This year will be the biggest BarFly anniversary party yet. The stripper petting zoo returns, as well as an acoustic stage in the gazebo on Tonic's huge patio. As always there will be a full bill of bands playing in the venue as well. Tonic will have BarFly drink specials at both bars(lounge/venue), and the patio bar will be serving blended drinks!

The Gnash sounds like a shit storm blasting out your ass in the back of a trimet bus. ...like a hooker on 82nd with scabbed knees crying for the last time. They had a powerful ballad 'You and me and STD, we make three' climb up the charts. #4 in Lents, Portland. The Nickel Ads awarded The Gnash as best rock group 1997. BarFlyPDX.com awarded them best band for a one night stand 2000, 2001, and 2004.

BarFly turns fourteen years old, on Sunday, June 30th, and we're having a badass BBQ Bash to celebrate! Come out early, and stay late - the party starts at 4pm, and rolls until midnight, at the Tonic Lounge (3100 NE Sandy).

Link to complete info: http://www.barflymag.com/event-238.html

Eleven great bands make up a stellar bill, the free barbecue's in the the more than capable hands of the Tonic's Sean Sexton and Garner Boreham, and there will be $3 Bengerminz Vodka and Warship Rum, courtesy of Distilling Head, and $2 Ninkasi beers, throughout the festivities.

As if bands, booze, and BBQ aren't enough, we're bringing back the Stripper Petting Zoo (where the strippers pet you!), sponsored by Lucky Devil and Devil's Point, and specialty pop-up shops by custom art/body artist, Mr Matt Stanger, the swingin' styles of Poppy Fields Vintage, plus the ever-popular Sinful Syrup sno-cone stand! Distilling Head will be offering tastings of their Bengerminz Vodka and Warship Rum, too!

The live music will start at 4pm sharp, and continue all day, wrapping up around midnight. Here's the line-up (in no particular order):

Advisory (Stripped-down, yet highly danceable, rock and roll)

The Gnash (Hard rock with a sense of humor. And no website - they're that cool)

Plum (Special reunion show by Portland's personal monsters of rock)

Wizard Boots (Down and dirty rock with an absurdist edge)

Elvis (Portland's own Saturday Market singing sensation)

Kyle Morris (Darkly psychedelic blues)

Jeffery Trapp (Flamenco guitar)

Delaney and Paris (Equal parts hilarious and hot girl-band ack-shawn)

Dungeon Brothers (Nerdcore rapping about D&D and all things geek)

Rian O'Hara (Sweet and silly songs on the ukelele and guitar)

and featuring a special performance by the Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers!

Be there AND be square!

So, again, that's the last Sunday in June,
Sunday, June 30th, 2013
4pm-12am
at the Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd
Free with VIP invitation* or BarFly t-shirt! (on sale for $10 at the door!)

This party is 21+, only, of course. Our usual zero tolerance policy for jerks, fighters, and spoilsports, will be firmly in place. Take a cab, or catch Tri-Met bus #12 to the front door. Oh, and, take Monday off, now - you'll need it.

Come on out, early - the barbecue always goes fast, and the entertainment starts at 3pm, sharp. There will be $2 Ninkasi brews and $3 Bengerminz Vodka and Warship Rum drinks throughout the festivities.

Any questions? Email info@barflypdx.com.

Remember, if it's a BarFly Party, it has to be good.

*Where's your VIP invite? If you toil in one of BarFly's favorite bars, you'll get invites delivered to you by the Post Office, and/or your BarFly advertising executron. Not a SINner? Check your email and your FaceBook inboxes - if you're one of the chosen few (i.e. NOT of "the small people"), you'll find your VIP invite, there. You may also pick up your free VIP tickets at Tonic Lounge (3100 NE Sandy).