Memorial Day weekend offers multiple event options in Portland, including live music, guided tours, and community attractions. A featured Friday event is a live music performance at Polaris Hall by Family Worship Center, celebrating the forthcoming album Only Visiting. The band, formed as a rock-and-soul commune in Nashville, now resides in Portland and creates ’70s-tinged songs inspired by cult-leaning texts uncovered during a cross-country field-recording journey. The show includes support from Federale, a hazy psych-rock six-piece led by Collin Hegna, and Smilepile, which performs twangy, earnest folk-rock. The band is noted for a lively horn section and harmonies.
"Though they have no religious affiliation, groovy rock band Family Worship Center promises to "take your soul to heaven and back" at this show celebrating their forthcoming album Only Visiting, which is out next month. Born as a "rock-and-soul commune" in Nashville, the group now resides in Portland where they continue to make '70s-tinged songs partially inspired by "cult-leaning texts uncovered during a cross-country field-recording journey.""
"After a performance for Seattle indie radio station KEXP last year, DJ Troy Nelson called them "truly the best live band I have seen in years," which isn't an overblown claim given their lively horn section and spine-tingling harmonies. Family Worship Center takes the Polaris Hall stage with support from Federale, a hazy, psych-rock six-piece led by longtime Brian Jonestown Massacre bassist Collin Hegna, and Smilepile, who make twangy and earnest folk-rock."
"We've got a couple dozen ideas for how to spend your Memorial Day weekend. So dig in below, then head to events from CityFair to the Bloom Tour, and from Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Mausoleum Guided Walking Tour and to the 62nd Annual Gem And Mineral Show. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week."
Read at Portland Mercury
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