Prakruti Bhatt

This was the band’s first show after a series of cancellations

Iconic funk band Pleasure took the stage for the first time this year as headliners of the 52nd Annual Oregon Juneteenth Festival at Lillis-Albina Park on Saturday, June 15. The free concert included classic hits like “Glide,” “Universal” and “Ghettos of the Mind” among many more.

As the world faced pandemic lockdowns in 2020, Oregonian folk musician Anna Tivel took the year as an opportunity to simply observe the slow passing of time and write “everything from the same window.” Today, those writings come together to form “Living Thing,” Tivel’s sixth studio album.

Downtown Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square will once again be home to the annual music festival PDX Live. This year, the concert series will not only feature a lineup from across genres, but also highlight musicians from the Pacific Northwest.

With a new release on Friday and a show at Holocene on Sunday, a band born out of the pandemic is drawing fresh attention.

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Hillsboro-based jazz musician Esperanza Spalding was also nominated, along with performers from Washington state, for the music industry awards to be announced in 2024.

Don’t ask Andy Akiho what to think, feel or expect when he takes the stage this weekend. “I want the listeners to take away their own experience. You cant try to force a particular feeling or a way to interpret his pieces or my music,” says the Grammy-nominated musician and Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Andy Stokes will also perform at Saturdays induction ceremony and concert

The indie folk band took over downtown Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square on Thursday.

Fans started lining up outside Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square eight hours before the band took to the stage.

The event Saturday was the first of its kind in the Rose City.

Craigslist is often home to niche memes, awkward listings and scams that may or may not mimic a lawless society. But it also brought singer and guitarist Jessa Graves, bass player Kelly Clifton and drummer Aaron MacDonald together in Portland punk band J. Graves.

In 2024, All Classical will move its headquarters and its services to KOIN Tower in downtown Portland. The radio station will relocate to a 15,000 square-foot-office which would include a media arts center, recording studios and gathering spaces for community members.

Zakir Hussain will be bringing his critically-acclaimed “Masters of Percussion” tour to Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on March 21. Attendees can not only expect musicians seamlessly blending rhythms and melodies together during the show, but also a musical conversation that introduces new percussionist forces.

Kaneko’s oversized ceramic structures carefully mingle with the green and auburn expanse of the Portland Japanese Garden. They’re on display through Feb. 20.

Audiences will have a chance to watch “Destino,” an animated film by by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney, backed by an updated score.

While on a book tour stop in Portland, the memoir author spoke about his complex upbringing.