Whatever your speed, Mount Hood Meadows can accommodate with its New Year's Eve party, which features lifts running past midnight, a sprawling buffet and fireworks. You can start 2019 by hurtling down Mount Hood on a snowboard, or just hang at the bar. pFriem Presents New Year's Eve Celebration at Mount Hood Meadows 21+.Īre you certain you have the sparkliest outfit in town but nowhere to show it off? Don't be afraid to leave a trail of glitter as you two-step across the dance floor to local stalwart Caleb Klauder and his country band. Alberta Street Pub, 1036 NE Alberta St.,. The Alberta Street Pub isn't typically an R&B venue, but for New Year's Eve, the pub is turning up somewhat with a pair of local artists-multi-instrumentalist Brizzleman, who melds funk, hip-hop and psych pop, and rapper Fountaine, who is somehow also performing at Holocene's New Year's Eve party. Plus, they're sharing the bill with local folk darling the Shook Twins. Sure, a bluegrass jam band isn't everyone's choice for a New Year's party, but if you'd rather groove gently into 2019, Railroad Earth is one of your best options. But the glory of seeing a parody metal band on New Year's Eve is that they'll have no shame about hamming it up and taking it way, way over the top. On most other nights of the year, it'd be baffling to go see a Steel Panther concert when you could just stay at home and watch This Is Spinal Tap. As they've done the past three New Year's Eves, members of Sleater-Kinney, the Jicks, Blitzen Trapper and other venerable Portland bands get together to play songs from the '50s through the '80s. Now is the chance to prove which one is best. $10.Įveryone in Portland is stuck in a different decade. East Portland Eagle Lodge 3256, 4904 SE Hawthorne Blvd.,. After midnight, they'll switch to all funk and boogie. For the first half of his New Year's Eve party, Cooky and his co-DJs will spin a best-of set of their favorite finds from this past year.
21+.ĭJ Cooky Parker's monthly party is a sweaty monument to vintage R&B, soul and everything that's conducive to twisting and shouting. But if you do want to move your feet, DJs Títa and Mami Miami are capable of getting even Doug Fir's too-cool crowd bumping. Portland's Summer Cannibals aren't quite a party band, but their swaggering rock 'n' roll is ideal for anyone who'd rather nurse a tallboy instead of downing shots of Tito's leading up to midnight.