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Groove Guide: My Top Portland Music Venues
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items Being born and raised in Portland I have been to almost all of these venues and they don't disappoint. If you're ever in the area make sure to check them out.
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Theaters and Auditoriums
Stadiums
Restaurants and Bars
Studios
Oregon Zoo
Halls
Theaters and Auditoriums
These venue halls are home to some of Portland's great music acts traveling and local.
Keller Auditorium is a performing arts center located on Clay Street in downtown Portland. I love taking my daughter to see the nutcracker here every holiday season.
Keller Auditorium
This 1,400-person all-ages venue is a Portland staple, featuring performances by everyone from small local bands to huge national icons. I love been here a couple times and its always a vibe.
Roseland Theater | Live Music & Events | Portland, OR
The Alberta Rose Theatre offers up live music, comedy, storytelling, art house films and other events in a historic 1927 movie theater. I love the historic feel of this building.
Alberta Rose Theatre | Live Music and Events | Portland, OR
The Aladdin Theater opened as a vaudeville house in 1928, and later operated as a movie theater. It became a live music venue in the early 1990s. I love the green lights that illuminate this building still to this day.
Aladdin Theater
Located in a historic, 100-year-old theater, the Star Theater offers live shows in an impressive space with vaulted ceilings and a red-curtained stage. You have to see the vaulted ceilings in person it is amazing.
Home - Star Theater Portland
Stadiums
These stadiums are home to the major touring concerts and events.
Moda Center, formerly known as the Rose Garden, is the primary indoor sports arena in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is used for basketball, ice hockey, rodeos, circuses, conventions, ice shows, concerts, and dramatic productions. I have been to...
Moda Center
The Veterans Memorial Coliseum is an indoor arena located in the oldest part of the Rose Quarter area in Portland, Oregon. Fun fact is my first ever musical concert was here.
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
The Oregon Convention Center is a convention center in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1989 and opened in 1990, it is located on the east side of the Willamette River in the Lloyd District neighborhood. I love how close the public transportation is to...
Oregon Convention Center
You can purchase tickets for major headliners here. This is my go to when purchasing my tickets.
Ticketmaster: Buy Verified Tickets for Concerts, Sports, Theater and Events
Restaurants and Bars
These smaller venues are home to a more intimate music scene in Portland
This historic estate was built as the county "poor farm" in 1911 and now serves as a 74-acre McMenamins resort with guestrooms, a fine-dining restaurant, a casual brewpub, a brewery, a winery, a distillery, a movie theater and Ruby's Spa.
Edgefield Hotel - McMenamins
Catch live music almost every night of the week at this rock and cabaret venue. Events include burlesque nights, and karaoke with a live backing band.
Dante's Live | Live Music and Shows in Portland, Oregon
Old-school steakhouse offers hearty prime rib carved tableside, cocktails & comfy red-velvet booths. Live jazz is played daily.
Live Music Portland
This is a staple in the Portland community for karaoke and good food.
The Alibi Tiki Lounge
Studios
If you like to record your own music then this list is for you.
Located in Portland’s historic Mississippi District, Mississippi Studios and Bar Bar is an acclaimed former Baptist church turned recording studio turned music venue with an adjoining bar featuring great burgers.
Mississippi Studios - A Musician's Music Venue - Portland, Oregon
Mississippi Studios is a music venue and recording studio in Portland, Oregon's Boise neighborhood.
Mississippi Studios - A Musician's Music Venue - Portland, Oregon
The Hallowed Halls is among the finest recording studios in Portland. They want you to do your project there and they enjoy all genres of music.
The Hallowed Halls Studio
Oregon Zoo
The Oregon Zoo is home to many concerts during the Spring and Summer.
Located in Washington Park, this conservation zoo is home to more than 2,600 animals from around the world. The Oregon Zoo also hosts concerts and special events.
Oregon Zoo
Zoo venue tickets are available here.
Oregon Zoo Portland, Tickets for Concerts & Music Events 2024 – Songkick
Halls
These halls double as music Venues in Portland and are very historic.
The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall is a historic theater building and performing arts center in Portland.
The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
This historic 1920s-era performance and assembly hall was renovated in 2019 with state-of-the-art sound and light to host local, national and international touring acts as well as a sizeable rental space for private events.
Polaris Hall
Housed in a former high school built in the 1920s, Revolution Hall hosts live music, stand-up comedy, lectures and more in its renovated auditorium.
Revolution Hall - A World Class Music Venue - Portland, OR
Ballrooms
These ballrooms are home to music Venues and shows in every genre.
The wooden floors and cozy quarters of this 1914 restored building offer an intimate setting for a variety of artists, ranging from metal and hardcore to indie, pop and beyond.
Wonder Ballroom | Concerts & Live Events | Portland, OR
See shows of every genre at this historic venue, which boasts vaulted ceilings, grand chandeliers and a famous “floating” dance floor. Downstairs, Lola’s Room hosts smaller shows while Ringlers Pub serves McMenamins ales and pub fare.
Crystal Ballroom - Historic Music Venue located in Portland, Oregon