Bars that Feature Live Music in Portland » Rock
Agenda
Specifically: Rock / Punk » Back to Live Music
Former Steinhaus made over into an 82nd Ave rock bar.
Ash Street Saloon
Specifically: Rock / Punk / Metal / Alt / Prog / Alt-country / Funk / Hip-hop » Back to Live Music
Downtown dive venue with incredible sound.
Bar Bar
Specifically: Rock / Alt / Folk / Electronica » Back to Live Music
Mississippi Studios attached bar.
Biddy McGraw's
Specifically: Celtic / Folk / Rock / Jam / Funk » Back to Live Music
As authentically Irish as one can get in the US.
Doug Fir Lounge
Specifically: Rock / Indie / Hip-hop / Alt / Funk / Metal / Punk » Back to Live Music
Swanky, Hipster Hotel with Kick Ass Venue
Ducketts
Specifically: Rock / Metal / Punk » Back to Live Music
Small little student/rock/dive bar near PCC with decent patio.
Duff's Garage
Specifically: Rockabilly / Alt Country / Country / Blues / Swing / Surf » Back to Live Music
Inner SE retro Americana - checkers, bygone automotive culture, and naturally, the music of the era. Not the drinks, not the food, but escape to the past is, of course, why people come here.
East End
Specifically: Punk / Rock / Alt / Indie » Back to Live Music
Rock n roll haven with two bars stocked with cheap beer and drinks served stiff. A music lovers paradise (DJs, live music, and a even record store!)
Ella Street Social Club
Specifically: Rock / Punk / Alt » Back to Live Music
Decent bar near Timbers Stadium
Kelly's Olympian
Specifically: Rock / Punk / Alt-Country / Rockabilly / Nightly In The Knife Shop » Back to Live Music
Stopping in for a drink in this downtown watering hole is a minor date with history...at 100+ years it is one of the oldest continually operating bars in PDX.
Mississippi Studios
Specifically: Rock / Folk / Hip Hop / Funk / Reggae » Back to Live Music
Incredibly well designed venue with wide variety of acts.
Mount Tabor Theater
Specifically: Rock / Punk / Metal / Hip-Hop / Funk / Soul / Folk / Jam Band / Reggae / Rockabilly » Back to Live Music
Fantastic, spacious Barmuda venue with nice dark sidebar with a reputation for dooming each successive owner to financial ruin. Still, it is a Portland institution.
Mudai Lounge
Specifically: Friday / Saturday / Sunday / Metal / Rock / Punk » Back to Live Music
The marriage of Ethiopian restaurants and hipster/rocker hangouts is becoming a common theme in Portland, Mudai is no exception.
Plan B
Specifically: Punk / Thrash / Metal / Rockabilly / Techno / Goth » Back to Live Music
Large, vinyl and babydoll adorned punk joint (loosely, that is, the music varies slightly) with a HUGE patio.
Ponderosa Lounge
Specifically: Country / Western / Alt-Country / Rockabilly / Swing » Back to Live Music
Huge truckstop honky-tonk, offers free dance lessons, all things C&W.
Slabtown
Specifically: Rock / Metal / Garage » Back to Live Music
To quote Slabtown's Twitter profile: "Portland's only pinball dive and rock club, forgotten in the shadow of I-405."
Tillicum Club
Specifically: Blues / Rock / Covers » Back to Live Music
What's in a name anyway? Certainly, a worthwhile spot if you have a DD to take you to Portland's fringes.
Tonic Lounge
Specifically: Rock / Punk / Metal » Back to Live Music
Venue split into cozy little wrap around bar, venue side with ample floor space, back bar, and game room.
Valentine's
Specifically: Rock / Indie / Accoustic / DJ » Back to Live Music
Cozy and comfortable downtown joint that feels like a living room, with two floors to throw back a cheap PBR can or a nice cocktail.
World Famous Kenton Club
Specifically: Alt-country / Rock / Punk » Back to Live Music
Excellent NoPo dive with gruff but lovable service, colorful regulars, and frequent alt-country/rock acts.
