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Description

People's Choice December to Remember is a concert series sponsored by 94/7fm Alternative Portland. The location of the event is in Portland, Oregon. The event spans over a number of days during the beginning of the December month. The most recent years have been changed to the People's Choice format, allowing for listeners to decide the bands that will be included in the concert series. Considerations for the bands that are to be included in the concert event come from listener surveys and most popular requests. The event is usually sponsored by another production, along with 94/7 fm. Other sponsors of the event have included, Budweiser, Beacon Audio, Dick Hannah Subaru and Widmer Brothers Brewing. The first year of the event was held in 2005, since then the event has been held consistently for nine years.

Promotion

The radio station promotes the concert event by advertising ticket sales over the radio, social media sites and also through alternative websites that provide ticket sales. The radio station provides advantages to listeners of their station by further providing discount tickets prices, advance notices of pre-sales and winning of tickets through contest.Concert tickets range in price from $15.00 to $40.00, prices vary depending on the band(s) performing.

Venues and Audience

Concerts are open to all age groups. A 21+ age group area is provided within the venues for older audience members. Venues for the concert alternate depending on the year the event is hosted. The most common venues for the event are the Crystal Ballroom, Wonder Ballroom, Rose Garden, and Roseland Theatre. All range in capacity. The Crystal Ballroom hosts the majority of the concerts throughout the nine year span; providing space for up to 2,000 concert attendees.

2009-2013 Set List

Many different bands have played at December to Remember over the years. The set lists from 2005, 2005, 2007, and 2008 are unavailable, however, the set lists from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 are as follows:

DATE	BAND	VENUE
2013
December 1	The Neighbourhood (NBHD) Guest "Ghost Loft"	Crystal Ballroom
December 2	Foals Alt-J	Alt-J: Crystal Ballroom Foals: Wonder Ballroom
December 3	The Mowgli's Said The Whale	Crystal Ballroom
December 4	Vampire Weekend Tame Impala	Crystal Ballroom
December 5	GROUPLOVE MS MR	Crystal Ballroom
December 6	Young the Giant Guest "The Colourist"	Crystal Ballroom
December 7	Fitz & the Tantrums The Features	Crystal Ballroom
December 9	Bastille NONONO	Crystal Ballroom
December 10	Phoenix	Crystal Ballroom
December 12	Portugal. The Man	Crystal Ballroom
2012
December 2	The Lumineers	Crystal Ballroom
December 3	Metric	Roseland Theatre
December 4	Fun.	Crystal Ballroom
December 5	the Killers M83 Tegan and Sara	Rose Garden
December 5	Of Monsters and Men	Crystal Ballroom
December 6	GROUPLOVE the Joy Formidable	Crystal Ballroom
December 8	Atlas Genius	Crystal Ballroom
December 10	the Shins	Crystal Ballroom
2011
December 6	Mumford & Sons	Rose Garden
December 6	Foster the People	Crystal Ballroom
December 7	AWOLNATION	Crystal Ballroom
December 8	Death Cab for Cutie	Crystal Ballroom
December 9	Portugal the Man.	Crystal Ballroom
December 10	GROUPLOVE the Joy Formidable	Crystal Ballroom
2010
December 6	The Temper Trap A Silent Film	Information Not Available
December 7	The Black Keys Sleigh Bells	Information Not Available
December 8	Neon Trees Tokyo Police Club	Information Not Available
December 9	Broken Bells Special Guests	Information Not Available
December 10	Cake Portugal the Man.	Information Not Available
2009
December 7	Passion Pit Hockey	Crystal Ballroom
December 8	Metric Band of Skulls	Crystal Ballroom
December 9	The Bravery Airborne Toxic Event	Crystal Ballroom
December 10	Vampire Weekend White Rabbits	Crystal Ballroom
December 11	Spoon Black Joe Lewis	Crystal Ballroom