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Happy New Yearโ€™s Eve! What to Do on December 31

Do This, Do That and Mercury Music Picks join forces, guiding you into 2026.

As 2025 comes to a close, let us reflect on what a wild year it has been. 2025 blew the doors off all of our expectations clocking in at 525,600 minutes, 365 calendar days, and 12 distinct months. Can you even believe it? Itโ€™ll be hard for 2026 to keep up, but hopes are high […]

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Mercury Music Picks: Droned Out Scottish Bagpipes and Industrial Queer Rave

Plus Moment and Julie Doiron take over SE, and Portland Music News.

Well, has it finally happened? Are we in the season where concerts and events are slowing down, allowing us to chill and take some time to ourselves? Yes and no! There is still so much happening around town right now that tough decisions still need to be made between one show and another, and between […]

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Happy Halloween! What to Do October 30-November 2

Do This, Do That and Mercury Music Picks go full Frankenstein with event recommendations for Halloweekend! 

LINDSAY COSTELLO: What’re you up to this Halloweekend? NOLAN PARKER: Idk yet, there’s so much on! Papi’s got a Dรญa de los Muertos gig on in NE and Nonbinary GF are headlining a medieval punk show at High Limit Room. She/her about town, Jenna Fletcher is also chirping about a queer dance party at White […]

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Mercury Music Picks: Whoopinโ€™ It Up with ICP, Going Back for Seconds with Big Bite

Plus sacred choral music, Portland’s Omni Gardens, and Portland music news! 

So who was at Turnstile, Amyl & The Sniffers, and Speed last Wednesday? Half the Mercury staff was thereโ€ฆ itโ€™s the kind of show that makes you never want to miss another show ever again. The lead dude in Sydney, Australiaโ€™s Speed was fucking strapped, looking like a kangaroo about to beat you down in […]

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Mercury Music Picks: Nonbinary Girlfriend Play Free Show, Duster Side Project Play Gaza Fundraiser

Plus an Improvisation Summit, getting Nourished by Time, and Portland music news! 

Whose idea was it to book Autechre, Nourished By Time, Lucinda Williams, and Fleshwater all on the same night? And then, the very next night, Turnstile, Amyl & The Sniffers, Speed, and Jane Remover?? At least those last four are on the same bill…. Having a friend visiting you from a city you used to […]

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