Events

FREE | All Ages until 7pm, 21+ 7pm on

It’s an endless sunny day. Eclectic music is pulsing through the air. Delicious eats and libations are being enjoyed by all. After all that time in quarantine and after that long, record-breaking winter, the whole community is coming together to celebrate. Music is vibing, records are being swapped, there are workshops and activities the whole fam can enjoy, and everyone you love is there having fun at your side…

This is the Portland July of your rainy winter dreams. Complete with XRAY favorites from the Saturday schedule--it'll be a day with XRAY you won't want to miss. 

Come thirsty. Bring your friends and neighbors. And get ready to dance.

Find a full press release for the event here. 

Live DJ Lineup: 

• 12-1 PM: Beaches w/ Beaches Crew
• 1-2 PM: The Impact Sound! w/ The Grand Yoni
• 2-4 PM: Sessions from the Box with James Dineen
• 4-5 PM: Friends of Noise Presents w/ DJ Harry
• 4-6 PM: Friends of Noise Presents w/ DJ Ayler
• 6-7 PM: Intuitive Navigation w/ DJ Serious Moonlight & DJ Palm Dat
• 7-8 PM: Kevin Berry's Old School Show w/ Kevin Berry
• 8-10 PM: Welcome to the Neighborhood w/ DJ Klyph

Vinyl Fair: 

As part of this event, we'll be hosting a Vinyl Fair complete with hidden treasures and longtime favorites from local collectors--including several longtime XRAY DJs. Vendors span all genres and, while prioritizing vinyl, will also have CDs and Tapes available. Expect to see music as wide-ranging as XRAY including Classic Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Psych, Punk, Industrial, Experimental, Folk, Goth, Acoustic, Pop, World, Soundtracks, Dance, and more.

Vendor Lineup: 

Vendor Business Name // Vendor Name // Genre Specialties

*Links provided to shows on XRAY for those vendors who are station DJs. 

Volunteer at the Event

Want to help out with the event? Let us know by sending us an email at info@xray.fm. We could use folks to help with set up and clean up, recording shoutouts, merch sales, raffle/giveaway tickets, social media, photography, and all the things that go into a great summer party! 

COVID-19 Precautions & More Information

TICKETS | $13 Advance, $15 at the Door

21+ Only

TICKETS | $18 advance/$20 door

Doors 8:30 PM

21+ only

Mic Check PDX presents: Return Flight...Delayed. The Portland album release for Boom Bap Project

Featuring performances by:

BOOM BAP PROJECT

VURSATYL

COOL NUTZ & DJ FATBOY

DARK TIME SUNSHINE

LIBRETTO

DJ REV SHINES

With resident DJ O.G.ONE

Hosted by DJ Klyph

FREE

Featuring: DJ KLYPH (The Numberz & XRAY's Welcome to the Neighborhood)

Doors 8:00 pm // Show 9:00 pm

Tickets: $49.75 Advance GA //  $55.00 Day of Show

21+ // Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test Required

Robert Glasper is the leader of a new sonic paradigm with a career that bridges musical and artistic genres. To date, he boasts 4 Grammy wins and 9 nominations across 8 categories, and an Emmy Award for his song for Ava Duvernay’s critically hailed documentary “13th” with Common and Karriem Riggins. His work and accolades bridge all aspects of the music business, from live touring to film scoring, composing and producing.

Evolution is his hallmark. Glasper’s breakout crossover album Black Radio changed the face of the genre and set a new expectation for what popular music could be. The album won him the Grammy for best R&B album and established him as the musician of choice for some of the world’s most iconic artists; notably playing keys throughout Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly.

The ongoing Black Radio series has since become Glasper’s calling card, upholding a place at the heart of a trailblazing community: from Mos Def and Bilal, to legends including Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu. 

Glasper’s eternal pursuit to further his sound has been consistent in challenging and transforming his creative horizons across the board. Whether producing a remix album with Kaytranda or as a bandleader, he consistently defies the limits of the genre. This is evident in a portfolio that ranges from his acoustic jazz trio; which simultaneously defies and elevates the traditional idiom by uniting it effortlessly with electronics from visionary DJ Jahi Sundance, to August Greene; a collaboration with Common + Karriem Riggins, to R+R=Now a supergroup at the crossroads of hip-hop and Jazz.

In the last two years alone Glasper has seen a staggering diversity of success. He dropped Fuck Yo Feelings; a star-studded mixtape; with features from YBN Cordae to Herbie Hancock to Yebba. The album was nominated for the Grammy for Best Progressive R&B album in the recent 2021 awards.  He created an original score for the Emmy Nominated doc The Apollo and the feature film The Photograph starring Issa Rae.

He led a legendary residency at the Blue Note NYC with 56 sold-out shows in 27 days which saw everyone from Dave Chappelle to Tiffany Haddish, Chadwick Boseman, Q-Tip, Anderson.Paak and Angela Davis join him on and off stage. And, alongside long-time collaborator, co-producer, and creative partner Terrace Martin, he formed another dream team supergroup Dinner Party featuring Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder.

In August of 2020, Robert released ‘Better Than Imagined’ which won the Grammy for Best R&B song in 2021; the first taste of his hotly anticipated forthcoming Black Radio 3 album. Featuring H.E.R and Meshell Ndegeocello, the song advocates for Black love and the power, and responsibility, we have to improve our world; again demonstrating that, above all, Glasper is an artist at the heart of a moment – and a movement – to champion Black music, Black people, and the possibility of a better future. The hip-hop-head-nod ballad is a dedication to just that: the beauty and brilliance of a heritage that is as much Kendrick as it is Coltrane, and which seeks to empower and uplift with every offering.

In his own words:
“Black lives matter and so does black love; no one wants a life without love, but we have generations of people in our community who haven’t had the tools to actually be in healthy relationships. It seems like people are finally ready to open their eyes to systemic racism in this country, and if we’re going to talk about it, we have to also talk about how it affects our relationships — how we communicate, how we see ourselves, how we treat each other. It’s not always good, even though maybe it could be.” 

Next up for Glasper is the long-awaited release of Black Radio vol. 3, with this very special 2022 Biamp PDX JAZZ FESTIVAL appearance a showcase of those new tunes along with his now classic catalog.

TAHIRAH MEMORY
Portland native, singer, songwriter Tahirah Memory, raised by a willful, loving and resourceful mother, and shaped at an early age by the vibration and melodic hands of her jazz trumpeter father, asserted her love for music extremely early in her childhood. Tahirah’s sound, steeped in jazz, soul and R&B is unlike any other, sounding distinctly like her personal truth.

DJ KLYPH – THE NUMBERZ 96.7FM & XRAY.FM (Welcome to the Neighborhood, Sat 8-10pm)
is a Portland based radio personality who has been creating platforms for the local music scene and artists worldwide. He’s utilized terrestrial radio [The Numberz FM, XRAY FM], Podcasting [Klyph Notes] and live events [Mic Check PDX] with an ear toward lyricism and conscious hip-hop representing the underrepresented.

An event to connect local Black and Brown farmers with local buyersBuy your CSA share! 

Meet BIPOC farmers and learn about local agriculture! 

Are you a chef? Market manager? Come meet your farmers! Join the movement that's changing the face of farming! 

Free to attend! Food trucks on site! Live music and DJ! 

LOCATION: CORE PDX, 3612 SE 82ND AVE, PORTLAND, OR 97266 

Please RSVP to enter a raffle filled with goodies from farmers! Otherwise just show up day of! 

Email sitafalfarm@gmail.com if you have questions!

An event to connect local Black and Brown farmers with local buyersBuy your CSA share! 

Meet BIPOC farmers and learn about local agriculture! 

Are you a chef? Market manager? Come meet your farmers! Join the movement that's changing the face of farming! 

Free to attend! Food trucks on site! Live music and DJ! 

LOCATION: CORE PDX, 3612 SE 82ND AVE, PORTLAND, OR 97266 

Please RSVP to enter a raffle filled with goodies from farmers! Otherwise just show up day of! 

Email sitafalfarm@gmail.com if you have questions!

FREE, No Tickets Required | 6:30pm 

Kickstand Comedy is proud to present Comedy in the Park, Bringing FREE live stand up shows back to Portland audiences all summer long. Featuring your favorite comics from Portland and beyond in one of the city's most beautiful spaces — Laurelhurst Park. Hundreds of Portlanders have been showing up each week to remember what laughter sounds like, so come early to claim your spot on the lawn! Bring your pup and whatever Summer bevvy you'd like to sip on. Blankets drop at 6pm, and the show starts at 6:30pm. 

Comedy in the Park: Portland’s #1 Comedy Show of all time… in a public dog park 

Kickstand Comedy is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to curating live comedy with a focus on quality, community, and unique voices. An all-inclusive space for Portland’s comedy scene to perform, collaborate and learn. 

We'll see you there! 

FREE, No Tickets Required | 6:30pm 

Kickstand Comedy is proud to present Comedy in the Park, Bringing FREE live stand up shows back to Portland audiences all summer long. Featuring your favorite comics from Portland and beyond in one of the city's most beautiful spaces — Laurelhurst Park. Hundreds of Portlanders have been showing up each week to remember what laughter sounds like, so come early to claim your spot on the lawn! Bring your pup and whatever Summer bevvy you'd like to sip on. Blankets drop at 6pm, and the show starts at 6:30pm. 

Comedy in the Park: Portland’s #1 Comedy Show of all time… in a public dog park 

Kickstand Comedy is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to curating live comedy with a focus on quality, community, and unique voices. An all-inclusive space for Portland’s comedy scene to perform, collaborate and learn. 

We'll see you there! 

All Ages | 7pm Doors, 8pm Show | $15 Advance, $20 Day Of

Celebrated northwest crew Boom Bap Project headlines the return of Mic Check to a live audience. It's the Portland album release event for "Return Flight", their first project in 15 years. The night will feature performances from:

BOOM BAP PROJECT

JABEE

COOL NUTZ

HANiF

KUNU

Surprise special guests: 

Mic Check is partnering with local non-profit Hip-Hop Fighting Cancer and is honored to donate a portion of proceeds of the event to them.

We'll be recognizing DJ Ambush for the work he's done for the scene providing platforms, support and encouragement through his work with XRAY FM and The Numberz FM.

Featuring sets by DJ OG One

Hosted by DJ Klyph, of Welcome to the Neighborhood Saturday Nights on XRAY

TICKETS // GA: $20 per person // VIP: $30 per person (includes VIP seating, parking, food & drink voucher)

Kids 5 & under are free.

Open Air CINEMA AT OMSI
Enjoy great movies, food, drinks (including beer, wine, cocktails) & spectacular waterfront sunsets!

Food and beverages available for purchase. Music from XRAY DJs begins once doors open and films begin at dusk. A limited number of chairs are available on a first-come basis, so feel free to bring a chair or blanket, along with a light sweater or jacket.

FAQS AND SUMMER MOVIE GUIDELINES

SCHEDULE: 

Weekend 1 – The Deep Search

• July 1 Life Aquatic, DJ Bobby D of Night School
• July 2 Wonder Woman, DJ Emoji Heap of Radio UwU
• July 3 Nomadland, DJ Bob Ham of Double Bummer

Weekend 2 – Tiger Beat! The Heartthrobs of Gen X

• July 10 Beetlejuice, DJ Bob Ham of Double Bummer
• July 11 Say Anything..., DJ PHNM of Phenomenal Disco

Weekend 3 –  ‘90s Slumber Party Weekend

• July 17 House Party, DJ Honest John of Savage Beat
• July 18 Clueless, DJ Honest John of Savage Beat

Weekend 4 – Shake It Dance-Along

• July 25 Zola, DJ Serious Moonlight of Intuitive Navigation

Weekend 5 –Solve The Mystery Movies!

• July 31 Knives Out, DJ Womb Service of Much Finer
• August 1 Sherlock Holmes, DJ Kyle Reese of VCR TV
  

The following events have been moved to the OMSI Bridge Lot. 

Weekend 6

• Thu, September 9th, Valley Girl, DJ Bob Ham of Double Bummer
• Fri, September 10th, Dirty Dancing, DJ Nate C of Heavy Metal Sewing Circle
  
• Sat, September 11th, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, DJ Bob Ham of Double Bummer

Weekend 7 

• Thu, September 16th, The Dark Crystal, DJ Nate C of Heavy Metal Sewing Circle
  
• Fri, September 17th, The Green Knight, DJ Ambush of Eastern Standard Time, The Numberz, & News with my Fiance
• Sat, September 18th, Shrek, DJ Chancie of Welcome to Your Good Day 

Weekend 8

• Thu, September 23rd, Brokeback Mountain, DJ Ryan Bunao of Radio UwU
  
• Fri, September 24th, Selena, DJ James Dineen of Sessions from the Box
  
• Sat, September 25th, Mars Attacks, DJLX of DiaspoRADIO Show

Part of XRAY.FM's mission is to support our community through monthly event sponsorship, our community concert calendar, and event partnerships. We offer artist curation, live DJ sets from XRAY's team of talented DJs, playlist curation, and much more! 

If you have an event you'd like to partner with us on please submit your event at events[at]xray.fm.

STAY HOME!
While all our physical dance parties are canceled for the time being, DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid will host Global Bass/Bhangra dance parties every Saturday night from their Batcave at www.twitch.tv/anjaliandthekid

8-11PM /Pacific

Donations accepted @ venmo.com/therealDJAnjali

{Our debut livestream party on March 21st was our first livestream ever and drew in 3,300 viewers and had 1,800 engagements. Thank you for supporting us through this time. We've been overwhelmed by your love & kind words.}

"Whether it’s the Desi-Latino Soundclash: Tropitaal, the Bhangra Bollywood dance party: ANDAZ, or her annual NYE rager, Anjali is the premier Portland dance DJ." Eleven PDX 4/8/19

"DJ Anjali & The Kid have been a staple of Portland, Oregon’s club scene for almost two decades, creating spaces for DJs and dancers to enjoy an international mélange of music ranging from bhangra to reggaeton." Remezcla 12/26/18


DJ ANJALI AND THE INCREDIBLE KID

www.anjaliandthekid.comwww.facebook.com/Anjaliandthekid
www.soundcloud.com/djanjali
www.soundcloud.com/the-incredible-kid
www.instagram.com/anjaliandthekid
www.instagram.com/theincrediblekid

STAY HOME!
While all our physical dance parties are canceled for the time being, DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid will host Global Bass/Bhangra dance parties every Saturday night from their Batcave at www.twitch.tv/anjaliandthekid

8-11PM /Pacific

Donations accepted @ venmo.com/therealDJAnjali

{Our debut livestream party on March 21st was our first livestream ever and drew in 3,300 viewers and had 1,800 engagements. Thank you for supporting us through this time. We've been overwhelmed by your love & kind words.}

"Whether it’s the Desi-Latino Soundclash: Tropitaal, the Bhangra Bollywood dance party: ANDAZ, or her annual NYE rager, Anjali is the premier Portland dance DJ." Eleven PDX 4/8/19

"DJ Anjali & The Kid have been a staple of Portland, Oregon’s club scene for almost two decades, creating spaces for DJs and dancers to enjoy an international mélange of music ranging from bhangra to reggaeton." Remezcla 12/26/18


DJ ANJALI AND THE INCREDIBLE KID

www.anjaliandthekid.comwww.facebook.com/Anjaliandthekid
www.soundcloud.com/djanjali
www.soundcloud.com/the-incredible-kid
www.instagram.com/anjaliandthekid
www.instagram.com/theincrediblekid

STAY HOME!
While all our physical dance parties are canceled for the time being, DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid will host Global Bass/Bhangra dance parties every Saturday night from their Batcave at www.twitch.tv/anjaliandthekid

8-11PM /Pacific

Donations accepted @ venmo.com/therealDJAnjali

{Our debut livestream party on March 21st was our first livestream ever and drew in 3,300 viewers and had 1,800 engagements. Thank you for supporting us through this time. We've been overwhelmed by your love & kind words.}

"Whether it’s the Desi-Latino Soundclash: Tropitaal, the Bhangra Bollywood dance party: ANDAZ, or her annual NYE rager, Anjali is the premier Portland dance DJ." Eleven PDX 4/8/19

"DJ Anjali & The Kid have been a staple of Portland, Oregon’s club scene for almost two decades, creating spaces for DJs and dancers to enjoy an international mélange of music ranging from bhangra to reggaeton." Remezcla 12/26/18


DJ ANJALI AND THE INCREDIBLE KID

www.anjaliandthekid.comwww.facebook.com/Anjaliandthekid
www.soundcloud.com/djanjali
www.soundcloud.com/the-incredible-kid
www.instagram.com/anjaliandthekid
www.instagram.com/theincrediblekid