You can join OPB and KMHD jazz radio at a variety of community events and engagements this year. From screenings to panels and audience Q&A’s, learn more about our events below and check back for event updates.
Explore KMHD’s full community events calendar here.
Upcoming Events
Coffee Date with OPB and Portland Coffee Roasters
Learn about Northwest coffee culture and get an exclusive first taste of OPBEANS, a new coffee collaboration between OPB and Portland Coffee Roasters.
Enjoy live DJ sets from KMHD as you sip coffee. Then dig into the history and impact of coffee roasting in the Northwest with a short film from OPB’s “Superabundant” followed by a panel conversation with OPB’s Crystal Ligori and Heather Arndt Anderson, and special guests Robin Harris (Portland Coffee Roasters) and Morgan Eckroth (@morgandrinkscoffee).
OPBEANS is a 100% women-produced coffee from Honduras available for purchase in June. A $1 donation for every coffee bag sold will go to support OPB.
EVENT DETAILS:
Sunday, May 3
Doors at 1:30 p.m. | Program at 2 p.m.
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St., Portland
Tickets are free but required. Register now at opb.org/coffeedate.
In conversation with OPB: International Women’s Sports Film Festival
‘Unmatched’ with OPB reporter Kyra Buckley
Join OPB’s Kyra Buckley at the inaugural International Women’s Sports Film Festival for an inside look at the upcoming documentary “Unmatched: The Team That Changed the Beautiful Game, The Untold Story of the 2005 Portland Pilots.”
The film highlights the University of Portland team’s historic, undefeated national championship season, including the players and their lasting impact on soccer.
Get a special sneak peak as we screen a clip from “Unmatched,” followed by a panel conversation with Kyra, the director and featured voices from the film.
EVENT DETAILS:
Saturday, May 2 | 12 p.m.
The Judy
1000 SW Broadway, Portland
Find tickets and learn more at opb.org/unmatched.
KMHD’s Month of Miles
If musical genres could have holidays, May 26th would be one of jazz’s.
Miles Dewey Davis was born May 26, 1926 and left an indelible mark on the genre through approach as a trumpeter, bandleader, and innovator through every transformation of his chameleonic career.
On the 100thanniversary of his birthday, KMHD is celebrating this artist with a month of events throughout Portland.
Wednesday, May 13 | Miles Ahead at Hollywood Theatre (SOLD OUT)
KMHD & Hollywood Theatre Present: Miles Ahead a 2015 American biographical-drama film directed by Don Cheadle in his feature directorial debut. KMHD’s Anthony Dean-Harris does opening remarks with DJ sets by Nicole D’Amato and Bri Drennon before the movie.
Time: 7:30 PM
Free RSVPs released to KMHD & Hollywood Theatre members first - SOLD OUT!
Sunday, May 24 | Birth of the Cool: Live Album Performance at Aladdin Theater
KMHD Presents: Birth of the Cool
KMHD celebrates Miles Davis’s 100th Birthday with a live performance of “Birth of the Cool” led by Portland trumpeter, Noah Simpson, a nonet of local musicians who will recreate the 1957 classic in its entirety. Opening set by KMHD DJ Derek Smith.
Doors at 6 PM
General admission tickets. KMHD members receive a discount code via Jazz Notes
Wednesday, May 27 | KMHD DJs Alex Newman and Rev Shines at Daydream
KMHD DJs Alex Newman and Rev Shines Celebrate Miles’s 100th Birthday spinning vinyl and playing from Miles’s catalogue.
Free and open to all, more details to come.
Film Tour: ‘First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath’
Watch the film | Meet the people | Connect with history in person
Join us with OPB producer Jessie Sears (Karuk) as we kick off our film tour for “First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath.”
In 2025, 28 Indigenous youth completed a 300-mile, 30-day river expedition, becoming the first to paddle the entire Klamath River from source to sea since four major dams were removed. An “Oregon Field Guide” special, “First Descent” brings you an inside look at this emotional, historic and triumphant journey.
This event is part of a series of community screening events happening across Oregon in 2026. Check back for information about future event dates and locations.
Friday, May 29 | Madras Performing Arts Center in Madras
Showtime:
Friday, May 29 at 6 p.m.
Doors and food starting at 4 p.m.
Ticket information coming soon.
Address:
Madras Performing Arts Center
412 SE Buff St., Madras
Sunday, July 12 – Monday, July 13 | Ashland
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Fall 2026 | Pacific University in Forest Grove
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Event details are subject to change. Check back for updates.