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Daily Email - Thursday - 9/25/2025
The only fest where you can mosh, cry, and change a life in one weekend. AMP Fest is taking over three days with bands like Camp Crush, OGRE, and Death Parade — plus rising youth artists from the Artist Mentorship Program (AMP). Win tickets!*
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From seeds to seed money, find everything you need to grow your cannabis business at CannaCon. We have a pair of tickets to give away.*
Straight from the land of moose, maple, and modesty—we’re giving away tickets to Canadian Steam! Expect a high-energy blast of musical comedy, ridiculous improv, and medium-hot lumberjack charm.*
Kurtis Conner brings The Goodfellow World Tour to Portland this fall. Catch him live at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on October 10. From his razor-sharp stand-up to his viral takes, Kurtis has built one of comedy’s most loyal followings. This stop is set to be one of the funniest nights of the year. Buy tickets now.*
Akaash Singh hits the stage with fearless takes, sharp storytelling, and the kind of comedy that’ll have you laughing and squirming at the same time. Get tickets for his Generational Triumph Tour in January.
Ireland’s own 49th & Main fuse indie-pop shimmer with electronic bounce that will take over Holocene in March.
HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Spooky season is creeping in, and we’ve already got a killer lineup brewing—think haunted amusement park thrills, a Halloween drag dinner that slays (literally), a spooky market full of treats, and more. Costumes encouraged, nightmares optional.
SCAREGROUNDS @ Oaks Park
HALLOWEENTOWN (1998) @ Yesteryear Farms
KINKY CREATURES @ Hawthorne Theatre
DRAG DINNER: HALLOWEEN TOWN EDITION @ Bar Cala
GIANT PUMPKIN REGATTA @ Lake of the Commons
90s HALLOWEEN COSTUME GLOW BALL @ Crystal Ballroom
THIS WEEK
🎸 Guerilla Toss
Tomorrow @ Mississippi Studios (9PM)
Guerilla Toss lights up the room with brain-bending grooves—art-punk, disco-funk, and psychedelic chaos colliding at full speed.
💥 Sparks
Tomorrow @ Revolution Hall (8PM)
Sparks return with their razor-sharp wit and off-the-wall theatrics. Fifty years in and they’re still making pop feel dangerous, brilliant, and just plain bizarre.
🎧 Justin Martin + Galen
Tomorrow @ The Den (10PM)
Justin Martin and Galen are teaming up to turn the dancefloor into a house-music fever dream. Expect deep grooves, big drops, and that sunrise-at-5am kind of energy.
🔥 The Sound of Animals Fighting
Tomorrow @ Roseland Theater (6PM)
The Sound of Animals Fighting returns with their masked chaos. Prepare for prog-rock epics, experimental freakouts, and a live show that feels part cult ritual, part math equation.
😜 Kathleen Madigan
Tomorrow @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (7:30PM)
Kathleen Madigan is bringing her sharp, no-BS comedy to the stage with the Day Drinking Tour.
LOCALS ONLY
Timothy Snyder, author of “On Tyranny,” will be in discussion with Literary Arts at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on October 28.
Resting Witch Face: A Drag Brunch Inspired by 90s Witches is calling your name! Get tickets for sisterly sorcery and queens serving spells on October 18.
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