Performing Arts❯Variety

Overview Portland Art Museum invites the community to join a Free First Thursday event, offering free admission to the museum for all, plus a Live Wire event as part of the Literary Arts Portland Book Festival. Visitors can take in the afternoon gallery pop-ups, the evening show, or both! Free First Thursday + Museum pop-ups 4:30 – 6 p.m. — 4:30-6:00pm — Free, pre-show, pop-up performances will take place throughout the Museum’s galleries. Performers are poet and rapper Dessa, bestselling...

Our premier evening experience of Chrysanthemum Festival returns to kick off the Floral Design Showcase. Immerse yourself in the illuminated works of 18 talented local floral artists and featured designer Toni Tibbits as they interpret this...

Live Wire Radio is an independently produced radio show that artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy featuring all types of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts. Join...

" Hey! Listen! 🧚🏽 Grab your gear and strap your tunic on, because The Hyrule Ball is here! A niche, nerdy, nightlife celebration of everyone's favorite action-adventure franchise, just in time for the latest release. Featuring Zelda-inspired DJ sets and drag performances, specialty cocktails, local vendors, and consoles and cabinets for playing games with friends! Come dressed in your cosplay best, grab your wallet of rupees, and get ready to dance until the Sun Song plays. " 8:00pm. Ages 21+.

Marigolds y Memorias is an original devised production inspired by the traveling carpa tradition, in which humor, music, and storytelling come together in a vibrant theatrical journey. Guided by an elder, a younger generation learns to build an...

$1 per ticket transaction sponsors Emo Nite Gives A F*ck. Donations are allocated for worthwhile organizations focusing on: · Mental Health · Harm Reduction · Children & Families · Poverty & Homelessness · Disenfranchised Communities · Terminal...

The one-man band without a plan, Mattress started in 2006. To quote a sassy pal (with initials IB): “You are wildly unpopular for that amount of time.” Amen. Who cares? Art for art’s sake. For the first time ever–Mattress is putting...

Leapin’ Louie’s new show: An ocean animal circus spectacular It’s science, but you laugh so hard! Gastropod Cousteau (aka Leapin’ Louie Lichtenstein ) is a nudibranch detective trying to figure out what happened to the missing kelp forests....

21+ · UMBRAE NOCTIS​ 2026 - WEEKEND PASS onsale Sept 1- Sept 30 single day passes will be available Oct 2 FRIDAY NIGHT HEADLINER: *MOSCATO SKY FRIDAY NIGHT FEATURE: *ASTERIA ATOMBOMB SATURDAY NIGHT HEADLINER: *THROB ZOMBIE SATURDAY NIGHT FEATURE: *HALO AS HELL We will gather in the glorious confines of The Coffin Crypt to witness a spectacular showcase of resplendently decadent performance art by creatures from all walks of life. You will find gloriously ghoulish drag and burlesque performances that will transfix your senses all weekend, all set to the feelings and sounds of darkwave, post-punk, goth, deathrock and punk. Artists from all walks of life and from all parts of the world will gather to share their beauty with you with performances that will leave you breathless. - Friday and Saturday, November 13 & 14 at The Coffin (421 SE Grand Ave) - performances from 8pm-11pm each night (doors at 7), with after party and dancing til 2 AM. ​ - Sunday, November 15 we will hold a Dark Market at THE COFFIN ​ - Saturday & Sunday you will have the opportunity to take workshops with our special guests, including our headliner Throb Zombie!