Busking for Permits

Johnny Franco Wants to Lick the City’s Wounds with His Guitar

A Brazilian immigrant campaigns for a vibrant city, by way of free concerts.

03/29/2024 By Michelle Kicherer

Self Portrait

Reyna Tropical Is in Concert with the Universe

Ahead of a new album, the guitarist and singer shares her healthy diet of ancestral dialogues, TikTok dances, and Sushi Ichiban.

03/27/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Dancing With Myself

Which Music Festival's Returning? Billy Idol, T-Pain, and Big Thief to Headline.

After a seven-year hiatus, Project Pabst is back like it never left.

03/05/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Q&A

Ripping the City with Amir Morgan

The owner of Barnes and Morgan, a tea and fashion house, talks about the future of Chinatown and his take on Portland style.

01/29/2024 By Dalila Brent Illustrations by Betty Turbo

Q&A

PhD in Pop? No-No Boy Weaves Asian American Tales on Postdoc Album

Singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti started No-No Boy as part of his dissertation at Brown University.

09/29/2023 By Matthew Trueherz Illustrations by Max-O-Matic

Got it bad and that ain't good

The 1905 Is in Trouble: Portland Jazz Musicians Rally

Portland's "home for jazz" has fallen on financial hard times, but the community around club owner Aaron Barnes isn't letting it go down without a fight.

08/18/2023 By Sam Stites

Activism

Definitely Do This Tuesday: The Ukrainian Folk Punk of DakhaBrakha

Activism meets music tonight at Revolution Hall.

08/08/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Uh-Oh

The End of Pickathon? Festival’s Permit Expires This Year

The music festival’s fate sits in the hands of a volunteer committee in Happy Valley. Will its permit be renewed?

08/04/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food & Music

What Food Do You Pair with Esperanza Spalding? Elliott Smith? Aminé?

Pickathon's Curation series partners musicians and chefs on the precipice of stardom for a dreamy fan experience.

08/01/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Music

The PoMo Essential Summer 2023 Playlist

Summer songs from Portlanders old and new, and even a tribute to the city itself, to spin this season on our Spotify playlist, brought to you by Portland Monthly.

06/14/2023 By Matthew Trueherz and Margaret Seiler

Adult Contemporary

Portland Has a Branding Problem: John Mellencamp’s Portland Video Not Portland

A video for the rocker’s terrible song about the homelessness crisis in Portland shows South Central LA, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.

05/17/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Arty Attractions

Bend’s New Music and Performing Arts Scene

There’s more to this Central Oregon city than just outdoor adventures and great beer.

04/20/2023 By Sam Stites

Music

Portland Monthly’s Essential Spring 2023 Playlist

Days are getting longer, bees are buzzing, Margo Cilker is crooning, and Yeat’s bars are flowing. Loves, good and bad, old and new, fill out our spring tunes.

03/20/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Events

Some of Portland’s Biggest Spring 2023 Concerts and Events

An incomplete guide to Portland’s best cultural offerings this spring, including onetime locals Ari Shapiro and Yeat

03/15/2023 By Dalila Brent, Margaret Seiler, and Matthew Trueherz

Movers & Shakers

Perfect Party: Spring 2023

From the Hops’ new manager—one of the highest-ranking women in baseball—to the ghost of the Fort Stevens whale, here’s who we want to sit down with for a meal this season.

03/13/2023 By Margaret Seiler