Music Festivals in and Near Portland

The Portland Jazz Festival returns every February with a stellar series of concerts and events celebrating Black History Month.

Join Reed College in celebrating its third annual Black Arts Festival! Family-friendly, free and open to all, this festival offers a full concert experience with performances by: BbymuthaMaarquiiZsa ZsaBnickFather FannieHouse of OliverThese musical performances are accompanied by a BIPoC (Black, Indigenous & People of Color) Community Marketplace, featuring local vendors and food and drink purveyors,…

Resonance Ensemble performs Safe Harbor, a concert of powerful new vocal music exploring experiences of asylum and exile and what it means to be an immigrant as we celebrate the shared diversity that forms the unique story of the United States. At Safe Harbor, Resonance Ensemble will unveil their newly-commissioned work by the composer and…

Local weirdos Plastic Weather have gone and made a circus, in the tradition of the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, they present to you: The Plastic Weather Circus Spectacular. Featuring musical performances from Plastic Weather, Seance Crasher and Internet Beef. In the spirit of variety, there will also be the comedy stylings of Jay…

Relive the 1920s in all its decadence. The Oregon Symphony will take you through the dark cabarets and speakeasies of New York, Paris, Berlin, London and Atlantic City, featuring the top hits of the decade, from Rudy Vallée to Josephine Baker and from Kurt Weill to King Oliver. This concert will feature vintage imagery and…

Established in 2008, the Portland Lindy Exchange (PDXLX) is the biggest annual swing dance weekend in Oregon. Join us for 3 days of celebrating the music and vintage swing dances of the early 20th Century including Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa, and Collegiate Shag. The Music PDXLX 2020 will feature LIVE swing and vintage jazz from…

Soul Queens & Blues Kings A benefit for HEALTH CARE FOR ALL- OREGON “Healing the Healthcare Blues” This very special showcase will celebrate icons of Soul and the Blues pioneers that helped shape the history of music. Norman “Boogie Cat” Sylvester brings together some of our local R&B favorites: Lenanne Miller, Renato Caranto, LaRhonda Steele,…

Since 2008, McMenamins Edgefield, a bucolic venue located 15 miles east of Portland in Troutdale, has welcomed musical acts to its Concerts on the Lawn series, which is a local rite of summer.

Every Fourth of July weekend, the Waterfront Blues Festival takes over downtown Portland’s Waterfront Park.

Every August since 1999, Pickathon draws diverse musical performers to celebrate music and the outdoors at the lush Pendarvis Farm just outside of Portland.

The Vanport Jazz Festival honors the city of Vanport and the voices who formed Portland’s jazz community. Near the site of the historic 1948 flood, the event transforms Colwood Golf Course into a cultural revival, welcoming nationally renowned artists and breathing new life into Portland jazz.

Grammy award-winning heavyweights Korn and multi-platinum hard rockers Breaking Benjamin today announced their epic tour set for 2020. Fans will have the chance to see two of the biggest forces in rock perform on the same stage each night across North America in the new year. Special guest Bones U.K. will also join the tour…

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. Kat Edmonson has played major stages across the United States, Europe and Japan. The Texas native and Brooklyn transplant forged her sound performing in small rooms and clubs before touring worldwide and performing with Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, Jaime Cullum and Gary Clark, Jr. In the decade…

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. Multiple Grammy nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered as one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists of his generation, he has also…

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. Growing up in a religious household, Eric Gales‘ brothers Eugene and Manuel used to blast out Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Muddy Waters, Blue Cheer, Albert King, John Lee Hooker, King’s X and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Whilst their mother was at church and little Eric was aged just four…

Raphael Saadiq is a Grammy Award winning musician, songwriter and go- to collaborator/producer for some of the biggest names in R&B. Solange Knowles, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, D’Angelo, Ne-Yo and Miguel are among the many artists who turn to Saadiq for his deep musicality, contemporary creative vision and encyclopedic knowledge of timeless pop music….

The Yacht Rock Revue is everything the late ‘70s and early ‘80s should’ve been: massive sing-along soft rock hits, tight bell-bottom jeans, impeccable musicianship, polyester shirts, glorious vocal harmonies, sunglasses at night, breezy dancing and sax . . . lots of sax.

Aussie indie folk with reflective lyrics, dynamic harmonies and earthly melodies. With: Harrison Storm.

Slow Hollows is a four-piece from the San Fernando valley in Los Angles. It consists of Austin Anderson, Jackson Katz, Aaron Jassenoff and Daniel Fox. The band was started in 2013 by Anderson. Slow Hollows are currently finishing their new record, Actors.

Presented by Oregon Symphony. Get ready to fight a dragon, swim with merpeople, and find out just who put Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire. For the first time ever, audiences can rediscover the magic of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire while the Oregon Symphony performs Patrick Doyle’s unforgettable score.

Friends of Chamber Music presents Invoke. Described as “not classical…but not not classical” (SiriusXM), Invoke continues to successfully dodge even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. Performing on violin, viola, cello, banjo and mandolin, the quartet’s other “not-nots” encompass traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz and minimalism. “If the goal…

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. Even before moving to New York City in 2013, pianist James Francies had generated a well deserved buzz in the jazz arena. He is the youngest recipient of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) President’s Youth Award, DownBeat Magazine awarded him twice for Composition and Jazz Arrangement,…

The music of Umphrey’s McGee unfolds like an unpredictable conversation between longtime friends. Its six participants know just how to communicate with each other on stage and in the studio. A call of progressive guitar wizardry might elicit a response of soft acoustic balladry, or a funk groove could be answered by explosive percussion. At…

With 20 years of touring and just as many albums under its belt, the quintet of Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey on guitars and vocals, Rob Derhak on bass and vocals, Jim Loughlin on percussion and vibes, and Vinnie Amico on Drums, continues to push the standard for performance art.

This is a partially seated show. There will be dancing down front. Twenty-three years ago this month, Dave Coey from The Renegade Saints joined forces with Bart Ferguson from The Strangers and played their first gig as Kerosene Dream. They combined intelligent song writing and heady harmonies with the virtuosity and spontaneity of an improvisational…

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. Over the course of his 20-year career, drummer Stanton Moore has become known as one of the premier funk musicians of his generation. On his latest album, Conversations, he moves in a slightly different direction, returning to his roots while reinventing his trademark sound. The result is…

Droeloe is a Dutch future bass and electronic artist. With: Taska Black, Quiet Bison.

Groovy bossanova and retro sway pop from up-and-coming French duo. With: Night Heron.

Sam Riddle is an American country rock artist from Montana. With influences ranging all over the musical spectrum, Riddle has honed in on a sound and style all his own. His music hits the soul of America’s hard working, blue collar people, with an emphasis on love, having fun, and believing that true greatness lies…

In the contemporary world, we tend to live and breathe narrative. The connective tissue of the Story has threaded into much of our cultural consumption. Whether we are digesting the news of the day, taking in the entertainment media, or sharing anecdotes with loved ones, we’ve learned to mimic the narrative arc perpetuated in our…

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. Note: seating is limited for this show. 21+. Donald Harrison Jr. has combined a whirlwind career as a saxophonist with establishing cultural and educational traditions in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for creating nouveau swing, a jazz style that combines R&B, funk, hip-hop and African dance,…

Donavon Frankenreiter has been writing, recording and touring his music for 20 years. With over a dozen full-length record releases and hundreds of songs written, the traveling troubadour has become beacon for funkified jams, stylish stomps and feel-good grooves. From his surf-inspired serenades to classic blues-rooted funk, Donavon is always evolving. It would seem he’s…

Inventive power-pop group with members of The Decemberists & Malkmus/Jicks.

Love and the complications surrounding it have long proven to be Joshua Radin’s songwriting forte. Though he never intended to be a live performer, there was little choice when the first song he ever wrote, “Winter,” was featured on an episode of “Scrubs.” The resulting fervor around the song soon led to a record deal,…

Tommy and the band return for another amazing night of soulful blues rock and searing guitar playing.

Lawrence Hayward, known mononymously as Lawrence, is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is known as the frontman in the British indie pop bands Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart. Meet & Greet Experience tickets are available for $78.

Sam Riddle is an American country rock artist from Montana. With influences ranging all over the musical spectrum, Riddle has honed in on a sound and style all his own. His music hits the soul of America’s hard working, blue collar people, with an emphasis on love, having fun, and believing that true greatness lies…

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival, presented in partnership with Soul’d Out. Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner spent the last part of the new millennium’s first decade as the go-to bassist for practically every artist in black vanguard music. Part of the fabric of Los Angeles’ hip-hop/jazz/soul avant-garde since 2005, Georgia Anne Muldrow has built…

Presented by PJCE Records. Guitarist and composer, Ryan Meagher (pronounced Marr), led off the PJCE Records presents series back in January ’19 with his Simple Songs: reimaginings of tunes from various composers and bands ranging from Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the Shins to Beethoven, Neil Young, and Joni Mitchell. The March 1st set is a…

7X GRAMMY® Winner TobyMac’s popular “Hits Deep Tour” will make 32 stops nationwide in 2020. Joining TobyMac on the tour will be rising stars Tauren Wells, Jordan Feliz, We Are Messengers, Ryan Stevenson, Aaron Cole, and Cochren & Co.

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival, presented in partnership with OMSI. Dan Tepfer has made a name for himself as a pianist-composer of wide-ranging ambition, individuality and drive — “a remarkable musician” in the words of the Washington Post and one “who refuses to set himself limits” in those of France’s Télérama. The…

Part of the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival. Over the course of a stellar career that has spanned more than 30 years, saxophonist Kenny Garrett has become the preeminent alto saxophonist of his generation. From his first gig with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (led by Mercer Ellington) through his time spent with musicians such as…

The multi-platinum Latin superstar Prince Royce announces his ALTER EGO US Tour 2020 tour with which he will visit 40 cities, starting in Seattle, Washington on March 4 and marking the largest American tour of his career. The Prince Royce ALTER EGO Tour will present concerts at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, The Forum…

Wonkadelic glitch-funk from Australia meets Siberian neo-shamanic soundscapes for an evening of music that inspires, moves, and heals. Intentionally bringing an Arctic blast from above to the fires Down Under, the lands of the respective artists communicate to us through their musical articulations.

5 Guys Named Moe is a high-energy 12-piece horn-driven show band. With lyrics like “who’s the greatest band around?” and “who makes the cats jump up and down?” 5 Guys Named Moe was originally named after the 1943 hit song by Louis Jordan and started out as a 5-piece in 1984. Over the last thirty-five…

FLIGHT SEVEN YEAR: Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to celebrate this thing called Flight. Electric word FLIGHT here for 7 years and that’s a mighty long time. But we’re going to tell you there’s something else. The dance floor. A world of never ending happiness you can always see your friends day or…

Bikini Hut’s highly anticipated performance of the year will shake up your idea of a typical fashion show. After being featured in Portland Fashion Week, KATU, KOIN6, FOX12, and TLC’s hit reality TV show Little People Big World, we are ready to once again hit the spotlight. Embrace our fierce creativity in promoting positive body…

First concert of our Spring season! Programming includes works by Johannes Brahms, Paul Ben-Haim, Antonín Dvořák, Giacomo Puccini and more. Free to attend. Donations gratefully accepted. Portland Chamber Music is a non-profit organization bringing free classical music performances out into the neighborhood. Spring Season is funded in part by Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Arts Commission,…

Somewhere, out on a lonely road in the Applegate Valley, a man can barely see a foot in front of his face. The mountain air is heavy and a deep fog hangs low. Out here, only one thing will keep you pointed in the right direction…only one thing is your true north…your lifeline on the…

Presented by Oregon Symphony. The best dance parties are brought to you by a full orchestra! With “Mambo” from West Side Story and Leroy Anderson’s Sandpaper Ballet, this is a line-up sure to get you off your feet and dancing in your seat.