PDX Pop Now! | |
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Genre | Rock, Rap, Punk rock, Folk, Experimental, Indie |
Dates | Mid-summer |
Location(s) | Portland, Oregon |
Years active | 2004–2019, 2021–– |
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 [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 diverse music community." [4] The festival was first held in 2004, and has occurred every year since that time.
PDX Pop Now! originated from a discussion [5] on PDX Pop, [6] 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 [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]