Project Pabst Festival Will Hit Portland September 26-28

The Portland music festival season just got busier. Pabst Brewing Company—makers of a little beer called "Blue Ribbon," perhaps you've come across it—are launching a new music festival here in Portland. It's called Project Pabst , and it's taking place Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28.

The festival—which Pabst is producing with Superfly Presents (who also do Bonnaroo and Outside Lands)—is centered around two all-day shows on Saturday, Sept 27 and Sunday, September 28. Those will take place at Zidell Yards at the west side of the Ross Island Bridge, and the headliners for those shows will be Modest Mouse and Tears for Fears. The rest of the bills are equally diverse: GZA doing Liquid Swords, Rocket from the Crypt, Phosphorescent, and Milwaukee's own Violent Femmes, especially fitting for a Pabst fest.

In addition to the two big outdoor shows, there will be a series of smaller club shows at various venues throughout Portland on the nights of Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27. Those are slated to take place at Ash Street Saloon, Dante's, Mississippi Studios, the Wonder Ballroom, and the Crystal Ballroom, and performers include Guided by Voices, Constantines (yayy!!!!), Menomena, High on Fire, and lots of others.

The inaugural festival—hopefully the first of a recurring yearly event—is taking place in Portland for a very specific reason, according to Pabst. Apparently, we drink a lot of this Blue Ribbon beer in this town of ours. And they're grateful. According to the press release:

"We wanted to create a festival as uniquely original as the city itself,” says Pabst Brewing Company’s CMO Dan McHugh. “Project Pabst is a love letter to Portland. The company wanted to do something for the city that has embraced it and has never wavered in its support.”

Tickets for the 21-and-over event are on sale today at the Project Pabst website . One dollar from each ticket goes to the Jeremy Wilson Foundation, which aids musicians in need of medical care.

Take a look at the festival's full roster for the outdoor weekend shows:

Modest Mouse • Tears for Fears • The Violent Femmes • GZA performing Liquid Swords • Lord Huron • Rocket From the Crypt • Phosphorescent • Red Fang • Shabazz Palaces • The Thermals • Deap Vally • X Ambassadors • Speedy Ortiz • K. Flay • Guantanamo Baywatch • Grandparents

Guided By Voices • Constantines • High On Fire • Menomena • Surfer Blood • Pure Country Gold • Small Black • Craft Spells • Woolen Men • Summer Cannibals • Jacaszek • Christopher Willits • Greg Gives Peter Space • Rival Consoles • Stoneburner • Vektor • Lord Dying • Dead Conspiracy • Burials

And here's the lineup for the late-night club shows:] Ticket prices for the two daytime shows are insanely affordable, especially if you buy early. Right now tickets are $25 per day and $45 for both days; that will eventually rise to $35/day and $60/weekend. A full weekend pass gets you into both daytime shows plus all the evening club shows (capacity permitting) for $150, or you can buy individual tickets for specific nighttime shows, with prices ranging from $10 to 25. Unless you're intent on show hopping, that's probably the better deal.

Full press release after the jump,