Jenny Don’t & The Spurs, Joey Briggs, Ryan Sollee, Ike Fonseca
Portland’s own Jenny Don’t and the Spurs are headlining this foot-stompin’ feel-good holiday show filled with punky Western-style get downs, and it’s for a good cause to boot! This fifth annual toy drive (titled Rock for Reason) will benefit Portland’s Ronald McDonald House, and will also feature the Builders and the Butchers’ Ryan Sollee, LA’s Joey Briggs, and local singer/songwriter Ike Fonseca—and all you have to do is bring a new, unwrapped toy, and a thirst for a good-time, downhome night of C&W fun. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
8 pm, Doug Fir, $10
Pwrhaus, Body Academics, Pregnant, Schaus
Portland songwriter Tonality Star and his band PWRHAUS bring their bright and shapeshifting indie rock and soulful pop sounds out to the Hawthorne Theatre Lounge for a hometown headlining show.
7:30 pm, Hawthorne Theatre Lounge, $6-8
Dim Wit, The Breathing Effect, Ackerman, Skelevision
The local duo spearheaded by singer/songwriter Jeff Tuyay and drummer Tyler Verigin bring their playful and shapeshifting blend of rock, pop, and post-punk to the Know for a hometown headlining show supporting their 2017 debut.
8 pm, The Know, $8
Portugal. The Man, Hustle & Drone
One of the strangest musical stories of 2017 must be the mainstream breakthrough of Portugal. the Man. For those in the dark, here’s a quick catch-up: A couple of high school friends from Wasilla, Alaska, formed a band in the early 2000s and eventually moved to Portland, where they started building a following that dug their vibrant, proggy psych-rock. Over the past decade they’ve released eight studio albums, signed to Atlantic Records, worked with stars like Danger Mouse and Mike D, and, earlier this year, scored a #1 hit on a couple of Billboard’s alternative charts. The song is called “Feel It Still,” and it’s a snappy little faux-soul number that you might’ve heard in an iPad or Vitamin Water commercial. It’s now nominated for a Grammy and the band is bigtime, so this show at the Crystal has been sold out for a while. BEN SALMON
8 pm, Crystal Ballroom, $50
Home Alone
A Christmas thought experiment: On one side of you sits an incontinent Cousin Fuller, guzzling Pepsi and shooting you a deranged look that strongly suggests—if not outright promises—he plans to purposefully urinate on you in your sleep. On the other side, a pair of dangerous burglars threatening their own brand of sadistic and unnecessary wetness. How to avoid that hot urine? How to dodge that felonious drenching? And how to do it all while discovering some real shit about Christmas? This is young Kevin McAllister’s burden. Come, marvel as he shoulders it. (Involves shooting a guy in the dick.) DIRK VANDERHART
4:20 pm, 9:30 pm, Laurelhurst Theater, $3-4, all ages
Holidays with the Trail Band
As part of a long-running annual tradition, The Trail Band bring their blend of traditional and modern holiday music to the Aladdin Theater for a run of shows to benefit the Portland chapter of Friends of the Children.
3 pm, 7 pm, Aladdin Theater, $20-39, all ages
Class War for Christmas
If the tax bill that Congress passed left you feeling like the Grinch, considering joining the Portland DSA for “some good old fashion holiday class war” at Pioneer Square. Wear red and dress in your best holiday digs as you chant and carol in this public demonstration that festively flexes your first amendment right. EMILLY PRADO
3 pm, Pioneer Courthouse Square, free
Rare Monk, Small Million, Tents
Experimental indie rockers Rare Monk round out an evening of local pop-leaning acts at the latest Rontoms Sunday Session.
8 pm, Rontoms, free
Collie Buddz, Jesse Royal
New Orleans-born and Bermuda-raised singer/songwriter brings his blend of dancehall reggae back to the Wonder Ballroom stage to the Portland stop on a headlining tour supporting his latest full-length, Good Life.
8:30 pm, Wonder Ballroom, $25, all ages
Nice Boys: Trivia and Comedy Showcase
Portland loves itself a pub quiz, and Portland also loves its comedy scene. The Bronze Broads loves the combination of the two, and presents this trivia night (Golden Girls-themed, even) followed up by comedy from Corina Lucas, Lydia Manning, Kat Buckley, and Amanda Lynn Deal.
7:30 pm, Funhouse Lounge, $5
Don’t forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!