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NOVA PDX - New ownership 2025
Home to music & community. Serving subculture & the arts. NOVA PDX is the oldest continuously operating Music & Dance Hall in PDX.
The Venue has hosted concerts and events for subculture and arts communities since 1907. WE DON'T ANSWER FB MESSAGES - MESSENGER IS A WASTELAND OF SPAMBOTS AND SCAMS - EMAIL US!!! NOVA PDX – Established 2025 : NOVA PDX acquired the venue March 1st 2025 under new ownership.
– The Venue- Established 1907
Home to music & community. The venue is the oldest continuously operating Music & Dance Hall in Portland, Oregon. The venue has hosted concerts and events for subculture and arts communities since 1907. We remain a vital hub for our arts community stakeholders: We strive to welcome everyone, and for all to have an amazing experience while at Nova PDX. No refunds for any reason please check all details before purchase. Safety & security checks are mandatory at entry. No large bags or backpacks. No vapes or to***co products allowed. No smoking of anything in the venue. No weapons of any kind. Our venue is a hate free zone. Any aggressive negative behavior will result in removal from the premises with no refund. Consent is awesome so you need to be awesome too. If you are feeling unsafe in any way please alert our staff! Please be cool. A proudly independent Venue, we value our staff and customers safety & well being. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------. 11,000 square foot historic Venue with a 650 person capacity. Live concerts, community events, theatre, dance, private parties & corporate functions. Ballroom Level - The ballroom stage overlooks a 2,000 square foot dance floor with 25 foot high ceilings. Balcony Level - Speakeasy vibe with a small stage, excellent view of the main ballroom floor, as well as the main stage. Check our concert links for VIP tables and seating. Online ticket sales stop 1 hour before event door time. When online ticket sales have ended there may still be tickets available at the door.
09/24/2026
♱ DEAR DIARY: AN EMO & POP PUNK NIGHT ♱⋆
Portland is for lovers! It’s time to venture down memory boulevard and party to your favorite emo & pop punk hits
Ain’t it fun to dance & sing at:
Nova PDX
Saturday, November 21
9pm
21+
DJ Sappho will be spinning your favorite emo classics from My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Pierce The Veil, AFI, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, All Time Low, Green Day, blink-182, Avril Lavigne, Evanescence, and more!
We’re in the business of misery What The Dance
09/11/2026
u + me = olivia rodrigo night?
09/02/2026
HOUSE WEDNESDAY IS TONIGHT 🌈🔊
Your Wednesday night plans = handled.
Open decks kick us off, then we’re rolling straight into B2Bs all night + a special belly dance performance from Radiant Essence Dance Ensemble. ✨
🎧 Open decks 7–9PM
💃 Belly dance performance 8:40PM
⚡ Main lineup 9PM–1AM
🎧 Open decks 1–2AM
🆓 FREE before 10PM
Plus live painters, vendors, kandi making, games + all the House Wednesday chaos you know and love.
See you tonight at Nova. 🪩
📍 722 E Burnside St.
09/01/2026
Turn off the lights. Turn up the neon.
On Saturday, September 26, Nova transforms into a blacklight playground with 5 DJs, high-energy EDM + Latin house, UV-reactive body painting, and dancing until 3AM.
🎨 Professional UV body artists + paint stations
✨ Blacklight dance floor
💃 Come dressed to GLOW — neon/UV-reactive looks required
🔥 Feeling extra wild? Upgrade to the upstairs 21+ adult play space
Come bright. Get painted. Dance sweaty. Glow Wild.
📍 Nova PDX
🕣 Doors at 8:30PM
🎟️ Tickets available now — link in bio
08/30/2026
THIS THURSDAY 🌿🎤
The Gateway Show is back at Nova — where comedians tell their best jokes, get way too high, then come back and attempt to do it all over again. 😂💨
Hosted by Mike Masilotti
📅 Thursday, September 3
🚪 Doors 7PM | Show 7:30PM
🍔 Yummy food
📍 Nova PDX — 722 E Burnside
Come watch the wheels fall off in real time. 😭
🎟️ Tickets available now!
08/28/2026
The next couple weeks at nova ➡️
RZRKT • House Wednesday • PDX Rated • D**e Nite • The Qu**rs • Powerman 5000 • Metalesque Fest + more on the way 👀
📍 Nova PDX
🎟️ Tickets + full event details at novapdxevents.com
21+ unless otherwise noted
08/26/2026
SEPTEMBER 9TH- Powerman 5000
08/25/2026
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER 💣
September 8th — The Qu**rs take over Nova PDX with support from All Out + Amy Beth and the Creeps.
21+
Doors 7PM • Show 8PM
🎟️ Tickets at novapdxevents.com
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722 East Burnside Street
Portland, OR
97214