Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below with some additions by Pipeline. You can get the email and your chance to win hookups for shows and deals by emailing leighfeldman3 @ gmail and asking to join
There are many listings so we have put events in red (or blue = linked!) that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.
Reminder: We give out free tickets every week to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.
Related From Pipeline: Portland Monthly Event Listings
From Leigh Feldman:
Things I’m currently jocking…
Free ish… We have tix to the Cuda Cabaret Event, OPB Live Wire!, DJ Gant-Man (does production for Kid Sister!) and to both the Brandon Roy NYE Party and the TIME2 NYE Event!… oh, and I have 4 passes to Avatar for Friday. Wanna win any of them? Forward this email to a friend, have them write us asking to join the group and we’ll enter you both in a drawing to win! (These are from Leigh, not Pipeline. Email him to join his list & win: leighfeldman3 @ gmail)
Free music ish… The Six Million Step’s Mix Series ‘P-Funk Mix.’ http://www.mediafire.com/?lly2wyo2hiz … You can see original members of Parliament Funkadelic at Massive next weekend (Dec. 26th) at the Crown Room!
Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.
See you all out and about! Leigh Feldman
Portland Thursday Events, December 17
- 2-3rd Thursday Shop Walk @ 23rd Ave (stores are open late and things are on sale!)
- Art Spark @ Curious Comedy (a gathering of local artists to discuss projects)
- Off the Grid & Graintable @ Goodfoot Lounge (jam band jazz, glitch, funky beats)
- Gems & Giants @ Jade Lounge (funk and soul)
- Xmas Film Show @ Clinton St. Theater (a heavily edited mashing of Xmas clips and other film gems)
- Flight 64 Benefit Event @ Holocene (indie rock)
- Highland Ambush Scotch Ale Release Party @ Bridgeport Brewery (beer!)
- Tahoe Jackson, Dlux the Light @ The Woods (funk, soul, r&b)
- The Dance Party w/ CoryO & CMNTHN @ Crown Room (electro, breaks, glitch, dubstep)
- Winter Sound Sessions w/ Lafa Taylor @ Report Lounge (dubstep, heavy bass, future music)
- Red Hot Pistol & Benson Jones @ Whiskey Bar (local rock)
- Krushgroove Throwback Thursdays @ Bar XV (old school hip hop, funk and throwback jams)
- I Hate Your Job w/ DJ KG @ Tube (soul/r&b and rock)
- Psychedelic Sock Hop w/ DJ AM Gold @ The Tanker (Psych, Rockabilly, Surf, Early Soul and R&B and Fuzzed-out Garage)
- Maseo at The Fix 3 Year Anniversary @ Someday Lounge (hip hop)
From Pipeline…Ummm. It appears to be Maseo from De La Soul - X-otica Go Go @ Dante’s (bass, bboys and booty)
- Savoir Faire Burlesque & Vaudeville Performance @ Hawthorne Theater (barroom fare)
- From Pipeline: Portland Christmas Lights on Peacock Lane
Friday, Saturday and Sunday after the break…
Portland Friday Events, December 18
- Townbombing w/ Dr. Adam & Tyler Tastemaker @ Tube ($1 beers, sweaty ridiculousness, dance madness)
- Vagabond Opera & NW Dance Project @ 833 N. Shaver (Balkan, steampunk, bizarre, dance performance)
- Gravity: Future Bass Sessions w/ Djunya @ Crown Room (heavy bass)
- Phi of Jabbawockeez Dance Session @ 420 SE 6th at 5:30pm (dance class)
- From Pipeline: Mayor Sam Adams, FLOATER & Portland Police Bureau’s Sunshine Division @ Crystal
- Hard Times @ Rotture (electro dance party)
- From Pipeline: 30 Hour Day Portland Charity Drive
- Crave ‘Dress Up & Dance’ Party @ Crush (all girls party)
- PDX Bridge Festival Fundraiser Social @ World Forestry Center (cocktail party)
- Red Cube Presents Donald Glaude w/ Jaden & Brenk Kettner @ Whiskey Bar (techno)
- Sinn Savy Productions presents Cuda Cabaret @ Barracuda (full burlesque revue)
- Rockbox @ Holocene (all vinyl dance party)
- Tows In Da Hood Benefit @ Berbatis (hip hop showcase)
- From Oregon Wines Blog: Wine Down for the Holidays @ City Club of Portland
- Off Beat Belly Dance @ Blue Monk (belly dance performance)
- Portugal. The Man @ Doug Fir (indie rock hoopla)
- From Pipeline: Art Institute of Portland Portfolio Show -Open to public (1-3PM)
- Bass Boom @ Branx (bass heavy dance party)
- White Album Xmas @ Bossanova (circus performance)
- Lulu’s Holiday Hatter Ball @ Circadia Art Center (hat party)
- Nick Jaina, Autopilot, Raseeda Ameera, Dragging An Ox Through Water @ Someday (indie rock)
- Just Lions, Deepest Darkest, Katie Carlene @ Tonic Lounge (indie rock with a hint of pop)
- Selector YT, Steve Treez, DJ Snacks & Jagga @ U&I (dancehall)
- East Infection w/ DJ Izm @ East Chinatown Lounge (hip hop, club, lounge)
- From Pipeline: Portland Christmas Lights on Peacock Lane
- From Pipeline: The Portland Gay Men’s Chorus Presents Their Holiday Concert, Celebrate The Season
Portland Saturday Events, December 19
- DJ Gant-Man, Ben Tactic, DJ Izm, Easter Egg @ Crown Room (Chicago Juke legend and producer for Kid Sister!)
- Candy Cane Xmas hosted by Starchile @ Whiskey Bar ($1000 costume contest / hip hop)
- Vagabond Opera & NW Dance Project @ 833 N. Shaver (Balkan, steampunk, bizarre, dance performance)
- Pre-Christmas Phunk w/ Philly’s Phunkestra @ Jolly Roger (soul, funk, r&b, groove)
- Soul Fresh Soul Clean II @ Mt. Olivet Baptist Church (soul and funk)
- White Album Xmas @ Bossanova (circus performance)
- Island of Misfit Toys w/ Great Mundance, Ian of Alpaca, Off the Grid, Hives @ Mt. Tabor Theater (Oregon Food Bank fundraiser)
- Santacon @ Fox Tower Park (check their twitter account for updates)
- Winter Wonderland Party @ 126 SW 2nd (all ages dance affair)
- Gaycation @ Holocene (alternative dance party)
- Magic Johnson, Total Bros, Sweeping Exits @ Laughing Horse Books (indie rock)
- Christmas FAIL @ Someday Lounge (holiday theater)
- From Pipeline: 400 Free Poinsettia Plants in Front of Whole Foods Market
- Heavy Assault @ Branx (dnb, electro, bass)
- Live Wire! w/ John Darnielle & Nurses @ Aladdin Theater (interview/performance)
- Darkest Night of the Year Trance Dance Winter Solstice Party @ Zoomtopia (a no shoes, no glowstick gathering with a spring loaded dance floor)
- From Pipeline: Climber Is Back: Saturday @ Mississippi Studios + Win Tickets
- After Dark @ Groove Suite (house music)
- From Pipeline: 30 Hour Day Portland Charity Drive
- Supernature @ Rotture (indie rock, alternative electro, disco)
- Amazing Mysterious Movie Screening @ Cinema 21 (film project fundraiser)
- Duniya Drum & Dance @ Someday Lounge (bhangra, bollywood, West African drum and dance)
- From Pipeline: Portland Christmas Lights on Peacock Lane
- From Pipeline: Barry Sobel @ Curious Comedy Theater
- From Pipeline: The Portland Gay Men’s Chorus Presents Their Holiday Concert, Celebrate The Season
- From Pipeline: Holidazed @ Artists Repertory Theater
Portland Sunday Events, December 20
- Cascadia Yulegrass @ Wonder Ballroom (bluegrass)
- Shamballah Tribal Gathering @ OM Tradition Arts (conscious community gathering)
- Wheels of Fortune 2 @ Skatebarn (all girls skateboarding competition)
- Queer Xmas @ Mississippi Pizza (dance party)
- Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante’s (fire dancing, strippers, magicians)
- Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (mini bike madness)
- Soulstice @ Groove Suite (deep house)
- Anime Hentai @ Paris Theater (cartoons)
- Soft Sundays w/ Gretchen Mitchell @ Club Calabash (r&b, blues, soul)
- Band Showcase @ Rontoms (bands, beer, hipsters)
- From Pipeline: Portland Christmas Lights on Peacock Lane
- From Pipeline: The Portland Gay Men’s Chorus Presents Their Holiday Concert, Celebrate The Season
UPCOMING (just a taste of things to come…)
12/26 – Massive 14: I Can Has Funk w/ members of original Parliament Funkadelic @ Crown Room
12/31 – NYE Events – Rip City NYE w/ Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden @ Agency, Time 2 w/ Flying Lotus, March Fourth Marching Band @ 2410
