Rx Fest 2019 Lineup & Info

Music is medicine.  A new multi-venue, multi-day festival is on the eve of its inaugural launch February 15th, 16th and 17th in the form of a large-scale benefit for organizations vital to our community all centrally located in downtown Portland at Star Theater, Dante's, Kelly's Olympian and Valentine's.  The first annual event includes Outside In, Q Center, P:ear, Right 2 Survive, Planned Parenthood and the NAACP.
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Not only is Rx Fest a means to raise money for those organizations but also another opportunity to provide a platform for community outreach and engagement where representatives from each nonprofit can speak directly to the public about their respective missions and services.

Through this one of the foundational cornerstones of the festival is apparent, to engage and assist the dialogue of health, both mental and physical, and wellness in our community by not only connecting individuals to the services available through the festival's selected nonprofit partners but also through one of the most healing environmental sources, live music and community.

Rx Fest was an idea incubating for several years, essentially utilizing the template of the annual Self Group Collective BDAY Bash fundraisers for Outside In, also held in February, and vastly expanding that concept with an exponentially larger scope.  If a festival has a mentality or ethos this is one of community and collaborative collective effort.

We fully embrace and celebrate that this is a revival of our multi-venue festival history in Portland, tapping prior incarnations of NXNW and MusicfestNW, to carry the contemporary torch.  What we are ultimately doing is creating an opportunity for our community to come together, to together help ensure the vitality and viability of vital institutions while dually celebrating and supporting our wealth of incredible local music.

It's no accident this is happening during the most wintry month of the year.  Legendary concert promoter Bill Graham tells us that we're crazy for trying to organize a festival on Valentine's weekend.  Challenge accepted.  We think this weekend is the best time to have an amazing reason to rally the crew and get out of the house.

We hope you'll join us this first year as we build slowly and get our feet wet (figuratively and likely literally) to kick off what we hope to be an event we'll all look forward to with enthusiasm and excitement for the many February's to follow.

Be our Valentine!  XORX

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Schedule & Artists

FRIDAY FEB 15th
Star Theater
6:00 PM Doors
7:00 PM Rat Brash / 1 Young Micah / Cuddie Whompus
8:00 PM Morher
9:00 PM Bridal Veil
10:00 PM Bombay Beach
11:00 PM Kulululu
12:00 AM Yardsss ∅∀‡

SATURDAY FEB 16th
Star Theater
8:00 PM Doors
9:00 PM C^VES & Kevin Holden
10:00 PM Floom
11:00 PM TBA
12:00 AM Nasalrod

Dante’s
8:00 PM Doors
9:00 PM Ellipsism
10:00 PM Silver Medal
11:00 PM Sun Blood Stories
12:00 AM Roselit Bone

Valentine's • Local Loadies Showcase
4:00 PM Doors
5:00 PM New Injuries
6:00 PM Dirty Princess
7:00 PM Yuvee’s
8:00 PM King Who

Kelly's Olympian • NW Post-Rock Collective Showcase
7:00 PM Doors
8:00 PM Pulse Emitter
9:00 PM Withered Winds
10:00 PM Elcia
11:00 PM A Collective Subconscious
12:00 AM Sol

SUNDAY FEB 17th
Star Theater
6:00 PM Doors
7:00 PM New Modern Warfare
8:00 PM Longclaw
9:00 PM Tents
10:00 PM Moon Shy
11:00 PM Church of Hive (afterparty)

Dante's
5:00 PM Doors
6:00 PM Deathlist (Solo)
7:00 PM Pool Boys
8:00 PM Ezza Rose

Valentine's
7:00 PM Doors
9:00 PM Rebecca Rasmussen
10:00 PM The Sun And The Mirror
11:00 PM Small Skies

We've also partnered with Friends of Noise to bring some all ages shows to the festival this year.  Note, festival wristbands do not grant access to these two events.

February 15th
New Moon w/ Vern Fonk
Disjecta
6:30 PM doors, 7:00 PM show
All Ages

February 16th
DJ Dance Night
The Rockwood Center
All Ages