Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival

Chamber Music Northwest’s annual summer festival combines high-caliber classical music with a laid-back atmosphere.

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

With acts that have ranged from Al Green to ZZ Top, McMenamins Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn are an annual rite of summer and the hottest ticket in town.

The Vanport Jazz Festival is scheduled to return Aug. 7, 2021. See website for details. 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…

After taking 2021 off, the Portland Folk Festival is coming back strong in 2022 with not two, but THREE days of an all-ages celebration of Folk and American music at the historic Crystal Ballroom. Visit the event website for the latest lineup!

​Music is medicine. RX Fest is a multi-venue, multi-day festival is a large-scale benefit for organizations vital to our community, all centrally located in downtown Portland at Star Theater, Dante’s, Kelly’s Olympian and Valentine’s.

Award-winning New York City jazz pianist and accordionist Ben Rosenblum and his trio will perform an intimate concert at The 1905 in Portland on Saturday, May 15th, part of a three stop tour through the Pacific Northwest. Drawing from an eclectic repertoire which includes selections from the jazz and popular music traditions, as well as…

Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Jason Vieaux, makes his CMNW debut in the 2020-21 concert season finale. Considered “among the elite of today’s classical guitarists” (Gramophone), Vieaux is highly regarded for his versatility, lyricism, broad musical range, and virtuosity. A passionate advocate of new music, Vieaux was chosen to premiere the 20-time Grammy-winning guitarist/composer Pat Metheny’s genre-defying…

The Experience Music Series is thrilled to present legendary mandolinist John Reischman in a rare solo concert. Viewers are invited to participate in a question and answer session with the artist following the performance. There is no charge to view, but donations are gratefully accepted.

An auto/moto/bike race and music festival.

Strange & the Familiars single release and live show at Strum Guitars. Fantastical, storytelling music influenced by literature and nature, with elements of jazz, blues, funk, and folk. Tragicomic lyrics and themes backed by orchestral and rock instrumentals.

Portland Baroque Orchestra presents a program of love, loss, and everything in between. Soprano Arwen Myers and theorbo player John Lenti bring to life 400-year-old Italian songs that transcend time. Featuring works by Barbara Strozzi, Monteverdi, and others, the performance is an exploration of love, humanity, and our connection to one another. This performance, like…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on May 29 for an incredible performance by Sávila, a talented trio comprised of Méxican-American musicians based out of Portland, Oregon. They meld their roots of Cumbia, Soul, and Club music to form…

Metropolitan Youth Orchestra presents the virtual Season Finale featuring two world premieres by student composers from The Authentic Voice Series, MYS’s collaboration with Fear No Music’s Young Composers Project. MYS Symphony Orchestra will perform Frazar Henry’s Epiphany, and three MYS ensembles will perform a “Theme and Variations” on Edvard Grieg’s Peasant Song. The variations were…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on May 30 for an incredible performance by Federale a Portland-based, seven-piece ensemble conceived as an outlet to channel inspiration from the ‘60s & ‘70s European soundtracks, particularly those from Italy made famous…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Spend your Memorial Day Monday afternoon with the sweet sounds of Jacob Miller while sipping on a can of rosè from Union Wine Co. With an affinity for minimalist pop and firm roots planted in…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on June 3 for an incredible performance by Jenny Don’t and the Spurs. The Spurs are a musical force to be reckoned with. With the intensity and energy of their live set and…

What soothes your soul more? A stand-up bass improvisation backed by brushes on the snare? How about a glass of small-batch Oregon Pinot noir? Oh wait, how about BOTH? Join Portland’s Single Malt Trio at Willful Wine Co.’s urban winery to enjoy a night of jazz, wine, and socially distanced socializing.

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on June 4th and 5th for an incredible performance by The Dandy Warhols. In 1994, The Dandy Warhols were formed in Portland, Oregon, in the shadow of the twilight years of the grunge…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on June 12 for an incredible performance by Cardioid. The main creative project of Lizzy Ellison (previously of Portland’s Radiation City), Cardioid flits between genres and tones with the sly, dexterous abandon of…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on June 18 and June 19 for an incredible performance by Summer Brass with Members of the Oregon Symphony. Share an evening with brass and percussion of the Oregon Symphony in a program…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on June 20 for an incredible performance Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters. With what PopMatters describes as “tenacious swagger,” critically-acclaimed solo artist Ashleigh Flynn recently dialed up the volume and debuted an all-female…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on July 14 for an incredible performance from Liv Warfield. While she takes cues from musical influences like Nina Simone, Etta James, Sade, Tina Turner, and Mary J. Blige, Warfield has carved out…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on July 16 for an incredible performance from Ural Thomas and The Pain. Ural Thomas is, and forever will be Portland’s pillar of soul. He started singing in church at the age of…

The Lot at Zidell Yards brings the best of Portland together in the city’s premier socially distanced outdoor performance venue. Join them on July 17 for an incredible performance from Y La Bamba. Y La Bamba has been many things, but at the heart of it is singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza’s inquisitive sense of self….

The small town of Sweet Home, Oregon, plays host to the Northwest’s premier country music and camping festival, the Oregon Jamboree, held every August. In addition to great entertainment, this family style event hosts RV/tent camping, food booths, beer & wine gardens and kids activities. The mission of the Oregon Jamboree (a 501(c)-3 non-profit) is…

The Dance for Romance is a Valentine’s Day social dance for singles, friends, couples and partners. Enjoy award-winning live blues music and a professional DJ spinning pop songs you can dance to solo, grouped or partnered. Arrive early for one or more dance lessons or love life workshops, and throughout the night you can enjoy…