Jazz Venues in Portland, OR

Tucked into inner Southeast Portland, 13th Moon Gravity Well is where the city's independent music scene actually lives. The room is intimate but never cramped, good sightlines from the bar, a stage built for bands who bring their own energy, and a sound system tuned by people who care whether your vocals cut through. No corporate rock club polish here. The walls carry the residue of hundreds of sold-out nights: sweat, string breaks, encores nobody wanted to end. The bar keeps it unpretentious: local beer on tap, no $18 cocktails, no dress code. It's the kind of place where the bartender remembers your order and the person next to you turns out to be in a band you should probably know. What locals know that out-of-towners don't: get there early. The green room mural was painted by a rotating cast of bands who've played the space, and the merch table by the door is run by the artists themselves... no middleman. 13th Moon Gravity Well isn't trying to be everything to everyone. It's the room where the next band you can't stop talking about played their first hometown headline set and where the regulars already knew they would.

The Alberta Abbey is a converted 100-year-old church that now serves the arts, music and creative needs of Portland.

We're a staple neighborhood gathering place perfect for date nights, private events, girl's night out and family affairs. There's something for everyone here. Established in 1959, we were one of the first restaurants to bring pizza to the city of Portland. In addition to great pizza, we're a destination for classic Italian comfort food, fresh hand-crafted cocktails, rotating brews and ample wine. Amalfi's offers a quality dining experience in a casual non-pretentious environment.

Established in 1973. Artichoke Community Music is a store, music venue and thriving educational space.

Blind Ox Taphouse is a friendly, community-rooted neighborhood craft beer bar in North Portland's Overlook neighborhood, occupying the former Untapped bar space at the corner of North Interstate Avenue and North Skidmore Street. Opened by Genevieve and Eric West and business partner John Maxwell McInroy in 2021 as their second location, the Interstate taphouse keeps things straightforward and unpretentious: 36 rotating taps of local craft beer, cider, wine, and kombucha, a small cooler stocked with more than 50 beers and ciders to go, outdoor seating with heaters on the front patio, and a warm neighborhood bar atmosphere that makes it a natural gathering point for the surrounding residential community. The beer program is entirely Portland and Pacific Northwest focused, with a knowledgeable staff that can guide any patron toward the right pour. Live music and open stage events have been a part of the Interstate location's programming since opening, with a weekly Tuesday open stage previously running from 6 to 9pm featuring 15-minute slots across all genres, hosted in-house and supported with a 4-channel PA. The venue is also one MAX stop away from the rest of North Portland's bar scene, with the Yellow Line stop directly across the street making it one of the most transit-accessible taphouses in the city. The Blind Ox Society subscription program offers members recurring access and perks for regular patrons.

The Blue Diamond is Portland's paramount blues joint and one of the most beloved neighborhood music bars in the Pacific Northwest, a low-lit and lovingly decorated room on NE Sandy Boulevard where live blues, R&B, jazz, and soul fill the stage five nights a week and have done so for years running. The walls are adorned with murals of jazz and blues legends who look on approvingly while the next generation of Portland musicians carries the torch, and the dancing crowd on any given night is exactly the kind of diverse, multigenerational, music-first audience that every blues bar aspires to attract. The kitchen is a serious operation producing Southern-inspired comfort food that consistently earns its own praise alongside the music, with standout dishes including jambalaya, catfish dinners, cheese-stuffed meatballs, bacon-wrapped dates with blue cheese crumble, and Brussels sprouts finished with balsamic that have been described as revelatory. The bar program pairs well with the food, running craft beers, smooth cocktails, and wine in a room that is intimate enough to put every seat close to the music. Regular performers and series include the Rae Gordon Band, Kevin Selfe's Sunday jam night, Fenix of Fenix Rising, Kivett Bidnar, Syco Billy's String Band, Stump City Soul, Soul Cookin', the Bottleneck Blues Band, and many more from Portland's deep blues and R&B community. Recent special events have included NW Women Rhythm and Blues tribute shows honoring Carole King, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, and Etta James. The owner is herself a resident musician whose grit, determination, and kindness are cited by regulars as the soul of the place.

Bossanova Ballroom is the oldest continuously operating dance hall in Portland, Oregon. Our venue has hosted concerts and events for subculture and arts communities since 1907.

Clyde's Prime Rib offers our signature slow roasted Prime Rib of Beef, tender steaks, fresh seafood, and other fine dishes and desserts.

Corkscrew Wine Bar in Sellwood-Moreland is a friendly, cozy neighborhood wine bar and live music venue." Acoustic Blues

Historic church on the park blocks with excellent lecture, concert, and wedding possibilities!

Plant-based & planet friendly neighborhood cafe & venue.

Downtown Portland's Top Jazz Club ...hidden in the basement of The Rialto Poolroom.

Kelly’s Olympian is a locally owned bar and venue in the heart of Downtown Portland Oregon. Established in 1902, it is the third oldest continuously open and operated bar/restaurant in PDX. We are host to a rich diversity of faces, styles and genres of all things Portland. We are your neighborhood bar downtown.

Experience nightly live music at one of Portland's oldest bars

A nonalcoholic lounge featuring decadent drinking chocolates, traditional kava, healing mushroom teas, and immune boosting elixirs. With outdoor roof-top patio and inside seating.

We bring over 1,000 music, theater, dance, and lecture performances to Portland each year because we know that art matters. Art brings joy, inspires the mind, and unites communities. Art changes lives. As the 5th largest performing arts center in the U.S., we are national leaders in keeping art and culture thriving.

The food and drink hub of the Southeast Industrial District for over 40 years. Live music venue featuring 24 taps, whiskey, cocktails, lunch, dinner, late-night, and weekend brunch.

Serving St. Johns since 1911! Offering the best bar food, full bar, with live music & local DJ's.

Innovative new state of the art 4K laser projection multiplex movie theater, offering a farm to table scratch kitchen menu and live music performances.

The 1905 is proud to be Portland's only full-time jazz club. In addition to amazing music, we are thrilled to offer amazing pizza and Italian-American classics.

Our cozy, candlelit bar situated inside Mississippi Pizza Pub through the Music Room.

We are a little diamond in the rough of Old Town Portland. A place for music, art, film screenings, poems, DJs that play records you love but never heard before, first meetings with future friends, hangouts with old ones and, of course, we do love making a great drink." Varied

Serving North Portland since 1947 - music, booze, regrets, cheap whiskey and beer.