We’ve got a couple dozen ideas for how to spend your Memorial Day weekend. So dig in below, then head to events from CityFair to the Bloom Tour, and from Wilhelm’s Portland Memorial Mausoleum Guided Walking Tour and to the 62nd Annual Gem And Mineral Show. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.
FRIDAY
LIVE MUSIC
Family Worship Center (Album Release)
Though they have no religious affiliation, groovy rock band Family Worship Center promises to “take your soul to heaven and back” at this show celebrating their forthcoming album Only Visiting, which is out next month. Born as a “rock-and-soul commune” in Nashville, the group now resides in Portland where they continue to make ’70s-tinged songs partially inspired by “cult-leaning texts uncovered during a cross-country field-recording journey.” After a performance for Seattle indie radio station KEXP last year, DJ Troy Nelson called them “truly the best live band I have seen in years,” which isn’t an overblown claim given their lively horn section and spine-tingling harmonies. Family Worship Center takes the Polaris Hall stage with support from Federale, a hazy, psych-rock six-piece led by longtime Brian Jonestown Massacre bassist Collin Hegna, and Smilepile, who make twangy and earnest folk-rock. SHANNON LUBETICH
(Polaris Hall, Humboldt, $17-$22.35)
