Wynne, Karma Knows, Jerry Bandito
While Wynne has played a small handful of shows around town in the last three years, a proper hometown headliner gig has been elusive, due to her being under 21 and the fact that she lacked a debut EP or LP. Having finally released her impressive debut mixtape If I May in late October, the golden-haired MC appears fully committed to authentically representing her hometown (Lake Oswego), her college town (Eugene), and her current city (Portland) regardless of where her career takes her. I understand and respect the blonde-haired rapper’s intent with this perfectly ordered, 11-track “mixtape” available on all streaming platforms: to demonstrate her self-awareness of entering the hip-hop arena tentatively, and as a guest in the culture. But If I May is album-worthy TBH. Now that the artist is of legal drinking age and has plenty of material to perform, the time has finally come for Wynne to start playing shows at venues in Portland and beyond. It all begins with this all-ages joint at the Hawthorne, and you shan’t miss it. (Sat Dec 14, 8:45 pm, Hawthorne Theatre, free w/ rsvp, all ages) JENNI MOORE

The Portland Bazaar
One of the biggest and best opportunities to shop local for the holiday season, with over 80 vendors and makers to shop from, as well as an opportunity to pair your purchases with handcrafted cocktails and bites. (Sat-Sun Dec 14-15, 11 am, Yale Union, free)

At the Video Store
Portland-based filmmaker James Westby's first documentary—he’s best known for his comedies Film Geek, The Auteur, and Rid of Me—perfectly captures the shambolic nature of the early home video age, boasting interviews with the proprietors of shops like Ivan’s Alley in New York and Video Americain in Baltimore. There are also a slew of marquee names—like Barry’s Bill Hader, legendary film editor Thelma Schoonmaker (Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Irishman), and writer/director Nicole Holofcener (Please Give, Enough Said, Parks and Recreation)—who jump at the chance to profess their love of their favorite stores. (Mon Dec 16, 7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9) ROBERT HAM

Speaker Minds, Rich Hunter, Madgesdiq
Led by classically trained singer Adrian Adel and MC Randal Wyatt, Portland-based six-piece Speaker Minds specializes in hip-hop, rock and R&B. The band hasn’t released anything new since their 2018 EP Wastelands—but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy all the groovy tunes that’re already out. Neo-soul singer Rich Hunter (who formerly performed under the moniker Risky Star) accentuates the soul-drenched bill, bringing even more allure to a show that ALSO provides an opportunity to devour some tasty vegan “chicken” strips from the adjoining Bar Bar. (Sun Dec 15, 9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $5) JENNI MOORE

Peacock Lane
SCARF UP, MOTHERFUCKERS! It's time to get your eggnog-loving ass to Peacock Lane, which starting TONIGHT will blaze and burn with SO MUCH GODDAMN CHRISTMAS CHEER that your eyes will shoot out jets of scalding-hot mulled wine! For over 80 years, the residents of Peacock Lane have gone bugfuck shitcrazy with Christmas lights—and my sources on the Lane are whispering that this year is gonna be a particularly mind-blowing orgasm of electric insanity! Will there be a hot cocoa booth? FUCKING OF COURSE THERE WILL BE, AND I'M GOING TO DRINK ALL OF IT. (Sun Dec 15, 6 pm, Peacock Lane, free, all ages motherfucker) ERIK HENRIKSEN


Swiggle Mandela, Psychic Guilt, Halloweener
Rising Portland hip-hop artist Swiggle Mandela heads up a Friday-night show at the Cobra Lounge, with local goth and darkwave duo Psychic Guilt and experimental noise act Halloweener rounding out the all-ages bill (Fri Dec 13, 8:30 pm, The Cobra Lounge, $5-10, all ages)

Power Trash, New York Kids
Bunk hosts an evening that pays loud, fervent tribute to the spiky sounds of both the Replacements and Interpol. (Fri Dec 13, 8:30 pm, BunkBar, $7)

Portland Opera To Go: La Bohème
Portland Opera does its part to help spread the drama and art of opera to its audience with its Opera To Go series, condensing classics into fun, 50-minute blasts of melody, performance, and pure theater, and theater doesn't get more theatrical than La Bohème. (Sat Dec 14, 1 pm, Hampton Opera Center, $10)

Rad Max presents So Bad, It's Rad!: Chopping Mall
Portland's pre-eminent purveyors of "rad wave" dance rock, Rad Max, return to the Clinton for a special screening of 1986's killer robot epic ("epic" being loosely used here but lets just go with it) Chopping Mall, augmented with Rad Max's sounds and... joie de vivre. That's a good word for it! (Sat Dec 14, 7 pm, Clinton Street Theater, $8)

Hayley & the Crushers, Rat Queen, Cheap Heat, Sands
Hayley Crusher Cain and her San Luis Obispo-based band bring their infectious bubblegum punk and surf-rock back up the coast for a headlining show at the Twilight. Seattle's Rat Queen and locals Cheap Heat and Sands round out the bill. (Sat Dec 14, 8:30 pm, Twilight Cafe & Bar, $7)

A Holiday Wine Spectacular
Wine is always spectucular, but it becomes a little extra-tacular tonight as Teutonic hosts this holiday party headlined by the Mutineers, with Andrew Emlen on cello and Ian Brandon on the fiddle. (Sat Dec 14, 7:30 pm, Teutonic Wine Company, $10)

Crafty Wonderland
If you’re feeling guilty for purchasing GARBAGE gifts for your loved ones every holiday season, there’s a quick and fun cure: Crafty Wonderland. The annual celebration of everything crafty and DIY returns to the Convention Center with over 250 vendors selling really good handmade goods: hats, action figures, art, wallets, jewelry, pins, T-shirts, bowties for cats, slingshots, and thousands more super fun and original gifts will be on display. So go, buy, and stop disappointing your loved ones, already! (Sat-Sun Dec 14-15, 11 am, Oregon Convention Center, free, all ages) WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY

Glam Rock
Volume Bomb PDX presents this perfect pairing of local rock 'n' roll with local drag brilliance, with music from The Latter Day Skanks and Creature Party, and performances from Donatella Mysecrets, Rita Lynn, Shandi Evans, and Touché Douché. (Sat Dec 14, 9 pm, The World Famous Kenton Club, $5)

Basil Strawberry, DMN
This edition of the Rontom's Sunday Sessions doubles as a double single release party! I know that sounds confusing, but all you need to know is that Basil Strawberry and DMN have new songs and they will be sharing them and they will be good. (Sun Dec 15, 8 pm, Rontoms, free)

Meringue, Mala Fides, Collate
Meringue's "peachwave" dream-pop sounds buzz and float off the stage and into your head, with Mala Fides and Collate setting the scene with their own dark wave and art-punk stylings. Proceeds benefit Ori Gallery and its efforts to amplify the voices of Trans and Queer Artists of color. (Sun Dec 15, 8 pm, Killingsworth Dynasty, $5)

Holiday Bingo
Why not seriously lean into the holiday spirit by doing as your gramma did before you: Throwing on a nice sweater, getting that hair did just right, and settling in for a long day of daubing at cards and cursing under your breath as some other schmuck wins all the Bingo prizes you rightfully deserve in the season of Jesus' birth!  $5 for 3 cards/ $1 per card after that. (Sun Dec 15, 11 am, Siren Theater, $5)

Crooked Looks, The Weird Kids, Dawne, Dean Batten, Desert of Talking Shadows
A big lineup, full of new and original indie rock from up and down the West Coast, headlined by the off-kilter vibes of Crooked Looks. (Mon Dec 16, 8:30 pm, Twilight Cafe & Bar, $8)

P.L.O.W: Portland Legends of Wrestling - Decked The Brawls!
This comedy showcase is specifically for those professional wrestling fans who know, down deep, the best part of the whole circus isn't even the 'rasslin part—it's the promos. "Professor Ed" Hosea hosts a holiday-themed evening of Portland comedy talent assuming outlandish personalities and cutting only the finest promos live on stage. (Tues Dec 17, 9 pm, Kickstand Comedy Space, $5)

Forty Feet Tall, The Macks
Local quartet Forty Feet Tall heads up a night of Pacific Northwest post-punk and rock at the White Eagle, with Ben & Joe Windheim's alt-rock four-piece, the Macks, rounding out the proceedings. (Tues Dec 17, 8 pm, White Eagle, $8)

Grindhouse Film Festival: Silent Night, Deadly Night
It’s time for the Hollywood’s annual screening of the 1984 grindhouse flick Silent Night, Deadly Night. It’s no Black Christmas, but 1984’s inevitable Santa-turns-slasher bloodbath has a few likeable qualities nonetheless: You’ve got your sex with nuns, you’ve got a multitude of arbitrary victims introduced and subsequently murdered in roughly one half of one scene, not to mention a smattering of increasingly ludicrous Christmas songs that all seem to be composed specifically for the movie. On the downside, you’ve got the needlessly expository first two-thirds of the movie, plus perhaps the least convincing horror villain of all time: a dashing, doe-eyed WASP-y dude in a Santa suit whose creepy one liners alternate between the equally un-scary “Puuunish!” and “Naaaw-tee!”—delivered in a nearly unintelligible monotone. (Tues Dec 17, 7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9)

Nightswim, Via Vale
The High Water Mark lives up to its name by hosting a night of local supergroup goodness, with sets from Nightswim (featuring members of YOB, Norska, Dark Castle and Hot Victory) and Via Vale (featuring members from At The Drive In, Red Fang, and Party Time). (Wed Dec 18, 8:30 pm, High Water Mark, $8)

Korgy & Bass, Reese Bowes
Some of the best beats ever crafted in the Pacific Northwest come from the minds and hands of Korgy & Bass, and tonight the duo get full-run of Portland's newest nightspot, with local multimedia artist Reese Bowes (aka Reliqs) rounding out the bill. (Wed Dec 18, 8 pm, KEX, free, all ages)

Morla the Ancient One, Soft Kamikaze, Muff Pistol
The Twilight invites you to a pre-holiday soiree, with Pacific NW surf-goth and rock acts Morla The Ancient One, Soft Kamikaze, and Muff Pistol combining their powers in an effort to summon dark spirit of Father Winter. (Wed Dec 18, 8:30 pm, Twilight Cafe & Bar, $7)

Re-Run Theater: Christmas in Space
As is its horrible holiday tradition, Re-run Theater hosts a big-screen showing of the Star Wars Holiday Special, which you’ve heard is horrible, but you don’t truly know how horrible it is until you’ve sat through it, from Bea Arthur’s solemn musical number (“Just one more rhyme, friend/Yes, it’s a crime, friend/But you know time, friend/Time can fly”) to the scene where Chewbacca’s dad, who is named Itchy, masturbates to a hologram of Diahann Carroll. The ostensible reason for all of this is a celebration of the Wookiee holiday “Life Day,” which was recently mentioned on The Mandalorian, so... I guess this is all canon now? (Wed Dec 18, 7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9) ERIK HENRIKSEN

The Comic's Comic Show
Jono Gindhart hosts another chapter in his ongoing stand-up showcase that follows up sets from local standouts with sit-down interviews that go into the behind-the-scenes struggles in getting a set just right. Tonight's guests include Wendy Weiss, The Real Hyjinx, and Tyler Boeh. (Thurs Dec 19, 8 pm, Kelly's Olympian, $6)

Big Ol' Ditties: A Night of Musical Improv, Drag Kings & Live Piano Karaoke
If you want to get into the holiday spirit quick-fast-and-in-a-hurry, there's probably nothing quite like this show, which hits the ground at about 100mph with its name alone, and then just keeps going with a fully improvised musical, drag king performances, and even an opportunity to get in the show yourself via live piano-assisted karaoke. (Thurs Dec 19, 7:30 pm, Curious Comedy Annex, $10)

There's even more to do in our Cheap, Free, & Fun calendar, and don't forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!