PDX Pop Now!
| PDX Pop Now! | |
|---|---|
 PDX Pop Now! vol. 7 compilation art byCarson Ellis,2010 | |
| Genre | Rock,Rap,Punk rock,Folk,Experimental,Indie |
| Dates | Mid-summer |
| Location(s) | Portland, Oregon |
| Years active | 2004–2019, 2021–– |
| Website | http:// pdxpopnow |
PDX Pop Now!is a local annualmusic festivalheld inPortland, Oregon,and a 100% volunteer-run registered 501(c)(3)non-profit[1][2]organization that organizes and promotes the festival event. It consists of a two-disc compilation released in spring; a multi-day, free, all-ages music festival in the summer; and school and community outreach programs throughout the year.[3]The organization and the event are dedicated to "celebrating, promoting, and enhancing Portland’s vital and diversemusic community."[4]The festival was first held in 2004, and has occurred every year since that time.
History
[edit]PDX Pop Now! originated from a discussion[5]on PDX Pop,[6]Portland Indiepop Mailing list, a long runninglistservfor Portland musicians, fans, and writers interested in discussing the local music scene. On Jan 15th, 2004 Kell Dockham started a question[7]about the sense of true unity in Portland music scene which ignited and inspired PDX Pop list members to organize a festival to celebrate local music. After two initial meetings, on Feb 3rd, 2004, Joshua Kirby sent out a meeting note[8]to the PDX Pop list and pronounced the working title "PDX Pop Now", and thus a festival was born. This is how one e-email became a music festival.[9]
References
[edit]- ^Lopez, Luciana (January 22, 2008)."PDX Pop Now! goes non-profit | OregonLive".blog.oregonlive.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.
- ^"So Much PDX Pop Now! News".Willamette Week.January 21, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon September 17, 2016.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.
- ^"PDX Pop Now! takes music into local schools".Archived fromthe originalon September 15, 2013.RetrievedJuly 16,2013.
- ^"ABOUT | PDX POP NOW! 2016 | JULY 22nd - 24th".Pdxpopnow.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.
- ^"PDX Pop Now discussion on PDX-POP".Indiepop.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.
- ^"PDX Pop: Portland IndiePop Mailing List".Indiepop.June 11, 1998.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.
- ^"PDX Pop Now discussion on PDX-POP".Indiepop.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.
- ^"PDX Pop Now discussion on PDX-POP".Indiepop.February 3, 2004.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.
- ^Dolan, Ciara (July 8, 2004)."The Pride of Portland - Music".The Stranger.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.