FRIDAY
I just got back to town, and the soul, funk, and breakbeats at Goodfoot‘s Soul Stew sounds like the best place for me to be. 2845 SE Stark * 8 pm * $5
Holocene is hosting an early show with an electro-pop group from Stockholm, Sweden called Kate Boy. Also on the bill: The Kite String Tangle, Gold Casio. 1001 SE Morrison * 6:30 pm * $10 adv, $12 door
SATURDAY
How about some comedy with your brunch? (c + v, and I’ll just let it be) RESURRECTION: THE BRUNCHENING! AN AFTERNOON OF FOOD, COMEDY AND HANGOVER DEMOLITION FEATURING GABE DINGER (soo funny!), JACOB CHRISTOPHER, JOANN SCHINDERLE, CURTIS COOK AND ANDREW MICHAAN! The price of the ticket gets you the show, meal, and first Grey Goose cocktail.
Free music at The Firkin Tavern with: The Hand that Bleeds (loud noises) and Daisy Deaths (pop rock). They get bonus points for the Ren and Stimpy / Ralph Steadman-ish flyer. 1937 SE 11th Ave * 8 pm * freeDoug Fir, 830 E. Burnside * 1 pm * $15
This Wild Life (quiet punk), Peace Mercutio (Good Charlotte-y), Redcast, Hemlock Lane at Hawthorne Theater. 1507 SE 39th Ave * 8 pm * $10 adv, $12 door
SUNDAY
It’s weird— but I like it. Rising Tide Portland, your local neighborhood activists pushing back against fossil fuel expansion in the region, is hosting a mushroom picking adventure Sunday starting at 10:30 am. In other fungus-related events, the Oregon Mycological Society is having their fall mushroom show Sunday. Miller Hall, World Forestry Center * noon – 5 pm * $5