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Nightlife & the Arts in Portland

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Portland Nightlife

Portland has a nicely varied nightlife, with a great emphasis on local, live music and pubs serving award-winning local microbrews. Big, raucous dance clubs are few, but darkened taverns and lively bars (smoke-free by law) pulse with the sounds of rock, blues, alternative, and folk tunes. Several hip wine bars have cropped up, serving appetizers along with a full array of specialty wines and whimsical cocktails. It's a fairly youthful scene in Portland, in some spots even rowdy and rough-around-the-edges, but there are plenty of places where you don't have to shout over the din to be heard.