Bars and restaurants that feature live music in Portland and surrounding communities including Vancouver.
Many, but not all, are free on weekdays. Musicians appreciate whatever tips you can afford.
Be sure to check the venue website and / or call the venue to verify they are having live music at any particular time.
| The 1905 (Jazz-Portland) | Blue Diamond (Blues-Portland) | Billy Blues (Blues-Vancouver) |
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| My 3 Favorite Live Music Venues With Music Most Nights |
My wife and I love to go out to live music in the evenings, especially jazz, blues and classic rock in that order. We are not into country music, rap, hip hop, or even latin jazz, so don't expect to find too many of those here. We are also not into crooners, Frank Sinatra or Elvis, so you won't find those here either. This list is a result of looking for bars and restaurants since 2011 in the Portland and Vancouver area with live music. Most have no cover charge or sometimes a small cover charge on weekends, and a few require the purchase of tickets, but usually at a minimal fee. My wife and I really don't like big concert halls. We prefer small venues like bars and restaurants that feature live music. Most of these do no advertising so it is often hard to find these venues. Many of these I have found by looking up the web sites and facebook pages of the bands that have played at venues that we know about, and then looking up other places that these bands play.
My wife and I moved here from Orange County, Southern California, in 2011. There are very few options for live music in Orange County. There is a place in Oragne County called "The Fling Cocktail Lounge" with live classic rock from Tuesday through Sunday from 9 PM till 1:30 AM every night. But that is about it. There are other live music small venues in Orange County, but there is nothing like all the options that we have in the Portland / Vancouver area. That is one of the main reasons we moved here in 2011 !
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