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Daily Email - Thursday - 10/2/2025

October 02, 2025

Wealth. Whiskey. Wardrobe envy. The Great Gatsby is getting the ballet treatment, and it’s going to be as decadent as it sounds. Enter to win tickets!

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Somewhere between a boy band, a sketch troupe, and a maple syrup hallucination... Canadian Steam is crashing in from the land of loons, flannel, and federally mandated politeness. Win tickets for a sticky and sweet performance!*

  • For the whole month, you can score 3 for $33 deals at some of Vancouver’s tastiest spots. That’s three courses. Thirty-three bucks. Infinite chances to say, “I’ll try something new.” Learn more about Dine the Couve.*

  • Steve Forbert once got called “the new Dylan” — which was either a blessing, a curse, or both. Five decades later, he’s still out here spinning raw-throated ballads. Catch him at Mississippi Studios in February.

  • Ghost is back to summon your mortal soul with a live ritual of face-melting metal, gothic pageantry, and one very charismatic (possibly unholy?) frontman in a latex cardinal getup. Get tickets for Moda Center in February.

  • Evan Honer writes like he’s already lived three lives, crashed two trucks, and ghosted a Nashville label exec. Hear his blend of dusty Americana and heartbreak-pop at Crystal Ballroom in April.

50 THINGS TO DO IN OCTOBER

October’s out here acting like it’s summer’s cooler, weirder cousin.

We’ve got Renee Rapp belting heartbreaks, Purity Ring bringing the synth séance, Ty Segall shredding brains, Lorde in full celestial mode, and even Maroon 5 doing... whatever it is they do.

THIS WEEKEND

🪩 Benson Boone

Tomorrow @ Moda Center (8PM)

Benson Boone brings his heartbreak pop to life with a voice that sounds like it’s been crying in HD. Catch him live and witness front flips in a shimmering body suit.

🌙 Múm

Tomorrow @ Wonder Ballroom (8PM)

Múm floats in with glitchy lullabies and dreamy electronics that feel like a fairytale whispered through broken radios. It’s weird, it’s beautiful, it’s very Iceland.

📣 RY X

Tomorrow @ Revolution Hall (8PM)

If Bon Iver and James Blake got lost in a candlelit cathedral, you’d probably find RY X there barefoot, whispering falsetto prayers into a reverb mic.

🌿 Carbon Leaf

Tomorrow @ Mississippi Studios (8PM)

Carbon Leaf has been out here mixing Celtic rock, folk-pop, and dad-joke stage banter since flip phones were a thing.

🎧 AUDIEN

Tomorrow @ 45 East (10PM)

AUDIEN’s bringing the kind of feel-good, hands-up set that makes you believe in love, lasers, and late nights again.

LOCALS ONLY

  • More Halloween events are pouring in every day, keep tabs on our list to find all of the best local events to fill spooky season with.

  • Need weekend plans? Head to Hood River for the Orchard and Ale Fest and spend the day sipping fresh hops and fall ciders.

  • Not to get ahead of things, but the Portland Holiday Brewfest has been officially announced. The annual fest will take over Pioneer Square on December 5-6.

  • Portlanders have responded to the deployment of National Guard members in the most Portland way possible — an emergency Naked Bike Ride.