PDX Pop Now!
{{Short description|American annual music festival}}
{{Infobox music festival
| name = PDX Pop Now!
| image = PDX Pop Now! 2010 logo.jpg
| caption = PDX Pop Now! vol. 7 compilation art by Carson Ellis, 2010
| location = Portland, Oregon
| years_active = 2004–2019, 2021––
| dates = Mid-summer
| genre = Rock, Rap, Punk rock, Folk, Experimental, Indie
| website = http://www.pdxpopnow.com
}}
PDX Pop Now! is a local annual music festival held in Portland, Oregon, and a 100% volunteer-run registered 501(c)(3) non-profit{{cite web|last=Lopez|first=Luciana|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/popmusic/2008/01/pdx_pop_now_goes_nonprofit.html|title=PDX Pop Now! goes non-profit | OregonLive.com|website=blog.oregonlive.com|date=2008-01-22 |access-date=2016-07-16|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-9091-so_much_pdx_pop_now__news.html|title=So Much PDX Pop Now! News|website=Willamette Week|date=2008-01-21|access-date=2016-07-16|df=mdy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917184521/http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-9091-so_much_pdx_pop_now__news.html|archive-date=2016-09-17|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://oregonmusicnews.com/2011/11/10/pdx-pop-now-takes-music-into-local-schools/|title=PDX Pop Now! takes music into local schools|access-date=2013-07-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915201140/http://oregonmusicnews.com/2011/11/10/pdx-pop-now-takes-music-into-local-schools/|archive-date=2013-09-15|df=mdy-all}} The organization and the event are dedicated to "celebrating, promoting, and enhancing Portland’s vital and diverse music community."{{cite web|url=http://www.pdxpopnow.com/about|title=ABOUT | PDX POP NOW! 2016 | JULY 22nd - 24th|website=Pdxpopnow.com|date=|access-date=2016-07-16|df=mdy-all}} The festival was first held in 2004, and has occurred every year since that time.
History
PDX Pop Now! originated from a discussion{{cite web|url=http://www.indiepop.com/pdx-pop/pdxpopnow/|title=PDX Pop Now discussion on PDX-POP|website=Indiepop.com|date=|access-date=2016-07-16|df=mdy-all}} on PDX Pop,{{cite web|url=http://www.indiepop.com/pdx-pop|title=PDX Pop : Portland IndiePop Mailing List|website=Indiepop.com|date=1998-06-11|access-date=2016-07-16|df=mdy-all}} Portland Indiepop Mailing list, a long running listserv for Portland musicians, fans, and writers interested in discussing the local music scene. On Jan 15th, 2004 Kell Dockham started a question{{cite web|url=http://www.indiepop.com/pdx-pop/pdxpopnow/0000.html|title=PDX Pop Now discussion on PDX-POP|website=Indiepop.com|date=|access-date=2016-07-16|df=mdy-all}} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.indiepop.com/pdx-pop/pdxpopnow/0137.html|title=PDX Pop Now discussion on PDX-POP |website=Indiepop.com |date=2004-02-03 |access-date=2016-07-16|df=mdy-all}} 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.{{cite web|last=Dolan|first=Ciara|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-pride-of-portland/Content?oid=18743|title=The Pride of Portland - Music|publisher=The Stranger|date=2004-07-08|access-date=2016-07-16|df=mdy-all}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.pdxpopnow.com/ Official site for PDX Pop Now!]
- [http://www.indiepop.com/pdx-pop/ Portland IndiePop Mailing List]
- [http://www.wellroundedradio.net/episodes/2007/07/pdxpopnow.html Podcast with PDX Pop Now! board member Brent Bell]
Category:Music festivals in Oregon
Category:Festivals in Portland, Oregon
Category:2004 establishments in Oregon