Singer-Songwriter Venues in Portland, OR

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

After over 20 years of being closed to the public, the Alberta Rose Theatre has reemerged as Portland’s premier setting to experience acoustic music, art house films and live performances.

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.

Serving square meals and cocktails at peoples prices since 1974!

We envision a community where music is accessible to everyone in the region. A place where people of all ages, income levels and cultures have access to music teachers, instruments and music performances." Folk Acoustic

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

East Burnside’s Doug Fir is known for great live shows in the Lounge downstairs, enjoyed in the mid-century meets log-cabin dining room. Open show nights, there’s always something to see, eat, or drink. Rock Alternative

Plant-based & planet friendly neighborhood cafe & venue.

Kells Portland is rated the #1 Irish Restaurant and Pub in the nation and has been serving the Northwest for nearly 25 years.

The oldest independent music venue in Portland, Oregon. Over 30 years of live music EVERY DAY, averaging usually 14 shows per week.

A music venue in Portland, Oregon, owned & operated by musicians, hosting nationally and internationally touring acts and local favorites

Mock Crest Tavern has been serving NoPo for over 66 years. We take pride in offering a clean, cozy atmosphere that’s home to good food, good music & good times.

Importers of Fine Live Music Since 1983." Rock Indie

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

Since 1976, Portland FolkMusic Society has been active preserving, presenting and promoting folk music and arts in the greater Portland Oregon area. PFS sponsors song circles, concerts, workshops and retreats – in person and virtual – and helps its members and the whole community pass the word around about folk music events, from old time ballads to sea shanties, from 60’s protest folk to contemporary singer-songwriters." Singer-Songwriter Folk

PGS is a monthly meeting free to the public providing two hours of guitar music. It’s also a nonprofit membership organization providing a place to meet other players, makers, and teachers, and it's a friendly place to discover and share new tunes, techniques, and styles. We welcome all kinds of music and all skill levels. Meetings start with open mic time and end with a half-hour “Featured Performer” set.

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.

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

Est. in 2006, The Hawthorne Hideaway is in the heart of lower S.E Portland. Serving gastropub fare with spirits and some of the cheapest beer in town.

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

Topaz Farm is a working farm located on Sauvie Island, 12 miles from downtown Portland. The farm is open seasonally from June to October. Farm store, farm-to-plate dinners, u-pick berries, corn maze, harvest fest music series and more.

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