Leaven Community Center

Leaven Community Center is a former-and-sometimes-present church that also operates as a community center, located at NE 20th and Killingsworth. As the space is available for rental, it has been well embraced by Portland’s experimental music community.

Facebook: facebook.com/leavencommunity
Website: leaven.org

Shows Attended:
May 22 2026 – The Ensemble
February 22 2025 – The Ensemble
March 31 2024 – Patricia Wolf, Matt Carlson, Alexandra Spence
September 23 2022 – Tatsuya Nakatani and the Nakatani Gong Orchestra
October 28 2017 – Francisco Botello, Institute for Creative Dying, Sea Moss, Dolphin Midwives, Gamelan Wahyu Dari Langit, Location Services, Chloe Alexandra
May 27 2017 – Dolphin Midwives, Gamelan Wahyu Dari Langit

Gamelan Wahyu Dari Langit at Leaven Community Center – October 28 2017

Dolphin Midwives at Leaven Community Center – October 28 2017

Location Services at Leaven Community Center – October 28 2017

Chloe Alexandra at Leaven Community Center – October 28 2017

Sea Moss at Leaven Community Center – October 28 2017

Institute for Creative Dying at Leaven Community Center – October 28 2017

Francisco Botello at Leaven Community Center – October 28 2017

Gamelan Wahyu Dari Langit at Leaven Community Center – May 27 2017

Dolphin Midwives at Leaven Community – May 27 2017

Matt Hannafin performing Vanessa Tomlinson’s “Still and Moving Paper” (2014) for The Extradition Series at Leaven Community Center – January 21 2017

Jonathan Sielaff and Matt Hannafin performing Dana Reason’s “Proxemics” (2017) for The Extradition Series at Leaven Community Center – January 21 2017

Dana Reason performing Dana Reason’s “Proxemics” (2017) for The Extradition Series at Leaven Community Center – January 21 2017

Catherine Lee and Lee Elderton performing Dana Reason’s “Proxemics” (2017) for The Extradition Series at Leaven Community Center – January 21 2017

Matt Hannafin performing Eva-Maria Houben’s “la solennité des silences” (2005) for The Extradition Series at Leaven Community Center – January 21 2017