Aladdin Theater

Located in the Brooklyn neighborhood, the Aladdin Theater first opened as a vaudeville house in 1928, then became a family movie theater for about four decades, and later an adult movie theater in the ā70s and ā80s. Itās been a music venue since 1993, bringing rock ānā roll shows to this otherwise residential corner of Southeast Portland (itās also host to stand-up comedy and podcast tapings). The original movie theater layout is barely modifiedāthe first floor is partially seated, with more seating in the overhanging balcony to accommodate the buildingās 620-person capacity. Thereās some standing room up by the stage, which gets pretty wild during the mosh-heavy concerts like Ty Segall or Thee Oh Sees. But the Aladdin mostly hosts lower-key big-name acts like David Crosby and Judy Collins. Its attached bar, the Lamp, has decent food and excellent happy hour deals. You can tell if the Aladdinās got a show going based on the illumination or darkness of its sea foam green-and-red neon marquee, which is topped with a little smoking genieās lamp. CIARA DOLAN
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