Each month Scandals welcomes to the walls the artwork of local artists. For the months of November & December, we welcome back the incredibly detailed work of Chuck E. Bloom! Come in for our first Thursday opening, enjoy Happy Hour from 4pm-8pm, and meet and greet with the artist himself! See you there!
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays and this year we have some new treats to share with all of you! Stop in from 4pm - 8pm for Happy Hour and get El Jimador tequila for only $3 ($5 regular well price) and Dead Guy Ale from Rouge for only $3 a 12oz. can!
We will have a costume contest at 9pm and from 9pm - 1am DJ ROBB will be spinning hits along with their music videos! Come in early and stay all night! Hope to see you there!
Once a month, local bassist Laurent Nickel presents a jazz performance at Scandals PDX. Rotating many of Portland's finest jazz musicians through the band, the series is in its fourth season. This month Laurent welcomes to the stage Dan Wilensky on the sax, Laura Cunard on vocals & keys and Carlton Jackson on drums! Please join us, see the staff about a Mattie May Bloody Mary, and don't forget to tip your servers and the band!
And if you haven't filled out your Midterm ballot by this Sunday, come early to hear or get involved in some discussion about the upcoming initiatives and candidates and how to be best informed in how you plan to VOTE! The ballot party is from 12pm - 2pm.
Join the Jazz Event here & Join the Ballot Party event here!
Don't miss the Sunday Afternoon Jazz this month! Every last Sunday local bassist and bar patron, Laurent Nickel, brings a jazz group in to add some spice to Mattie Mae's Bloody Mary Bar, but this month is different! This month, we welcome them back for their 5 year Anniversary show! Laurent, along with Laura Cunard on Keys and Vocals, Dan Balmer on guitar, Mike Horsfall on vibraphone and Brent Follis on Drums are sure to make this Anniversary show amazing! We'll see you there!
Scandals, in association with Peacock Productions Inc., presents the 13th Annual - Taking Pride on Stark, weekend long Block Party to benefit Cascade AIDS Project and the Audria M. Edwards scholarship fund!
Join us all weekend long in a celebration of Pride with local performers, live music, and energizing DJs to keep your body moving! Make sure to invite your friends and come to the only true Pride Block Party Portland has to offer! We'll see you there!
With less and less great places to hear the music you love to DANCE to, Scandals presents an evening with a rotation of PDX's most Request-Friendly / Multi-Talented DJ's. ABBA to Zedd, Disco to Today's Hits.
Free Weekend Well Upgrade featuring Tito's, and No Cover! So stop on in for a fun night of dancing at Scandals!
Presented by DJ NoN
The first Thursday of May rings in 10 years of "little art | BIG CAUSE!" This is our annual community art show, where artists from near and far, create artwork to display and sell to help raise money for charitable causes. This year, our beneficiaries for this event and for Pride 2018 are CAP (Cascade AIDS Project) and Peacock Productions Inc!
Please come down and help us celebrate as we reveal this year's wall of work! The show "Cash & Carry," so if you like a piece, or two, or more, you can pay for it and take it home that night! Each piece goes for $40, and the more pieces we sell, the more we all get to help raise money for these amazing local non-profits!
This is also the opening night for our new Featured Artist, Brandon Waddell! His work will be displayed on the East wall for this month and across the entire bar in the month of June, so make sure to check out his work while you're here!
Once a month, local bassist Laurent Nickel presents a jazz performance at Scandals PDX. Rotating many of Portland's finest jazz musicians through the band, the series is in its fourth season. This month Laurent welcomes to the stage Laura Cunard with vocals and keys, Levis Dragulin on trumpet, Evin McHill on drums and Dan Schulte on bass! Please join us, see the staff about a Mattie May Bloody Mary, and don't forget to tip your servers and the band!
Scandals is celebrating our 39th year as a Portland gay bar and we would love for all of you to come down and celebrate with us! There will be fun events happening all weekend long so make sure to come down and join in our anniversary festivities!
Once a month, local bassist Laurent Nickel presents a jazz performance at Scandals PDX. Rotating many of Portland's finest jazz musicians through the band, the series is in its fourth season. This month Laurent welcomes to the stage Ben Graves on guitar, Laura Cunard with vocals and keys, and Tim Rap on drums! Please join us, see the staff about a Mattie May Bloody Mary, and don't forget to tip your servers and the band!
With less and less great places to hear the music you love to DANCE to, Scandals presents an evening with a rotation of PDX's most Request-Friendly / Multi-Talented DJ's. ABBA to Zedd, Disco to Today's Hits.
Free Weekend Well Upgrade featuring Tito's, and No Cover! So stop on in for a fun night of dancing at Scandals!
Presented by DJ NoN
For the month of March Scandals welcomes to the walls, for his debut solo art show, the work of our very own nerdy designer, Steven Barker! Join us for a night of “Gayming” with live music by local string trio, Trilemma, playing familiar songs from classic video games, collect as much swag as you can, jam out on some games from the various systems that will be plugged in and ready to play, and check out the “Gaymer Gallery” adoring our bar!
There will be a raffle for some amazing prizes including a brand new SNES Classic Mini with a portion of proceeds going to Smyrc, and prints of select paintings for sale as well as the paintings themselves! And Not Your Father’s will be here also serving up their new Mountain Ale, so be sure to check out this tasty adult Gaymer Juice while you’re here! Also, if you're wanting to dress up, Gaymer Cosplay is highly encouraged! See you soon, Proud Gaymers!
Once a month, local bassist Laurent Nickel presents a jazz performance at Scandals PDX. Rotating many of Portland's finest jazz musicians through the band, the series is in its fourth season. This month Laurent welcomes to the stage Dan Wilensky on sax, Laura Cunard with vocals and keys, and Charles Neal on drums! Please join us, see the staff about a Mattie May Bloody Mary, and don't forget to tip your servers and the band!
Get Off Your Phone!! Meet LIVE people!! @ Scandals for a Valentines Day, Singles Soiree & Happy Hour!
Even if you don't find your Amore, you'll still have great time!!
Come celebrate "Phat Tuesday" at Scandals! Mardi Gras Karaoke with KJ Suzanne, and Three Olives drinks specials all night long!
With less and less great places to hear the music you love to DANCE to, Scandals presents an evening with a rotation of PDX's most Request-Friendly / Multi-Talented DJ's. ABBA to Zedd, Disco to Today's Hits.
Free Weekend Well Upgrade featuring Tito's, and No Cover! So stop on in for a fun night of dancing at Scandals!
Presented by DJ NoN
For the second month of artwork at Scandals by Mike Trapp, he is welcoming to the bar, the musical stylings of Boy & Bean presented by our Sunday Afternoon Jazz host, Laurent Nickel. Along with the addition of some new pieces, Mike will be not only bringing in a giant painting of the Weird Warrior but also the Weird Warrior himself, the man, the legend, the Unipiper! Come in for the live music, and meet and greet with the Unipiper and the artist, Mike Trapp. Posters of the Weird Warrior painting will be for sale, so don't miss the chance to get it signed by both the artist and the Unipiper. See you there!
Once a month, local bassist Laurent Nickel presents a jazz performance at Scandals PDX. Rotating many of Portland's finest jazz musicians through the band, the series is in its fourth season. This month Laurent welcomes to the stage Stan Bock on trombone, Laura Cunard with vocals and keys, and Tim Rap on drums! Please join us, see the staff about a Mattie May Bloody Mary, and don't forget to tip your servers and the band!
Starting off the 2018 artist line up, Scandals welcomes to the walls the artwork of one of our most loyal patrons, Mike Trapp! Not only is Mike brining in bundles of his work to adorn our walls for the months of January and February, he is also inviting the musical stylings of local singer/songwriter Adlai Alexander for his first month's show, Future Decadence. So come on in, enjoy the show, visit with Mattie Mae for a bloody mary, talk with Mike, and pick up a piece of artwork or two! See you there!
2017 is coming to an end and 2018 needs a warm welcoming so make sure to grab all of your friends and head to the most fabulous NYE party Portland has to offer! Drink specials all night long, plus Live Music by Return Flight and The Radio Riots as well as announcing the Ultimate Prize Winner from this year's Giving Tree! We'll see you there!
Once a month, local bassist Laurent Nickel presents a jazz performance at Scandals PDX. Rotating many of Portland's finest jazz musicians through the band, the series is in its fourth season. This month for the special New Year's Eve performance, Laurent welcomes to the stage Laura Cunard on keys and vocals, Mary-Sue Tobin on sax, and Carlton Jackson on percussion! Please join us, see the staff about a Mattie May Bloody Mary, and don't forget to tip your servers and the band! And if you don't stick around, make sure to come back later in the evening for the LAVISH New Year's Eve party with more live music, dancing, prizes and a midnight toast!
Join BOTH of the events here Sunday Afternoon Jazz and LAVISH!
The Holidays can be such a pain in the fanny,
so skip the drama for Ho! Ho! Hootenanny!
Holiday Karaoke with KJ Suzanne,
plus Happy Hour from 4 - 8pm.
S.I.N. Specials from 9 to Midnight,
and some festive cheer to make you feel right.
So if you're wanting to go out
this Christmas Eve day,
Head down to Scandals
to Drink and be Gay.
Each month Scandals welcomes to the walls the artwork of local artists. For the month of December, we welcome back the incredibly detailed work of Chuck E. Bloom! Come in for our first Thursday opening, enjoy Happy Hour from 4pm-8pm, and meet and greet with the artist himself! Chuck has been gracious enough to reduce his prices for the month of December so that you can give the gift of art this Holiday Season! See you there!
Once a month, local bassist Laurent Nickel presents a jazz performance at Scandals PDX. Rotating many of Portland's finest jazz musicians through the band, the series is in its fourth season. This month Laurent welcomes to the stage the duo of delightful tunes, Boy and Bean, accompanied by the incredibly talented Jeff Steinbock on sax! Please join us, see the staff about a Mattie May Bloody Mary, and don't forget to tip your servers and the band!
Join us on the first Thursday of November to welcome to the walls the artwork of Jason Powell! Get sucked into his physically created digital nostalgic worlds while enjoying happy hour from 4pm - 8pm, and make sure to meet and greet with the artist himself as he will be at the bar to answer questions and accept compliments! Come in, check it out and buy a piece or two of these original works of art!
Join us on Halloween night for a frightening display of fun and merriment! You and your friends will be screaming in terror into a microphone provided by the devilishly lovely KJ Suzanne! Sing the "Mystery Song" and win $100! Show off your true horrible form for a chance to win the Costume Contest at 10pm! And don't forget to join us for "Embalming hour" from 4pm - 8pm! Be there and be scared!
Once a month, local bassist Laurent Nickel presents a jazz performance at Scandals PDX. Rotating many of Portland's finest jazz musicians through the band, the series is in its fourth season. This month Laurent welcomes to the stage Dan Balmer on Guitar, pianist and vocalist Laura Cunard, and Carlton Jackson on percussion! Please join us, see the staff about a Mattie May Bloody Mary, and don't forget to tip your servers, and the band!
Scandals welcomes, for her debut solo gallery show, the artwork of Anissa Naslund! Join us on the night of the full Harvest moon to see what she's brewed up for the month of October! Live music by the untamed Pablo Gonzalez, meet and greet with the artist herself, plus happy hour until 8pm! This is also a Cash & Carry show, so if you want to take some artwork home with you, grab it while you can! Monetary sacrifices are appreciated so be sure to tip the bartenders and the band! See you there!
Don't miss the Sunday Afternoon Jazz this month! Every last Sunday local bassist and bar patron, Laurent Nickel, brings a jazz group in to add some spice to Mattie Mae's Bloody Mary Bar, but this month is different! This month, we welcome them back for their 4 year Anniversary show! Laurent, along with Laura Cunard on Keys and Vocals, Tim Rap on Drums, with Mary-Sue Tobin and Pete Petersen on Saxophone are sure to make this Anniversary show amazing!
We celebrated the beginning of Summer with our weekend long Pride block party, and now that Summer is nearing it's end, we want to celebrate one last time with yet ANOTHER BLOCK PARTY!
Join us for the Friday and Saturday of Labor Day Weekend as we block off Stark Street once again for live entertainment by local performers, musicians and Djs, and of course... drinking in the street!
We would also like to welcome to the party, members of the 2017 Gay Softball World Series which will be happening Sept 3rd - 10th here in Portland! Check out their site here for more info - gsws2017.org
Thanks to all of our Entertainers, Staff, Volunteers and Sponsors for making this event possible! See you there!
