Browse over 100 vendors offering fashion, accessories, vintage finds, handmade goods, home items, food, drinks, and other treasures. Free to attend, pet and family friendly, and happening every last Sunday of the month through October.

Help single comedians find love in the hottest comedy dating show in America, Heart Throb! Hosted by Mack Lee and Aleah Liebenau.

We've got a star on our hands this September. Bachelorette Sofia Sullivan (@subarulabubu, Dog People, Complex Industrial Wedding) is finally ready for a wedding of her own. Who will rise to the occasion and win her heart? We scoured the globe for the most eligible heart throbs in town:

Michelle (@la.michhhhh)
DGuar (@rawrdguar)
and Laz (@surzlala)

This cast highlights members from one of Kickstand's favorite teams, Brown Sugar! Don't miss this once in a lifetime event.

Follow @heartthrob_theshow

Poster by @coldmoonimageanddesign
 
Press for Heart Throb:

• "Pushing monogamy is a very funny thing to do in Portland" - Willamette Week

• "Heart Throb plays by its own chaotic rules" - Portland Mercury

Watch our Valentine's Day show on youtube to get a taste of the Heart Throb experience!

Laughs for All: As part of our mission towards access to comedy, we offer 10% of tickets at a discounted rate to make it more affordable for those who otherwise would not be able to attend. These tickets are first come, first served, so we recommend buying them online ahead of time, and any remaining will be sold at the door.

• Doors open 30 minutes prior to listed show time.

• Online sales close on the day of the show.

• Unclaimed tickets will be released to standby line 10 minutes after listed show time.

• All prices include ticketing platform and credit card processing fees.
  
  KICKSTAND COMEDY TERMS & CONDITIONS 

• All sales are final and no refunds are permitted. 

• If you are more than 10 minutes late to your show, your ticket may be released and there will be no refund.

• If you are inebriated, heckling, or causing any disruption, you’ll be asked to leave the theater and will not receive a refund.

• All times listed in PST.

• Shows starting before 9pm are all ages. Shows beginning at 9pm or later are restricted to ages 21+.

• Kickstand is ADA accessible and provides floor level seating. If you require space for a mobility device, you may email us at boxoffice@kickstandcomedy.org ahead of time so we may prepare and reserve a space for you, or you can let the box office know at check in.

• All other inquiries around ticketing should be sent to boxoffice@kickstandcomedy.org

• Please check both your email inbox and spam folder for confirmation emails!

Gather your coworkers, friends, or neighbors and join hundreds of volunteers working to make the district cleaner and more welcoming. Teams kick off together before heading out to assigned cleanup zones across the Central Eastside, then return to celebrate with live music by Baz Moto and food and drinks from local vendors.

Celebrate the release of the second annual collaboration with Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. The afternoon features a special apothecary market with aura photography, tarot readings, handmade candles and perfumes, and custom charm necklaces. Grab a glass of Elvira's Spicy Pumpkins pumpkin spiced cider while you browse.

Come together to honor the legacy of HIV activism and raise critical funds for CAP Northwest's programs and services. This year's walk welcomes drag legend and storyteller Miss Coco Peru, who brings more than 30 years of wit, heart, and authenticity to the morning. The route crosses into the Central Eastside, where you'll find easy parking and plenty of spots to grab a bite afterward.

Settle in for a comedy variety show serving big laughs, queer joy, and a splash of mischief. Hosted by No Sex and the City with improv from The Fruit Basket, the night features a rotating mix of Portland's best queer performers.

Settle into the Empirical Theater for an audio-visual celebration of mushrooms and mycelium. Festival director Peter McCoy brings a selection of the best short films from the Fungi Film Fest's first six years, with several of the featured filmmakers staying for a Q&A afterward.

This weekly community dance party comes to the Central Eastside select Wednesday’s this summer.

The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is…

NINE TO FIVE:

Prepare a five-minute story about being on the clock. First jobs and corporate climbing. Dream gigs, survival works, side hustles. Water cooler gossip, awkward HR meetings. Burning the midnight oil or goofing off on the company dime. Passion projects that fuel you or counting the minutes until happy hour. Is it your calling? Or just a paycheck? Punch in. Punch out. Repeat. What a way to make a livin'!

Tickets for Portland's StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 3 PM ET.

Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. As many as 10 tickets may be available at the door for all of our StorySLAMs on a first-come, first-served basis.

Urban Gleaners' Third Annual Summer Supper – a one-of-a-kind walk-around tasting experience that celebrates Portland’s vibrant food scene, highlights the power of upcycled ingredients, and supports our mission to fight food waste and food insecurity in our community.

This unforgettable evening features a collection of Portland’s most acclaimed chefs, each crafting inspired small plates using gleaned and upcycled ingredients, transforming what’s often discarded into something extraordinary. Complementing the culinary creations will be a curated selection of local beer, wine, craft cocktails, and non-alcoholic beverages from some of the region’s favorite vendors.

Early Bird ticket pricing will be limited and available until July 8th, so grab your tickets early to secure your spot! All proceeds, including additional contributions, will go directly to supporting Urban Gleaners' programs that aim to reduce food waste and food insecurity in the Portland Metro Area.

RESTAURANTS

Nodoguro, The Malarkey, Akadi, Sugarpine Drive-in, Javelina, Planted Based Papi, Salt & Straw, Urban Gleaners, Kachka, Gabbiano's, Sammich, Bar Nouveau, Sebastiano's, Pizza Thief, L'Echelle

BEVERAGES

Straightaway Cocktails, Bauman's Cider, Post Familiar, Commensal Fermentation, Dappled Tonic, More to come...

Spend the afternoon at the second year of this block party with flash tattoos, live music, a DJ, pup portraits, live caricatures, games, and local makers and artists. Free and all ages, with proceeds benefiting Street Dog Hero.

Free, all ages, and open to the public.

Three years of Dirty Shirley. Two nights. 20 sketches. No repeats. One final, unholy offering of our greatest hits to the One True Shrimp God. Welcome to Shirley’s Temple.

Ominous events are unfolding in Portland. Have you noticed them? The skies have darkened and the dreams are coming faster now. Hard-boiled eggs un-boiling; pet snakes eating themselves like little freaks, root chakras expanding and contracting to the rhythm of the sinister pulsatile hum that issues from the Willamette. It’s clear now: Dirty Shirley is transforming and it promises to shake the very roots of civilization (in the Southeast, specifically).

20 sketches performed across two nights with no repeats. 3 years of sketch comedy condensed into one weekend. All written by Dirty Shirley and performed by Her clerics and followers: those practitioners of the accursed art of being a silly goose.

One hour to tug at your heartstrings then genitals like a feral orangutan, howling with anguish and laughter into the empty cosmos.

One night only to say goodbye to the infernal cult that crawled forth from the Coven long ago.

Featuring the talents of:
HB Bergeson: @florencexmachina
Benny Burnett: @proud.dance.mom
Dakota Strickland: @funnydumpster
Sofia Sullivan: @subarulabubu
Alex Beeken @drinksmopwater
and special guests:
Raz Mostaghimi @razmostaghimi
Oscar Abbott @nancydrew1st

Laughs for All: As part of our mission towards access to comedy, we offer 10% of tickets at a discounted rate to make it more affordable for those who otherwise would not be able to attend. These tickets are first come, first served, so we recommend buying them online ahead of time, and any remaining will be sold at the door.

Turn bottle caps into ottomans and beer caps into wire frame chairs at this self-guided crafting session using reuse materials. All supplies provided at the new Central Eastside education studio. Ages 5 and up, with youth accompanied by an adult. Tiered ticket pricing available.

Browse over 100 vendors offering fashion, accessories, vintage finds, handmade goods, home items, food, drinks, and other treasures. Free to attend, pet and family friendly, and happening every last Sunday of the month through October.

Watch the street transform into an outdoor circus with a flatbed truck stage, a hand-cranked crane lifting aerialists into the sky, and a 100-year-old baby grand piano providing live music. This touring nonprofit circus brings acrobats, opera divas, and an hour of whimsical, all-ages wonder. Food trucks on site, donation-based admission.

Catch stand-up from Molly Kearney, currently starring as Barb on the CBS comedy series DMV and the first non-binary cast member in Saturday Night Live history. The Cleveland native was previously a cast member of The Lincoln Lodge, the nation's longest running independent stand-up showcase in Chicago. Make a date of it with the couple's package, which includes two premium seats and a $90 food and beverage credit.

This weekly community dance party comes to the Central Eastside select Wednesday’s this summer.

Spend the day with local rock, metal, and punk bands in the heart of the district. This free, volunteer-run annual festival gives emerging Portland artists a platform to reach larger audiences while keeping live music accessible to everyone. Grab a drink at the beer garden, browse local vendors, and refuel at the food court.

Catch a night of bilingual improv performed in both English and Spanish. The show plays with the duality of being bilingual in the US, Latinx culture, and telenovela tropes, building a full set of Spanglish magic from a single audience suggestion. No fluency required, just come ready to laugh.

Join a citywide day of action to make Portland cleaner, healthier, and more welcoming. Volunteers gather at five locations across the city, including right here in the district, to remove litter and care for shared community spaces. Come out for cleaner streets, safer parks, and a brighter environment for everyone who lives, works, and plays here. All ages welcome, and advanced registration is suggested.

Set out on a high-speed jetboat tour exploring the history and lore of Bigfoot. This 80-mile roundtrip journey travels from Portland to Multnomah Falls with exclusive narration by Cliff Barackman of Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot, plus a live guide sharing sightings and legends along the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. Running select days through September 26, it's fast, thrilling, and packed with Northwest scenery.