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Every Thursday, we put out a large list of Portland weekend events, parties, and free tickets. This weekend there also man Portland Thanksgiving Day events including feasts, holiday shopping, Black Friday shopping, parades, and more.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff

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Great Holiday Gift: 2012 Portland Calendar With Pictures & 250+ Events!

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Win Tickets & Prizes From Pipeline

• Win Tickets ($70): Splat Action Paintball Park | Oregon's Oldest Paintball Park
• Win Tickets ($20): Derrick Carter @ Refuge PDX | House, Old-School Disco, Soul (Dec. 3)
• Win Tickets ($40): Tom Kenny, Voice of SpongeBob @ Live Wire & Neighborhood House After-Party Benefit | Meet & Greet, Beer, Wine (Dec. 2)
• Win Beer Package ($100): Portland Holiday Ale Festival In Pioneer Square | Four-Dozen Rare Winter Beers, 17,000+ Attendees (Nov. 30-Dec. 4)
• Win T-Shirt: 2011 Official D.B. Cooper Symposium @ Portland Hilton | America's Most Baffling Unsolved Crime, Auction, Prizes (Nov. 26)
• Win Tickets ($25+): Mystic Mirage @ Dantes | Belly Dancing, Fire Dancing, Music (Nov. 26)
• Win Tickets ($20):Scott Pemberton Superband w/ Flowmotion @ The Goodfoot | Psychedelic Rock (Nov. 26)
• Win Tickets ($20): Sound Bombing @ Mt. Tabor Theater | ALL AGES, Bass, Hip Hop, Dubstep, DnB (Nov. 26)
• Win Tickets ($50): Christopher Titus @ Helium Comedy Club | FOX's Titus, Love Is Evol (Nov. 25-26)
• Win Tickets ($30): SNAP! 90s Dance Party + Studio 69 Disco Party @ Holocene (Nov. 25-26)

Portland Thanksgiving Day Events, November 24

• North Portland: Free Thanksgiving Day Feast & Party | Food, Music, Storytelling
• SE Portland: Thanksgiving Day Feast | Free, Food, Community
• SW Portland: Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot @ Oregon Zoo | Walk, Trot, Costumes, All-Ages
• NW Portland: New NW Blitz Bar Open On Thanksgiving | 10 Beers On Tap, Football
• Downtown: Open on Thanksgiving @ Downtown Rialto Poolroom (More info/website)
• SW Portland: Thanksgiving Day Weekend ¬ËœBeast Feast' @ Oregon Zoo | Lions, Tigers, & Bears

Portland Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Upcoming events… Read the rest of this entry »

Pipeline is once again giving away many Portland music and event tickets this weekend.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff

Related: 2011 Portland Holiday Events: Shopping, Christmas, Buy Local & More

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Win Tickets: SNAP! 90s Dance Party + Studio 69 Disco Party @ Holocene (Nov. 25-26, $30)
Pipeline is giving away tickets for you and four friends to attend either SNAP! 90s Dance Party on Friday, November 25 or Studio 69 Disco Dance Party on Saturday, November 26 at Holocene. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Christopher Titus @ Helium Comedy Club | FOX's Titus, Love Is Evol (Nov. 25-26, $50)
Christopher Titus jokes about things most comics would find impossible to make funny. Custody battles, insanity, family suicides, heart attacks, and fist fighting his father are all topics to be confronted, not hidden from. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Sound Bombing @ Mt. Tabor Theater | ALL AGES, Bass, Hip Hop, Dubstep, DnB (Nov. 26, $20)
A full night of bass, rap, dubstep, DnB, and glitchy turntablism. A Rare crossover of Bassy EDM and rap featuring SPL and DJ Nykon with Luckyiam & Lana of Living Legends. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Scott Pemberton Superband w/ Flowmotion @ The Goodfoot | Psychedelic Rock (Nov. 26, $20)
A greatly expanded version of the Scott Pemberton Trio, The superband packs a punch as Scott Pemberton gathers all of the musicians that tour with him and gets them on stage to play adventurous, positive, fun, and sometimes aggressive dance music. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Mystic Mirage @ Dantes | Belly Dancing, Fire Dancing, Music (Nov. 26, $25+)
An Enchanting, Enticing and Ecstatic Evening of Live Music, Belly Dance and Fire Performance, featuring some of the nations finest Belly Dance Performing Artists. To win, comment on this post here.

Win T-Shirt: 2011 Official D.B. Cooper Symposium @ Portland Hilton | America's Most Baffling Unsolved Crime, Auction, Prizes (Nov. 26)
Pipeline is giving away five D.B. Cooper t-shirts in honor of the Official D.B. Cooper Symposium on Saturday, November 26 at the Portland Hilton. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Beer Package: Portland Holiday Ale Festival In Pioneer Square | Four-Dozen Rare Winter Beers, 17,000+ Attendees (Nov. 30-Dec. 4, $100)
The Holiday Ale Fest will feature four-dozen big, bold ales designed to fend off the cold chill of a long winter night. From IPAs, Belgians and barleywines to winter warmers, porters and stouts, these beers are crafted specifically for the event or are hard-to-fine vintages. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Tom Kenny, Voice of SpongeBob @ Live Wire & Neighborhood House After-Party Benefit | Meet & Greet, Beer, Wine (Dec. 2, $40)
Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to the Neighborhood House / Live Wire after party featuring Tom Kenny, the voice behind SpongeBob SquarePants. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Derrick Carter @ Refuge PDX | House, Old-School Disco, Soul (Dec. 3, $20)
Derrick Carter is widely acknowledged as one of the best DJs in the world. With innovative productions, flawless technical skills and an effortlessly joyful attitude of rocking a crowd, his influence has infiltrated throughout the spectrum of dance music. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Splat Action Paintball Park | Oregon's Oldest Paintball Park ($70)
In keeping with the Christmas spirit Oregon Paintball and Splat Action Paintball Park the oldest paintball park in Oregon are offering 2 FREE tickets to come play paintball. The paintball pass includes all of the gear you need to play paintball for the day, free air and 500 rounds of paintballs to get you started. To win, comment on this post here.

From our sponsors at PSU:
Digital Marketing Conference
Sunday, December 11, 6-9 p.m.
Monday, December 12, 7:15 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Registration Fees: $275 (general admission), $299 (day of event)
Register/More Info at www.pdxdmc.com

Portland State University, Lincoln Hall
1825 SW Broadway

With every new social media platform, mobile application, or digital device, businesses and organizations must adapt to remain competitive and relevant-technology doesn't follow business cycles or the calendar year. So how can businesses and marketers stay up to speed in a world that changes faster than the seasons?

Important answers are found each year at the Digital Marketing Conference (DMC) at Portland State University. During this leading-edge business-development event, creative professionals gather to share ideas, learn from one another, and build the region's economic competitiveness. Read the rest of this entry »

Our sponsors at Blitz have opened a new location in Northwest Portland and will be open Thanksgiving Day. Come down to watch football with the family or perhaps escape from the family for a bit.

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From our sponsors at Blitz:
Now Open: Blitz TwentyOne
Address: 305 NW 21st Avenue
Phone: 503-208-3227
More info: blitzbarpdx.webs.com

The newest addition to the Blitz Family, Blitz Twentyone @ 305 NW 21st Avenue, is now open! The new 21 and over only space has a full bar, game room, and a dozen large 50in flat screens televisions all in comfortable upper Northwest location.

Blitz TwentyOne will be open 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving and then 4 p.m.-2 a/m on Black Friday. Come down and enjoy football with 10 beers on draft and a large selection of 22′s.

The Oregon Zoo’s annual display of holiday lights, Zoolights, starts this Friday, November 25 and lasts through the New Year. Strolling around the zoo with a cup of hot chocolate and seeing over a million lights is the perfect way to get into the Portland holiday spirit.

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From the Oregon Zoo Website:
2011 Oregon Zoo Zoolights
Open November 25, 2011 – January 1, 2012
More Info: www.oregonzoo.org

The Oregon Zoo invites visitors to brighten their holiday nights at ZooLights, where sparkling lights and brilliant hues transform the zoo into a winter wonderland. Presented by Fred Meyer with support from Boeing Co., the traditional holiday light show begins Friday, Nov. 25, and runs through Jan. 1 at the zoo.

ZooLights has delighted visitors for more than two decades with its dazzling life-size animal silhouettes, moving sculptures, forests of lighted trees and light-bedecked train. Covered in holiday finery, the zoo’s famous “Oregon” steam engine takes guests on an express jaunt around the grounds to see light displays visible only from the train. Read the rest of this entry »

Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to see Derrick Carter at Refuge PDX on Saturday, December 3. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Monday, November 28.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff
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From our sponsors at Refuge PDX:
Derrick Carter w/ Mercedes, Richie Stax, Ryan Walz, Wiggles
Saturday, December 3
9 p.m. | $10 | 21+
Purchase Tickets at Eventbrite

Refuge PDX
116 SE Yamhill
More info: www.refugepdx.com

Derrick Carter is widely acknowledged as one of the best DJs in the world. With innovative productions, flawless technical skills and an effortlessly joyful attitude of rocking a crowd, his influence has infiltrated throughout the spectrum of dance music.

Although known as one of the key players of Chicago’s house music wave in the ’90s, Derrick Carter began DJ’ing at the age of nine, spinning disco records at family reunions. Read the rest of this entry »

Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to attend Mystic Mirage at Dantes on Saturday, November 26. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, November 25.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff
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From our sponsors at Mystic Mirage:
Mystic Mirage
Saturday, November 26
9 p.m. | $14 | 21+
Purchase Tickets at www.danteslive.com

Dantes
350 W. Burnside Street

An Enchanting, Enticing and Ecstatic Evening of Live Music, Belly Dance and Fire Performance, featuring some of the nations finest Belly Dance Performing Artists.

Live Music by Ritim Egzotik – 70′s psychedelic rock meets exotic eastern classics

Starring:
ASHLEY LOPEZ
CLAUDIA of Belly Dance Soulfire and OCF Gypsy Stage
DANIELLE ELIZABETH of Znama and Underscore Orkestra
NAGASITA of Apsara, Bogville and Wanderlust Circus
SEDONA of Belly Dance Soulfire and Soulfire Productions
SHARA of Belly Dance Soulfire

and THE MYSTIC MUSES ~ Henna, Lorraine Hanson, Tabra Bay and Q

Pipeline is giving away two tickets to play paintball at Splat Action Paintball Park in Molalla. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to play. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, December 2.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff
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From our sponsors at Splat:
Splat Action Paintball
Open the day after Thanksgiving!
Located at 32155 S. Grimm Road, Molalla
Call 503-467-1855 for Reservations
More info: www.oregonpaintball.com
More info: www.splataction.com

Oregon Paintball offering great paintball products since 1993. Stocks most major brands and offers fresh paint and CO2/HPA fills.

In keeping with the Christmas spirit Oregon Paintball and Splat Action Paintball Park the oldest paintball park in Oregon are offering 2 FREE tickets to come play paintball. The paintball pass includes all of the gear you need to play paintball for the day, free air and 500 rounds of paintballs to get you started. The Xtreme sport of paintball started nearly 30 years ago and is still strong today, get off your butt and play some paintball.

Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to see Christopher Titus at Helium Comedy Club this weekend. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend and which night and time. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, November 25.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff
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From our sponsors at Helium:
Christopher Titus @ Helium Comedy Club
SE Ninth & Hawthorne Blvd.
Friday, November 25 @ 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Saturday, November 26 @ 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Tickets are $20-25
For tickets and more information, please visit www.heliumcomedy.com/portland or call 888-64-FUNNY.

Christopher's television stand-up includes two cable specials, “Norman Rockwell is Bleeding” for Showtime (2004) and “The 5th Annual End of the World Tour” for Comedy Central (2007) as well as regular appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

Titus jokes about things most comics would find impossible to make funny. Custody battles, insanity, family suicides, heart attacks, and fist fighting his father are all topics to be confronted, not hidden from. Read the rest of this entry »

Pipeline is giving away tickets for you and four friends to attend either SNAP! on Friday, November 25 or Studio 69 on Saturday, November 26 at Holocene. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend and which show. Winners will be drawn and emailed Friday, November 25.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff
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From our sponsors at Holocene:
SNAP! 90s Dance Party w/ Dr. Adam & Colin Jones
Friday, November 25
9 p.m. | $3 | 21+

Holocene
1001 SE Morrison Street
More info: www.holocene.org

SNAP! Is a monthly party that happens every last Friday of the month at Holocene in Portland, Oregon. This DANCE PARTY is held down by resident DJs Doc Adam and Colin Jones, and hosted by Ms Coco B.

The vision behind the party is to offer a slice of nostalgia that will bring booty-shaking, head-nodding and memories of all those awesome middle school dances. SNAP! is proud to have hosted some of the most talented DJs/Producers touring the world currently.

Holocene Portland Studio 69 Info… Read the rest of this entry »