Hello! I am dj zen_hound, returning with another Portland show calendar, this time covering many (but by no means all!) of the interesting shows happening in Portland the night of Tuesday the 20th running through Sunday the 25th. Once again, the live performance schedule is dominated by events related to the 2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz. The festival runs through March 2nd, and brings just about every flavor of jazz you could imagine to our fair city. But if jazz ain’t your bag, there’s plenty else going on for you to consider. Click around and find out!
TUESDAY 2/20
Reggie Houston and Friends featuring Mike Elson (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Alberta Street Pub (1036 NE Alberta St)
For fans of: jazz
Moon Music presents Moon Jazz: Chelsea Luker and Dan Duval (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Inn at Northrup Station (2025 NW Northrup St)
FFO: jazz, space music, neo-soul, rock
Noah Bernstein Quartet (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Jupiter NEXT (900 E Burnside St)
FFO: jazz, experimental, improvisation
WEDNESDAY 2/21
Michelle Medler Quartet (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
AC Hotel Downtown (888 SW 3rd Ave)
FFO: jazz, funk, R&B, soul
E. Ellison (FKA Cardioid), Sama Dams, Arden Drane Breshears III
Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St)
FFO: art pop, avant-pop, art rock, synthpop, experimental pop, noise rock, post-rock
Farnell Newton & The Sexual Chocolate with Vanilla Sprinkles (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Hoxton (15 NW 4th Ave)
FFO: jazz, funk, hip hop
Chris Azorr Trio (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Jupiter NEXT (900 E Burnside St)
FFO: jazz
Battle Hymns & Gardens, Frank Irwin Sextet
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)
FFO: jazz, jazz fusion, improvisation
THURSDAY 2/22
Vader, Origin, Inhuman Condition
Bossanova Ballroom (722 E Burnside St)
FFO: death metal, black metal, doom metal, thrash metal
Dave Fleschner Trio (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Hoxton (15 NW 4th Ave)
FFO: jazz, blues, soul-jazz
Saroon (album release), Sheers, Terrehaunt
The Lollipop Shoppe (736 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: neo-classical, contemporary instrumental, psychedelic, folk, new age, dark pop, avant-pop, art pop, dark ambient, synthwave
KMHD’s Bryson Wallace DJ set (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Multnomah Whiskey Library – The Green Room (1122 SW Alder St)
FFO: jazz, soul, funk
Nicholas Payton, Cyrus Nabipoor (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)
FFO: blues, jazz fusion, funk, experimental rock
Diositopes, Percolator, Kuma, Agariik
Swan Dive (727 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: doom metal, sludge metal, trap, drone, harsh noise, crust punk, grindcore, powerviolence
Blesst Chest, Dragging an Ox Through Water, The Potatoes, DJ KM Fizzy
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)
FFO: progressive rock, psychedelic rock, instrumental rock, folk, alternative folk, drone, noise
Otoboke Beaver, Drinking Boys and Girls Choir
Wonder Ballroom (128 NE Russell St)
FFO: punk rock, hardcore punk, pop punk, skate punk
FRIDAY 2/23
BETRAY.EVERY.GOD, Dildox, Ex-Heir
The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: electroclash, synthpop, electronic pop, darkwave, dark pop, electropop, electronic body music, industrial
Divers, Vulture Feather, Talking Contest
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
FFO: punk rock, alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, post-punk
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Kahil El’Zabar, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, Corey Wilkes (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
(Early and late shows, 8:00pm and 10:30pm)
Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)
FFO: jazz, spiritual jazz, afrocentric jazz, improvised soul, spiritual groove
Shabaka with Charles Overton, Chris Sholar, Esperanza Spalding, Burniss Travis and Austin Williamson (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)
FFO: jazz, jazz fusion, experimental jazz, spiritual jazz
Eldon T Jones (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Old Church (1422 SW 11th Ave)
FFO: jazz, soul, gospel
Salo Panto, Young Hunter, Lo-Res
Swan Dive (727 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: dream pop, psychedelic pop, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock, doom metal
Sir Richard Bishop, Mae Starr, Gresham
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)
FFO: experimental folk, avant-garde
Captured! By Robots, Old Machine
Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: grindcore, hardcore, d-beat, sludge
“The Age of Influence” Shaun Keylock Company featuring Methods Body, World Premiere Commissioned by PDX Jazz (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Winningstad Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)
FFO: jazz, improvisation, experimental rock, avant-garde
Protect Me!, Letras, Avola, Unity Garnish
Xhurch at Lloyd Center Mall (2201 Lloyd Center Set B216)
FFO: hip hop, house, punk, experimental electronic, harsh noise, industrial, synthesis
SATURDAY 2/24
CHK!DSK, Faraday Ribcage, Greystar, Nanode, Jackson From Online, DJ Chainwallet
Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)
FFO: breakbeat, breakcore, chopped & screwed, black metal, computer music, digital hardcore, harsh noise, cybergrind, drum & bass, sludge metal, dubstep, braindance
The Coffin Club (421 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: electronic rock, industrial rock, post-punk
The Mercury Tree, Everything Oscillating, Law Boss
High Water Mark Lounge (6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)
FFO: math rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion, noise rock
Presented by PDX Jazz and Jazz Is Dead: Ronnie Foster (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
(Early and late shows, 8:00pm and 10:30pm)
Jack London Revue (529 SW 4th Ave)
FFO: jazz, funk, soul
Back From Death, Burnt Symphony, Soda, Cisters
Mano Oculta (1420 SE Powell Blvd)
FFO: death metal, goregrind, punk rock, hardcore punk, crust
Feed Fatigue x Casey Adams
Mother Foucault’s Bookshop (523 SE Morrison St)
FFO: harsh noise, free improvisation
Bob James Quartet + Lee Ritenour (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)
FFO: jazz, free improvisation
Christopher Woitach Duo (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts – Artbar & Bistro (1111 SW Broadway)
FFO: jazz
Railside Pub (5301 NE Portland Hwy)
FFO: indie rock, alternative rock, pop rock, glam rock, garage rock
Combobox, Found Found Footage, Yeti Set Go
The Six Below Midnight (3341 SE Belmont St)
FFO: alternative punk, post-punk, punk ska, pop punk, emo, indie rock, progressive rock
Jakki & the Pink Smudge, Laska, Worry Wart
Swan Dive (727 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: alternative rock, folk rock, indie rock
Stephen Malkmus, Roselit Bone, DJ Hisham Mayet
Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth)
FFO: alternative rock, indie rock, folk rock, apocalyptic folk, gothic country, americana
Petrification (album release party), Altered Dead, Diabolic Oath, Casket Flesh
Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: death metal, doom metal, black metal, war metal, noise, thrash metal, hardcore punk
“The Age of Influence” Shaun Keylock Company featuring Methods Body, World Premiere Commissioned by PDX Jazz (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Winningstad Theatre (1111 SW Broadway)
FFO: jazz, improvisation, experimental
SUNDAY 2/25
Bassekou Kouyate + Vieux Farka Touré (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
(SHOW IS SOLD OUT)
Aladdin Theater (3017 SE Milwaukie Ave)
FFO: jazz, blues, desert blues, world music, Afro-rock
Chance Hayden’s Desert Room All Stars feat. Shaymus Hanlin (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Al’s Den (303 SW 12th Ave)
FFO: jazz, jazz funk, soul jazz, swing
Colescott & His Red Hots (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
Artichoke Music (2007 SE Powell Blvd)
FFO: jazz, swing
Sunday Jam Session with the Jack Radsliff Trio
Atlantis Lounge (3552 N Mississippi Ave)
FFO: jazz, improvisation
CONTACT: Cicatrice, Flesh Vomit, Jen Void + Kill, Kuma
Azoth (NE 87th and NE Sandy)
FFO: harsh noise, power electronics, industrial, sludge, experimental noise, glitch
Risk, Fools Game, Slime, Street Policy, These Fucking Hands
Bridge City Sessions (1140 SE Powell Blvd)
FFO: hardcore punk, thrash metal, beatdown, slam
Keyon Harrold with special guest vocalist Portland’s own Ashley Jayy and opening act Tyrone Hendrix‘s PDX Soul Collective (2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz)
The Get Down (615 SE Alder St Ste. B)
FFO: jazz, soul, hip hop, R&B, funk
Rank and Vile, Netherrealms, Fatal State, Prager Youth, Shell Shock
The Hallowed Halls/The Bomber (4420 SE 64th Ave)
FFO: death metal, grindcore, powerviolence, hardcore punk, post-punk, d-beat, crust
Knoll, Nightmarer, Magdalene, Spit Locket
Twilight Cafe & Bar (832 SE Grand Ave)
FFO: black metal, death metal, grindcore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, metalcore
Thank you for reading and listening. See you out there. KEEP PORTLAND FEARED!
- dj zen_hound, host of WHOA THIS IS HEAVY Friday 2-4pm on Freeform Portland Community Radio