January has been officially declared Portland Music Month. And now 21 venues have come together to put on hundreds of shows in a month-long music festival.
The pandemic stalled Portland’s music scene for a few years. That was especially devastating to a city where so much of our music industry infrastructure and economy is built around live events.
Today on the show we have J. Pinky Jansen, founder of PDX Presents where he diligently documents the Portland music scene. He also volunteers with the nonprofit that helped establish Portland Music Month.
Pinky has gone to more shows this past year than most of us have even read through show listings. So I wanted to ask him how it was looking out there. How is our live music scene recovering?
You can find a full listing of Portland Music Month events here, and if you want to connect with more local music in Portland, take Pinky's recommendation and check out the NearHear app!
Want some more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter
