FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2
BEER FEST—Beer is a staple in Portland. Hoppy beer is also a staple in Portland. Fresh-hopped beer is an ephemeral thing, arriving only during hops harvest season, with its piney, citrusy taste and delicate fizz. Beer festivals abound in Oregon, but the Portland Fresh Hops Beer Fest is the only fresh hoppy one at Oaks Park, where you can get drunk and go on amusement park rides. Wheeeeee! SHELBY R. KING
Oaks Amusement Park, 7805 SE Oaks Park, Fri 5:30-9 pm, Sat noon-8 pm, FREE entry, $15-40 to drink
MUSIC—Before they blow the roof off Mississippi Studios tonight, New Jersey punk rockers Titus Andronicus play a free all-ages in-store at Music Millennium. So even if you’re too young (or broke) for a ticket, you don’t have to miss one of the most astonishing live bands in America as they play new songs from their monumental five-act rock opera, The Most Lamentable Tragedy. NED LANNAMANN
Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside, 7 pm, FREE, all ages; Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $13-15
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3
HAUNTINGS—Among haunted houses, FrightTown’s triple-prong of horror—a witch’s den, a museum of horrors, a simulated descent into madness—reigns supreme. It’s centrally located, masterfully designed, and always has me trying to climb the person next to me like a tree. In other words, it works! MARJORIE SKINNER
Memorial Coliseum, 300 Winning, $22, all ages, see frighttown.com for full schedule
MUSIC—The second day of the Lose Yr Mind festival hits its stride, with sets from 21st-century punk giants No Age, plus Seattle’s terrific and not-at-all-wimpy Wimps. It’s just the tip of a music-packed iceberg of a weekend. NED LANNAMANN
AudioCinema, 226 SE Madison, Fri-Sat 8 pm, $10-20 a night
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4
MUSIC—Tonight you will dust off your shabby finery and head down to one of our city’s classiest venues to sit in cushy opulence as beloved Cuban mega-group Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club plays music specifically engineered for dancing. Don’t move a muscle, though! It’s their final tour, and we’re all being fancy. DIRK VANDERHART
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 7 pm, $39.75-72.25, all ages
THEATER—Last year, the goofy-sincere improvisers at Action/Adventure Theatre gave us Mars One, the serialized comedy that cut the best things about house-full-of-strangers reality TV with the promise of commercial transport to the Red Planet. There was intrigue! There were 3D-printed weapons! There was no telling what would happen next. Until now. Blasting off tonight: Mars Two! MEGAN BURBANK
Action/Adventure Theatre, 1050 SE Clinton, Thurs-Sun 8 pm, through Oct 25, $15