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Ticket Alert: Kane Brown, Erykah Badu, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, Jimmy O. Yang and More Event Updates for October 17
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Country superstar Kane Brown will take the high road to Portland next spring. R&B queen Erykah Badu will play the Moda Center as part of the 2025 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival. Plus, actor-comedian Jimmy O. Yang is bringing his latest stand-up tour, Big & Tall, to the Schnitz. Read on for details on those and […]

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Nick Swardson, the Portland Book Festival, Jeffrey Martin, and MORE!

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Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making […]

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Mercury Music Picks: Once Chance To See That At the Drive-In Doc in Portland

Erykah Badu headlines the 2025 PDX Jazz Festival, and we have NEW Haley Heynderickx songs—INCOMING!
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Do you ever have that thing where you’ve had a cold for a week and a half, but then you have to listen to At the Drive-In—just to make sure it still rules? I am here—wrapped up in a blanket burrito—fist-pumping this edition of Mercury Music Picks with the vigor of a one-armed scissor. In […]

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What’s Wrong With the Dare?

This Portland indie heartfelt went full New York sleaze, and we’re dancing to it.
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Early on in F For Fake—Orson Welles’ famous 1973 pseudo-documentary about master art forger Elmyr de Hory—de Hory’s biographer says: “The important distinction to make when you’re talking about the genuine quality of a painting is not so much whether it is a real painting or a fake—it’s whether it’s a good fake or a […]

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Get Your Tix Now for the  Hilarious HALLOWEEN Edition of “Two Evils with Arlo & Kate!”

It’s audience vs. a special guest contestant in a devilishly fun game of good vs. evil—with special guest Ben Harkins! 😍
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Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! Join Arlo and Kate (and Wm. Steven Humphrey from the Mercury as “the voice of God”) as they […]

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The Top 44 Events in Portland This Week: Oct 14–20, 2024

Kehlani, Portland Film Festival, and More
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It’s just another manic Monday, but we’re here to sort out your weekly plans with event suggestions from Kehlani’s CRASH WORLD TOUR to André 3000: New Blue Sun Live In Concert and from the Portland Film Festival to Be a Revolution: An Evening with Ijeoma Oluo, and much more. MONDAY LIVE MUSIC André 3000: New […]

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Loitering Coyotes, a New LGBTQ+ Center on the Scene, and Your Candidate Roundup!

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GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It’s the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being “the last to know,” then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to […]

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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Oct 11–13, 2024

Arbor Day, We Are Sacred: An Indigenous Peoples Celebration, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15
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The weekend awaits, as do fun ways to spend it, from the farewell showing of Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail to the 26th Annual Portland Open Studios Tour and from Portland’s Arbor Day Tree Planting to We Are Sacred: An Indigenous Peoples Celebration. For more ideas, check out our roundup of this week’s top events. FRIDAY […]

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10 Seasonal Treats to Try in Portland This Fall

Caramel Apple Fritters, Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, and More
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At last, a crisp chill has permeated the air, trees have begun to shed their leaves, and Portland cafes and bakeries have begun to serve pumpkin and maple everything. Pull on a cable-knit sweater and indulge your secret Christian Girl Autumn side with seasonal delicacies like pumpkin whoopie pies, caramel apple paletas, and apple cider cake […]

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Ticket Alert: John Legend, Nikki Glaser, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, More Event Updates for October 10
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R&B crooner John Legend is coming to town this December to serve holiday cheer, Christmas carols, and special stories. Potty-mouthed blonde and legendary roaster Nikki Glaser will serve up something crass on her Alive And Unwell tour. Plus, country queen Megan Moroney has extended the tour for her sophomore album Am I Okay?, adding a […]

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Oregon Folk Singer Jeffrey Martin Captures Live Music Magic at Mississippi Studios

Martin’s heart-on-sleeve folk tunes are like walking past a graveyard of love and loss, light and dark, hurt, hope, faith, and uncertainty.
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A few years ago, Jeffrey Martin made a last-minute decision to record one of his concerts with the intention of possibly turning it into a live album. It didn’t turn out. “Listening back to it, the recording was unsalvageable because there was some ghost in the machine or something. But I was grateful that it […]

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