Columbia City Theater

Friday: BROWNlezque Post-Pride Party

In honor of Sunday’s Pride Parade be sure to head down to the Bourbon and Columbia City Theater this Friday for the best pride party in town. BROWNLezque will featuring burlesque performers, drag kings and queens including Vagina Jenkins, Ginger Snapz, Deb O Naire and many more. Hosted by Aleksa Manila with DJ DaKid/Alias spinning immediately following the show.

7pm // $15 – general admission, $25 – reserved seating, $35 – VIP seating // Tickets

Saturday: Hobosexual (cassette release), Whalebones, This Bitch Don’t Fall Off

We are very excited to host the raw and powerful Hobosexual for their cassette (and digital download) release of their new album Live at Columbia City Theater. The album was recorded and produced at the Theater by Gary Mula of The Bani-Love. Here’s a video of their song, The Creep, recorded that night:

Also playing are Whalebones and This Bitch Don’t Fall Off.

9pm // $7 // Tickets

Gary gives Luke and Mark a simple task:

Thursday: Cahalen Morrison and Eli West, Squirrel Butter, Ben Gilmer

We are happy to announce we are now having shows on Thursdays!  And our first Thursday show will be some old-timey Americana as Cahalen Morrison & Eli West wow you with some amazing picking and back woods harmonies. Here’s a video from when they performed on our stage for the Harry Smith Tribute back in November:

Also playing that night will be Squirrel Butter and Ben Gilmer.

9pm // $6 // Tickets

Friday: Sound on the Sound Presents: Drew Grow & The Pastors’ Wives, AgesandAges, Baltic Cousins, Battle School (free in the Bourbon!)

Friday will be a very special night at the theater as Drew Grow & The Pastors’ Wives makes their return performance after Drew was injured in a severe car accident last January. Two weeks ago, the Seattle music community came out in full force (for this Portland artist) and raised some much need funds at Drew’s benefit show. Now’s your chance to see this incredible performer back on stage where he belongs.

Opening up the night for this Sound on the Sound Presents show will be Baltic Cousins followed by another great Portland band, AgesandAges. Check out their new video:

Battle School will kick things off with a free show in the Bourbon starting at 8pm!

9pm // $10 advance – $12 day of show // Tickets

Saturday: Grand Hallway, Youth Rescue Mission (record release), Heatwarmer, Sean Neil & Stella Maxwell (free in the Bourbon!)

Youth Rescue Mission

Wow, what a weekend! We are so excited to host the release to Youth Rescue Mission‘s debut record which was recorded by our very own Gary Mula at The Bani-Love, the recording studio located at Columbia City Theater. Headlining the night will be another band dear to us, Grand Hallway, who played one of our grand opening shows last June.

Heatwarmer opens up the evening in the theater and Sean Neil (Dynamite Boy) and Stella Maxwell (Cruiserweight) play a free show in the Bourbon at 8pm.

9pm // $10 advance – $12 day of show // Tickets