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Daily Email - Wednesday - 9/3/2025

September 03, 2025

Wanna go to a festival and support a good cause at the same time?

Well, you can at AMP Music Festival, and we’re giving away a pair of tickets! See Deerhoof, Camp Crush, Kill Michael, and more from October 16-18 at multiple venues across the city!

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Hold onto your broomsticks because Halloween events are already flowing in. Get tickets to Hawthorne Theatre’s Kinky Creatures: A Halloween Market For Freaks on October 16.

  • Trans-Siberian Orchestra just announced their holiday takeover, turning carols into guitar solos that could melt the North Pole. Get tickets to the Ghost of Christmas Eve Tour at Moda Center on November 23.

  • NERO just announced a return to the stage with bass drops darker than a blackout. Cinematic synths, heavy rhythms, and that iconic UK sound — the legends are back at REALM PDX on November 29.

  • Electric Citizen and Kadabra just announced a joint run of fuzzed-out riffs and doom-drenched grooves. Heavy psych fans should get tickets for Mississippi Studios on December 14.

  • Earl Sweatshirt is bringing the 3L World Tour to Crystal Ballroom with dense bars, hypnotic beats, and that signature foggy brilliance. A rare chance to see a rap visionary in his element on December 15.

WIN STUFF WEDNESDAY

It’s Win Stuff Wednesday and the prize pile is unhinged. We’re talking Ritchy Mitch & The Coal Miners, Powerwolf, Pup, Jeff Rosenstock, and way more. Enter now or regret it forever.

THIS WEEK

🎤 Kota The Friend

Tomorrow @ NOVA PDX (8:30PM)

Kota the Friend is pulling up with low-key beats and lyrics that feel like a pep talk from your most grounded homie.

🎧 Rusko + Moody Good

Tomorrow @ 45 East (10PM)

Rusko and Moody Good are about to rattle the room with filthy basslines and chaos-level drops.

📣 TOPS

Tomorrow @ Wonder Ballroom (8PM)

TOPS are serving up dreamy synths and soft-focus vocals that feel like finding a love letter in a thrifted jean jacket.

🔥 Melvin Seals & JGB

Friday @ Crystal Ballroom (8PM)

Melvin Seals & JGB keep the Jerry Garcia flame alive with organ-drenched jams and endless grooves. It’s a tie-dye time warp built for dancing until your sandals give out.

🎶 Yuri

Friday @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (8:30PM)

Yuri brings powerhouse vocals and Latin pop flair that can turn any room into a full-on fiesta. Expect glitter, drama, and hits stacked like confetti.

LOCALS ONLY

  • Whether we want to admit it or not, spooky season is upon us. Yesteryear Farm is hosting free outdoor Halloween movies beginning this Friday at dusk!

  • Celebrate the life and death of summer 2025 at White Owl Social Club’s End of Summer Funeral this Sunday, featuring guest performances.

  • The Garlic Festival is back and it’s stinkier than ever. We’re talking a potluck piled high with garlicky everything, live music, local art, seed swaps, and enough free samples to ward off vampires until next summer.

  • Celebrate Oktoberfest in Hood River with pFriem + Grasslands Barbecue at pFriemtoberfest. Expect Bavarian vibes with live music, games, German-inspired eats, Frosty Peak ice cream, Urban German pretzels, and steins of pFriem’s Oktoberfest beer on September 20.