Wondering what there is to do this weekend? Look no further, because we’ve rounded up the best budget-friendly options around town, from Frybread Fest to World Vegan Month and from the Portland Holiday Market to the Creative Storefronts art installation. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.
FRIDAY
LIVE MUSIC
Chipped Nail Polish with Mckenna Esteb and Frecks
Jill Sullivan makes easygoing, freewheeling indie rock as the Portland-based project Chipped Nail Polish, which started as her, an electric ukulele, and a bad manicure at house shows around the University of Oregon. Chipped Nail Polish’s recent album After Ankeny has no skips and fills me with bubbly delight every time I listen to it—I bought it on Bandcamp after only hearing the first three tracks. The talented musician (and bread baker) plays a hometown show in the middle of a West Coast run with support from Boise-based soulful contemporary pop artist McKenna Esteb. Local singer-songwriter Frecks opens the night with dreampop songs filled with ethereal vocals and hazy guitar riffs. I bet you’ll leave inspired to get up in the morning and take yourself on a date to a local farmers market, still humming along to infectious melodies from the night before. SHANNON LUBETICH
(The Midnight PDX + The Sïx, Sunnyside, $10-$15)
