- Embers Stage
- Wilf's Restaurant and Bar Stage
- Goldsmith Performance Lab Stage
- Brody Theater Stage
- Oregon Casket Building Stage
- Valentine's Live Music
- Amazon Cafe CLOSED Live Music
- Backspace Live Music
- Barracuda Live Music
- Berbati's Pan Live Music
- Darcelle XV Live Music
- CLOSED Dirty Duck Tavern Live Music
- CLOSED Food Hole Live Music
- Ground Kontrol Live Music
- Tube Live Music
Featured in Drink 2008
Someday Lounge looks, at first glance, like the westside version of the Doug Fir. But that’s only skin deep. This swank multi-level nightspot has a soft spot for experimental music, noise and performance art, which, coupled with a vegan menu and large selection of bottled and imported beers, gives it some exotic appeal. The upstairs loft area is outfitted with leather couches and an observation deck for watching the night’s performers from a safe distance, while downstairs usually buzzes with a mix of socialites and outsiders. Someday manages to both support a breadth of eclectic music (Thursday nights, for example, are home to some of Portland’s best hip-hop DJs) and maintain a fancy bar—a good call for those who like their downtown adventures to be well-decorated.
Perfect Patron: Art-school dropouts and overworked graphic designers looking for some ear candy. (CJ)
HAPPY HOUR 4-8 PM NIGHTLY.
SMOKE-FREE, LIVE MUSIC, DJS, ARTY STUFF.
Events Today
Saturday November 7
Siren Nation Festival: Tender Forever, Y La Bamba, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, The I's
Year after year, the Siren Nation festival has packed its music festival with the best and the brightest musical acts Portland has to offer. And while this year’s bill is scaled back a bit in star-power, it has suffered no loss in talent. Opening night features appearances from clever pop songsmith Grey Anne, funky folkie Emily Wells, ballsy Americana singer-songwriter Star Anna and one of Portland’s most underrated pop outfits, Lovers. Tomorrow’s lineup is just as strong, with dance-pop diva Melanie Valera’s Tender Forever joining forces with folk-pop force of nature Y La Bamba to headline a bill that also includes Portland throwback-pop breakout act Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside and garage rock act The I’s. Phew! There’s not one big dumb rock band or pretty/vapid songwriter on the whole bill, making our job easy and the Siren Nation fest pretty dang inspirational, especially for young female music fans. Someday Lounge 8 pm. $12 advance, $15 day of show. 21+.
Upcoming Events
Sunday November 8
Trans/a/scend, Portland Suspension Society, Lady Germany, CJ and the Dawls
Someday Lounge 9 pm. $10.
Trans/a/scend
Someday Lounge gets freaky this Sunday with an eye-popping performance from the Portland Suspension Society as well as fire dancing from Lady Germany and sexually amorphous beats from the fab CJ and the Dolls. All the moolah from this evening of genderfuck goes toward helping a local transgender person raise funds for surgery. Organizers also woo attendees with massages, tarot cards and the ability to “take a shot from the ice luge and take a flogging from a bear!” That last one, I’m hoping, is a euphemism I’m just not familiar with. KELLY CLARKE. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. 8 pm Sunday, Nov. 8. $10.
Trans/a/scend Benefit Show
Wednesday November 11
Greg Moreland, Russ Peak, Dwight Slade
Saturday November 14
DoneUndone
Bruce Orr, director of kid-centric Mudeye Puppet Company, debuts an adult show about insomnia, anxiety and demons, featuring a nightmarish landscape made from reused materials. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. 7 pm Saturday, Nov. 14; 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 15 at Cathedral Park Place, 6635 N Baltimore St. $12.
