Pickathon
There are so many reasons to love Pickathonâits location on Happy Valleyâs gorgeous Pendarvis Farm, its postcard-worthy view of Mount Hood, its reusable silverware, its hammock village, but most of all, its music. This yearâs lineup features icons like Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires alongside promising up-and-comers, like Jay Som. CIARA DOLAN
6 pm, Pendarvis Farm, $125-310
Stumptown Improv Festival
Every year, the Stumptown Improv Festival gets bigger and better. The homegrown celebration of off-the-cuff hilarity is one of my favorite things about summer in Portland, and itâs a chance to see adults doing some of the silliest shit imaginable. This year, Iâm especially excited to check out returning out-of-towners Summerland and Sunday Service, and revel in delightful local troupes like Tunnel and Peachy Chicken. MEGAN BURBANK
7 pm, Artists Repertory Theatre, click here for a full schedule of performers, $15-90
Bobby Bare Jr., Quinn DeVeaux, Kevin Lee Florence
As the son of Country Music Hall of Famer Bobby Bare, Bare Jr. has Nashville DNA embedded in his bones, but his rock-solid and prolific output has established him as a force of his own. CHIPP TERWILLIGER
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $12-14
Oregon Burlesque Festival
The art of the peel is carefully practiced here in Portland, and for three nights at Dante's, every aspect of it will be celebrated, from the legends of burlesque's past to the stars of its present.
9 pm, Dante's, $20-55
Cool Schmool, Mere Mention, Tashi Delay
Itâd be difficult to find an active Portland punk band with harmonies as interesting as those of Cool Schmool, with a band name that reflects the classic song from Olympiaâs Bratmobile. CAMERON CROWELL
9 pm, The Fixin' To, $5
Weeed, Young Hunter
Hailing from 4/20-friendly Washington state, Weeed is a stoner rock band for people who lover stoner rock. Theyâre jammers without borders, and arenât subtle about their sources of musical inspiration (the closing track on 2015âs Our Guru Brings Us to the Black Master Sabbath is a 15-minute opus called âNatureâs Green Magicâ). In a live setting, the groupâs energyâwhich is largely driven by a pair of synchronized drummersâis incendiary, and their unabashed rocking is a sight to behold. EMMA BURKE
8 pm, White Owl Social Club, free
Simon Hanselmann
The acclaimed Tasmanian-born and Seattle-based cartoonist returns to Floating World to celebrate the release of One More Year, the latest in the ongoing graphic novel series chronicling the lives of Megg the witch, Mogg the cat, and their friends Owl and Werewolf Jones. Hanselmann will read from the book, and perform a set of live music. The event will double as an exclusive launch party for a new broadsheet newspaper, co-published by Floating World, and featuring an array of Hanselmann's latest paintings.
6 pm, Floating World Comics, free
The Awful Truth
A special screening of Leo McCareyâs award-winning 1937 screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne as a married couple making shit way harder on themselves than it needs to be. This is part of the Top Down: Rooftop Cinema series, but because being on a rooftop is fucking insane tonight, the screening is happening inside the Whitsell. Preceded by a local short film
7 pm, NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium
Taking Back Sunday, Every Time I Die, All Get Out
The seminal emo rock band out of Long Island return to Portland for an all ages show supporting their seventh studio album, Tidal Wave. Buffalo-hailing metalcore outfit Every Time I Die and South Carolina pop punkers All Get Out provide support.
7:30 pm, Crystal Ballrom, $27.50-30, all ages
Ben Ballinger, Justin Fallen, Barry Walker
Ben Ballinger writes the kind of confessional, soul-bearing songs that make you want to call up people from your past and apologize. Originally from the Dalles, he hitchhiked to New York at 18 and now lives in Austin; Ballinger has no shortage of songwriting material. Whether relating disappointments in love, disappointments in friendship, or disappointments in success, Ballinger examines life's myriad frustrations and sings about them with a voice strained from use and abuse. He comes from the same country-folk tradition that gave birth to Townes Van Zandt and the like, but also shares similarities to modern, country-soul troubadours like Jeffrey Foucault and Mary Gauthier. SANTI ELIJAH HOLLEY
8 pm, Turn! Turn! Turn!
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