THE DARK ARTS
A Festival of Dark Folk Music, Dark Comedy & Dark Artworks
HALLOWEEN WEEKEND
Sat 10/30 • Sun 10/31
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Taking place over the Halloween weekend, The Dark Arts Fest in downtown Portland is the nexus point where Artists, Musicians, and Comedians gather to embrace the season.
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Featuring live music, live comedy, art displays, video installations, vendor tables, a VHS swap & more!
FEST BEGINS AT 3 PM EACH DAY
NO TIX REQUIRED UNTIL 6 PM!
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SATURDAY LINEUP
ACT I
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ACT II
ACT III
SUNDAY LINEUP
ACT I
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ACT II
ACT III
THE DARK ARTS
$35
WEEKEND PASS
$20
SINGLE DAY
FREE
ARTIST ALLEY, TAPE SWAP
& MOVIE BLOCKS
(3-5:30pm, both days)
October 30 & October 31
3pm - 12pm
A LIMITED NUMBER OF PASSES AND DAILY TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FACILITATE SOCIAL DISTANCING, PLEASE BE MASKED & BRING PROOF OF VACCINATION OR NEGATIVE TEST WITHIN PAST 48 HOURS. THANKS!
LIVE MUSIC
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THREE FOR SILVER + HOT DAMN SCANDAL
= MEGABAND
(a dark folk supergroup)
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THREE FOR SILVER
Three For Silver is an aggressively original band that is impervious to easy description.
PR people often use phrases like Mythic Americana, Doomfolk, or Apocalypso.
Three For Silver features one-of-a-kind instruments you've never seen playing styles mixed in ways you've never heard. Perhaps it is pop music from an exceptionally dark parallel dimension.
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HOT DAMN SCANDAL
Hot Damn Scandal finds its songs under park benches and in forgotten alleyways.
The resulting outlaw ballads, dirty jazz, circus freakouts, shanty-rags, string band funk, lonesome heart-breakers, and whiskey bottle love songs blend together in a sweet song syrup somewhere between a ramble and a roar.
Hot Damn Scandal pulls no punches and puts thunder in your molasses.
BEGGARS CANYON
A folk band from Portland, Oregon with their minds set on making a sweet cacophony to your ear holes. Started in 2017 with their first album titled "Vol. I" this group focuses on storytelling, structure, odd meter, and vocal arrangement.
BEGGARS CANYON
More music to be announced soon.
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Arranged by
MICHAEL MALZONE​
COMEDIANS
DEREK SHEEN
DAN WEBER
BEN HARKINS
MX. DAHLIA BELLE
ALSO FEATURING COMEDY BY
JAREN GEORGE
EMMA PACE JONAS
MICHAEL GARCIA
AVALON LEONETTI
JAMES WOOD
GEOFF PARKS
SEAN O’NEIL
ANDY IWANCIO
CHAD JOHNSON
AARON WAGNER
DAVE LOWERY
TRISTIAN SPILLMAN
LACIE WOOD
& MORE!
ARTISTS
Q | ALBANUS DESIGN
by
QUINCY WASHINGTON
SCARY SHIT
by
GREG BIGONI
Additional artists to be announced soon
Curated by
HANNAH HOBBS
SHOWS & PODCASTS
READING THE BIBLE WITH DAN
FORGOTTEN FANTASIES LIVE:
4th ANNUAL BEST MOVIE KILLS SPECIAL
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TRUTH OR SCARE
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BOOHAHA PODCAST
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MOVIES & VIDEOS
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VHS VENGEANCE: HORROR EXPRESS
THE NIGHT ATTACKS EP 1
by GuignolFest productions
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& THE MISERY MEN - "WEREWOLF"
MUSIC VIDEO
presented by Dylan Hillerman & Julia Reodica
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PHYLUM SIPUNCULA
by Matt Orefice
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MUSIC VIDEO
by VCR/TV
MORE TO COME
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Daily schedule be announced soon.
More artists, music, comedy and shows will continue to be added as the holiday approaches, be sure to bookmark us!
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