2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival
July 30 – August 1
Rotture (315 SE 3rd Ave, PDX)
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Buy the 2010 Comp!
Hot off the press! Get it online from CD Baby or at record stores around Portland such as Everyday Music, Jackpot Records, Music Millenium, Tender Loving Empire, and many more!
Buy the Photo Book
This book is a collection of hundreds of photographs by 16 different photographers that visually document the tremendous variety of artists that have performed at PDX Pop Now! festivals and events during the first five years of our existence, 2004-2008. All proceeds from the book will directly benefit PDX Pop Now! so we can continue to operate and expand our reach for years to come. Thank you for your support!
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Our Mission
PDX Pop Now! is dedicated to stimulating and expanding participation in Portland music. As an all-volunteer organization committed to being accessible, current, and local, we provide and support live performances and recorded materials. We aspire to advance a sustainable community which values inclusivity and a high caliber of artistry to enable a creative dialogue between artist and audience.
Festival Videos
Checkout videos of PDX Pop Now! events on YouTube.
Festival Photos
Here are some photos taken at past PDX Pop Now! festivals and events. If you have some you’d like to add, please chuck them into our Flickr group.
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Day 3
11:11AM on Sunday August 01, 2010
Don’t miss the final day of the fest! Start August off right, with a little jazz, folk, punk, soul, country, dance-pop, surf rock, and hip hop, all in one place. A slice of everything Portland has to offer.
GETTING THERE
The festival is located at Rotture (formerly Loveland) on 315 SE 3rd Ave (map). Four blocks south of East Burnside, one block west of SE MLK Blvd. Bike parking is located on 2nd Ave.
COST (FREE)
It’s all free, all ages, and all weekend long. Our gift to you. See you there.
TODAY’S SCHEDULE – SUNDAY 8/1
INSIDE
12:00: Why I Must Be Careful
12:40: Michael The Blind
1:20: Joey Casio
OUTSIDE
2:05: Cloudy October
2:45: Atriarch
3:25: Lewi Longmire
INSIDE
4:10: Krebsic Orkestar
4:50: Autistic Youth
5:30: Billygoat
OUTSIDE
6:15: Please Step Out of The Vehicle
6:55: I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House
7:35: Ben Darwish
INSIDE
8:20: Get Hustle
9:00: Aan
9:40: Reporter
OUTSIDE
10:25: Luck One
11:05: Parenthetical Girls
11:45: Typhoon
12:25: Skeletron
Day 2
11:11AM on Saturday July 31, 2010
The PDX Pop Now 2010 Festival kicked off with a bang on Friday with 10 amazing sets! Saturday is going to be even bigger, 19 bands making an appearance today. Come on down!
GETTING THERE
The festival is located at Rotture (formerly Loveland) on 315 SE 3rd Ave (map). Four blocks south of East Burnside, one block west of SE MLK Blvd. Bike parking is located on 2nd Ave.
COST (FREE)
It’s all free, all ages, and all weekend long. Our gift to you. See you there.
TODAY’S SCHEDULE – SATURDAY 7/31
INSIDE
12:00: Shoeshine Blue
12:40: Tiny Knives
1:20: Soup Purse
OUTSIDE
2:05: Guantanamo Baywatch
2:45: The Tumblers
3:25: O Bruxo
INSIDE
4:10: Grey Anne
4:50: Fear No Music
5:30: Operative
OUTSIDE
6:15: Brainstorm
6:55: Asss
7:35: Da’Rel Junior
INSIDE
8:20: Wampire
9:00: Eternal Tapestry
9:40: Defect Defect
OUTSIDE
10:25: Blue Cranes
11:05: Hosannas
11:45: Joggers
12:25: Hockey
The Festival Begins Today!
11:11AM on Friday July 30, 2010
In case you need a reminder, the 2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival is this weekend and we couldn’t be more excited! It all starts tonight! 6:00pm sharp!
“For all our festivals — and there are plenty more — PDX Pop Now! might be the most important. All the others could take place elsewhere, and for the most part do. PDX Pop Now! is by Portland, for Portland. It’s free. It’s all-ages. It’s diverse.”
- Ryan White, The Oregonian
GETTING THERE
The festival is located at Rotture (formerly Loveland) on 315 SE 3rd Ave (map). Four blocks south of East Burnside, one block west of SE MLK Blvd. Bike parking is located on 2nd Ave.
COST (FREE)
It’s all free, all ages, and all weekend long. Our gift to you. See you there.
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
INSIDE
6:00: Blue Horns
6:40: Ylang Ylang
OUTSIDE
7:25: Kusikia
8:05: AgesAndAges
INSIDE
8:50: Rollerball
9:30: AndAndAnd
10:10: Witch Mountain
OUTSIDE
10:55: Jackie-O Motherfucker
11:35: Tu Fawning
12:15: AU/Dovekin
LIVE RADIO STREAM
If you can’t be there but would like to listen in, check out the live streams:
PRESS PREVIEWS
Portland Mercury End Hits: PDX Pop Now Primers
- Aan + AgesAndAges
- And And And, ASSS
- Atriarch, AU
- Autistic Youth, Ben Darwish
- Billygoat, Blue Cranes
- Blue Horns, Brainstorm
- Cloudy October, Da’rel Junior
- Defect Defect, Eternal Tapestry
- Fear No Music, Get Hustle
- Grey Anne, Guantanamo Baywatch
- Hockey, Hosannas
- I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, Jackie-O Motherfucker
- Joey Casio, Joggers
- Krebsic Orkestar, Kusikia
- Lewi Longmire, Luck One
- Michael the Blind, O Bruxo
- Operative, Parenthetical Girls
- Please Step Out of the Vehicle, Reporter
- Rollerball, Shoeshine Blue
- Skeletron, Soup Purse
- The Tumblers, Typhoon
- Tiny Knives, Tu Fawning
- Wampire, Why I Must Be Careful
- Witch Mountain, Ylang Ylang
PDX Pop Now! City Hall Show
11:23PM on Tuesday July 13, 2010
PDX POP NOW! @ City Hall
Thursday, July 22 5:30 P.M.
1221 SW 4th Ave.
Welcome From Mayor Sam Adams
Nick Jaina Band | Atole | Kellie Schaefer | Andrew Oliver Quartet
PDX Pop Now! will host “PDX Pop Now! at Portland City Hall” on July 22nd from 5:30-8:30 pm. This lead-up to the PDX Pop Now! festival is free to the public and will feature performances on the steps of Portland’s City Hall (1221 SW 4th Avenue) by the Andrew Oliver Quartet, Kelli Schaefer, Atole, and Nick Jaina Band.
The PDX Pop Now! show at City Hall is being presented conjunction with the “Fixed Spans: City Hall” exhibit from the PDX Bridge Festival where a collaborative team of artists are creating a 3D “optical illusion”in the south atrium of City Hall, using only masking tape and the Willamette River Bridges. Check it out between sets to see how that’s possible.
Portland’s mayor, Sam Adams, discussed the event today, saying “The breadth and depth of musical talent in Portland is a tremendous local resource that plays an important role in making our city great. I am proud to work with PDX Pop Now! for the fourth year to showcase that talent right here at City Hall with a free concert open for all to enjoy.”
Special support for the 2010 PDX Pop Now! City Hall event comes from a generous Community Cultural Participation Grant by the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Cultural Trust.
The 2010 Free and All Ages Festival schedule is now available
The 2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival Lineup Has Arrived!
12:12PM on Friday June 11, 2010
In no particular order (yet). Keep checking, the schedule is on its way!
Aan
AgesAndAges
AndAndAnd
Asss
Atriarch
AU
Autistic Youth
Ben Darwish
Billygoat
Blue Cranes
Blue Horns
Brainstorm
Cloudy October
Defect Defect
Da’Rel Junior
Eternal Tapestry
Fear No Music
Get Hustle
Grey Anne
Guantanamo Baywatch
Hockey
Hosannas
I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House
Jackie-O Motherfucker
Joey Casio
Joggers
Krebsic Orkestar
Kusikia
Lewi Longmire
Luck One
Michael The Blind
O Bruxo
Operative
Parenthetical Girls
Please Step Out of The Vehicle
Reporter
Rollerball
Shoeshine Blue
Skeletron
Soup Purse
SubArachnoid Space
Tiny Knives
Tu Fawning
The Tumblers
Typhoon
Wampire
Why I Must Be Careful
Ylang Ylang