2845 SE Stark Street
Portland, OR 97214
Open daily: 5PM – 2AM

Live Music & DJs

August 2026
Aug 06
06 Aug Thursday
Moon Music is the love child of guitarist Dan Duval and saxophonist/singer Chelsea Luker. Both artists have spent their lifetime devoted to jazz, funk and rock. Now they present to you music from the cosmos, filled with delay driven ambience and dreamy melodies. Tonight they are joined by vocalist Aniana and...
Aug 07
07 Aug Friday
Dance and party to classic funk, soul, disco, jazz and various funky jams, skillfully mixed by resident DJ’s Mr Jeigh and Magneto. $10
Aug 08
08 Aug Saturday
Take the sultry vibe of the Latin American Tropics, combine with the rhythm of India (“Taal”) and stir into Tropitaal, a Desi/Latine Soundclash where the hottest club sounds from India and Latin America go head to head in an all-night dance-off of epic proportions. $13
Aug 10
10 Aug Monday
Join us in the upstairs pub every other Monday from 6-9pm for Dyke Pool, our twice monthly 8-ball tournament hosted by Tucker Lasso! $5-$10 donation requested.
Aug 10
10 Aug Monday
Laugh Basement Comedy Showcase is now a weekly Monday event! Hosted by Hewitt Pagenstecher, Laugh Basement delivers the funniest comics from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Check back for tonight’s line-up soon. $10
Aug 11
11 Aug Tuesday
Super Secret Band has become a goodfoot staple. Their blazing live shows touch on rock, dark jazz, blues and funk with ambient jams that drop into dance floor burners effortlessly. They'll be here Tuesdays (2nd-4th) in August with guests and friends throughout the month. $8
Aug 13
13 Aug Thursday
What an after show we have lined up for you! Greaterkind brings a fiery horn section and an Earth, Wind and Fire tribute to keep the summer heat going late. Jazz fusion, funk, R&B, gospel and hip hop — live and improvised. $10
Aug 14
14 Aug Friday
Portland’s longest running DJ Dance Night, Soul Stew delivers deep & delicious cuts of funk, soul, disco & break beats on vinyl 45s. $10
Aug 15
15 Aug Saturday
After nine years, Brett's House Party is finally releasing their debut album - Hunker Down! We're celebrating the album release at their home venue (and where the album was recorded)-- the goodfoot. Joining before and in between their sets will be local techno legend leeonn. Expect nearly five hours of...
Aug 16
16 Aug Sunday
Dyke Pool presents Off the Felt, a dance event at The Goodfoot (Downstairs) for the queer community and allies. The night features three DJs playing back-to-back sets and aims to provide a safe, fun and energetic space for dancing, community and celebration. $10
Aug 17
17 Aug Monday
Laugh Basement Comedy Showcase is now a weekly Monday event! Hosted by Hewitt Pagenstecher, Laugh Basement delivers the funniest comics from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Check back for tonight’s line-up soon. $10
Aug 18
18 Aug Tuesday
Super Secret Band has become a goodfoot staple. Their blazing live shows touch on rock, dark jazz, blues and funk with ambient jams that drop into dance floor burners effortlessly. They'll be here Tuesdays (2nd-4th) in August with guests and friends throughout the month. $8
Aug 20
20 Aug Thursday
Lesser Bangs was a staple on the Portland live music scene in the 2010's. Forged in 2012 by keyboardist Adam King (Garcia Birthday Band) and guitarist Sean DeGregorio, LBs was a springboard for their like-minded but unique take on rock and pop fusing in harmonic splendor. After being sidelined by...
Aug 21
21 Aug Friday
Portland’s longest running DJ Dance Night, Soul Stew delivers deep & delicious cuts of funk, soul, disco & break beats on vinyl 45s. $10
Aug 22
22 Aug Saturday
Takimba's Get On Up is an evening of re-mixes and mash-ups of classic hiphop, funk, soul and electronic dance cuts. Come and shake it 'til the wee hours ! $12
Aug 24
24 Aug Monday
Join us in the upstairs pub every other Monday from 6-9pm for Dyke Pool, our twice monthly 8-ball tournament hosted by Tucker Lasso! $5-$10 donations encouraged.
Aug 24
24 Aug Monday
Laugh Basement Comedy Showcase is now a weekly Monday event! Hosted by Hewitt Pagenstecher, Laugh Basement delivers the funniest comics from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Check back for tonight’s line-up soon. $10
Aug 25
25 Aug Tuesday
Super Secret Band has become a goodfoot staple. Their blazing live shows touch on rock, dark jazz, blues and funk with ambient jams that drop into dance floor burners effortlessly. They'll be here Tuesdays (2nd-4th) in August with guests and friends throughout the month. $8
Aug 27
27 Aug Thursday
It's Last Thursday and time for another goodfoot art opening! Jason Brown, our in-house curator, has put together another fantastic show featuring works from Steady Betty, McMonster and Matthew Hopkins! DJ Welly Well will keep the vibes right and the energy high throughout the affair. As always, the event is...
Aug 27
27 Aug Thursday
Go on a trip through cloud castles and rivers of rainbows with Flying Caravan as they bring together psychedelic melodies, deep grooves, and celestial rhythms. Taking inspiration from 70's psychedelic rock bands and funk jazz fusion, their fantastical lyricism and serendipitous instrumental interplay spiral into a dance of enchanting delights....
Aug 28
28 Aug Friday
Portland’s longest running DJ Dance Night, Soul Stew delivers deep & delicious cuts of funk, soul, disco & break beats on vinyl 45s. $10
Aug 29
29 Aug Saturday
Keep It Cool with these two Portland DJ institutions, equally at home behind the turntables as they are behind the record store counter. Goodfoot regulars know Brad Vachal as one of the Soul Stew DJs, while others know him from Portland's halcyon rave days or his years at Platinum Records....
Aug 31
31 Aug Monday
Laugh Basement Comedy Showcase is now a weekly Monday event! Hosted by Hewitt Pagenstecher, Laugh Basement delivers the funniest comics from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Check back for tonight’s line-up soon. $10
September 2026
Sep 01
01 Sep Tuesday
We’re thrilled for our September Tuesday residency with Trio of Boom! TOB is an organ Trio featuring Peter Knudsen (Ghost-Note, Mono Neon, Greaterkind) on Guitar, Carlin White (J.Cole, Lana Del Rey, Lucky Daye) on drums and Galen Clark (Outer Orbit, Anna Tivel, Sleater-Kinney) on Organ. Should be a funky good...
Sep 04
04 Sep Friday
Dance and party to classic funk, soul, disco, jazz and various funky jams, skillfully mixed by resident DJ’s Mr Jeigh and Magneto. $10
Sep 05
05 Sep Saturday
We are Yak Attack. We were grown and raised right here at the Goodfoot in Portland. We're old dogs or angsty teenagers, depending how you look at a 13-year old band, but we feel nothing but love from the Portland and PNW scene. We've made a lot of friends over...
Sep 07
07 Sep Monday
Join us in the upstairs pub every other Monday from 6-9pm for Dyke Pool, our twice monthly 8-ball tournament hosted by Tucker Lasso! $5-$10 donation requested.
Sep 07
07 Sep Monday
Laugh Basement Comedy Showcase is now a weekly Monday event! Hosted by Hewitt Pagenstecher, Laugh Basement delivers the funniest comics from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Check back for tonight’s line-up soon. $10
Sep 08
08 Sep Tuesday
We’re thrilled for our September Tuesday residency with Trio of Boom! TOB is an organ Trio featuring Peter Knudsen (Ghost-Note, Mono Neon, Greaterkind) on Guitar, Carlin White (J.Cole, Lana Del Rey, Lucky Daye) on drums and Galen Clark (Outer Orbit, Anna Tivel, Sleater-Kinney) on Organ. Should be a funky good...
Sep 11
11 Sep Friday
Portland’s longest running DJ Dance Night, Soul Stew delivers deep & delicious cuts of funk, soul, disco & break beats on vinyl 45s.
$10
Sep 12
12 Sep Saturday
Take the sultry vibe of the Latin American Tropics, combine with the rhythm of India (“Taal”) and stir into Tropitaal, a Desi/Latine Soundclash where the hottest club sounds from India and Latin America go head to head in an all-night dance-off of epic proportions. $13
Sep 14
14 Sep Monday
Laugh Basement Comedy Showcase is now a weekly Monday event! Hosted by Hewitt Pagenstecher, Laugh Basement delivers the funniest comics from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Check back for tonight’s line-up soon. $10
Sep 15
15 Sep Tuesday
We’re thrilled for our September Tuesday residency with Trio of Boom! TOB is an organ Trio featuring Peter Knudsen (Ghost-Note, Mono Neon, Greaterkind) on Guitar, Carlin White (J.Cole, Lana Del Rey, Lucky Daye) on drums and Galen Clark (Outer Orbit, Anna Tivel, Sleater-Kinney) on Organ. Should be a funky good...
Sep 18
18 Sep Friday
Portland’s longest running DJ Dance Night, Soul Stew delivers deep & delicious cuts of funk, soul, disco & break beats on vinyl 45s.
Sep 19
19 Sep Saturday
Garcia Birthday Band isn’t your mother’s Grateful Dead cover band. Playing for over 20 years, GBB has evolved into something far deeper than the sum of its parts. The beating heart of the Pacific Northwest’s GD community, the band’s ever-expanding fanbase is an experience unto themselves. Using the Dead’s repertoire...
Sep 21
21 Sep Monday
Laugh Basement Comedy Showcase is now a weekly Monday event! Hosted by Hewitt Pagenstecher, Laugh Basement delivers the funniest comics from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Check back for tonight’s line-up soon. $10
Sep 22
22 Sep Tuesday
We're thrilled for our September Tuesday residency with Trio of Boom! TOB is an organ Trio featuring Peter Knudsen (Ghost-Note, Mono Neon, Greaterkind) on Guitar, Carlin White (J.Cole, Lana Del Rey, Lucky Daye) on drums and Galen Clark (Outer Orbit, Anna Tivel, Sleater-Kinney) on Organ. Should be a funky good time,...
Sep 25
25 Sep Friday
Portland’s longest running DJ Dance Night, Soul Stew delivers deep & delicious cuts of funk, soul, disco & break beats on vinyl 45s.
$10
Sep 26
26 Sep Saturday
Jujuba plays a funky, danceable style of Nigerian Afrobeat and Juju music. The strength of the 10-piece revolves around its energetic cohesion between percussion, rhythm and horn sections. The band features Nojeem Lasisi from Igbo Ora, Oyo State, in Nigeria. He ranks among the world’s elite talking drum players. Nojeem...
Sep 28
28 Sep Monday
Join us in the upstairs pub every other Monday from 6-9pm for Dyke Pool, our twice monthly 8-ball tournament hosted by Tucker Lasso! $5-$10 donation requested.
Sep 28
28 Sep Monday
Laugh Basement Comedy Showcase is now a weekly Monday event! Hosted by Hewitt Pagenstecher, Laugh Basement delivers the funniest comics from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Check back for tonight’s line-up soon. $10
Sep 29
29 Sep Tuesday
We’re thrilled for our September Tuesday residency with Trio of Boom! TOB is an organ Trio featuring Peter Knudsen (Ghost-Note, Mono Neon, Greaterkind) on Guitar, Carlin White (J.Cole, Lana Del Rey, Lucky Daye) on drums and Galen Clark (Outer Orbit, Anna Tivel, Sleater-Kinney) on Organ. Should be a funky good...
October 2026
Oct 01
01 Oct Thursday
Emerging from the mountains of Montana, Desperate Electric invites you to a universe where Marvin Gaye meets Daft Punk for cocktails. Seamlessly fusing the worlds of organic and electronic, their music is an unbridled expression of desire. Dubbed “Montana’s Hottest Power Disco Duo”, Desperate Electric brings the baby makers and...
Oct 24
24 Oct Saturday
Paying homage to the timeless influences of 1960s & 1970s rock, soul and psychedelia, Cytrus explores themes of good, evil, mortality, immortality and time in their latest album "Duality". Listeners are pulled into a psychedelic ecosystem filled with groove-focused instrumentals, soaring solos, hard hitting riffs and euphoric vocals. Captured using...
Based in Portland, Rhapsody in Red is a musical tribute to Jerry Garcia. Performing songs from Jerry’s vast musical catalog, the band fuses their individual musicianship with a great love for that iconic Jerry style and musicality. Come out and enjoy an evening of tunes performed by these longtime “Jerry-inspired musicians”. Whether you attended hundreds of Jerry Garcia shows, or have only been listening to his recordings, Rhapsody in Red will leave you feeling like he is still here. $10
We're thrilled for our September Tuesday residency with Trio of Boom! TOB is an organ Trio featuring Peter Knudsen (Ghost-Note, Mono Neon, Greaterkind) on Guitar, Carlin White (J.Cole, Lana Del Rey, Lucky Daye) on drums and Galen Clark (Outer Orbit, Anna Tivel, Sleater-Kinney) on Organ. Should be a funky good time, indeed! $8
We’re thrilled for our September Tuesday residency with Trio of Boom! TOB is an organ Trio featuring Peter Knudsen (Ghost-Note, Mono Neon, Greaterkind) on Guitar, Carlin White (J.Cole, Lana Del Rey, Lucky Daye) on drums and Galen Clark (Outer Orbit, Anna Tivel, Sleater-Kinney) on Organ. Should be a funky good time, indeed! $8
Asher Fulero and Friends shows are epic events with many of PDX's finest musicians joining the keyboard ace for an evening of dance floor filling jams and extended improvisation. Check out the names on that poster!!! $15 $15 Pre-sale available: Get my tix!
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What an awesome Wednesday night we have planned for you! Fantastic keyboardist and friend of the goodfoot, Steve Swatkins, is in town for the evening and has invited all of his best musical compadres over for a party on our stage! Special guests include Tyrone Hendrix, Peter Knudsen, Andre Zapata, Moorea Massa and Mike Elson!! Hot damn! $15
One Way Out is the Pacific NW's finest Allman Brothers Tribute band. Their incendiary live shows feature the Allman's double guitar attack and they bring the energy you'd expect covering one of the great songbooks in American musical history! $15 $15 Pre-sale available: Get my tix!
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Come celebrate with a double band Saturday night! Super Secret Band has become a goodfoot staple. Their blazing live shows touch on rock, dark jazz, blues and funk with ambient jams that drop into dance floor burners effortlessly. Lost Ox, known for combining elements of funk, psychedelia, jazz, Americana, and progressive rock, was formed in 2017. The band began as a musical friendship between bassist Reed Bunnell and guitarist Dylan DiSalvio that was forged in the Lewis & Clark College Jazz Studies program in SW Portland back in 2011. What started as a psychedelic folk and blues rock band incubated and grew in the vibrant Portland music scene, and developed into the genre-blending musical adventure that is Lost Ox. $12
Jujuba plays a funky, danceable style of Nigerian Afrobeat and Juju music. The strength of the 10-piece revolves around its energetic cohesion between percussion, rhythm and horn sections. The band features Nojeem Lasisi from Igbo Ora, Oyo State, in Nigeria. He ranks among the world’s elite talking drum players. Nojeem was given his first drum at age four by his father, also a master drummer, who handed down to Nojeem its powerful language. As a member of Nigerian superstar King Sunny Ade's group, the African Beats, Nojeem toured the world and appears on numerous recordings with King Sunny, including "Seven Degrees North" and "Odu”. Come dance! PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER DOOR TIME. $20
Portland's Flying Caravan crafts whimsical soundscapes that drift through cloud castles and rivers of rainbows. Led by the ethereal vocals of Azzy Isabell, the band fuses psychedelic melodies, deep grooves, and celestial rhythms. Their songs are crafted from a rich blend of vibrato vocals fluttering alongside electric guitars, keys, bass, percussion, and drum kit swirling together within a dance of interplay. Flying Caravan’s second studio album was recently released at the end of 2025. Step aboard and let the music carry you. Tonight they are joined by The Marcelo Guitron Band (of Family Mystic fame)! $10
Dyke Pool presents Off the Felt, a dance event at The Goodfoot (Downstairs) for the queer community and allies, with aspirations of making it a monthly occurrence. The night will feature two DJs playing back-to-back sets from 8:00 PM to 12:00AM. The event aims to provide a safe, fun and energetic space for dancing, community and celebration. $10 → $10 Pre-Sale available: Get my tix!
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Not your grandma's Grateful Dead cover band, Call Down Thunder's approach to the music gives homage to the traditional styles and nuances while also infusing a modern influence. Described as "Grateful Dead with teeth", Call Down Thunder delivers high-energy performances that possess a grittier feel than other GD cover bands. Jam-band style improvised explorations and carefully crafted set lists create an authentic Grateful Dead listening experience. Their shows consistently create a joyous revelry that keeps the good vibes flowing and the people happy. See you on the dance floor! $10 $10 Pre-sale Available: Get my tix!
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Tonight, we celebrate 25 years of bringing music and art to the neighborhood and what better band to take the reins than Jujuba, who've been gracing our stage for over 20 years! Jujuba delivers a funky, danceable style of Nigerian Afrobeat and Juju music. The strength of the 10-piece revolves around its energetic cohesion between percussion, rhythm and horn sections. The band features Nojeem Lasisi from Igbo Ora, Oyo State, in Nigeria. He ranks among the world’s elite talking drum players. Nojeem was given his first drum at age four by his father, also a master drummer, who handed down to Nojeem its powerful language. As a member of Nigerian superstar King Sunny Ade's group, the African Beats, Nojeem toured the world and appears on numerous recordings with King Sunny, including "Seven Degrees North" and "Odu”. Come dance! PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER DOOR TIME. $20 → $20 Pre-Sale available: Get my tix!
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Watkins Glen returns with their dazzling mashup tribute to the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers Band, The Band and Little Feat. For this tour, leader “Brother Gabe” Johnson has assembled a special super-group of truly world-class players – drummer & singer Cliff Porter (Jamcruise AAL, Jelly Bread, Joe Marcinek Band), Hammond-endorsed organist Maxwell Friedman (MFG, High Sierra AAL) and bassist Mark Karwan (Jenner Fox, Quattlebaum) to deliver an extremely danceable and deeply soulful show for you. Don’t miss this! $15.
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Garcia Birthday Band isn’t your mother’s Grateful Dead cover band. Playing for over 20 years, GBB has evolved into something far deeper than the sum of its parts. The beating heart of the Pacific Northwest’s GD community, the band’s ever-expanding fanbase is an experience unto themselves. Using the Dead’s repertoire as a springboard for limitless potential and improvisation, Garcia Birthday Band are a cornerstone of the modern Grateful Dead universe, and their fans have come to expect the unexpected as the norm. $15
We are thrilled to host Fox Walker's first goodfoot residency this March! Fox Walker brings together an inclusive community that blurs the lines between audience and performer, where each concert is one of a kind. They work to emulate the stage shows of D’Angelo and Vulfpeck, where the crowd can expect a large cast of rotating characters performing at a high level. They also keep Bobby Caldwell, Sade, Jill Scott, Raphael Saddiq and Anderson Paak on shuffle when driving to shows. $5 and up sliding scale
We are thrilled to host Fox Walker's first goodfoot residency this March! Fox Walker brings together an inclusive community that blurs the lines between audience and performer, where each concert is one of a kind. They work to emulate the stage shows of D’Angelo and Vulfpeck, where the crowd can expect a large cast of rotating characters performing at a high level. They also keep Bobby Caldwell, Sade, Jill Scott, Raphael Saddiq and Anderson Paak on shuffle when driving to shows. $5 and up sliding scale

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