DANCING—If you love fun, don’t miss the Jungle Spaceship Ball featuring a dance contest for voguers and waackers! First popularized at LGBT dance clubs (and later by Madonna), vogueing focuses on precise movements, while waacking allows the arms to fly free—and both styles are amazing to watch live. Or enter the contest yourself, judged by waackers from Portland, NYC, and Mexico, hosted by drag sensation Alexis Campbell Starr, and music from JaRon the Fame. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 9 pm, $10 ($5 to participate)
MUSIC—Hanson generated billions of teenage squeals in the ’90s—but now they’re all grown up and still just as dreamy and talented. Fans won’t want to miss this two-night “long-form” concert in which they’ll play covers from their fave artists (Michael Jackson, Billy Joel) tonight, followed by another concert tomorrow featuring their greatest hits. SQUEEEAL! WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
w/Paul McDonald (Thurs), Carrick (Fri); Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE César E. Chávez, Thurs & Fri, 7 pm, $80 (includes both nights), all ages