Project Pabst

Project Pabst is a music festival that takes place in Portland, Oregon in the United States.

The Project Pabst festival takes place near the Ross Island Bridge on Portland's South Waterfront.

[5] Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was established in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1844, by a German immigrant, Jacob Bests.

However, Portland, Oregon played an integral part in bringing the American beer back to life.

[7] Pabst became very popular due to its image as a cheap, working class, beer that did not try to buy their way with excessive advertisements.

Portland’s city board was unsure of the logo though, and they ended up turning Pabst down and pushing the dates back of when they would accept it.

These night shows and their venues included:[9] Saturday - BadBadNotGood, Ghostface Killah, and Del the Funky Homosapien Friday - The Spits, The Epoxies, Long Knife Saturday - Oblivians, Pure Country Gold, Bobby Peru Sunday - The Mummies, Gaythiest, Sex Crime Friday - The Sonics, Pierced Arrows, Fireballs of Freedom Saturday - Roky Erickson, The Pynnacles, Hollow Sidewalks Friday - Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Son Little Saturday - Earth (American band) Thursday - Brian Posehn, Bryan Cook, Sean Jordan Friday - Shannon and the Clams, Chastity Belt, The Shivas Saturday - Fernando, Jeremy Wilson, Mike Coykendall Friday - Tacocat, The Ghost Ease, Shadowlands Saturday - The Coathangers, Is/Is, Marriage + Cancer Friday - Jex Thoth, Ides of Gemini, Clay Rendering, Barrowlands Saturday - Subrosa, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Lesbian, Eight Bells Friday - Chrome [9] Aside from the live bands, there are a number of entertainment activities set up on the festival grounds.

In an attempt to emulate the bar-like atmosphere in which Pabst has built their empire, a small bar is set up on the festival grounds for attendees to take a break in.

[14] The Pabst Van is set up on the festival premises and is treated as a communal art piece.

In it, there is a live DJ booth set up where festival attendees can watch and listen to performances as well as connect with social media.

[18] Local food vendors at the festival include: Atlas Pizza, Boke Bowl, Fifty Licks Ice Cream, Olympic Provisions and Slowburger.

With the temperatures so hot, Project Pabst’s decision to allow sealed water bottles to be brought into the festival, as well as the inclusion of on-site refills, was something fans were very thankful for.