (PRIDS), Lost Cities (MATTRESS), Panther Power (No Tomorrow Boys, Soda Pop Kids), Honey Bucket (Gnar Tapes/Burger Records)

$5

All Day

More info: http://www.eastendportland.com/

Holocene
8:30pm Wednesday, July 2, 2014
DJ sets by: 
Andy Cabic (of Vetiver)
Live performances by: 
Corrina Repp
Ryan Francesconi collaborating with Mirabai Peart
Plus films and images by: 
Edward P. Davee
Proceeds to benefit: 
XRAY.FM

8:30pm | $7.00 day of show

A Few of My Favorite Things is a recurring event at Holocene, in which a prominent member of the local arts community curates an evening showcasing their favorite artists from near and far, to benefit a nonprofit organization of their choosing. This evening we're pleased to welcome Eric D. Johnson, formerly of the Fruit Bats, who has curated an event with us to benefit Portland's community radio station, XRAY.FM!
Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211
7:00pm Saturday, June 21, 2014

We'll be holding a Boom Mic to the Best of Portland with storytellers, comedians, music, and poetry. 

Line Up:

Hosted by Carl Wolfson

STORYTELLERS: 
Arthur Bradford
Comedy Central's "6 Days to Air", MTVs "How's Your News?"   Dogwalker, BackfencePDX, The Moth Mainstage 

B Frayn Masters 
Mcsweeney's, Hobart, Monkey Bicycle and Host of Back Fence PDX 

COMEDY: 
Shane Torres
 2013 Portland'Funniest Person

Kristine Levine 
Portlandia,'Fat Whore' (Edinburgh Fringe show)  

MUSIC:
Vursatyl (Lifesavas) and Tim Perry/Ages and Ages

POETRY:
Carl Adamshick 
Saint Friend, (Mcsweeny's), 

RAFFLES, PIE, AND OTHER SURPRISES! 

DRESS TO IMPRESS: Wear a Band Tshirt, Concert Tshirt, or Election Tshirt and get free raffle tickets at the door! 


Pledge drive members get in free with RSVP!  Become a member now for free entry www.xray.fm/donate
doors at 7 show at 8 
XRAY.fm's Summer Party



The Academy Theater
9:00pm Friday, June 6, 201412:00am Saturday, June 7, 2014

Join us on June 6th for a special screening of 24 Hour Party People at the generous Academy Theater, where all proceeds will go to XRAY.fm. The station will be there in force, with DDDJJJ666 playing a live after-party (where Jefferson Smith will tell anyone who will listen why he loves this movie so much.)

24 Hour Party People
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.

Academy Theater
7818 SE Stark Street
Portland, OR, 97215

$5 Tickets (all proceeds go to XRAY.fm)
Movie starts at 9:15pm

Mississippi Studios
8:00pm1:00am Saturday, May 31, 2014

Enjoy the celebrated Portland-based group one last time! Dolorean plays their final show with Barton Carroll and Meridian. We will be there, say hi at the XRAY table! Doors are at 8, show at 9.

Star Theater
9:00pm Thursday, May 22, 2014

XRAY FM Presents: JEX THOTH with WITCH MOUNTAIN & USNEA

Star Theater, 13 NW Sixth Avenue

March 22nd, 9pm

$10 advance, $12 at the door

 21+

Double Dragon
5:00pm7:00pm Thursday, May 15, 2014

A Bi-monthly Mingling of Artists of all sorts to meet, discuss, blather, applaud & plot the growth of the Arts in Portland.Thursday May 15, 5-7pm: at the Double Dragon with the Portland Area Theatre Alliance, and the Museum of Contemporary Craft with XRAY DJ Keegan Meyer

-end outer container