by Blair Stenvick • May 11, 2021 at 11:51 am
A rendering of the Lot at Zidell Yards courtesy of Zidell yards
The Lot at Zidell Yards a new outdoor event space that neighbors OHSU s buildings on the South waterfront announced a full lineup of summer concerts and film screenings this morning. Planned musical acts include Ural Thomas & The Pain, Y La Bamba, and Federale, and tickets for some shows are already on sale.
The new slate of acts is welcome news for those who hope to achieve some level of post-vaccination revelry this summer, as it s still unclear when indoor concert venues will be willing and able to reopen in Oregon. While some movie theaters have reopened, attendance capacity is still limited. Zidell Yards bills itself as our city s premier socially-distanced, outdoor performance venue, meaning attendees won t have to worry about being thrown back into a big crowd after a year of avoiding contact with most other humans.
Updated: 12:40 PM PDT May 11, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. The Lot at Zidell Yards released its summer lineup of live music, movies and events for 2021. The events begin in late May and go through August. The Lot at Zidell Yards is a former shipyard that has been converted into an outdoor venue on Portland s south waterfront, between the Tillikum Crossing and Ross Island bridges.
One of the highlights of the summer will be the Waterfront Blues Festival, scheduled for July 2-5. Other events planned for the venue include Portland Pride, a series of film and music hosted in partnership with Hollywood Theatre and more live music. See a complete list of events at the bottom of this article.
1988 (Maybe)
Courtney Love meets Kurt Cobain for the first time at Old Town punk club Satyricon, kicking off one of rockâs most tumultuous and significant pairings. In a 2012 interview with
Fuse, Love says she met Cobain at the club after reading spoken-word poetry with garage rockers Dharma Bums in 1988. Other accounts push the date to 1989 or 1990, when the two wrestled over control of the jukebox after a Nirvana gig.
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1990s
DIY hits its stride, and Portland is a damp, divine epicenter. Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith enters the scene in 1991, and by 1998, is performing at the Academy Awards. Riot grrrl (and post-riot grrrl) heavy hitters like Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney bounce back and forth between Portland and the Puget Sound. Everclear flees the Bay Area for the Rose City in 1993; the Dandy Warhols pick up their guitars in â94. Seattle-based label Sub Popâestablished in â88âis actively snapping up Portland talent. The dream of t
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