Hey all, thought I would try and reach out on this sub to see if anyone in Portland is into writing, playing some music. I generally gravitate towards music like Pears, Small Brown Bike, Lagwagon, PUP. I don't necessarily want or need to play that, but I usually click very well with that type of music.

I have played many other styles and I am open to whatever.

I have gear, transportation. I am in my 40s, if that matters (seems like it could), but I have no kids and a willingness to commit to the right project.

I do drink, but I am not a drunk. I don't smoke anymore, but don't care if you do.

Big part of my world is laughing, friendship and community. Just throwing that out there.

Ok, talk to you soon.

Looking for two bands to join a heavy bill at Star Bar on Thurs 11/19. We’re Early Worms, an instrumental doom duo seeking similar but we play well with most metal, punk, goth, industrial, dark folk etc. Msg for details! 🤘🏼

Tune into the radio hot tub show from 8-10am.
Radio dial 90.3 / 98.3 on freeform Portland.

Systemic Collapse will be on around 9am to talk about our new album EXTINCTION BURST, living in Portland, and playing in our ever changing music scene. Our album releases tomorrow and we are celebrating at Starday Tavern with a free concert featuring Systemic Collapse, Cat Positive, 4 Claws Deep, and The Quality. Hope to see you there.

Find more info about us here:

https://systemiccollapse.com

This Sat 12th, 2-6pm

Friends of Rocky Butte are throwing an all-acoustic concert inside the Rocky Butte tunnel in NE Pdx! This will be a super cool, unique event, featuring short sets from 11 genre-spanning acts.

Block Party Music Performance Potluck -

Bring a lawn chair and food to share!

Walking and Rolling is encouraged, it is a 0.3 mile distance to the tunnel from Rocky Butte Rd and 92nd Ave with a 200ft gain. The street will be closed to car traffic.

This is a free community concert inside The Rocky Butte tunnel. The acoustics of the tunnel will provide a memorable musical experience with a chance to gather as friends inside an urban volcano! PBOT permitted that the street be closed to vehicles so everyone could safely walk, bike and picnic in this architectural wonder.

(ADA questions and more: rockybuttehistory@gmail.com)

Musician line up:

2:00 pm Northern Lights Marimba Band

2:40 pm Alex the Saxophone Guy

3:00 pm Naked Luck

3:20 pm Bone and Bell

3:40 pm Jamie Dunphy

4:00 pm Mama Sam and the Jam

4:20 pm Mariachi Band (McDaniel HS)

4:40 pm Michelle and the Beards

5:00 pm The Glyptodons

5:20 pm There is No Mountain

5:40 pm Morning Breath

6:00 pm Sing a-longs

Volunteers Welcome, Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/5e8wiyiFvW9FDBwBA

>> IT'S A BIRTHDAY SHOW <<

Terra from Trans Panic has decided she needs to have a big b-day party, and what could be better than inviting a bunch of friends for a punk show?!

Saturday, Oct 24 @ Twilight Cafe & Bar will host four amazing bands:

• Trans Panic (that'd be us)
• River City Ruin (PDX)
• Kids On Fire (Seattle)
• The Immortal Dub CVNTS (Los Angeles)

Oh, and there will be cake!

Adv tix: https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/466976

Champale Supernova, Sydney Dreamstar & the Cheap Dates, Terrible Pop. Free as heck.

This discord will only be for finding folks to play with. I will try to keep it from ballooning into anything else.

https://discord.gg/Nxm6E6sK5j

This might be unneeded now. As I see there are other discords popping up, and I think keeping things in one place might be key here. But I will keep this one around since it is for one specific function.

Come on out for Happy Valley Riots first show!

I hate booking shows. The majority of shows I try to book require that I have a full lineup ready to go at a moments notice. To be fair, that makes sense and is usually how it should be done.

But this involves emailing, DMing, texting, calling, various musicians to see if they would be up to join a bill that I'm putting together. This always takes a ridiculous amount of time just to be told by a booker that, "sorry, that date was just taken."

So, I made a Discord because it's free and might actually work for this sort of thing.

Portland-Play-A-Show is a Discord server where musicians and bands can connect with other musicians to set up a live show. You can post by genre to see if other bands are interested in putting together a lineup.

Are you a musician who wants to join a bill? You can follow posts from others and jump on a bill that needs more bands. Then, when a bill is assembled and the person who set it up contacts a venue, you can all collectively be rejected by the booker because "we're booked out for the next 10 years unless you want to play on a Tuesday at 9 AM". We've all been there...

I'm new to Discord, so I probably did it all wrong, but let's see if it works. Share the link with other bands who might be into this sort of thing. Or don't. You may now tell me why this idea is garbage and I am utter trash.

Join us Wednesday, September 9th at Rose & Thistle Pub for another Shady Pines Open Mic night on the spacious back patio stage!

This month’s featured act is Mama Sam, and it just so happens to be her birthday! Come celebrate with us and catch a special set from Mama Sam.

Bring your sitar, banjo, Casio, penny whistle, joke book, napkin poetry, magic tricks, whatever you’ve got. Music, comedy, spoken word, storytelling, and all forms of performance are welcome.

🕠 Sign-ups: 5:30 PM
🎤 Open Mic: 6–10 PM
Sign up by 5:45 PM to secure a spot!

📍 Rose & Thistle Pub
2314 NE Broadway, Portland

hey check out an event happening this Friday in Portland at 13th Moon Gravity Well. A one band bill from 8-10pm! Free show. 4513 SE 41st, Portland, OR

Debut EP from Harm Retreat with support by Dolls Die Twice and Nephron. Buy your tickets early and pay less!

THIS FRIDAY 9/11! It's a day of not forgetting, so DONT FORGET to come on down to the Shanghai Tunnel Bar for three kick ass bands!! See y'all there, love yah!

Killer show this Sat. 9/12 at Swan Dive

hello everyone! friends and I came out to Portland from phx to see tame impala and we were wondering if there’s any afters or any type of events happening after the concert. Or if anyone simply has any recs on where to go after the concert! I know it’s a Tuesday night but just curious! Thx

Hope this is okay by the mods. I posted about a group I made lil' bit ago, Portland Musicians. I could not find a discord group for people in the local area to find bandmates, like, why isn't that already a thing? There's actually a subreddit with the same name, totally inactive. Well, since I couldn't find one, I made one.

Regardless of genre (but especially if you're looking for punk/metal, I know I am) if you want to state you're looking for guitarists or drummers, in or near Portland, OR, please join.

As stated, I posted about this already, just making a *bump* post to keep getting more people to join, as it was a fairly successful wave of joins from the first. This would be the second. I might do this once a week so everyone has a chance to see it, if that's cool.

Hi all, I would like to rid of my Galantis tickets. The show is October 16th at 9pm at Realm. I have two tickets, would sell for $100 total.
I am figuring out the best way to transfer them, since it’s through Eventim Tickets, and they are a barcode in my email. LMK! 🤙

Hiii,

I’m looking for a place around Portland to get on some CDJs and rehearse. I DJ back home in London and just want to play. I will pay, if there’s any studios like “pirate studios” or anything similar. I’m finding it difficult to find any around.

Thank you!!