Summertime and the livin's easy, and this weekend is no exception. Portland is offering plenty of ways to get cultured on the cheap, so you can sound impressive next Monday when someone asks you what you did over the weekend. From offerings spanning outdoor markets like the Beaverton Night Market Past Event Like List and Pomarius Plein Air's Wild Roots Farm & Friends Past Event Like List to dance nights Stomptown in the Street! Past Event Like List and Church of Hive Past Event Like List , you're sure to find something that strikes your fancy.
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FRIDAY
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LONG KNIFE with Andy Place and the Coolheads, Sleeping Beauties, DJ Smooth Hopperator, and DJ Ghost
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Get ready to headbang with the best of them; Portland hardcore punk band Long Knife will lead the charge on this Friday night lineup also featuring Andy Place and the Coolheads, Sleeping Beauties, and DJs Smooth Hopperator and Ghost.
Star Theater, Downtown ($8)
PERFORMANCE
Mixed B.A.G DJ & Drag
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You never know what you're gonna get at this toss up drag show hosted by Dylan Skinz and featuring Sequin McQueen. Drag kings, queens, and everything in-between will get the party started while you enjoy refreshing bevvies and scrumptious food.
Escape Bar & Grill, Sumner ($7-$10)
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
FOOD & DRINK
Beaverton Night Market with La Strada dei Pastelli
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Reminiscent of international night markets, the Beaverton Night Market offers a diverse set of vendors selling ethnic foods and crafts. This year, the event has teamed up with arts nonprofit 2D4D to present La Strada dei Pastelli, a chalk art festival highlighting the 500-year old tradition of Italian street painting. 2D4D board chair Raziah Roushan writes: “In just a few hours attendees watch drawings evolve from plain asphalt to fully-rendered, multi-colored masterpieces.”
Downtown Beaverton (free)
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
FESTIVALS
23rd
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Annual Elephant Garlic Festival
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The city of North Plains’ flagship event pays tribute to all things elephant garlic with a parade, vendors, music, and more. One needn’t worry about their breath while attending this festival, as the pungent smell of garlic is sure to be wafting around everywhere.
Jessie Mays Community Park, North Plains (free)
OUTDOORS
1st Annual Sand Island Sandcastle Competition
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View works in progress by award-winning sand carvers on Friday before the completed sandy sculptures go on display in all their glory through the rest of the weekend. Keen-eyed observers may even be able to spot some well-placed easter eggs throughout the ephemeral artworks. Itching to get more hands on? There will also be sand carving classes offered at this inaugural celebration of sand.
Sand Island Marine Park, Saint Helens ($7 single day admission)
SATURDAY
PERFORMANCE
Black Magic
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Host Coco Jem Holiday and current Miss Sweetheart XXXIII will head up this spellbinding drag show featuring Black and Brown talent across Portland. This month's celebration of melanin will feature the magic of trans folx with guest host Stefhannie DuPont Shade.
Local Lounge, King ($10)
BOOKS
Things From Another World Free Comic Book Day 2021
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The comic lovers' emporium will have a storewide sale along with a large selection of free comics to choose from, with each customer limited to 10 total comics (and one copy per comic). Artists Eryk Donovan and Tyler Crook will be on hand to sign their work.
Things From Another World, Milwaukie (free)
SHOPPING
Pomarius Plein Air’s Wild Roots Farm & Friends
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Shop for seasonal, fresh produce from Wild Roots Farm every second Saturday while surrounded by the lush greenery of Pomarius Nursery. This month, the market features Ollie's Journey Small Batch Dog Treats, Campfire Farms Pasture-Raised Pork & Poultry, Imperfetta Natural Wine & Culinary Treasures, MADRE linen, and Mid Valley Farm 1863 Sunflowers alongside Pomarius’s community partners Growing Gardens and Outside In.
Pomarius Nursery, Northwest (free)
Spectrum Art Market
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This month, the LGBTQ2SIA+ pop-up market in the heart of Mississippi will feature artists, designers, and makers such as Entangled Roots Press, Limitless Post-Gender Wearables, Drawbridge, and Clean Monkey Soap.
Q Center, Mississippi (free)
Unique Markets Portland Summer 2021 Pop-Up
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Shop from the best curated capsule of over 85 independent designers, artists and emerging brands at the Unique Markets Portland Summer 2021 Pop-Up. Find one-of-a-kind goods, shop with your squad and support local businesses while enjoying a creative & fun atmosphere. Tickets include free swag, access to photo booths, and DIY jewelry making.
Goat Blocks ($5-$8)
PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
Stomptown in the Street!
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LGBTQ+ country dance group Stomptown will take over pride plaza for an evening of twangy revelry. Put on your flashiest dancing shoes and learn the two-step and the Imelda's Way line dance to music by DJ Ra.
Pride Plaza, West End (free)
90s Dance Flashback
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The dream of the '90s is alive in Portland... at least at this dance party screening all your favorite throwback music videos from the days that MTV still played those.
Lola’s Room, West End ($10)
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
FESTIVALS
Oregon City Festival of the Arts
Check out 60 artists’ booths, performances, a childrens’ art workshop sponsored by SoulFlags Art organization, a silent virtual auction, and food trucks all on the historic grounds where the Oregon Trail officially ends.
End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Oregon City (free)
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SUNDAY
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Tyler Robson / Karyn Ann
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An indie artist long on the Portland scene, singer-songwriter Karyn Ann will grace the Produce Row patio with her folk and soul sounds. Folk and Americana multi-instrumentalist Tyler Robson will also contribute an eclectic set.
Produce Row Cafe, Central Eastside (free)
Church of Hive: A Goth-Industrial-Darkwave Dance Party
Let San Francisco's DJ Owen, of The Hanging Garden radio show, take you to church during this dance party blasting the best goth, industrial, and darkwave cuts. Don't forget to wear your blackest black attire.
Star Theater, Downtown ($5)
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