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WE CREATE AN UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE IN MUSIC, ART AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY

TOC Concert Hall is a nonprofit event venue located in Portland's beloved historic landmark, The Old Church, saved from demolition by community activists and volunteers in 1967 and built in 1882. The devoted staff and supporters of TOC continue to preserve and celebrate the iconic beauty of The Old Church while presenting diverse performances and events that reflect and enhance the cultural life of our community. Our building's natural acoustics and intimate atmosphere bring artists and audiences together through profound shared experiences.

We are committed to being a community gathering place open to all. Diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion are central values as we strive to foster an inspired and creative community focusing on a diverse array of accessible community cultural events.

Our TOC Presents concerts are a mix of musical performances, including rare opportunities to see groundbreaking national and international artists, in an intimate setting. We also produce and host free Summer Concerts and monthly Lunchtime Concerts, community social justice conversations (through WE CAN LISTEN), and ambient music concerts during new and full moons. See Moon Series.

Volunteers and guests in our house are encouraged to bring suggestions or concerns to our attention. Email staff@tocportland.org or leave us a note in one of our suggestion boxes.

TOC Presents: An Evening with Eldon T Jones

Doors at 6:30pm | All Ages | Bar w/ ID | Tickets $35 adv Premium Seating / $40 dos Premium seating | $30 adv GA / $35 dos GA

What I hope people take away from my music is a glimpse at the person God created me to be, how he designed me to shine through my gifts,” says saxophonist Eldon T Jones. PDX Jazz Festival invited Jones to give a First Call Showcase concert, a new series honoring local legends of the jazz scene in 2024 that sold out The Old Church Concert Hall and now he is returning to do it all again!

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TOC Presents: Pierre Bensusan - One Guitar, One Voice - 50TH Anniversary

Doors at 6:30pm | All Ages | Bar w/ ID | Tickets $35 Premium Zone / $30 GA / DOS Premium Zone $40 / DOS GA $35

If World Music means the fusion of traditional, contemporary, jazz, classical and pop music, then Bensusan is one of the most eloquent World Music musicians of our time. A pianist in his beginnings then self-taught on the guitar, the originality of his style makes him one of today’s greatest guitarists and composers for the instrument. Also called “The Prince of DADGAD”, the Rose d'Or of the Montreux Festival, elected Best Guitarist of World Music by the readers of Guitar Player Magazine!

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TOC Presents: Both Sides Now: The Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen

Doors at 6:30pm | All Ages | Bar w/ ID | Tickets $35 adv / $40 dos

“Two singer-songwriters sit on the edge of a cliff...”

With these words, we are drawn into the world of Both Sides Now - a theatrical concert that explores the music and lives of long-time friends and one-time lovers, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. Created by, and starring Robbie Schaefer and Danielle Wertz, the cabaret-style performance traverses decades alongside songs such as A Case of You, Hallelujah, Big Yellow Taxi, Suzanne, and many more. Both Sides Now is at once a piece of the 60’s and 70’s, and of right now -- offering us a story about the messiness of being human, of lives persistently lived at the edge of growth, and of finding the courage to turn toward one another, again and again.

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TOC humbly acknowledges that the Portland metropolitan area rests on the traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other Tribes who made their homes along the Columbia (Wimahl) and Willamette (Whilamut) rivers and continue to live in this region today. As the First People of this land, we thank them for their hospitality. We are grateful to work and present in this community.