Backspace is an active music venue featuring a wide variety of musical style, you can catch all sorts of different acts here seven days a week. Check out our up to date calendar below to view our upcoming events.
booking inquiries: events@backspace.bz
Please visit our friends at Cravedog and ask them about the Backspace Discount! 
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Friday, January 27. 8pm. $3.00 MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS PRESENTS Ledgend The Odious Whales Depopulator FREE GUAYAKI $3 students $5 adults |
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Saturday, January 28. 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm). $10.00 Banner Pilot Broadway Calls Lost City Ninjas with Syringes Angry Lions $8 IN ADVANCE  |
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Sunday, January 29. 5pm. FREE! PSU READING SERIES PSU students from creative writing classes reading their fiction work on stage! Every Last Sunday 5-7pm. |
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Sunday, January 29. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for $50 and the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages FEATURED GUEST: Anis Mojgani $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, January 30. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Sunday, February 5. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for $50 and the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages FEATURED GUEST: Anis Mojgani $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, February 6. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Saturday, February 11. 8pm. $15.00 David Choi + guests David Choi was the 2004 grand prize winner of a mash-up contest judged by David Bowie. Following that, Choi was announced as the winner of USA Weekend Magazine's John Lennon Songwriting Contest for teens and appeared in USA Weekend Magazine with recording artist Usher. Choi is a singer-songwriter and producer formerly signed to Warner Chappell where he wrote 100 songs. His original recordings have aired on NBC, VH1, MTV, E!, Travel Channel, PBS, FOX, Food Network and in television commercials in the U.S. and overseas. Choi has starred in and produced original music for several major online campaigns including Starburst Candies and the Addy Award-winning "Get That Look" campaign for JCPenney. |
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Sunday, February 12. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for $50 and the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages FEATURED GUEST: Anis Mojgani $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, February 13. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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Sunday, February 19. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for $50 and the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages FEATURED GUEST: Anis Mojgani $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, February 20. 9pm. FREE! BATTERY POWERED MUSIC Every Other Monday! Not an open mic or a hippie jam sesh, more R2-D2 than RJD2, Battery Powered is "drum circle v2.0," according founding ensemble member Elias Foley. It's a new night of battery-powered electronic music and collaboration happening every other Monday (opposite Dorkbot) at 8pm. Show up and join in the battery-powered music ensemble jam and open mixer session. Inclusive, fun and inviting (and at times and epic mass of grinding handheld techno!). Certain nights will also feature solo artists, small ensembles and touring artists, all within an open space of structured improvisation and collaboration. Hear the S O U N D S |
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Saturday, February 25. 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm). $6.00 48 Thrills 800 Octane Burnside Heroes Mourning Bed Head
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Sunday, February 26. 7:30pm. $5.00 PORTLAND POETRY SLAM Portland's most punk rawk literary show extravaganza pitting 8 poets against each other for $50 and the chance to represent PDX poetry to it's finest. all ages FEATURED GUEST: Anis Mojgani $5 suggested donation sign up @ 7:30 |
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Monday, February 27. 7pm. FREE! DORKBOT! Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor grassroots meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of electronic art. The dorkbot motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". Started by Douglas Repetto at the Columbia University Computer Music Center in 2000, dorkbot has spread around the world, with over sixty chapters either planning or actively holding meetings.
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