FRIDAY, MAY 6
Filmed by Bike
It’s National Bike Month, and the city’s first big cycling bash of the year kicks off this evening. The always-festive Filmed by Bike offers three days of velo-themed film screenings at the Hollywood, a beer-infused street party (tonight at Velo Cult!), and lots more. Slide some trading cards between those spokes and head down. DIRK VANDERHART
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, Fri-Sun, $11 per screening ($55 fest pass), filmedbybike.org for schedule
The Aces: Animal Kingdom
Local sketch comedy does not come any smarter or funnier than the Aces (Shelley McLendon and Michael Fetters). And since some of their funniest sketches often revolve around animals, they’re bringing all of ’em together in a show aptly titled, The Aces: Animal Kingdom. FINALLY! Overprotective gorillas, larcenous raccoons, and bees trapped in cars get the hilarious skewering they deserve! WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Siren Theater, 315 NW Davis, Fri-Sat, 8 pm, through May 14, $15-20
SATURDAY, MAY 7
Hey Lover, The Lavender Flu, Mope Grooves
Tonight is the release celebration of Portland garage-pop trio Hey Lover’s new record, Sinking Ships. It’s the third full-length from dynamic husband-wife duo Justin Varga and Terah Beth Baltzer Varga, and their first with Tim Janchar on bass. Despite its aquatic title, Sinking Ships sounds like the band rigged their garage with jet packs and shot it into the stratosphere. CIARA DOLAN
Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water, 9:30 pm, $8
Swagger Like Us: DavO, Boy_friend, Sappho, Saturn Rising
San Francisco’s been generously exporting its popular queer hip-hop dance extravaganza Swagger Like Us up and down the West Coast lately, and PDX is last on its list of stops. Plan for exuberant, thumping madness, if even a fraction of the rep that precedes SLU is accurate. DIRK VANDERHART
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 9 pm, $10 ($7 before 11 pm)
SUNDAY, MAY 8
Mayer Hawthorne
Mayer Hawthorne is a talented dude: He writes, he sings, he produces, and he plays nearly all the instruments on his new album, Man About Town. It would be silly to miss the Grammy-nominated suit-clad retro soul singer (and former Detroit hip-hop DJ). Bring a date—it could get real intimate. DOUG BROWN
Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark, 8 pm, $24.85-27.85, all ages
The CABA Classic Alpaca Show
You love your mom, right? She’s great, so honor that fine lady with a special Mother’s Day outing to the CABA Classic Alpaca Show. Treat her to a cavalcade of 500 wet-eyed cuties, prancing in an exhibition hall, strutting their stuff in competitions of luster, shearing, and parading. It’ll be a llama mama sorta day! COURTNEY FERGUSON
Portland Expo Center, 2060 N Marine, Sat 9:30 am-5 pm, Sun 8:30 am-4 pm, FREE, all ages