Will it reach 100 degrees today? While the city waits in anticipation….

He’s got truck-bed anthems, love songs for your person, and a voice that could shotgun a beer. Win tickets to see Dylan Scott perform at the Oregon State Fair on August 30!

JUST ANNOUNCED

• BEAUZ makes EDM that feels like a sunrise in a video game: cinematic, glitchy, and euphoric as hell. The brother duo’s blend of future bass, pop hooks, and big-feelings energy hits 45 East on October 18.

• Thomas Dolby didn’t just blind you with science, he rewired the whole synth-pop lab. This tour’s a rare chance to see a true 80s futurist in the flesh, mixing nostalgia, genius, and bleep-bloop brilliance at Revolution Hall on November 23.

• Built to Spill is indie rock for people who overthink and own three fuzz pedals.
  Doug Martsch still shreds like your favorite sad wizard, and always delivers. Don’t miss them at Revolution Hall in December.

• Home Free is a country a cappella group - yes, really - and they slap.
  Five voices, zero instruments, all harmony. Get tickets for December 3!

THE BEST PLACES TO SWIM

We found heaven, and it’s full of water. Whether you’re chasing clear water, sandy beaches, or just need to scream into the river like a little treat for yourself, we mapped out the splash spots worth your sunscreen. Oxbow’s got forest shade and lazy floats. Dabney’s for post-grill cannonballs. Yale Lake? That’s your volcano-front beach day.

THIS WEEK

LOCALS ONLY

• A music festival at an abandoned plane site in the forest? Get tickets to Crash Landing Festival from August 15-16 featuring local favorites Reptaliens, Nonbinary Girlfriend, Kid Ferris, and more!

• The Clackamas County Fair and Rodeo begins tomorrow and runs through Saturday! Shovel funnel cake, conquer your fear of heights on the Ferris wheel, and finally be able to say “this isn’t my first rodeo.”

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Song of the day: lose you - Winter