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Leigh just sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events. It is reproduced below. You can receive the email as well by writing Leigh at twocliche@gmail.com.

There are many listings so we have put events in red that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Reminder: Also, we give out free tickets every Thursday to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the shows highlighted below. Join it if you like free stuff.

From Leigh Feldman:
Things I am currently jocking…

1) The Red Dress Party gathers 500+ people dressed all in red dresses to dance and go crazy all night. The Taurus Ball 4 will surely be a spectacle as the people involved go over the top with decorations and the artists performing will without a doubt be going wild. And then there is Jello Wrestling at the Watershed. Not much else needs to be said. These things speak for themselves.

2) DJ Marvel's ‘Models & Bottles' mix djmarvel.podOmatic.com/enclosure/2009-04-24T18_07_30-07_00.mp3 DJ Marvel just happens to be in town for DJ Gigahurtz's birthday bash and on Friday night he'll be rocking it at Hot Mess at Tube. Come see him for free! If you've never been to Hot Mess you have no idea what you are missing.

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.
See you all out and about! Leigh Feldman

Sunday, May 3

• Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante's (fire dancing! Ooh!)
• From Pipeline: NW Solar Expo at the Convention Center (link)
• Kingdom of Magic @ East End (rock!)
• Old Believers @ Someday Lounge (indie rock)
• Cinco de Mayo Celebration w/ Grupo Candente @ Waterfront Park (amazing Cuban jazz/soul/funk band)
• Blue Cranes @ Redemeer Lutheran Church (jazz)
• Freak Mountain Ramblers @ LaurelThirst (bluegrass/folk)
• Big Ass Garage Sale @ 2615 N Emerson (a ton of goodies)

Also, if you are feeling ridiculous and not to hung over from Cinco de Mayo, go to ‘Lube Job' at the Red Cap next Wednesday and watch live lube wrestling! How often do you get to do that? Ok, don't answer that question. But add this to your list of opportunities!

Thursday, April 30

• Last Thursday Street Celebration @ NE Alberta (so many galleries, shops, food stops and dj's … look for Cory O in the back of a U-Haul)
• Bathrobe Parade and performance by Solovox @ Alberta St. / Common Ground (come dressed in a bathrobe for the parade and then watch local electro wizard wow the crowd)
• Divine Invasion Tour w/ Bluetech, Shen, Welder and Devon @ Holocene (glitch, abstract, tech, electro hip hop… you can catch a free bus ride on the Groove bomb from Alberta St. to Holocene!)
• Dapper Cap Race for the Roses Hat Fittings @ Dapper Cap (free beer, tons of hats, chance to win free Blazer tickets to game 7 and a dj keeping you going)
• Saffron, Mirror Kats and RAWKrew @ Mississippi Pizza (female mc's, live organic hip hop, b-boys)
• Wow & Flutter @ The Know (crazy indie rock and light show)
• Stanton Warriors @ 2410 (masters of break beats and electro dance craziness)
• Flavour @ Agency (hip hop, funk, soul, club)
• Make It Pop PDX Pop benefit @ Ace Cleaners (indie rock)
• Chervona @ Alberta St. Pub (Balkan brass funk)
• Placebo Effect @ Groove Suite (minimal techno)
• From Pipeline: Last Thursday at Goodfoot Lounge with Jason Grahm, Kimmie Hutchins and Robert Pellicer
• Roommate, SPL, Geno Cochino and Tyler Tastemaker @ Dante's (bass, booty, dubstep)
• Ben Darwish @ Chapel Pub (jazz)
• Breakdown Thursday's @ Pala (house, techno, dance)
• The Fix @ Someday Lounge (hip hop)
• Sachi & Art @ Ground Kontrol (punk rock dj's)
• Boomland @ Hungry Tiger Too (pinball, new wave music, drink specials)
• I Want to Stop Wanting @ Disjecta (one sexy dance performance)
• Freakshow @ Theater Vertigo (live performance about a carnival freakshow)
• Gold Diggin Dames @ Eagles Lodge (a performance tribute to Busby Berkley musicals of the Great Depression)
• Delicious @ Crown Room (a new weekly alternative dance party)
• Tara Jane O'Neil @ Fontanelle Gallery (indie rock)
• Copy, Atole, White Fang, Mega*Church, DJ Linoleum @ Backspace (an all-star lineup of amazing PDX music makers)
• Burlesquire @ Hawthorne Theater (fire dancing, burlesque dancing, pin-up girl contests)
• Ryze + Fall, Harp, Mortal Grey @ Report Lounge (dubstep)

Friday, May 1

• Hot Mess w/ Dr. Adam and special guest DJ Marvel @ Tube (PDX's best dance party gets better with a special guest from Texas throwing down a party set)
• Ooah from Glitch Mob @ Crown Room (glitch hop and organic bass wobble)
• Battle For Terra 3D Movie Showing @ Living Room Theaters (PDX's first theater to install some new swanky 3D system)
• From Pipeline: Ladytron & The Faint North American Tour
  
• DJ Gigahurtz Selectro Bash @ Aura (some of the best dj's in the country come to PDX to throw down for local man Gigahurtz)
• From Pipeline:Portland Story Theater's 2009 Solo Performance Festival
• Gulls @ Potato Champion (abstract rock)
• Monorail @ Holocene (disco and funk)
• DJ Magneto @ Goodfoot (funk and soul)
• From Pipeline: NW Solar Expo at the Convention Center (link)
• Recreation @ Dunes (disco dance dj)
• Wonderland Circus @ Bossanova (another weekend of performers and performances)
• Jello Wrestling Tournament @ Watershed (sign up to get sticky)
• Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Show @ Brody Theater (improv comedy from one of the best troupes in the country)
• Reverse Dotty CD Release Show @ Rotture (electro rock)
• Beneath the Surface Art Show @ Nemo (first Friday art showcase)
• Freakshow @ Theater Vertigo (live performance about a carnival freakshow)
• Gold Diggin Dames @ Eagles Lodge (a performance tribute to Busby Berkley musicals of the Great Depression)
• Belgian Beer Fest @ Lucky Lab (23 brewers compete for the crown of best Belgian Beer)
• DJ Izm @ East Chinatown Lounge (great place to start the night)
• Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Animation Festival @ Cinema 21 (completely uncensored animated films … oh, and free Viso!)
• Battle Royale screening @ Clinton St. Theater (if you've never seen this, now is your chance to watch Japanese kids kill each other on an island)
• Eatcho @ Report Lounge (live painting from a truly talented street artist)
• Chronicle & Skoolyard @ Slabtown (a little reggae, a little brass funk)

Saturday, May 2

• Red Dress Party @ NW 17th (one huge dance celebration where everyone wears a red dress)
• Grateful Dead Concert Film @ Clinton St. Theater (classic concert films)
• Le Bistro Bazaar @ Montage (vintage item swap meet – trade and sell all your goodies)
• Alpaca and Fruition @ Backspace (jam band funk and bluegrass soul)
• Starfucker @ Holocene (local fav's play w/ Mattress, Freaky Outy and Deelay Ceelay)
• Easter Egg, Hit N Run, DJ Izm @ Crown Room (dance party jams)
• DJ Gigahurtz Birthday Bash @ Barracuda (some of the best dj's in the country come to PDX to throw down for local man Gigahurtz)
• The Grouch & Eligh @ Berbati's Pan (classic Living Legends hip hop)
• Wonderland Circus @ Bossanova (another weekend of performers and performances)
• Ron Steen @ Curious Comedy (jazz)
• From Pipeline: NW Solar Expo at the Convention Center (link)
• From Pipeline:Portland Story Theater's 2009 Solo Performance Festival
• From Pipeline:Keegan Smith & The Fam CD Release @ Bagdad Theater
• Blackboard Music Presents: DJ Royal All Ages Dance Party @ The Courts (hip hop, club, top40 dance party)
• Nordic Soul @ Groove Suite (house, techno, dance)
• Zoo @ Dunes (electro dance party)
• P:ear Blossoms 2009 @ Elemental International (a huge fundraising event for P:ear)
• From Pipeline:Portland Story Theater's 2009 Solo Performance Festival
• Dora Raymaker Art show @ Skeleton Key (new illustrations, paintings and photo pieces)
• Awaken Party w/ Terry Mullen @ 2410 (house, techno, late night dance party)
• Taurus Ball 4 @ Someday Lounge (elecrtro bands, bounce music and performance art)
• Various @ Branx (dubstep)
• Wild World of Batwoman @ Theater! Theater! (live performance of Batwoman stories)
• Rock the Runways 4.0 Model Call @ 419 SE Ivon St. (casting call for female and male models!)
• Freakshow @ Theater Vertigo (live performance about a carnival freakshow)
• Gold Diggin Dames @ Eagles Lodge (a performance tribute to Busby Berkley musicals of the Great Depression)
• Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Animation Festival @ Cinema 21 (completely uncensored animated films … oh, and free Viso!)
• Free Comic Book Day @ Local Retailers (go support a local business by getting free merch!)
• Eye Candy Ass Shake @ Fez Ballroom (local VJ's play classic tracks/videos)
• James Brown Tribute @ Goodfoot (all-star band of funk players pay tribute to the hardest working man in showbusiness that isn't T-Pain)
• Dragging An Ox Through Water @ The Artistery (melodic folk/indie rock)
• Cinco de Mayo Celebration w/ Melao de Cuba @ Waterfront Park (amazing Cuban jazz/soul/funk band)
• Hostile Tapeover @ Valentine's (old school hip hop cassette tapes)
• Belgian Beer Fest @ Lucky Lab (23 brewers compete for the crown of best Belgian Beer)
• DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid @ Bhakti Shop (bhangra, bollywood and a birthday celebration!)
• Arrested Development Quiz Night @ Peter's 19th Hole (a night of trivia about the TV show, not the band, however I do love Speech's hairdo and the bright loud colors that he wears)

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