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Daily Email - Thursday - 5/1/2025

May 01, 2025

The Portland Rose Festival kicks off with a fireworks show on May 23. Enter to win a 4-pack of tickets for the opening night of City Fair and be one of the first to reach the top of the ferris wheel overlooking the waterfront.*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • The One Motorcycle Show returns to Portland from May 2 - 4, bringing the world’s largest custom motorcycle show to Zidell Yards. Enter to win tickets!*

  • BADBADNOTGOOD is here to slap the dust off your grandpa’s record collection and remind you that jazz can, in fact, be cool. Get tickets to the Mid Spiral Tour at Revolution Hall.

  • Hardcore punk pioneers Circle Jerks and Negative Approach are hitting the stage at Roseland Theater in October.

  • Canadian indie rockers Born Ruffians have been kicking out caffeinated, jittery jams since 2004, back when “indie” was a lifestyle and not just a Spotify playlist algorithm. Get tickets to their show at Polaris Hall in November.

  • Think smoky bar gigs and the kind of songwriting that makes you want to drive too fast with the windows down, and you have Eric Church. Secure tickets to his tour landing at Moda Center in November.

50 THINGS TO DO IN MAY

Ready for 50 reasons to leave your couch? Dust off your social calendar, and dive headfirst into a month that’s basically the Super Bowl of fun.

THIS WEEKEND

🥳 Y2K After Dark

Through May 4 @ Punch Bowl Social

Dust off your Tamagotchi and slap on some butterfly clips—Y2K After Dark’s bringing back the chaos of dial-up, bedazzled everything, and peak Britney. Low-rise jeans optional, but respected. Enter to win a $150 gift card to Punch Bowl Social!*

🇲🇽 Portland Cinco De Mayo

Tomorrow - Sunday @ Waterfront Park

Get last-minute tickets for the largest multicultural event in Oregon at Waterfront Park this weekend. Find over 30 food vendors, enjoy live music, family-friendly activities, and more at Portland Cinco De Mayo.

🎸 Smokey Brights

Tomorrow @ The Showdown (9PM)

PNW natives Smokey Brights hop from 70s prog to synthy new wave, fuzzy 90s anthems, and indie confessionals.

😂 Tom Green

Tomorrow @ Aladdin Theater (7:30PM)

Before YouTube pranksters and TikTokers started disrupting the internet, Tom Green was out there disrupting your MTV viewing with his signature blend of cringe, chaos, and pure, unfiltered energy.

👑 Trisha Paytas

Tomorrow @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (7:30PM)

If the internet had a Mount Rushmore of chaos, Trisha Paytas would be front and center-probably live-streaming the whole thing while eating Taco Bell in a rhinestone bikini.

LOCALS ONLY

  • Step into the world of Twin Peaks at The World Forestry Center. “What the Log Saw” honors Catherine Coulson’s “log lady” character with a pop-up exhibition running today through June 8.

  • The 18th Annual Mt. Tabor Art Walk, which will be held May 17 - 18, will feature visual art at multiple locations throughout the park in a unique open-space gallery setting.

Song of the day: Video Life - Chris Spedding