All shows are free unless otherwise listed.
21 and over only, except noon to 3 p.m. on weekends
Cash only accepted for cover charge.
Hours subject to change depending on shows that evening
October
17oct6:00 pm8:00 pmLewi Longmire & the Left Coast RoastersTHURSDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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The return of the Left Coast Roasters to regular Thursday appearances! http://www.lewilongmire.com Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
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The return of the Left Coast Roasters to regular Thursday appearances!
Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Time
October 17, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
17oct9:00 pm11:30 pmRedwood Revue / Naked Mole RatsTHURSDAY NIGHT | $10 | 9PM
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REDWOOD REVUE: Meet Redwood Revue: A Portland, Oregon-based Americana Country Rock band formed in 2023. Their sound, a revival
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REDWOOD REVUE:
Meet Redwood Revue: A Portland, Oregon-based Americana Country Rock band formed in 2023. Their sound, a revival of the 60s and 70s, features the seasoned lead guitarist, Briggs Yahn. This four-piece group quickly gained a following in Portland with their timeless music and captivating stage presence. Redwood Revue is breathing new life into the Americana genre, infusing classic elements with modern energy, making them a band to watch as they take audiences on a musical journey.
Time
October 17, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost
$10
18oct6:00 pm8:00 pmAshleigh Flynn & the RivetersFRIDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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https://www.ashleighflynnandtheriveters.com With what PopMatters describes as “tenacious swagger,” critically-acclaimed solo artist Ashleigh Flynn recently dialed up the volume and debuted an all-female rock band as a nod to the
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https://www.ashleighflynnandtheriveters.com
With what PopMatters describes as “tenacious swagger,” critically-acclaimed solo artist Ashleigh Flynn recently dialed up the volume and debuted an all-female rock band as a nod to the “Rosie the Riveter” archetype from WWII.
Flynn grew up in Kentucky and cut her teeth on local bluegrass music and Motown. A prolific songwriter and performer blessed with unbridled charisma, she arrived on the Americana scene in 2008 with the release of her third LP, American Dream, a poetic lament to the elusiveness of that national ethos. A Million Stars followed in 2013 – a rollicking journey celebrating the women pioneers of the American West.
Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters’ inaugural LP hit the streets in 2018 featuring a sound that hearkens back to early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and alternately charms like a Sunday afternoon front porch session…
Time
October 18, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
18oct9:00 pm11:30 pmLaith & the Texas BirdsFRIDAY NIGHT | $10 | 9PM
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https://laithmusic.bandcamp.com Laith is a Texas songbird. And songbirds don’t fly south for the winter, but they do fly low for the blues. Laith knows that to fly
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https://laithmusic.bandcamp.com
Laith is a Texas songbird. And songbirds don’t fly south for the winter, but they do fly low for the blues. Laith knows that to fly low is to feel high and to feel high is to get struck by lightning. And lightning is the heart of this record. Texas lightning.
On Laith’s debut record, ‘Lightning’, he carries us across state lines from LA to Arizona, Colorado to Espanola, Houston to New Orleans, Utah on to the Great Northwest, where he currently lays his head, dreaming of running these roads until the wheels don’t touch the ground. And his writing does just that. It burns along the asphalt until there’s none left. And that’s when Laith takes us beyond, on phantom track lines through the abstract geography of his mind. He flows seamlessly between railway signs and lost trains of thought. Like a true American surrealist.
‘Lightning’ was recorded in two pieces over about 6 months in Portland, Oregon. Laith worked closely with Kevin Christopher, who engineered and mixed using three different studio spaces to create something loose and alive, but also deeply focused and highly intricate. The bulk of the album was made at Ruby Machine, a studio Kevin helped build, and the remainder was done at Trash Treasury and Heavy Meadow Sound.
Time
October 18, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost
$10
19oct1:00 pm3:00 pmJosh Cole's bluegrass MatineeSATURDAY MATINEE | FREE | ALL AGES | 1-3PM
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https://www.joshcolemusic.com Josh Cole has been playing bluegrass in the Pacific Northwest for over 25 years. It started in the late 90s, when he first heard “Midnight Moonlight” from
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https://www.joshcolemusic.com
Josh Cole has been playing bluegrass in the Pacific Northwest for over 25 years. It started in the late 90s, when he first heard “Midnight Moonlight” from Old and In the Way. That moment forever bonded Josh to bluegrass music.
He went on to serve as President of the Oregon Bluegrass Association and continues to host “Music From the True Vine” on KBOO-FM, the longest running bluegrass show West of the Mississippi.
Josh’s influences include Ralph Stanley, Larry Sparks, and Bill Monroe, many of whom are featured on the Josh Cole Bluegrass Show, his podcast with nearly 200 episodes of traditional bluegrass recordings.
Josh has played in dozens of bands, along with running his own hard-driving bluegrass band for nearly two decades. That’s why hometown fans have lovingly nicknamed him “The Elvis of Portland Bluegrass.”
Time
October 19, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost
FREE
19oct6:00 pm8:00 pmLynn Conover & GravelSATURDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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Longtime Portland root-rock Americana singer and her kickass band! https://lynnconover.bandcamp.com
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October 19, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
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https://emilylove.bandcamp.com/ Emily Love starting playing music by busking with a repertoire of traditional country and bluegrass. She spent the next
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https://emilylove.bandcamp.com/
Emily Love starting playing music by busking with a repertoire of traditional country and bluegrass. She spent the next several years moving across the American West, including Montana, Wyoming and Alaska while continuing to write about her experiences .Her songwriting is literate and witty, without sacrificing a melody you can dance to (or cry to).
Time
October 19, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost
$10
20oct1:00 pm3:00 pmKung Pao ChickensSUNDAY MATINEE | FREE | ALL AGES | 1-3PM
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https://www.facebook.com/THEKUNGPAOCHICKENSPDX/ The return of our favorite local Django Reinhardt-inspired Roma/gypsy jazz enthusiasts! Now with a FREE, ALL AGES “3rd Sunday” Matinee!
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https://www.facebook.com/THEKUNGPAOCHICKENSPDX/
The return of our favorite local Django Reinhardt-inspired Roma/gypsy jazz enthusiasts!
Now with a FREE, ALL AGES “3rd Sunday” Matinee!
Time
October 20, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost
FREE
20oct6:00 pm8:00 pmFreak Mountain RamblersSUNDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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Longtime Laurelthirst roots-rock rowdies host their Sunday “church” show! Continuing the tradition of local roots-rock rowdies like Jimmy Boyer, Jeffery Frederick, and the Holy Modal Rounders, the Freak Mountain Ramblers keep
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Longtime Laurelthirst roots-rock rowdies host their Sunday “church” show!
Continuing the tradition of local roots-rock rowdies like Jimmy Boyer, Jeffery Frederick, and the Holy Modal Rounders, the Freak Mountain Ramblers keep the music of our people alive. Be having’ things on a Sunday!
Usual suspects: David Reisch (bass) and Roger North (drums), with Pete Krebs, Tate Peterson, and Taylor Kingman (guitars).
Time
October 20, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
20oct9:00 pm11:30 pmOPEN MIC hosted by JOHNNY FRANCO!SUNDAY NIGHT | FREE | 8pm SIGNUP, MUSIC at 9pm
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Super supportive weekly open mic hosted by Johnny Franco! Check out the FB group, song
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Time
October 20, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost
FREE
23oct9:00 pm11:00 pmLeo Moon // Johnny BourbonWEDNESDAY NIGHT | FREE | 9PM
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https://theleomoon.bandcamp.com Leo Moon is the solo incarnation of songwriter & multi-instrumentalist, Brian Adrian Koch. Brian has been active in the
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https://theleomoon.bandcamp.com
Leo Moon is the solo incarnation of songwriter & multi-instrumentalist, Brian Adrian Koch. Brian has been active in the Portland music scene since 2000. He is a current and founding member of indie rock band Blitzen Trapper and (formerly) folk duo Dead Lee. His minimal and haunting tunes are stripped down paeans to the glorious absurdities of life; harmonica spattered psalms to the void.
https://jbourbon.bandcamp.com
Johnny Bourbon is a lifelong poet and musician who honed his skills writing & performing in various alt-country and punk rock bands from the age of 17. Mostly throughout the greater pacific northwest area.
Time
October 23, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Cost
FREE
24oct6:00 pm8:00 pmLewi Longmire & the Left Coast RoastersTHURSDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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The return of the Left Coast Roasters to regular Thursday appearances! http://www.lewilongmire.com Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
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The return of the Left Coast Roasters to regular Thursday appearances!
Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Time
October 24, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
24oct9:00 pm11:00 pmRattlesnake Organ TrioTHURSDAY NIGHT | $10 | 9PM
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https://www.facebook.com/rattlesnakeorgantrio/
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https://www.facebook.com/rattlesnakeorgantrio/
Rattlesnake Organ Trio is a collaboration between Galen Clark (keys- Outer Orbit, Anna Tivel), Jimmy Russell (guitar- Quick & Easy Boys) and Tyrone Hendrix (drums- Prince, Allen Stone). The Rattlesnake Organ Trio blends soul, blues, New Orleans funk and organ trio classics with influences ranging from Jimmy Mcgriff to Professor Longhair.
Time
October 24, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Cost
$10
25oct6:00 pm8:00 pmThe Electric StompFRIDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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The continuation of the band started by Eric “Big E” Schweiderman, now playing in his absence! Dan Davis, Tucker Jackson, Steve Kerin, John Becher, and Tate Peterson will all hold forth!
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The continuation of the band started by Eric “Big E” Schweiderman, now playing in his absence!
Dan Davis, Tucker Jackson, Steve Kerin, John Becher, and Tate Peterson will all hold forth!
https://www.facebook.com/BigEandtheStomp
Solidly earthy Americana and folk-rock with a touch of Island breeze!
Time
October 25, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
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Nathaniel Talbot and Lincoln Crockett Hailing from Washington’s Whidbey Island, guitarist and singer Nathaniel Talbot, alongside Trout Lake’s mandolinist and vocalist Lincoln Crockett, have joined forces in a musical
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Nathaniel Talbot and Lincoln Crockett
Hailing from Washington’s Whidbey Island, guitarist and singer Nathaniel Talbot, alongside Trout Lake’s mandolinist and vocalist Lincoln Crockett, have joined forces in a musical partnership two decades in the making. With the addition of Whidbey Island’s Keegan Harshman on upright bass, this trio is crafting some of the most compelling and innovative music of their careers.
Their sound—self-described as shoegazer freefolk—is a sophisticated blend of American roots music with elements of pop, jazz, and funk, half-tethered to tradition and half stemming from the Pacific Northwest’s legacy of freedom and innovation. Now on their third seasonal tour, their shows continue to draw larger crowds and more enthusiastic responses, with listeners and fellow musicians alike praising the trio’s musicianship and artistry.
Nathaniel Talbot’s songwriting and complex fingerstyle guitar work are inspired by influences like Bill Frisell, Kelly Joe Phelps, and Elliott Smith, while Crockett brings a modern folk and progressive bluegrass flair, blending fast picking, rich chording, and ear-catching melodies. Together, they create tight acoustic arrangements and lush vocal harmonies, often surprising listeners by venturing into the unexpected.
With each performance, the trio’s momentum builds. For Talbot, Crockett, and Harshman, this collaboration feels like a new pinnacle in their musical journeys, and they believe they are crafting some of the best music of their lives.
https://garettbrennan.com
Garett Brennan is an Oregon-based songwriter, singer and instrumentalist. His solo work explores the far intimate corners of the acoustic, roots and Americana worlds. His side project work with pigWar explores the fringe boundaries of soul and psychedelic rock. His live performances are undeniably authentic and raw. GB also hosts an intimate monthly music gathering in his barn in Hood River, OR.
Time
October 25, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost
$10
26oct6:00 pm8:00 pmMichelle Alany & the MysticsSATURDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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http://www.michellealany.com A passionate violinist and vocalist, Michelle Alany has delighted and wowed audiences worldwide. Specializing in a global acoustic sound that features
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A passionate violinist and vocalist, Michelle Alany has delighted and wowed audiences worldwide.
Specializing in a global acoustic sound that features lush strings, soulful vocals and rhythmic groove, Michelle delivers soulful interpretations of traditional and original Sephardic (Judeo-Spanish), Balkan and Israeli songs infused with her tasty Austin-blues stylings.
She is at home delivering haunting Mediterranean melodies, trading shredder blues licks or gently crafting a sensuous country solo on the fly, bringing her joyous abandon and enthusiasm to any world of music.
As an in-demand touring musician and recording artist, she has performed with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, played for sold-out events in theaters doing movie music or world music ensembles, and brought Texas music to packed Jazz and Blues listening rooms in Europe.
Time
October 26, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
26oct9:00 pm11:30 pmDeadhendge TrioSATURDAY NIGHT | FREE | 9PM
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A mix of GD, Phish and other jam-related musics! THIS KINDA THING!
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October 26, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost
FREE
27oct1:00 pm3:00 pmSleepy LagoonSUNDAY MATINEE | FREE | ALL AGES | 1-3PM
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Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies… “Jazz Matinee”!
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Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies…
“Jazz Matinee”!
Time
October 27, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost
FREE
27oct6:00 pm8:00 pmFreak Mountain RamblersSUNDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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Longtime Laurelthirst roots-rock rowdies host their Sunday “church” show! Continuing the tradition of local roots-rock rowdies like Jimmy Boyer, Jeffery Frederick, and the Holy Modal Rounders, the Freak Mountain Ramblers keep
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Longtime Laurelthirst roots-rock rowdies host their Sunday “church” show!
Continuing the tradition of local roots-rock rowdies like Jimmy Boyer, Jeffery Frederick, and the Holy Modal Rounders, the Freak Mountain Ramblers keep the music of our people alive. Be having’ things on a Sunday!
Usual suspects: David Reisch (bass) and Roger North (drums), with Pete Krebs, Tate Peterson, and Taylor Kingman (guitars).
Time
October 27, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
27oct9:00 pm11:30 pmOPEN MIC hosted by JOHNNY FRANCO!SUNDAY NIGHT | FREE | 8pm SIGNUP, MUSIC at 9pm
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Super supportive weekly open mic hosted by Johnny Franco! Check out the FB group, song
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Time
October 27, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost
FREE
28oct6:00 pm8:00 pmPortland Country UndergroundMONDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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A bunch of old friends hanging out and playing roots and country music they love. Core band: David Lipkind, Dave Reisch, Darrin Craig, Ben
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A bunch of old friends hanging out and playing roots and country music they love.
Core band:
David Lipkind, Dave Reisch, Darrin Craig, Ben Nugent, Lewi Longmire, and Jason Montgomery.
Time
October 28, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
29oct6:00 pm8:00 pmHot Lovin' Jazz BabiesTUESDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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https://www.hotlovinjazzbabies.com/ THE HOT LOVIN’ JAZZ BABIES is a high-powered swing ensemble based in Portland, Oregon featuring Doug Sammons and Dee Settlemier, front
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https://www.hotlovinjazzbabies.com/
THE HOT LOVIN’ JAZZ BABIES is a high-powered swing ensemble based in Portland, Oregon featuring Doug Sammons and Dee Settlemier, front persons for the long-time Portland swing band the Midnight Serenaders. The group was put together at the beginning of 2015 specifically for the Secret Society’s (Portland’s former premier dance club) Thursday Swing night series, and has since become a favorite of Portland’s swing dance community. The Hot Lovin’ Jazz Babies strive to resurrect the spirit of late 1930’s small band ensembles such as Fats Waller & his Rhythm, Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra and Billy Holiday and her Orchestra.
Time
October 29, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
30oct6:00 pm9:00 pmRhapsody in RedWEDNESDAY HH | FREE | 6-9PM
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EXTENDED HAPPY HOUR TONIGHT! 6-9pm! https://www.facebook.com/rhapsodyinredPDX/ Based in Portland, Oregon Rhapsody in Red is a
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EXTENDED HAPPY HOUR TONIGHT! 6-9pm!
Based in Portland, Oregon Rhapsody in Red is a musical tribute to Jerry Garcia. Performing songs from Jerry’s vast musical catalog, the band fuses their individual musicianship with a great love for that iconic Jerry style and musicality. Come out and enjoy a couple of long sets of Jerry tunes performed by these longtime Jerry-inspired musicians!
Steely Pete! – Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar & Vocals
Hayley Valentine – Vocals & Guitar
Dave Rosenberg – Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
Jeff Daumen – Keyboards
Chris Petryszak – Bass Guitar
Chris Carey-Stronck – Drums
Time
October 30, 2024 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost
FREE
31oct6:00 pm8:00 pmLewi Longmire & the Left Coast RoastersTHURSDAY HH | FREE | 6-8PM
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The return of the Left Coast Roasters to regular Thursday appearances! http://www.lewilongmire.com Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
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The return of the Left Coast Roasters to regular Thursday appearances!
Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Time
October 31, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost
FREE
Now open weekends at noon!
All ages allowed until 3 p.m.
Oldest independent music venue in Portland
The LaurelThirst Public House has been part of the Kerns Neighborhood in Portland Oregon since 1988. Since its opening, The LaurelThirst has strived to provide a great place for people to gather and eat good and reasonably priced food, choose from a large selection of micro-brews and wines (many of them local) and a place to hear the best local music that Portland has to offer in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
The LaurelThirst has been lucky enough to foster a community of exceptional and diverse people that includes its staff, musicians, neighbors and customers. It is a community that we are constantly thankful for.