75+ Portland Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets | April 29-May 2

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 (blue = linked!) that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Reminder: We give out free tickets 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 EVENTS LIST

From Leigh Feldman:
Things I'm currently jocking…

Free ish… We have tix here and will be giving away some on twitter (add @leighfeldman3) to Mortified (tonight), Murs (fri), Hot Awkward (fri) and Really Good (sat). 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 — or follow us on twitter @leighfeldman3! (These are from Leigh, not Pipeline. Email him to join his list & win: leighfeldman3 @ gmail)

Free music ish… G-dfather of the Portland Rap Scene and local radio show host Cool Nutz has just put out an exclusive mixtape with VTech phones! Grab it here – music.vtechphones.com/2010/04/cool-nutz-mix-cd/

More Awesome ish… Win pair of TICKETS to Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival ($150! — May 8th) from Pipeline on Facebook here: http://pdx.be/fb-topics

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

Portland Thursday Events,  April 29

• Housecall @ Groove Suite (FREE — house music)
• Art Not Crime Live Art Show @ Provenance Gallery on MLK & Alberta (FREE/donations — huge live art showing)
• Steady Rockin w/ Deff Ro, DJ Renz, Might Moves @ Bar XV (FREE — hip hop, funk, r&b)
• Chervona @ Alberta St. Pub ($5 — Balkan brass fun)
• KPSU Fundraiser Band Showcase @ Parlour Café ($4 — tons of bands, cheap bar)
• Pink Party w/ Vagabond Opera, Mars Retrival Unit, DJ Number 6 @ Backspace ($15 — huge fundraiser for Planned Parenthood)
• Mortified @ Mission Theater ($12 — live readings of embarrassing childhood journal entries)
• Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth @ Hollywood Theater ($7 — indie rock g-d status)
• Off the Grid & Tyler Tastemaker @ Crown Room (FREE — heavy bass, electro, UK Garage, dubstep)
• Make It Pop! PDX Pop Fundraiser @ Ace Cleaners ($35 — tons of bands, tons of items, auction)
• Prince Klassen @ Beauty Bar (FREE – $5 tallboy and shot special, can't go wrong, plus this legendary producer!)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: Thirsty Thursday – Portland Timbers Vs Vancouver Whitecaps
• From Pipeline: Playoffs: Where To Watch Trail Blazers vs Phoenix Suns in Portland | 30+ Suggestions
• From Pipeline: Jackpot Records Film & Music Festival @ Hollywood Theater
• From Pipeline: Last Thursday Art Opening @ Goodfoot | Chuck Bloom, David Stein, Keenan Havens & Michael Fields

Friday, Saturday and Sunday events after the break…

Portland Friday Events, April 30

• DJ Izm's East Infection @ East Chinatown Lounge (FREE – hip hop, club, lounge dj)
• LA Underground Rap Showcase: NoCanDo, Open Mike Eagle, Intuition, Dumbfounded @ Someday Lounge ($5advance/$8 at door — Los Angeles rap)
• Gimme More Some Lovin @ Twilight Room (FREE — Blues Brother tribute band)
• UNDONE @ Dunes ($3 – indie dance/electrohouse/breaks dance party)
• Mortified @ Mission Theater ($12 — live readings of embarrassing childhood journal entries)
• Hot Awkward Performance Event @ Disjecta Templeton Building ($8 — some sex inspired readings/performances)
• Jamie Meushaw & Gabe Driscoll @ Whiskey Bar ($5/Ladies FREE — progressive, house, electro)
• Tool Shed Fundrasier @ Tool Shed (FREE/donations — all day party!)
• Javlelin, Copy, May Ling, E*Rock, Chrome Wings @ Rotture ($8 — indie rock, electro rock, psych rock)
• Murs @ Hawthorne Theater ($15 — hip hop you don't stop)
• Blown w/ Joe Nasty, Rap Class, D. Poetica, Monkeytek @ Crown Room (FREE — electro, dubstep, hip hop, bass)
• Sistafist, Colin Jones, Winston Lane, Dungeon Brothers @ Branx ($5 — electro rap party time)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: Jackpot Records Film & Music Festival @ Hollywood Theater
• From Pipeline: YWCA of Greater Portland Hosts Day of Workshops to Take a Stand Against Racism
• From Pipeline: Lecture/Q&A with The Simpsons Writer Mike Riess @ Lucky Lab SE | Free
• From Pipeline: Wordstock Book-to-Film Festival @ Bagdad, Kennedy School
• From Pipeline: Meetin Portland (MiPL) 6th Anniversary Party

Portland Saturday Events, May 1

• Rialto Kentucky Derby Party @ Rialto (FREE — mit julep specials and a $4 all you can eat breakfast!)
• PDX May Day March @ SW Park @ Salmon (FREE — they are expecting 20,000 people. Show your support for immigrant rights)
• Cascade AIDS Project 21st Art Evening & Auction @ Bison Building ($50 — black tie affair)
• Really Good w/ Liquid Stranger, Mat the Alien, Russ Liquid @ Whiskey Bar ($12 — heavy electro)
• Ante Up Presents RAW @ Crown Room ($3 — hip hop, remixes, party music)
• PDX Park Games Freeze Tag @ Laurelhurst Park (FREE — one giant game of freeze tag at dusk)
• Goodfoot All-stars Tribute to James Brown @ Goodfoot ($10 — ‘wear hot pants and get up offa that thing and head to the show' .. this is a quote)
• Typhoon Fest w/ Typhoon, Wampire, Jared Mees, Pt. Juncture, WA @ Backspace/Someday ($5 — amazing indie rock, brass rock, soft strum)
• Crafty Wonderland @ Oregon Convention Center (FREE — tons of items for sale!)
• LMNO & Kev Brown @ Report Lounge ($5 — tons of other local hip hop artists with these big names)
• Cheers to Belgian Beers Festival @ Hopworks Brewery ($5 for tokens and mug, tons of beer!)
• Jesse Saunders @ Groove Suite ($10 — Chicago House music legend!)
• Spring Ale Fest @ Blitz Ladd (FREE — tons of new beers, patio, beer pong and 20% of sales will be donated to Leukemia research)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: Portland's Cinco de Mayo Festival Starts This Weekend @ Waterfront Park
• From Pipeline: MARKET DAY ~ Pancakes in the Park!
• From Pipeline: Wordstock Book-to-Film Festival @ Bagdad, Kennedy School
• From Pipeline: SE Portland Tool Library Opening Day | 2800 SE Harrison St, 97214

Portland Sunday Events, May 2

• Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante's ($8 – fire dancing, strippers, magicians)
• Aalto Lounge ‘Gay Night' @ Aalto Lounge (FREE – disco, lounge, cheap drinks, dj)
• Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (FREE – mini bike madness)
• Soulstice @ Groove Suite (FREE – deep house)
• Anime Hentai @ Paris Theater (FREE – sex cartoons)
• Band Showcase @ Rontoms (FREE – bands, beer, hipsters)
• PDX Poetry Slam @ Backspace (FREE — poetry event)
• Telephoned (Sammy Bananas + Maggie Horn) @ Rotture ($8 — indie electro dance)
• Crafty Wonderland @ Oregon Convention Center (FREE — tons of items for sale!)
• Underscore Orkestra, Krebsic Orkestar, Kafina Klub @ Doug Fir ($8 — none of these bands spell things correctly — all Balkan fun!)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: Wordstock Book-to-Film Festival @ Bagdad, Kennedy School
• From Pipeline: Portland's Cinco de Mayo Festival Starts This Weekend @ Waterfront Park

UPCOMING (just a taste of things to come…)
â-ŠÂ Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š  5/7 — Hot Mess w/ DJ Berlin1 @ Tube
â-ŠÂ Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š  5/8 — OPEN BAR Party w/ Lateef the Truth Speaker & E da Boss @ Crown Room
â-ŠÂ Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š  5/13 — Jujuba Afrobeat Project @ Crown Room
â-ŠÂ Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š  5/28 — Risk vs Reward Patio Party @ Plan B
â-ŠÂ Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š Ãƒâ€š  5/29 — Massive w/ Chris Cutz @ Crown Room

Upcoming From Pipeline:

• May 5: Portland's Cinco de Mayo Festival
• May 8: 6th annual Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival: 40 Wineries & 15 Restaurants
• May 8: The 48th Annual St. Johns Parade (website)