Portland · Oregon
Find Musicians in Portland, OR
Portland punches way above its size musically, and the scene is tight-knit and DIY to the core. Southeast Portland practice spaces, the venues, the labels run out of bedrooms. Bandry makes a small, deep scene easy to actually navigate.
Why Bandry
Built for finding people locally.
Local, not regional
Radius-filtered means you see people who can actually make it to your rehearsal, not someone hours away.
The full music chain
Studios, mixing engineers, photographers, videographers, designers. Everything to take a project from rehearsal to release.
Direct contact, always
No in-app messaging to babysit. Link up, and they reach out to you directly. Off-platform, on your terms.
The scene
Portland has the depth.
Small city, deep bench
Portland's size is its strength: everyone's a few connections apart. Bandry just makes those connections searchable.
Southeast + inner east
Where the practice spaces and venues cluster. Radius posts keep it to your side of the river.
Indie to experimental
The scene leans adventurous. Role-based posts find collaborators for whatever you're making.
On the ground
Where Portland plays.
A quick map of the Portland scene: the indie-reachable rooms and the shops that keep it running. Bandry connects you to the players who fill them, and the Resources tab pins the rest near you.
Venues worth knowing
Mississippi Studios
On N Mississippi Ave, a musician-owned converted church around 300 cap, the gold standard for indie and touring acts.
Revolution Hall
Buckman, a restored high-school auditorium near 800 cap with superb acoustics, indie and rising-star bookings.
Holocene
Central Eastside, the heart of Portland electronic and underground dance, club-size with forward-thinking DJ and live bookings.
Wonder Ballroom
NE Russell St, a 1914 hall around 780 cap where rising indie acts play before graduating to bigger rooms.
Aladdin Theater
SE Milwaukie Ave, a former 1920s vaudeville house near 600 seats, eclectic indie, folk and songwriter bookings.
Dante's
W Burnside downtown, a red-lit rock and punk club, mid-size and loud, a long-running home for garage and metal.
The Old Church
Downtown West End, an 1882 landmark and seated listening room around 300, with pristine acoustics for folk, indie and jazz.
Record stores, studios and rehearsal
Music Millennium
Record store. E Burnside, Portland's oldest record store since 1969, deep new and used vinyl plus regular free in-stores.
Mississippi Records
Record store. N Albina in Humboldt, a beloved curated shop and label known for folk, soul and global reissues.
Jackpot Recording Studio
Recording studio. A Portland indie room since 1997 with an analog Neve console plus tape and digital, where countless local records get cut.
Old Town Music
Gear shop. Southeast on SE 11th, an independent guitar shop loved for its huge pedal wall and used, new and vintage gear.
Metrognome
Rehearsal. Montavilla on E Burnside, a musician-owned facility with 24/7 monthly lockouts and hourly rooms plus gear storage.
A starting map of the local scene, not a directory or an endorsement. Rooms and shops change, the people you meet on Bandry are how you stay current.
Who's on Bandry in Portland
Every role in one place.
Find your people
Looking for a specific role?
Resources tab
The places, not just the people.
Beyond the bulletin, Bandry's Resources tab pulls in nearby studios, rehearsal spaces, venues, repair shops, and music stores from Apple Maps. Everything you need to actually make the record, all in one app.
Looking for a specific place? Recording studios, rehearsal space, music stores, instrument repair, music venues, or vinyl pressing near you.
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Finding musicians in Portland
How do I find musicians in Portland?
Post what you're looking for on Bandry's Portland bulletin and set your reach to local. Musicians within your radius see it, and when someone's interested they link up, sharing their contact info so you can reach out directly and take it off-platform. No DMs and no inbox to manage.
Is Bandry free to use in Portland?
Reading the Portland bulletin and endorsing posts are free forever. Posting your own ad and linking up run on a subscription, $12.99 a month or $129.99 a year, after a 14-day free trial of everything. Bandry never takes a cut of any gig or arrangement you work out.
What kinds of musicians and pros are on Bandry in Portland?
All of them: drummers, guitarists, bassists, singers, and keyboard players, plus producers, mixing and mastering engineers, photographers, videographers, designers, and studios. Portland's scene runs deep, and role-based posts cover the whole chain from forming a band to finishing a record.
How close are the Portland musicians Bandry shows me?
As close as you set. Bandry's local posts are radius-gated on both sides, so you only see people who can realistically make it to a rehearsal or session, whether that's across Portland or out into the rest of Oregon.