All Ages. Always.

Portland, OR

Supporting creative youth in Portland through all ages concerts, workshops, and experience navigating the music scene.

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What We Do

Professional Developement

Friends of Noise provides programs, workshops, and other professional development opportunities for teens and young adults to gain experience with sound equipment, and performing so they are more prepared to navigate the music industry.

Inclusive All Ages Shows

An integral core foundation to Friends of Noise is the belief that getting young performers and audience members involved in music is essential to the growth of the local and global music community. That’s why we create lineups with youth and adult artists to create a more diverse environment.

Fon Talent & Sound Services

Need sound equipment and a sound expert for your next event? We have you and your needs covered. From garden parties to outdoor festivals we have the gear and expertise to make sure that your event sounds great!

Friends of Noise presents on XRAY.fm

Through an exciting partnership with XRAY.fm we have trained and offered radio DJ slots to youth members of our community. Check them out on 2-3pm Mondays on 91.1 fm or on demand at XRAY.fm.org

Amplify youth Voices

Friends of Noise provides resources, support and mentorship to youth that have something to say. The youth of our community have agency and the self determination to have a positive impact on our community now, not some for off future. So we aim to make sure that they are heard loud and clear.

What We Value

Safer Spaces

We believe that no matter how youth identify, music and self expression should be accessible. At Friends Of Noise, our goal is that no matter who you are, you always feel welcome at our shows and are able to freely enjoy and participate in our region’s music ecosystem.

all ages always

#allagesalways Here at Friends of Noise, we believe art is a medium for social change; therefore, our mission includes empowering youth through music, poetry and prodution skills to give them the tools to enhance their communities with their creativity.

diversity & Inclusivitity

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are principal values that have driven our growth and relevance to the youth that we serve. This is why most of our shows are multi genres so that young audiences from different backgrounds can enjoy music together.

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FoN Talent & Sound Services

If you and or your organization needs entertainment, FoN Sound Services can help. The teen musical artists are not only extremely talented, they are crowd pleasers as well. By bookingthem for our own all ages shows first we get to vet them and see their creative and professional growth. Need sound equipment and a sound expert for your next event? We have you and your needs covered. From garden parties to outdoor festivals we have the gear and expertise to make sure that your event sounds great! From staging to lights, from microphones to speakers and from tents to generators we have what you need or we’ll get it. Use the button below to request talent and sound services from us!

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@tualatinvalleycreates says "There's still time to register for our upcoming FREE Workshop, "Teens: Choosing a Career in the Creative Industries"! This interactive program will give teens the unique opportunity to hear the stories of how four incredible local professionals found their way to life in the arts. High school juniors and seniors are invited to bring their questions about how to make a living as an artist, college decisions, resources for students, and more" On February 6th, join their four-member panel with Christine Miller - Portland-based conceptual artist and curator, Leah Payne - design professional at the Center for Creative Leadership, Danielle Gurley - freelance executive producer and advertising instructor and our very own Executive Director, Andre Middleton. Please share this workshop info with any young artists and creative young people you know Registration can be found at www.tinyurl.com/creativeimpactworkshops @reynoldsartshow @riderconnection @lhscareercenter @chs_designandprint @clevelandbandspdx @thecenterpdx

@ajmenace is a Portland teen MC🎤 that we met when he dropped bars for us at a @portlandfarmers market in 2019. Fast forward to today and he's fixin to drop an album 📀! Gang Gang! He needs our community's help tho in making a music video🎥. He's looking for volunteers with experience and gear to help bring his vision to reality. If you'd be down to support this young man please hit him up.🙏🏾🙏🏾

We need some help from the community. We produced (with the help of so many) a #blm rally and march at Cathedral Park on Labor day and an artist came through and painted this amazing sculpture. We'd love to boost them and connect them with someone that is looking for them. If you brought this to the event or know who did please shout them out in the comments! Much appreciated!

Our dreams are haunted by all ages shows past at @picapdx.

The Bodecker Foundation is pleased to announce their Winter 2021 schedule of FREE Virtual Workshops for Portland-area high school students. Led by professional artists, writers, musicians, designers and educators, their multidisciplinary creative workshops meet via Zoom on weekdays from 4-5:30pm. Workshops include a mix of online group activities and offline individual and/or collaborative project work. Class size is generally limited to 12 students. Winter Term begins February 1, 2021. Online registration is now open so visit @bodeckerfound to learn more.

We had no idea August was so into politics and we quote "Bye!!! Don't let the door hit cha where the good lord split ya." #augustthecat

Intersectionality means that unless we are all liberated none of us is liberated. Please go follow @pdxqueerfront and join us in supporting the establishment a Queer Youth community here in PDX! 🖤❤️💚🤎🧡💛💙🤍💜

The Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Youth Liaison Team is hosting another forum. This time, the focus will be on taking care of ourselves and others during times of Covid- 19. The forum wil cover some of the highlights of the Covid-19 Youth and Families Guide. There will also be breakout group discussion to share coping strategies, what we've learned about dealing with online school, physically distanced socializing, etc. Registration link on flyer. Please share and see you there!

August the cat has agreed to be our spokescat and mascot for Friends of Noise! He's thrilled to announce that today at 2pm on @xrayfm you can listen to a rebroadcast of our first radio show from February of 2019 from @likethehighway. It was an amazing show so you won't want to miss it! 🐱❤️📻

Today is our last episode of the Friends of Noise Presents show on @xrayfm for the year! Mad love and props to our very own @djstretchman for selecting an hours worth of bangers to send 2020 off right! Listen live today at 2pm or on demand later on the XRAY.FM website! Wishing you all a wonderful new year!

We have been so honored to partner with so many hard working and valuable orgs! Last year we hosted a sound engineering workshop at @pybpdx so that they could help us run a proper PA system at their graduation. So we loaned them a PA and their students set it up and helped make sure everyone could hear the ceremony! This is what mutual aid and building community looks like Please find us and so many cool nonprofits in this year's Willamette Week @giveguide. Today is a Big Give Day where a $10+ donation will put you in the running to win one of two new Trek bikes from the @bikegalleryportland 🚴🏾‍♀️🚴🏻🚴🏾🚴‍♂️ #giveguide2020 #portlandoregon

This is @jprodigymusic. She's got talent, a strong team behind her, parents that are attentive but even with all that she can't perform in the majority of venues in our region. This is why Friends of Noise exist. To give J Prodigy as many paid opportunities as we can for her, and hundreds of under 21 artists like her, to hone their craft. We're raising funds to continue our workshops and paid gigs in this year's Willamette Week @giveguide. As a bonus, today is a Big Give Day where your donation will put you in the running to win one of two Trek Bikes from the @bikegalleryportland. Thanks in advance for your support!

Aliya Falls is the newest member of thr Friends of Noise family! She recently played her first show with us and we can assure you it won't be the last. Her voice is incredible and her future is so bright! Please follow her at @aliyakie today! You won't regret it. We're going to support her with the same passion, 🔥and ✨ that we give to all the youth artist that play our shows, join our directory and take our workshops. This is our mission and purpose, to uplift the creative and yet to be creative youth of our community. Today is a Big Give Day so your $10 or more donations will put you in the running to win a $500 shopping spree at @musicmillennium. All donors 35 and younger will double their chances to win! Please follow the link in our bio and find Friends of Noise in the @giveguide today! #allagesalways #giveguide2020

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Rose City Rising Candlelight Vigils

Join these region-wide vigils to mourn and remember the lives we’ve lost, no matter the cause.

May 30th Pioneer Courthouse Square
All Vigils start at 7 pm

Join Us by Watching/Listening:

Available on Friends of Noise Youtube, Open Signal Ch 29 & XRAY.fm

Attend in Person:

May 21 – Columbia Park
May 22 – Wellington Park
May 23 – Wilshire Park
May 24 – King School Park
May 26 – Laurelhurst Park
May 27 – Lents Park
May 28 – Hamilton Park
May 29 – Champman Park
May 30 – Pioneer Courthouse Square

12,000 of young people served

Performers + Safer Spaces + Audience = Community

#allagesalways = #allagesallstages

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Vortex Magazine loves what we were up to in the summer of 2020!!!

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They have not only provided the venues and shows but have given kids the opportunity to learn the business aspect of getting gigs, networking and promotion. It is amazing to see how much Friends of Noise has grown and how many students and young adults they have supported these past few years. Friends of Noise presence in the community has brought many youth together with mentors, other youth with the same goals and helped them develop skills needed to become future artist.

- Donna Cruz-Moreno