McMenamins Pubs & Breweries
A place for family & friends...
Friday, May 24
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Will West7 p.m.21 and over |
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Carolina-born, and the son of a fiddle player, West cites bluegrass, delta blues and heavy metal music as some of his early influences. His "Southeast Roots with Northwest Inspirations" are informed by modern folk, blues and improvisation.
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Hanz Araki & Kathryn Claire7 p.m.All ages welcome |
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Named Best Vocal/Instrumental Group of 2012 (liveireland), Hanz Araki (flutes, vocals, percussion) and Kathryn Claire (guitar, vocals, fiddle) share a deep love of harmony and their arrangements of time-honored traditional music has been winning audiences over since they first began collaborating in 2008. "An Irish music phenomenon in West Coast America" -- Irish Music Magazine
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Brian Copeland Band7 p.m.All ages welcome |
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Pop-savvy Brian Copeland Band is one of Portland's favorite up and coming contenders, a group with a rotating cast of characters, an arsenal of new original songs and a sophisticated refinement to their pop sound.
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Cameron Quick7 p.m.All ages welcome |
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Cameron Quick's pop-rock tunes range from sentimental power ballads to pulsating dance rhythms, and from time to time, hard reflective pieces.
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Garcia Birthday Bandw/guest David Lipkund (of Woodbrain)7 p.m.21 and over |
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Dead Unique & Irresistibly Danceable!
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Identity Thief (R)7:35 p.m.21 and over |
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Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
Monqui presentsBloc Party8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. showAll ages welcome |
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Annie Bany8 p.m.21 and over after 10 p.m. |
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'80s Video Dance Attack in Lola's Room8 p.m.21 and over |
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Portland's best dance party happens every Friday night at 14th and Burnside! 80s Video Dance Attack features all of the hits from MTV's best era shown on giant projection screens!
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Big Easy Express8 p.m.21 and over |
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Three bands, six cities, one train, thousands of miles of track... Big Easy Express concert film captures a modern day railroad revival tour. The music doesn't stop as Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Mumford & Sons travel across America by vintage train.
Does each McMenamins pub brew beer? Nope – only our brewpubs and breweries do. They supply our other spots. McMenamins has a full-time historian on staff. He collects stories, photos, anecdotes and more about McMenamins spots, past and present. Give it up for St. Arnold, the patron saint of brewers! His miracle was a tankard of ale that never ran dry… Put him on the invite list. Which beer is our best-selling ale? Hammerhead, of course. Have a pint or two today! At the Grand Lodge, the mosaics in the basement hallways were inspired by the work of Spanish artist Antonio Gaudi. “Wine is bottled poetry.” -- Robert Louis Stevenson The Centzon-Totochtin (“Infinite Rabbits”) was an Aztec group that represented the ways humans are affected by intoxication. “Give me a woman who truly loves beer and I will conquer the world.” – Kaiser Wilhelm II “We borrowed golf from Scotland as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good.” -- Horace Hutchinson What’s the name of the Kennedy brewery? The Concordia Brewery, named for the surrounding neighborhood. “Wine is bottled poetry.” -- Robert Louis Stevenson Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII, was said to be able to drink any man under the table. You show ‘em, Betsy! How many McMenamins are there in the Seattle area? Three – Mill Creek, Six Arms and Queen Anne. What was the very first McMenamins pub, opened by Mike and Brian McMenamin? The Barley Mill on SE Hawthorne in Portland.
