Sun's out. Shorts on. Shirts off. Summer. Is. Here. There's no debating it, no denying it, no questioning it, and this weekend is putting it out there. All the way out there. Boldly. Nakedly. But even if you're not feeling like baring yourself fully to the joys of summer, there's still a ton of stuff to get into, some Big Fais to Do-Do, multiple opportunities to find out what's Good in the Hood, and so much more; hit the links below and load your plate accordingly.
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Friday, Jun 22
Good in the Hood Multicultural Music, Arts & Food Festival
The annual Good in the Hood festival, the largest multicultural festival in the Pacific Northwest, has been going strong for 26 years! The family-friendly event will have a kidsâ space to play, and a parade starting at Dawson Park thatâll kick-off Saturdayâs celebration by ending at King School Park. The rest of the weekendâs packed with live jazz, blues, soul and hip-hop, including DJ Pryce Miyagi and headliner Howard Hewitt. Thereâs also a multicultural marketplace with a plethora of food, arts and craft vendors. Bring the whole fam or roll up with some friends. Itâs finna be lit. JENNI MOORE
Fri-Sun noon, King School Park, free, all ages
IPRC's 20th Birthday
Has it really been 20 years since Chloe Eudaly (not yet a city council member) founded this non-profit self-publishing space? The number of local artists and writers (including yours truly) that have happily toiledâcollating, stapling, and squeegeeing their self published piecesâwithin the IPRCâs supportive walls are too many to measure. For their birthday bash, the IPRC keeps it DIY with a group mural project and a time capsule of stuff. Hooray for 20 years and 20 years more! Pizza, tacos and a sheet cake are involved (you know how to do it right, gurl). SUZETTE SMITH
6:30 pm, Independent Publishing Resource Center, $8
John Value
John Valueâs restive playing on Little Starâs wonderful 2016 debut, Being Close, betrayed a drummer uncommonly attuned to the emotional dips and swells of a three-minute pop song. He sounded busy back there, like he was trying to find paths to feeling that his bandmates hadnât discovered yet. Itâs not surprising, then, that Value is a skilled songwriter in his own right. The multi-instrumentalistâs new album, The Altar, is a crystalline collection of somber pop that is gloriously out of step with the sounds and poses of 2018. Big Starâs âThirteenâ hovers above the record as a guiding light, and like fellow Chilton-Bell acolyte Elliott Smith, Value can stretch a single syllable into something holy and wrenching. The Altar isnât all gray dolor, thoughâthe best song on the album is âThe Long Sleep,â a galloping thrill reminiscent of Dire Straits at their peak. And if âDire Straits at their peakâ doesnât strike you as a ringing endorsement, you might need to give Dire Straits another listen. CHRIS STAMM
9 pm, (The World Famous) Kenton Club, $5
The Great Big Fais Do-Do
Another year, another Great Big Fais Do Do, which is Cajun for partying your ass off (That might not be the most accurate of translations, but you get the idea). Spread over three days at multiple locations (including the Spare Room, the Secret Society, Velo Cult, Beeswing, and the Moon and Sixpence), some of Portland's best old-timey, foot-stompin', tub-thumpinest groups show off their stuff.
Various Locations, visit the Fais Do-Do event page for a full list of performances and venues, $5-35
The Decemberists, M. Ward
Colin Meloy and his beloved indie rock institution return to the Edgefield lawn for a pair of hometown shows supporting their latest full-length, I'll Be Your Girl. Fellow Portlander M. Ward opens the show with his own blend of folk, blues, and Americana.
Fri-Sat 6:30 pm, Edgefield, $45
Portland International Beerfest
Three days of swimming in over 200 rare and exotic beers and ciders, games (you can't drink this much beer and not play some darts, right?) pub grub from a wide variety of vendors, the Grande Beer Garden where full pints can be purchased for $3, free re-entry all weekend, and much more. Visit portland-beerfest.com for an updated list of vendors and breweries.
Fri-Sun 4 pm, North Park Blocks, $25-35
Shopping, French Vanilla
UK post-punk revivalists Shopping have this weird way of accommodating any vibe that comes their way. The trioâs songs are multi-use marvels that will dance with you if you feel like dancing, pace with you if you feel like panicking, or console you if you feel like crying. Crucial progenitors like the Slits and the Au Pairs provide the DNA, so nostalgia is welcome here as well, but when I hear Shopping do their thing, I canât help but feel planted in a present that is giving me permission to simply be. Like buildings designed to shift, roll, and sway to withstand the violence of an earthquake, Shoppingâs songs are reactive compounds that use vulnerability to absorb and understand and respond to a world that is confusing and scary. To listen is to be invited into that realm of rawness and strength. What you do there is up to you. CHRIS STAMM
9:30 pm, Bunk Bar, $12
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Los Kung Fu Monkeys
Vocalist Dicky Barrett, saxophonist Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton, and dancing guy Ben Carr lead the Boston ska punk institution to the Hawthorne Theatre for the Portland stop on a North American tour supporting their 2018 full-length, While We're At It.
8 pm, Hawthorne Theatre, $25-30, all ages
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion is a shiny, silly, sweet-hearted curiosity whose reputation has only increased with time. An '80s teen comedy dressed up in garish '90s fashions and starring people way too old for the genre they're in (which is absolutely part of the joke), I find myself thinking of it as part of an unofficial trilogy including Can't Hardly Wait and 10 Things I Hate About You; much like Scream revitalized the slasher by simultaneously honoring and subverting formula, 1997's Romy and Michelle sparked a Hughes-ian teen comedy renaissance by defibrillating the heart of a jaded-to-near-death genre through carefully considered characterization. Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino start the film as semi-shrill caricatures, but by the time they climb into Alan Cumming's chopper for their happily-ever-after ending, they are two fully fleshed out, lovable, hilarious people. BOBBY ROBERTS
8 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9
Saturday, Jun 23
The Best of HUMP!
For one weekend only, see the best amateur porn film shorts from HUMP! years 2008-2017. All the favorites are here: the uproarious Breakfast in Bed, the adventurous Summer Fuckation, the sweet-hearted Glory Hole and many more! If you havenât been to a HUMP! yet, Best of HUMP! , with its curated selection of 22 fun, kinky, enthusiastic, hilarious films, is a great way to see what HUMP! is all about. SUZETTE SMITH
Fri-Sat 7 pm & 9:30 pm, Revolution Hall, $25
World Naked Bike Ride
Who doesnât love being naked? Itâs so freeing, and thereâs no better way to stay cool in summer than pedaling in the wind with nothing in the world between you and nature. Well, the annual World Naked Bike Ride on June 23 has you covered! ⊠Metaphorically, but definitely not literally. The six-mile breezy bike ride starts at Cathedral Park in St. Johns around dusk, and there are several nude-friendly after-parties planned. Donât forget to bring your bike seat covers! KELLY KENOYER
9 pm, Cathedral Park, free
Months, Lubec, Helens
A trio of Portland's finest indie rock, post-punk, and noise pop outfits turn up their amps and get loud at the Black Water Bar to kick-start the summer in style.
7 pm, Black Water Bar, $6, all ages
Mic Capes, Rasheed Jamal, Luke Tailor, Danny Sky
Itâs become pretty clear Mic Capes' is going places, so you may as well enjoy him live while heâs cheap. For the lucky souls who do show up, youâre gonna hear these âRazor Tongueâ bars loud and clear. JENNI MOORE
9 pm, The Fixin' To, $7
Karima Walker, Sun June, R. Ariel, Pat Moon
Iâm generally wary of four-band bills (whoâs got the leg strength?), but tonightâs lineup at Turn! Turn! Turn! is worth the quad fatigue: It includes Arizona-based experimental folksinger Karima Walker, whose 2017 debut full-length Hands in Our Names is sparse and breathtaking; Texan âregret popâ band Sun June, who just dropped their daydreamy debut LP Years earlier this month; R. Ariel, another Arizona-based musician/artist who specializes in electronic trip-hop; and Portlandâs own Pat Moon, whose eerily beautiful new album Romantic Era sounds like Kate Bush collaborating with John Maus (especially on standout track âMedieval Spellsâ) CIARA DOLAN
8 pm, Turn! Turn! Turn!
Larry B
Larry B had already made a name for himself in Londonâs music and fashion scenes as a photographer and DJ. But last year, he took a step into a new realm with the release of 5 Sad Songs, a short digital EP that finds him slipping on the surprisingly comfortable vibe of a confessional singer/songwriter playing in the waters of future R&B. The raw bedroom recordings are spectacular, like stripping some of James Blakeâs productions down to the studs. Larry uses those bare structures to explore his broken heart and bruised spirit, adorning them with his rich, unfettered vocals. According to the note that accompanies the Bandcamp release of these tunes, his intentions were both a little selfish and a little altruistic, calling it âmore self help-y if anything. Helpful to me, hopefully helpful to you too.â Mission accomplished, Larry B. ROBERT HAM
9 pm, Yale Union, free
Jill Scott & Erykah Badu Tribute
NW Soul Academy and the Goodfoot present a tribute to a pair of pioneering soul and R&B singer/songwriters, with Portland music scene staples Farnell Newton and the Othership Connection, Arietta Ward, Michalangela, Saeeda Wright, and more performing hits and deep cuts from each artist's entire catalog.
9 pm, Goodfoot, $15
The Kid
Charlie Chaplinâs first full-length film is a highly successful blend of comedy and pathos. The familiar Tramp finds an orphaned kid, played by Jackie Coogan in perhaps the only child performance thatâs cute without being cloying. Featuring live pipe organ score by Dean Lemire. NED LANNAMANN
2 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $10-12
Andrea Bocelli
Beloved Italian tenor, songwriter, and producer Andrea Bocelli returns to the US for a short West Coast jaunt that stops off at the Moda Center tonight.
8 pm, Moda Center, $78-360
Andaz
For more than 15 years, DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid have been an inimitable force in the Portland dance scene. Since 2002 the power duo has hosted Andazâtheir monthly bhangra, Bollywood, and desi bass dance party (the longest running on the West Coast)âand let me tell you, it is WILD. There were flashing lights and Bollywood movies playing on TVs. The air was thick with moisture, so thick that I'm pretty sure it was condensing on the ceiling. Surrounded by energetic dancers, DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid inundated late-night revelers with rhythms from Southeast Asia and beyond. CIARA DOLAN
9 pm, Senate, $10
Evil Dead: The Musical
Back in Portland with more splatter than a Gallagher concert, Evil Dead: The Musical transforms Sam Raimi's classic filmâabout a uber-chinned jackass fighting evil spirits in a cabinâinto a sweetly silly musical.
7 pm, Funhouse Lounge, $18
Dave Barnes
The Nashville-based singer/songwriter who received a Grammy nomination for Blake Shelton's recording of his hit song, "God Gave Me You," swings through the Doug Fir to perform some tunes along with some stand-up comedy in support of his latest album, Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself.
9 pm, Doug Fir, $15-20
5th Annual Taste of Parkrose
The fifth annual celebration of a historic Portland neighborhood, including 5/10k fun run, live music, both food and arts pavilions, a kids play area, and contributions from members of the Parkrose Business and Parkrose Neighborhood Associations.
10 am, Rossi Farms
Sunday, Jun 24
Y La Bamba, Black Belt Eagle Scout
The latest installment in Rontoms Sunday Sessions kicks-off summer on the right note with a can't-miss double bill featuring sets from Portland music scene staples Y La Bamba and Black Belt Eagle Scout.
8 pm, Rontoms, free
Sunday Parkways North
If youâre looking for some cycling fun this week that mandates you remain clothed, you can enjoy the family-friendly North Portland Sunday Parkways ride the next day. The 9.5-mile double loop passes by half a dozen beautiful North Portland parks, some with live music, vendors, and fun activities for the kiddos. And itâs totally safe because the streets are closed to traffic! Donât you just love summer? KELLY KENOYER
11 am, North Portland, free, all ages
R.A. The Rugged Man, A.F.R.O, Mic Crenshaw, Bad Habitat, Serge Severe, Endr Won, Grinchmobb, Nyde Unorthodox, DJ Lady X
Long Island-hailing rapper R.A. The Rugged Man heads up a full bill of live hip-hop at the Paris Theater, with A.F.R.O, Mic Crenshaw, Bad Habitat, Serge Severe, Endr Won, Grinchmobb, Nyde Unorthodox, and DJ Lady X on hand to round out the proceedings.
8 pm, Paris Theater, $20
Live SET Student Showcase
Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washingtonâs Live SET (Sound Engineering for Teens) program teaches high schoolers all about live sound engineering. This afternoon, they'll put their new skills to work at a free, all-ages matinee that includes performances by some of Portlandâs best local acts, like Strange Hotels, Souvenir Driver, Plastic Cactus, and 1939 Ensemble.
1 pm, Mississippi Studios, free, all ages
One Tail at a Time's Haute Dog Fashion Show
Dress in your best digs for the annual haute dog fashion show in support of no-kill shelter, One Tail at a Time PDX, where the pups are the real stars. Chow down vegan hot dogs to a soundtrack backed by SPF666, get amped with a pre-show performance by Kaj-anne Pepper, and sip your fair share of swill. Dogs. Drag. Dress Up. Drinks. Need we say more?
3 pm, Victoria Bar, free
Kiki's Delivery Service
Beloved director Hayao Miyazaki frequently acknowledges his admiration of Disney, but Uncle Walt and all his filmmaking descendents ainât got shit on Miyazakiâs ability to conjure up pure animated magic. Kikiâs Delivery Service is one many examples of Miyazakiâs fantastical-yet-low-key genius, telling the story of a 13-year-old delivery witch (and her cat) who falls in love and learns to overcome her insecurities. When many of us are caught up in daily maelstroms of angst and cacophony out in the real world, calling time out to experience Kikiâs quiet, winsome triumphs on the big screen is a welcome, necessary respite. BOBBY ROBERTS
9 pm, Academy Theater, $3-4
Les Misérables
Man there were a lot of sad people with beautiful singing voices in 19th-century France. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönbergâs Tony Award-winning musical makes its way back to Portland, and today is the last day you can see it before it moves along
1 pm & 6:30 pm, Keller Auditorium, $40-115
Don't forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!
