MusicFest NW is just around the corner, happening September 8 through September 11. Get out Portland and enjoy music, get your groove on, attend an array of venues, scout out new tunes, and explore the vast music scene Portland so graciously offers!
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Hawthorne’s Annual Street Fair happening Sunday, August 15, 2010 from 11am to 5pm. Hawthorne’s Street Fair is sure to provide fun for the whole family with live music, entertainment, parties, kids activities, and sidewalk sales.
The Street Fair will take place all along Hawthorne, especially between 30th and 43rd Avenues . Sunday Parkways will cross Hawthorne again this year, drawing thousands of people to the Hawthorne Street Fair! Ride the bus, carpool, walk, or bike!
Deschutes Brewery Street Fare, Thursday, August 12th , 5-9 pm
“Join us on Davis Street in front of our Portland Pub for street food from 10 of Portland’s best food carts, local music and craft beer. Proceeds benefit Morrison Child & Family Services and the entry fee is only $5.00 and includes your 1st food & beer taster! Additional taster tickets are $4. Tickets can be purchased onlineor at the gate. For more information, call us at 503-296-4906. Portland Street Cart Vendors Include: Potato Champion, Whiffies Fried Pies, The Grilled Cheese Grill, Ali Baba’s, Mum’s Kitchen, Slow & Low, Garden State, Oregon Ice Works, Pyro Pizza, and Flavour Spot.
“Join us on Davis Street in front of our Portland Pub for street food from 10 of Portland’s best food carts, local music and craft beer. Proceeds benefit Morrison Child & Family Services and the entry fee is only $5.00 and includes your 1st food & beer taster! Additional taster tickets are $4. Tickets can be purchased onlineor at the gate. For more information, call us at 503-296-4906. Portland Street Cart Vendors Include: Potato Champion, Whiffies Fried Pies, The Grilled Cheese Grill, Ali Baba’s, Mum’s Kitchen, Slow & Low, Garden State, Oregon Ice Works, Pyro Pizza, and Flavour Spot.
Music: BUSKERS, 5:15pm Langhorne Slim with Chris Funk , 6:00pm Luzelena and Paul of Y La Bamba, 6:15pm Loch Lomond. STAGE: 7pm AgesandAges, 8pm Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside.
Musicfest NW, September 8-12, 2010
08.08.10
Musicfest NW is coming to Portland September 8 through September 12, 2010. Attend Portland’s largest music festival and check out national, regional and local bands at a variety of venues throughout Portland.
Photo Courtesy of McMenamins.
Get out this summer and attend a concert at McMenamin’s Edgefield Amphitheatre. Have a good time listening to live tunes while drinking local hand-crafted brews in a beautiful outdoor setting. Shows coming up: The Steve Miller Band, Avett Brothers, Willie Nelson, and many more!
Welcome Back, Saturday Market!
03.07.10
Saturday Market offers a variety of things to do on a nice weekend day. Located right by Tom McCall Waterfront Park, there are lots of thing to do!
Local artists set up shop and sell items from clothes to fun magnets!
The options from the food stands are never ending! There is a huge selection of foods from all different cultures!
Local bands perform onstage in the food court!
Saturday Market is located at and around:
SW Akeny & SW Naito Park Way
Weekends after 11am
If you’re coming from home, the easiest way to get there is by hopping on the MAX for free since it’s in fareless square! Riding from any stop heading East (from Indigo 12 West) will drop you off at the Skidmore Fountain stop, which is right at Saturday Market.
Many of you are wondering “Is it dog friendly?” Absolutely! Just remember to be courteous and pick up after your little friends do thier business :o)
Friday marked the day ticket sales for the best concert of the year go on sale. Presented to you by Live Nation, Dave Matthews Band performs for 3 days straight in the Gorge Amphitheatre.
Every Labor Day Weekend DMB fans get together to enjoy the final days of summer listening to this soulful band. It’s a weekend of camping with thousands of people as your neighbor!
I know Labor Day is months away, but this is definitely an event anyone who lives in the great Northwest should attend at one point in life. Ask around…I’ll put money it 1 or 2 out of 10 people from the area either have been to this spectacular show, or know of someone who has.
Tonight at Mt. Tabor Theater, local artists will be hosting a concert for Haiti. The cost is $5+ suggested donation. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to aid earthquake -affected Haiti. You’ll be able to chose which pre-screened charity you would like your donation to go to. The choices are:
Tonight is a good chance to hear some great local artists and donate to a good cause!
New Year’s Eve! Let’s Party!
12.30.09
McMenamin’s Crystal Ballroom
Enjoy your New Year’s at the Crystal Ballroom (right around the corner from Indigo). Thursday, December 31, Tee Bee Enterprises presents “The Masters of Funk” New Year’s Eve Party. Featuring Sugarfoot’s Ohio Players, Barkays, Slave, Dazz Band, Liv Warfield, and Linda Hornbuckle. Doors open at 9pm, Show starts at 10pm, Cost $45 advance/day of show, *25 and over. Dance this New Year’s!
Mannheim Steamroller Chrstimas concert makes a return to Portland next weekend on December 19th at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Since 1984, Chip Davis’ Mannheim Steamroller has rung in the holidays with their contemporary interpretations of Yuletide favorites. Their unique sound has sold over 30 million albums and their performances with members of the Oregon Symphony promises to be a very special holiday event.
Tickets are still available from $25-$130. So bundle up and make the short walk from Indigo, its going to be an amazing show! More information available at www.mannheimsteamroller.com.