Record Store Day 2018
Happy Record Store Day! It’s the most wonderful time of the year for crate diggers, when artists drop rare vinyl releases at participating record stores across the globe. Lucky for us, four Portland shops are throwing celebrations with fantastic bills: Everyday Music always hosts the biggest show, and this year’s lineup is no different, with sets from local favorites like Bed. and Amenta Abioto. Tender Loving Empire is joining forces with Good Cheer Records at their Hawthorne location, with DJs from bands like Turtlenecked and Y La Bamba spinning records, plus free beer from Gigantic Brewing Company and 20 percent off all music purchases. Across the street, Jackpot Records will also have DJs soundtracking as you peruse, like Patterson Hood of Drive-by Truckers. That night, Music Millennium will host in-store performances from Sloan and Fernando. CIARA DOLAN
Various Stores and Locations, click here for participating venues and performers

The Portland Mercury's Pizza Week
This is the last day to get your pizza on. And who knows—maybe you're bold enough to try doing the whole damn thing in one day, in one run, one glorious last mad dash marathon of $2 slices from some of the finest pizza-making minds in Portland. Or maybe you're only looking to taste the best of the best (of the best). In which case: click here for the list of slices, and choose wisely.
Various Locations, click here for a list of participating venues and slices

James Comey
Former FBI director James Comey has a new book out, and even the title—A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership—reads like a not-so-sneaky condemnation of his former boss. Tonight, Comey’s in town to discuss the book, which recounts a career that's included sending Martha Stewart to prison, digging into Hillary Clinton’s emails, and going toe-to-toe with the goddamn mafia. It’s been a real weird couple of years, in large part thanks to Comey’s contentious interactions with Clinton and Trump—and hearing him talk about it promises a perspective unlike anyone else’s. ERIK HENRIKSEN
noon, Revolution Hall, $40

Sloan
By the 1990s, the term “power pop”—which began as a self-explanatory marriage of Who-ish crunch and Beatles-like melody—could apply to a range of artists. On one end of the spectrum was Weezer, whose self-deprecating edge and references to suburban pop culture ephemera served as the modern counterweight to singer Rivers Cuomo’s thinly veiled Pet Sounds fetishizing. On the other was Jellyfish, a technicolored ELO/Wings/Queen mashup that openly resisted musical trends of the era. Somewhere in the middle lay Halifax’s Sloan—a band that never seemed particularly self-conscious of their retro influences, but who executed pastiche with a nonchalance that catered to alt-rock sensibilities. Despite taking seven weeks and costing $120,000 to record, Sloan’s 1994 high-water mark Twice Removed is one of the most effortless-sounding power pop records ever released. Opening track “Penpals” is a Revolver sendup with lyrics lifted from actual fan mail addressed to the band’s then-labelmates Nirvana. And the catchiest couplet on the entire album, from the song “Coax Me,” happens to be, “If I drink concentrated O.J./Can I think Consolidated’s okay?” That’s really all you need to know. MORGAN TROPER
9 pm, Doug Fir, $20

Fuji to Hood: A Japan/Portland Collaboration Beer Fest
What goes better with sushi and ramen than beer? This brew fest features eleven partnerships between Japanese and Portland breweries to create new and unique recipes to try. SakeOne will also be there if beer’s not your speed. And yes, those quintessential Japanese snacks will be there too. KELLY KENOYER
11am, Culmination Brewing, $25-30

TEDxPortland
Despite its less-than-accessible price tag, TEDxPortland is actually worth your hard-earned money. Each year they curate an excellent panel of local and n organizers, leaders and thinkers to share their “ideas worth spreading.” This year’s event (themed “Br/dges”) has a very intriguing lineup, which includes journalist/news anchor Ann Curry, new Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, Peter Cho of the award-winning Han Oak restaurant, musician Edna Vazquez, and many more. Throughout the day you’ll get to snack on Salt & Straw, sip Stumptown coffee, and get access to the post-event happy hour with bites from Laughing Planet.
8 am, Keller Auditorium, $85-200

CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant
The Soul'd Out Festival presents a headlining performance with the renowned Miami-hailing jazz vocalist who took home back-to-back Grammy Awards for her most recent albums, For One to Love and Dreams and Daggers.
8 pm, Revolution Hall, $25-40

Stumpfest 7: Night 3
Portland’s annual celebration of weighty, sludgy, proggy, thickly serpentine music returns to Mississippi Studios for three nights of full-volume heaviosity. Highlights Saturday night headliners Dead Meadow, whose lysergic psychedelia never fails to please. Get ready to rawk. NED LANNAMANN
7:30 pm, Mississippi Studios, $25-30

Down Gown, Rllrbll, Inny
Portland’s Down Gown play with wiry poise, exuding unhinged, manic ferocity one minute, then shifting to melodies so mired in dissonant structures they almost seem surreal. RYAN J. PRADO
9 pm, (The World Famous) Kenton Club, $5

Hoppy Earth Day Brew Fest
From the earth comes hops. From the hops comes beer. Beer that tastes tangy and bitter and bitey and all the other great things that Northwest drinkers have come to love. Portland Brewing celebrates Earth Day by throwing a party for the region's best hoppy beers, and providing you an opportunity to run off all that liquid bread with a 5K run, too.
1 pm, Portland Brewing Company, $15

Sedan: Haunted House Sleepover
Portland’s comedy scene gets EVEN MORE delightful with Sedan, a new sketch group featuring seasoned performers Shelley McLendon, Loren Hoskins, Paul Glazier, Chad Parsons, and the Mercury’s own Wm. Steven Humphrey. Though they did divulge that they were almost called the Crybaby Turtles, Sedan promises “action, adventure, and tears.” I call shotty! MEGAN BURBANK
8 pm, Siren Theater, $10-20

NausicaÀ of the Valley of the Wind
Almost everything you could, should, and do love about Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Avatar (both the blue-kitty-people version and the kid-with-the-arrow-on-his-head version) was already present in this 1984 anime classic, but made more visually interesting and emotionally engaging (if you can believe that, and you should), thanks to the beautiful mind of legendary storyteller Hayao Miyazaki. Part of the Hollywood Theatre’s Hayao Miyazaki Celebration series. BOBBY ROBERTS
2:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $6, all ages

Monster Pageant
Support Portland’s premier zine fest as they fundraise for the upcoming 18th annual Portland Zine Symposium by dressing in your best monster garb. While the pageant is closed to new submissions, over a dozen monster artists will duke it out to see who walks away with the title of Portland’s mightiest monster. Spectators who arrive in costume earn a discounted entry of just $5 for their efforts. EMILLY PRADO
6 pm, N Michigan & N Failing, $7-10

Healing the Healthcare Blues Inner City Blues Festival
Norman Sylvester's seventh annual inner city blues festival to help raise funds for Health Care for All Oregon, featuring an all-star cast of Portland's finest musicians pouring out their heart and soul to help provide the city some relief from our country's ongoing health care crisis.
5 pm, North Portland Eagles Lodge, $20-25

Izaak Opatz
If you still haven’t checked out Izaak Opatz’s 2017 solo debut Mariachi Static, you’re doing your ears a disservice. It’s forgivable, though, considering the album was self-released by Opatz following his move from Missoula, Montana, to Los Angeles. You’ll be out of excuses soon enough, though, since venerable Portland label Mama Bird Recording is re-releasing Mariachi Static in July. Opatz’s self-described “dirtwave” aesthetic ought to fit right in to your summertime vibes; his songs are stuffed with effortless cool, vivid wordplay, and insightful, mischievous commentaries. It’s funny, too, which makes it all the more endearing, especially on tracks as hummable and sweet as “Not Yet” or “One Way or Another.” Opatz is bringing his full LA band up for a quick West Coast jaunt before the re-release drops. Believe the hype RYAN J. PRADO
9:30 pm, Bunk Bar, $10-12

Don't forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!