Portland’s Venue For All Things Weird and Wonderful
Welcome to the world-famous Clinton Street Theater! Portland’s fiercely independent theater and community space.
Events
Portland Horror Film Festival™ – CLOSING DAY HORRORS + SHORTS GONE WILD
The Final day of horrors is a shortstravaganza! Three short film blocks round out our ginormous 2026 short film offerings, and two feature films.
THE TRAP (1970) (Church of Film)
Arsene is a young man obsessed with being robbed, so he sets traps in his crumbling mansion. He lures a pair of kleptomaniac young women (counterculture icons Bulle Ogier and Bernadette Lafont) inside as a test, but unwittingly becomes the agent of his own destruction.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Watch Twilight Again, organized by Blue Holgate and Jenna Vesper, brings the Twilight Saga back to the Clinton Street Theater. Shout iconic lines, sing along to the unforgettable soundtrack, play some trivia, and come dressed as your favorite characters for a chance to win exciting raffle prizes! Embrace your inner Twihard and connect with other fans who share the obsession with sparkly vampires, teen wolves, and father figure doctors.
SORIAH and Scot Jenerik
Internationally-acclaimed throat singer, musician, and ritual artist SORIAH returns to the theater for a very special live performance!
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
John Cameron Mitchell's musical extravaganza featuring a live shadowcast with members of the Clinton Street Cabaret!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Sinophelia
Come watch our intimate, scaled-back screening of the ultimate cult movie that has played weekly at the Clinton Street Theater since 1978 with everyone’s ancient royal vampire, Thee Countess Sinophelia!
Desert Hearts
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.