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Slide Show: Project Pabst

September 29, 2014

Enter through the ceremonial can.

Captain Pabst is very proud of you, Portland.

The unicorn was in full force all weekend.

These limited edition Project Pabst tall boys were bountiful all weekend.

The Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie plays to a sun-soaked Zidell Yards.

Drummer Brian Viglione gets rough with his set.

Portland's own Red Fang blasted across the Willamette.

A vibrant crowd for the hometown metal men.

The Ross Island Bridge from the edge of Zidell Yards.

Ample hangout space was available on the Zidell grounds for taking needed breathers between sets.

Basking in the bright afternoon sun with Phosphorescent.

Matthew Houck of Phosphorescent sang his sweet country folk to bright-eyed festival goers. And yes, he is wearing a Phosphorescent t-shirt.

Because what's a waterfront music festival without a little corn hole?

Giant Jenga was available on-site to go along with the lawn games.

The dream of the 80s was alive in Portland when the new wave powerhouse Tears for Fears took the stage at the end of Saturday.

The 32-year-old band reached deep into their catalogue of hits, as well as Radiohead's "Creep" and Arcade Fire's "Ready to Start."

Roland Orzabal has still got it.

Curt Smith has still got it, too.

Bottomless $4 limited edition Pabst Blue Ribbon tall boys.

The PBRcade featured free arcade games in a dive bar of a tent.

Twinkle lights lit up the arcade.

Pinball machines, Deer Hunter, Pac-Man, Crazy Taxi, Spy Hunter— you name it, they had it.

There's really nothing like seeing grown men giddy at the sight of arcade games as their wives roll their eyes, reluctant to tag along.

Kathy Foster of Portland punk outfit the Thermals.

Hutch Harris belting out across Zidell Yards.

Seattle's Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces proudly posing over Portland.

Mutli-instrumentalist Tendai "Baba" Maraire, who played everything from bongos to maracas to cymbal to a drum machine, alongside Butler.

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Brooklyn's own The Genius turning up the southside Blue Ribbon Stage.

The GZA made sure to weave Wu-Tang classic "C.R.E.A.M." and Old Dirty Bastard's "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" into his Liquid Swords set.

At 48 years-old GZA's fiery flow is still intact.

This man exudes Project Pabst.

Modest Mouse takes the Captain Pabst stage to a packed Zidell Yards.

Frontman and Portland resident Isaac Brock claimed to be awfully sick Sunday night, but nonetheless performed a powerful two hour long festival-ending set.

Tom Peloso moved between keyboard, double bass, and violin during the course of Modest Mouse's set.

The Portland-based band played cuts from across their catalogue and even a few new joints.

Brock bawled through "The Good Times Are Killing Me" to cap off Project Pabst.

And of course, the real headliner, Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Hordes of PRB–guzzling music fans flocked to the SW waterfront's post-industrial Zidell Yards this weekend for Project Pabst. The debut festival—a prototype for the brewery—went smoothly, with consistently punctual performers, manageable crowds, and $4 limited edition Pabst Blue Ribbon tall boys. The three-day, 42 band festival featured headlining sets from Tears For Fears and Modest Mouse as well as daytime lineups that included Shabazz Palaces, the Violent Femmes, Phosphorescent, and GZA.

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