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DAX â The Anger Management Tour
Free First Thursday with Live Wire Radio
Multi-day events
Chris Smither
Dessa with the Oregon Symphony
Blues Junction
Urban and country blues with R&B, soul, jazz, zydeco and classic rock, every Saturday from 5-7 pm. Hosted by: Rick Mitchell (1st Saturday) Dr. Jane (2nd Saturday) Dave Johnson (3rd Saturday) Steve Cheseborough (4th Saturday) Terrence (5th Saturday) Previous shows available on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/blues-junction.
Token â Iâm Leaving Soon Tour
Fenix Rising
Marc Broussard
Tank and the Bangas
For Tank and the Bangas, music is a vessel for unbridled joy and transcendent connectionâforces as integral to their essence as their wildly original sound. On their new album, The Last Balloon, the New Orleans-bred outfit channels those impulses into something celebratory yet profoundly human, exploring themes of frustration, resilience, and self-realization with equal parts raw emotionality and playful exuberance. A shapeshifting collective helmed by lead singer Tarriona âTankâ Ball and multi-instrumentalist Norman Spence II, the globally beloved group completed the LP after winning a Grammy for 2024âs spoken-word powerhouse The Heart, The Mind, The Soul, moving from incendiary poetry to a euphoric collision of soul and hip-hop and forward-thinking R&B. As the final installment in a trilogy of albums that began with 2019âs Green Balloon (a critical triumph that earned them a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist), The Last Balloon ultimately solidifies Tank and the Bangasâ legacy as one of modern musicâs most steadfast voices of sublime exhilaration.
With Ariel J., Zeus (DJ). All Ages