GO-GO—This summer’s Top Down series ends with The T.A.M.I. Show, the 1964 concert film that puts every other concert film to shame. Filmed in Santa Monica, it features the Beach Boys, James Brown, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and the Rolling Stones, with a crazy mod backdrop and a host of mashed potato-ing go-go dancers. (Can you spot Teri Garr and Toni Basil dancing?) CF
w/Chance Hayden; Hotel deLuxe, SW 15th & Yamhill, music at 8 pm, $9
SUPER—Portland’s premier annual all-ages dance festival, Superfest, is bigger than ever, spanning four days, three venues, and featuring acts like Glass Candy, Chromatics, White Rainbow, and Strategy. Best of all, it all goes to benefit Music in the Schools, because when government bureaucracy can’t save us, music will. MS
Tonight with Glass Candy, Chromatics at Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, 8 pm, $12-15 or $20-25 for fest pass, superfest4.com for full schedule and locations
The T.A.M.I. Show is amazing both as a document of the year rock & roll broke, and for James Brown’s absolutely incredible, over-the-top performance which totally blew away the headlining Stones.
Don’t forget about the go-go dancers, cat & beard! Sooooo awesome.