Performing Arts❯Variety

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!

At the Oregon Convention Center, fans of the strange, the unusual, and the bizarre can explore a curated market of vendors, artists, dealers, and small businesses devoted to oddities. Expect taxidermy, preserved specimens, original art, horror...

Live Wire joins forces with the Portland Art Museum for an afternoon of roving performances ahead of an evening recording of the program. The event coincides with PAM's monthly Free First Thursday and the Portland Book Festival's expanded...

From humble beginnings 50 years ago busking on the streets of Philadelphia, to acclaimed sold–out runs on Broadway and renown as the longest-running and one of the most-beloved resident headline acts in Las Vegas history, magic’s legendary...

From humble beginnings 50 years ago busking on the streets of Philadelphia, to acclaimed sold–out runs on Broadway and renown as the longest-running and one of the most-beloved resident headline acts in Las Vegas history, magic’s legendary duo — Penn Jillette and Teller — continue to defy labels (and at times physics and good taste), by redefining the genre of magic and inventing their own very distinct niche in comedy. Their Off-Broadway debut in 1985 electrified New York with a stage show...

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. — Free, pre-show, pop-up performances will take place throughout the Museum’s galleries. Performers are poet and rapper Dessa, bestselling children’s...

The Portland Grief House invites you to join The Lost Table, a welcoming space to gather in community, remember those we’ve lost, and share in the traditions that help us keep them close. Bring a dish, pull up a chair, and make a place at the...

Leapin’ Louie: The Upside Down Ocean. 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...