25 TRIPP-P with Jesse Valencia

Hosted by:

Lesley

Produced by:

KBOO

Program::

TRIPP-P

Air date:

Sun, 10/20/2024 - 12:15am to Fri, 12/31/2027 - 11:45pm

Image contains a dark shadowy background with bold text displaying the program name as TRIPP-P: Politics, Protests, and POT-pourri, the guest as Jesse Valencia of the band Gorky, and the host names as Cory Elia and Lesley McLam.

Portland, Oregon's independent music scene generates around $3 billion per year and is the last major U.S. city without a LiveNation venue.

"It is more than just the music scene. It is how we want Portland to be built."

--Jesse Valencia

Jesse Valencia is a musician and the founder of the band Gorky, member and volunteer with MusicPortland.org, and originally from Arizona where he spent time lobbying with a film and media coalition and volunteered with Music Policy Council.

Jesse spoke to TRIPP-P about potential LiveNation venue sites around Portland and how that would impact the city's local music scene, artists, businesses, and residents.

Thank you for listening.