Siren Nation

06/02/2025

Happy Pride All Day Every Day!

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While we celebrate Pride in June, we celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community all year round!

04/08/2025

Come celebrate the 18th Annual Billie Holiday Tribute Night at The Alberta Rose Theatre, Saturday, April 26, 2025. 8 pm.

Featured performers are Marcia Hocker, Laura Stilwell, Rita Marquez, Anandi, Marilyn Keller, and Lenanne Sylvester Miller.

The 18th Annual Billie Holiday Tribute Night is a celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, Billie Holiday’s birthday month, and her 110th Birthday.

This event brings together musicians of many genres to pay tribute to one of the greatest jazz singers and songwriters of our time. Billie Holiday, also known as “Lady Day,” was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Holiday was a hugely formative influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired all over the world for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing.

A portion of each ticket sale will also be donated to KBOO Community Radio.

Minors ok with parent/guardian.

In-person and online live-stream tickets are available for purchase.

GET TICKETS: https://albertarosetheatre.com/event/lady-sings-the-blues-a-tribute-to-billie-holiday-4/alberta-rose-theatre/portland-oregon/

03/08/2025

Happy International Women’s Day! Today we honor women from around the world.

All women deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

In unity we recognize that the war on gender, the policing of our bodies, the controlling of how we identify, oppresses us all.

Let’s celebrate, support, and uplift each other all year long, not just for one day.

Because every day is a great day to challenge the patriarchy and fight for our rights.

We are standing in solidarity with women and other marginalized communities worldwide this .

01/01/2025

Thank you for supporting Siren Nation in 2024!

We appreciate all the generous support for our annual Billie Holiday Tribute Night and our annual Dolly Parton Hoot Night this year. 2024 also marked the return of our FREE in-person Siren Nation Speaks workshops at McMenamin's Kennedy School!

This year was the 17th anniversary of our annual Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues event which brings together musicians of many genres to pay tribute to one of our time's greatest jazz singers and songwriters.

2024 marked the 18th anniversary of our Dolly Parton Hoot Night event, wherein we rounded up Portland's finest musicians to pay tribute to the Queen of Country music.

Our FREE Collage Explorations workshop with Peggy Pfenninger was a big hit! Peggy helped students discover how to ignite their creativity using just paper and glue, all within a relaxed and playful setting.

Our mission at Siren Nation is to inspire and empower women and people of all marginalized genders to create art, and to highlight their many achievements in the arts.

Siren Nation has been hosting concerts, workshops, and events for nearly two decades! Please help us continue creating opportunities for artists to perform, increase their visibility, and expose our audiences to a diversity of art and artists!

In order to keep our ticket prices accessible and to fairly and adequately compensate our performers, we need your help!

We are seeking donations and sponsorships in support of our 2025 concerts and workshops.

Our thanks to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, our community partners, the Oregon Cultural Trust ―and you for your enduring support.

December, Anina, Tavé, Marian, Missi, Alexa and Shalanna

Siren Nation Board of Directors

Donate here: https://sirennation.org/get-involved/donate/

06/22/2024

SATURDAY! The 18th Annual Dolly Parton Hoot Night at The Alberta Rose Theatre Saturday, June 22, 2024.
Doors at 7:00 PM - show at 8:00 PM
Sponsored by The Portland Mercury

Featured performers include:
Ezza Rose
Alexa Wiley
Tara Velarde
Rose Ge**er
The Waysiders
Shorty and the Mustangs

Portland’s finest musicians pay tribute to Dolly Parton, the Queen of country music, musical icon, and one of country music’s most prolific songwriters. Dolly Parton is the most honored female country performer of all time.

A portion of each ticket goes to support the Willamina Public Library

Click the link in our bio for tickets

04/06/2024

Siren Nation Brings 17th Annual Billie Holiday Tribute Night to Alberta Rose The Hollywood Theatre

The Lady Sings the Blues evening celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month and what would’ve been the artist’s 109 birthday.

It’s been almost 65 years since Billie Holiday died, but her influence and legacy remain an everlasting cultural presence. On April 6 at Alberta Rose Theatre, Siren Nation presents the 17th annual Billie Holiday Tribute night to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, along with Lady Day’s birthday m...

04/05/2024

Billie Holiday tribute concert to benefit Portland non-profit

There's a night here in Portland filled with jazz performances to pay tribute to jazz icon Billie Holiday on what would have been her 109th birthday.

Marcia Hocker, artist-curator and emcee of the 17th annual Lady Sings the Blues event, stopped by AM Extra to tell what audiences can expect at the concert.

The show is happening Saturday, April 6 at 8 p.m at the Alberta Rose Theater.

Watch the full KOIN TV interview with Marcia Hocker here:

https://www.koin.com/video/billie-holiday-tribute-concert-to-benefit-portland-non-profits/9580436/

03/09/2024

Happy International Women’s Day!

Siren Nation is proud to carry on the decades-long legacy of Portland’s International Women’s Day!

On our website, you can read up on the history of this organization and help us to celebrate and empower women in the arts.

Click the link below to read about the amazing history of Portland’s International Women’s Day.



https://sirennation.org/about/international-womens-day/

03/08/2024

Happy International Women’s Day!

Siren Nation is proud to carry on the decades-long legacy of Portland International Women’s Day!

On our website, you can read up on the history of this organization and help us to celebrate and empower women in the arts.

Click the link in our bio to read about the amazing history of Portland International Women’s Day.



https://sirennation.org/about/international-womens-day/

11/24/2023

🍿 This holiday weekend at the , is celebrating Dolly Parton with a series of screenings, featuring live local musicians, curated by Siren Nation helping kick off the evenings—Ezza Rose, Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters, and Alexa Wiley.

November 24, 6 p.m.
THE BEST LITTLE WH******SE IN TEXAS featuring musician EZZA ROSE

November 24, 9 p.m.
SERIOUSLY RED featuring EZZA ROSE

November 25, 6 p.m.
9 TO 5 featuring musician ASHLEIGH FLYNN

November 25, 9 p.m.
RHINESTONE featuring musician ALEXA AAlexa Wiley
GET TICKETS!
https://tomorrowtheater.org/night-of-1000-dollys/