2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival
July 30 – August 1
Rotture (315 SE 3rd Ave, PDX)
Click here for details!
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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Volunteer
Want to be a part of PDX Pop Now! 2010? Get in touch with our volunteer coordinator here.
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OPB Music proudly supports PDX Pop Now’s year-round programming.
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.
T-Shirts
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100% of the money you give goes to support all of our activities.
Colin Meloy to Headline Make it Pop!
01:01AM on Thursday February 25, 2010
PDX Pop Now! is pleased to announce our second annual Make it Pop! evening of music, food and drinks at the Cleaners at Ace Hotel Portland.
Colin Meloy of the Decemberists
The Alialujah Choir
Ah Holly Fam’ly
Musee Mecanique
and DJ Jeremy Petersen of OPB Music
Thursday, April 29 | 6:30 pm
The Cleaners at Ace Hotel Portland
403 SW 10th Ave. Portland, OR
There will also be a small silent auction of local music-related items. All proceeds benefit PDX Pop Now!
Tickets for the event can be purchased for $35 at brownpapertickets.com.
Make It Pop! is brought to you in part by generous sponsorships from OPB Music, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Ace Hotel Portland, Bakery Bar, Captured by Porches Brewing, Fifty Licks Ice Cream and Saint Cupcake.
The new look of PDX Pop Now! 2010 is here! PDX Pop Now!’s art direction is being handled by Portland-based illustrator, Carson Ellis, who also does art direction for the Decemberists.
Carson Ellis was born in Vancouver. B.C. in 1975. She was raised in suburban New York and college educated at the University of Montana in Missoula where she earned a painting degree in 1998. She’s the illustrator of many books, including New York Times bestsellers The Composer Is Dead (Lemony Snicket) and The Mysterious Benedict Society (Trenton Lee Stewart). In addition to book illustration she does artwork and art direction for the band, The Decemberists. Carson lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Colin, and son, Hank.