Portland’s Local Music
The local music scene in Portland is a vast community with many members including musicians, listeners, and venues. The local music community spans all of the Portland-Metro area and includes a variety of unique and interesting venues with many bands of several genres. If you like great entertainment at a good price, Portland is the place to be!
The local music scene in Portland is a vast community with many members including musicians, listeners, and venues. The local music community spans all of the Portland-Metro area and includes a variety of unique and interesting venues with many bands of several genres. If you like great entertainment at a good price, Portland is the place to be!
Many venues and bands are involved with local music in Portland. Listeners can go enjoy music of all types on any given night depending on where you are headed to. Many of the venues in Portland have been historically relevant. One of Portland’s most famous venues is Satyricon. Satyricon has had a number of successful and famous bands grace the stage, and has been involved in the rise of many legendary bands as well. Nirvana played their first out of state show ever at Satyricon, and is also claimed to be the first meeting place of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain. Foo Fighters also got a start at Satyricon. Sadly Satyricon had to close its doors for good recently, as the building it is in is being demolished. The owners of Satyricon are in the process of opening a new venue. The Hawthorne Theater and the Roseland are the biggest of the local venues. Often times when famous bands and musicians come through town they set up shows with local bands at these venues. They also put on strictly local shows as well.
Hawthorne Theater: Upon arriving at The Hawthorne Theater you can see the marquee of bands playing through the week. There is nearly a show every evening. Inside there is a bar and an all ages section. The stage is lined with a neon-green border that glows under the black lights. The walls are covered in posters and flyers from previous shows. The Hawthorne Theater is located in Southeast Portland, on the corner of SE Hawthorne Blvd and SE 39th Ave.
Roseland Theater: The Roseland has several seating sections with upper and lower levels. Often shows at the Roseland are highly populated with many people in attendance. It can get crowded, but the shows are almost always worth it. The location is also around various bars and restaurants for before or after the shows. The Roseland is located on NW 6th Avenue downtown.
Berbati’s Pan: Berbati’s Pan is right next to Voodoo Doughnuts in downtown. The venue is split into two sections, an all ages side, and a bar side. The stage is wide and it is easy to see those preforming. It is an old venue that is always a lot of fun to visit! Berbati’s Pan is on SW 3rd.
Other venues I would recommend visiting would be The Crystal Ballroom, The Wonder Ballroom, Dante’s, and a new venue right across the bridge in Vancouver, Pop Culture, a small soda shop that doubles as a venue.
There are also a number of talented bands I would suggest checking out. I recommend checking out All Falls Through, Sunderland, Satellite Heights, All I Ask, and Brace The Fall.
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