Chris Smither — live event on Nov 6, 2026

Chris Smither

Chris Smither live at Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland on Fri, Nov 6, 8:00 PM. Tickets from $39. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.

Alberta Rose Theatre is proud to present the legendary Chris Smither. Born in Miami, during World War II, Chris Smither grew up in New Orleans where he first started playing music as a child. The son of a Tulane University professor, he was taught the rudiments of instrumentation by his uncle on his mother’s ukulele. “Uncle Howard,” Smither says, “showed me that if you knew three chords, you could play a lot of the songs you heard on the radio. And if you knew four chords, you could pretty much rule the world.” With that bit of knowledge under his belt, he was hooked. “I’d loved acoustic music – specifically the blues – ever since I first heard Lightnin’ Hopkins’ Blues In My Bottle album. I couldn’t believe the sound Hopkins got. At first I thought it was two guys playing guitar. My style, to a degree, came out of trying to imitate that sound I heard.” The 20th release, All About the Bones (release date: May 3, 2024 on Signature Sounds/Mighty Albert, distributed by Redeye) is as elem…

Starts: Fri, Nov 6, 8:00 PM

Ends: Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 PM

Where: 3000 Northeast Alberta Street, Portland, Oregon 97211, United States

Price: $39.0

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Venue: Alberta Rose Theatre (Portland)

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