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BLOCK PARTY!

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WHEN: Friday, July 29th, 6pm -12am

WHERE: theSlate, 2001 NW 19th Ave., Portland

What better way to kick off this year’s PDX Bridge Festival than a FREE BLOCK PARTY with an awesome view of the Fremont Bridge?! The event—hosted by Scion at TheSlate—features live music on two stages, $3 pints from Lagunitas Brewing Company, food and craft vendors, and live art. Open to all ages!

Music abounds, as the indoor stage features Willamette Week’s Best New Band of 2011, And And And, joined by local favorites, Wax Fingers, Housefire, Boy Eats Drum Machine and Solovox. In addition, the Block Party will host an outside performance area featuring local multi-cultural acts and Portland’s favorite buskers, including Joy Now!, Nuestro, Worth + Bondy, All the Apparatus, Acoustic Minds, Andrew Gorny, Farafina Foly, the Amazin’ Jerks, and belly dancers! All are invited to join the PDX Bridge Festival as it launches the 2011 Festival with music, art, food and beer — some of Portland’s favorite pleasures.

Event Schedule:

theSlate Stage (indoor)

  • 6pm – Boy Eats Drum Machine
  • 7:30pm – Housefire
  • 8:30pm – Wax Fingers
  • 9:30pm – And And And (Willamette Week’s Best New Band of 2011!)
  • 10:30pm – Solovox

Busker’s Corner Stage (Outdoor)

  • 6pm – Andrew Gorny (classical guitar)
  • 6:30pm – Amazin Jerks
  • 7pm - Joy Now! (MarchFourth Marching Band Kid’s Summer Camp Parade)
  • 7:30pm – Shalyn (belly dancing)
  • 8pm - Nuestro (Latin American groove)
  • 8:30pm – Farafina Foly (African drums)
  • 9pm – Acoustic Minds
  • 10pm – Worth + Bondy, featuring Melody Kay
  • 11pm – All the Apparatus

 

Presented by:

Lagunitas Beer

Octopus Entertainment

JOY NOW!

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PDX Bridge Festival is happy to partner with JOY NOW Summer Performance Arts Workshop, a week-long day camp for youth age 12-18.

In its first year, JOY NOW hopes to empower, excite and engage youth through music and performance arts-centered programs that value diversity, positive collaboration, self-awareness, and social change.  The inaugural summer camp with members of March Fourth Marching Band begins July 25th. Youth will spend the week working with members of the band and other talented friends to create their very own performance. Come witness brave stiltwalkers, young percussionists, singers, horn players and circus acrobats as they take the songs and dances they learn to the streets of Portland, classic M4 style.

PARADE, Last Thursday on Alberta, July 28th
Join us at 6:30, starting from Binks – 2715 NE Alberta Street.

We’ll march down Alberta Street to the corner of 20th for a small performance in front of the Rose City Vaudeville bus.  This event will be the very first parade and performance of the new Joy Now Arts Project.

FINAL PERFORMANCE & CLOSING RECEPTION, Laurelhurst Whole Foods Market, July 29th
Join us at 3 pm on Friday at the Laurelhurst Whole Foods, 2825 E. Burnside St.

This event will be the very final parade and performance of the new Joy Now Arts Project. Come cheer on the newly minted performers as they put on a fabulous show.

 

JOY NOW is still accepting students in the following focus areas: saxophone*, trombone*, percussion, voice & circus arts. To register, visit www.joynowproject.org. A limited amount of scholarships are still available!

* For saxophone and trombone students, we are encouraging at least one year of experience playing the instrument.

CLOSING PARTY at THE CRYSTAL!

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WHEN: Sunday, August 7, 2011 – Doors at 5pm, Music until 1am

WHERE: Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside, Downtown Portland

Join us as we close-out the 2011 Festival at the Crystal!

TICKETS: $10 – GET TICKETS NOW!


Performing on two stages for seven hours, thirteen local bands will provide an all ages musical finale to this year’s PDX Bridge Festival.

In the main Ballroom, Dropa ignites the evening with magnetic and melodic electro acoustic tracks, followed by quality rock from  Water & Bodies, a true Portland circus experience with the Wanderlust Circus, folk-pop all stars The Dimes, and foot stompin’ rock with Tango Alpha Tango. Closing out the night is the electro-hip hop of Serious Business and a late night dance party with local electronic heavyweight, Copy.

Just downstairs in Lola’s Room features the CD release party for local indie-Americana all stars, The Hague. Formerly, And I Was Like What?, The Hague’s new album, “The Stark House EP,” shows music that is truly that of the Pacific Northwest, with sounds of rock, indie, pop and country influences. Also downstairs will be Seattle favorites, The Horde and The Harem, along with Symmetry/Symmetry, Violet Isle, Sara Jackson-Holman, and Mnemonic Sounds.

Event Schedule:

Main Stage
6pm – dropa
7pm – Water & Bodies
8pm – Wanderlust Circus
9pm – The Dimes
10pm – Tango Alpha Tango
11pm – Serious Business
12am – Copy

Lola’s Stage
6:30pm – Sara Jackson-Holman
7:30pm – Mnemonic Sounds
8:30pm – Violet Isle
9:30pm – The Horde & The Harem
10:30pm – Symmetry/Symmetry
11:30pm – The Hague (CD Release Party!)

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Octopus Entertainment