The Long After

A (Slightly Unusual) Album Release Event

Join us for an evening celebrating the release of Chris Rentzel's album,The Long After—through music, visual art, film, and conversation.

Hosted by Ollie Collins, the evening is planned as a shared two-hour experience, with fun activities and a range of happenings throughout.

Highlights:

• Listening stations

• Select songs with Chris on keyboards, Julian Casas on cello

• Video shorts program

• Visual Art

• Mixing and mingling

• Vinyl and CDs available for purchase!
  

The Long After

Contemporary Singer-Songwriter Chris Rentzel brings his style of tonal honesty to his full-length album, The Long After. Collaborating with members of the Oregon Symphony, Chris composes piano and strings to blend with heartfelt, anecdotal and sometimes playful lyrics. Drawing from a lifetime of experience living in Dallas, Denver and the PNW, The Long After takes his experience and juxtaposes it with what happens next. To be clear, the album does not necessarily ponder what comes in death, but more importantly—what happens in life.

You know and love Portland Radio Project, we know and love Portland Radio Project… Let’s hit up their October Open Mic night at the incredible B-Side Records & Vintage down in Milwaukie!

Created as a safe, inclusive space where everyone belongs, the event welcomes musicians of all experience levels and musical styles, from singer-songwriters and indie rock to punk, folk, experimental, hip-hop, and beyond.

Sign up to play, or come to simply enjoy the vibes. All are welcome, and would you mind playing us something beautiful while you’re there? Thanks in advance!

Location: B-Side Records

Join Giant Janet and Tunnel Vision for a record swap, punk and metal DJs, punk art, a people's choice award for best jacket, and a gathering of the heads. A love letter to old Portland, with some old Portland royalty in the room.

Location: Brujos Brewing

Woolly Sweaters is a Portland Indie/Alt band whose music tiptoes around dark and uncomfortable themes that hide behind upbeat tempos and bouncy melodies. Their songwriter’s lyrics draw you in with a subtle ambiguity that allows the listener to take what they need while still conveying powerful messages of loss, heartbreak, estranged parents, and substance abuse. 

While Woolly Sweaters is a new project, its members are well-established musicians in the PNW music scene. Comprised of a vocalist from a lo-fi chillhop duo, a professional jazz & burlesque drummer, a keyboard/lead guitarist with a background in ska and punk, and a bassist from doom metal and blues bands. All four come together to bring something truly unique and somewhat peculiar.

Location: ADX

Music Craft NW is an annual economic development initiative celebrating one of Oregon's most distinctive and globally respected manufacturing sectors: musical instruments, professional audio equipment, electronic music technology, and related music products.

The initiative combines an invitation-only leadership reception with a one-day public expo designed to generate business for local manufacturers, attract regional visitors, strengthen Portland's identity as a global center for music manufacturing, and elevate awareness of an industry that represents one of Oregon's most concentrated traded-sector business clusters.

More than a trade show, Music Craft NW (showcasing 30+ individual manufacturers) serves as the public-facing centerpiece of a long-term strategy to support industry growth, encourage collaboration, attract investment, and position Portland as the premier destination for music manufacturing in North America.

Location: Jupiter Hotel