LIVING PROOF(Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th) See our article on Living Proof
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RIVERCITY MUSIC FESTIVAL(Red Lion on the River, 909 N Hayden Island) A couple changes to this year's annual RiverCity Bluegrass Festival: For one, it's now called the RiverCity Music Festival, allowing for a wider range of acoustic-based performers who don't strictly fall into the bluegrass category. For another, it leaves its home at the Oregon Convention Center for more northerly climes at the Jantzen Beach Red Lion, which holds two stages plus functioning restaurants and bars—no small thing. This year's three-day lineup boasts the likes of Texas songwriter Guy Clark and a Nashville supergroup called the Time Jumpers, plus nearly 20 other acts, including local strummers Jackstraw, who are worth the trip to Jantzen Beach even without all this other stuff going on. NED LANNAMANN
TROUBLE NEEDS YOU: THE ALL NIGHT CHEMISTS, BRET VOGEL, TY VAUGHN, DJ RAD!, DJ CHAZZ MADRIGAL(Rotture, 315 SE 3rd) Any Mozophile worth his weight in gladiolas knows that DJ night Trouble Love Me is the finest tribute to the Smiths and Morrissey that Portland has to offer. But there's more to life than dancing the night away while you ogle the shirtless man slithering on the rocks in the "November Spawned a Monster" video (wait, there is?); hence the introduction of Trouble Needs You. Raising much-needed cash for One Hundred for Haiti—which aims to donate $100,000 to the Centre de Sante Saint Martin II clinic—this sliding-scale benefit features cover sets from All Night Chemists (with DJ Chazz Madrigal on vocals), Bret Vogel (Crosstide, Incredible Yacht Control), and Ty Vaughn (Broadway Calls). Do it for the Moz and do it for Haiti. EZRA ACE CARAEFF