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Daily Email - Friday - 11/14/2025

November 14, 2025

John Craigie’s the kind of guy who’ll break your heart, make you laugh, and then offer you soup all in the same song. He’s bringing his Keep It Warm tour through town for two nights, and we have tickets for his December 5 show!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Truth? Lie? Total fever dream? You decide. Pants On Fire! is back with chaotic stories, comedy, and a mystery liar. Crack the case and win a hotel stay. White Eagle’s never seen weirder. Win tickets!*

  • Dillon Francis, the man behind “Get Low,” a million memes, and some of the wildest sets in EDM history, is throwing down live at 45 East on February 7.

  • Post-rock pioneers Tortoise, the band that made vibraphones cool again, are playing two nights at Aladdin Theater in March.

  • Yonder Mountain String Band is hauling their high-octane pickin’ and jammy chaos back on the road in April.

  • You know the words. Don’t lie. Train is rolling through with a set full of early-2000s bangers, guilty pleasures, and pop-rock earworms that live rent-free in your brain. Get tickets for next August.

FREE STUFF FRIDAY

You could blow your paycheck on mall Santa and stale pretzels…
Or you could hit a European Bazaar, Carnival Vintage Market, and an Indigenous Makers Market — for free. The city’s decking every damn hall, and we rounded up the most chaotic, charming, and actually fun holiday events you don’t have to pay for.

THIS WEEKEND

🎶 Sean Nicolas Savage

Tomorrow @ Holocene (5PM) 

Sean Nicholas Savage is bringing his whispered glam-pop poetry to Holocene — part lounge act, part fever dream.

🎤 Yung Bae

Tomorrow @ Star Theater (9PM)

The king of future funk, Yung Bae, is spinning through with a set full of glittery grooves, saxophone samples, and beats so tight they might time-travel you straight to 1983.

✨ Hannah Bahng

Tomorrow @ Wonder Ballroom (8PM)

Hannah Bahng brings her whispery alt-pop and diary-core energy to Wonder Ballroom on the Misunderstood World Tour.

🎸 Boris

Sunday @ Revolution Hall (9PM)

The Japanese legends Boris are back with a set that could be drone metal, shoegaze, sludge, ambient noise… or all of it at once.

🎙️ Neko Case

Sunday @ Roseland Theater (8PM)

Whether you know her from The New Pornographers or her solo stuff, this show’s a rare chance to get wrapped up in Neko Case’s wild, redhead magic.

LOCALS ONLY

  • A free Made in Portland Holiday Market takes over Swan Dive on December 13. Don’t like supporting corporations? This one’s for you!

  • As if Portland wasn’t already in the running for coolest license plate (the tree really is a classic), now you can support the Oregon Zoo with an elephant license plate available now!

  • Silverton’s going full Hallmark movie again. The Silverton Christmas Market is lighting up the Oregon Garden with over a million lights (we didn’t count them, but it’s a lot), plus live music, a legit German market, and more.

Song of the day: Random Rules - Silver Jews