The Moss performing at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR on May 9, 2025. All photos taken by Isaac Nunez.
The Black Dahlia Murder | Portland
The Black Dahlia Murder performing at Roseland Theater in Portland, OR on October 15, 2024. All photos taken by Adriana Torres.
Sunflower Bean | Portland
Sunflower Bean performing at Mississippi Studios in Portland, OR on June 7, 2022. All photos taken by Jenny Shackleton.
The Menzingers | Portland
The Menzingers (with support from Culture Abuse and Tigers Jaw) performing at Hawthorne Theatre in Portland, OR on November 6, 2019. All photos taken by Harper King.
Bring Me The Horizon | Portland
Bring Me The Horizon and Sleeping With Sirens performing at Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center in Portland, OR on October 14, 2019. All photos taken by Ian Enger.
PUP | Portland
PUP (with support from Beach Bunny and Ratboys) performing at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR on June 24, 2019. All photos taken by Ian Enger.
Citizen + Knuckle Puck | Portland
Citizen and Knuckle Puck (with support from Oso Oso and Hunny) performing at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR on June 4, 2019. All photos taken by Ian Enger.
Sylar | Portland
Sylar (with support from Varials) performing at Hawthorne Theatre in Portland, OR on May 21, 2019. All photos taken by Harper King.
Turnover | Portland
Turnover (with support from Turnstile) performing at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR on April 25, 2019. All photos taken by Ian Enger.
Broods | Portland
Broods (with support from Bad Sounds) performing at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR on April 3, 2019. All photos taken by Sydney Wisner.
Brasstracks | Portland
Brasstracks (with support from Kemba) performing at Star Theater in Portland, OR on March 2, 2019. All photos taken by Sydney Wisner.
Calpurnia | Portland
Calpurnia performing at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR on January 4, 2019. All photos taken by Ian Enger.
Knocked Loose | Portland
Knocked Loose + more performing at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR on November 6, 2018. All photos taken by Ian Enger.
Basement | Portland
Basement performing at Paris Theatre in Portland, OR on October 18, 2018. All photos taken by Harper King.
Now, Now | Portland
Now, Now performing at Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR on August 1, 2018. All photos taken by Joe Hernandez.
Sabroso | Portland
The Portland date of Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival marks an end to the seven date festival. With locations including Dana Point, Sacramento, Denver, Albuquerque, Tucson, Auburn, and finally Portland, the multidate trek was a huge success. Even on a Mother’s Day, crowds flooded The Portland Meadows to get their fill of local brews, tacos, music, and even Lucha Libre Wrestling.
In a city best known for it’s IPAs and microbrews, the beer tasting alone was a big hit. Upon entering The Meadows, patrons were handed commemorative Sabroso miniature cups and 15 tickets, to be traded in for a taste from one of the many vendors present. Portland’s most well known breweries from 10 Barrel, Deschutes, Ninkasi, Rogue, and many more were all present. Once the tickets were out vendors lined the sides of the festival grounds side by side with food carts and trucks, a wrestling ring stood tall in the center of it all to display Lucha Libres in between music sets, and of course the Sabroso Main Stage was packed all day and drew the attention of every patron.
Portland’s Sabroso lineup included Los Kung Fu Monkeys, Unwritten Law, Lit, Against Me!, Pennywise, and The Offspring closing out the day. It was a festival that felt very “Van’s Warped Tour”-esk for many reasons, one of them being nearly everyone in attendance was wearing their favorite band shirt. Shirts spanned the alternative rock genre featuring an assortment of punk bands including NOFX, Bad Religion, Black Flag, The Misfits, Nirvana, and of course a large collection of The Offspring merch throughout their eras.
With all the odds against them: on a Mother’s Day, on a 90 degree Sunday afternoon, and having played a Sabroso set the day before in Auburn, none of the bands disappointed. Each of the six bands made sure to give the final Sabroso date their all. Fans filled the sun soaked audience pit for each set, and even at times formed circle pits. Nothing compared to the moment The Offspring took the stage, however. Vocalist Dexter Holland was spotted by the crowd at the barrier, who all cheered loudly, but not as loud as the eruption that came when the music was lowered and Kevin John Wasserman (AKA “Noodles”) stepped onto the stage holding up his solo cup. Opening their set with “Americana,” The Offspring immediately grabbed hold of the entire festivals attention, and kept it for their hour. The Offspring have always fell somewhere between mainstream and punk rock, which caters to their success. Looking at the crowd, the festival goers ranged from small children, teens, all the way up to grown adults taking their families out to a music festival featuring a band they grew up listening to.
With 2018 just in the beginning stages of festival season, Sabroso was an incredible introduction to the many festivals and acts this year features.
Words and photos by Joe Hernandez
I Don't Know How But They Found Me | Portland
I Don't Know How But They Found Me performing at Hawthorne Theatre in Portland, OR on April 17, 2018. All photos taken by Joe Hernandez.
Missio | Portland
Morgan Saint and Missio performing at Hawthorne Theatre in Portland, OR on April 2, 2018. All photos taken by Joe Hernandez.
Mr. Carmack | Portland
Mr. Carmack performing at Star Theater in Portland, OR on March 10, 2018. All photos taken by Justine Vanderpool.
Keys N Krates | Portland
Keys N Krates performing at Roseland Theater in Portland, OR on March 2, 2018. All photos taken by Tariq Abdellatif.