Big Dad Energy

Backyard Arena Tour · Portland, OR

Big Dad Energy

What We're About

90's college favorites. Played by dads.

Big Dad Energy is a high-energy 90s & 2000s throwback party band in the Portland, OR area built for backyards, birthdays, and bar nights people remember.

Every show is a tour stop on the Backyard Arena Tour.

Bigger, Better, Faster, More! by 4 Non-Blondes
Happy Nation by Ace of Base
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Millennium by Backstreet Boys
Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys
Guero by Beck
Deluxe by Better Than Ezra
Blur by Blur
...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears
Sixteen Stone by Bush
Fashion Nugget by Cake
Kerosene Hat by Cracker
You Never Even Called Me by My Name by David Allan Coe
Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
Elastica by Elastica
Eve 6 by Eve 6
In Your Honor by Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
There Is Nothing Left to Lose by Foo Fighters
Faith by George Michael
City to City by Gerry Rafferty
New Miserable Experience by Gin Blossoms
Use Your Illusion II by Guns N' Roses
Nimrod by Green Day
Dookie by Green Day
Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? by Harvey Danger
Cracked Rear View by Hootie and the Blowfish
The Karate Kid by Joe Esposito
Top Gun by Kenny Loggins
Throwing Copper by Live
Marcy Playground by Marcy Playground
So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan
Bleach by Nirvana
In Utero by Nirvana
Rock Steady by No Doubt
No Strings Attached by NSYNC
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
Ten by Pearl Jam
Vitalogy by Pearl Jam
Lost Dogs by Pearl Jam
Rocket by Primitive Radio Gods
Document by R.E.M.
Pablo Honey by Radiohead
The Bends by Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine
Sheryl Crow by Sheryl Crow
Frogstomp by Silverchair
The Breakfast Club by Simple Minds
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins
Purple by Stone Temple Pilots
Core by Stone Temple Pilots
Sublime by Sublime
The Cars by The Cars
Disintegration by The Cure
Play Deep by The Outfield
Third Eye Blind by Third Eye Blind
Rubberneck by Toadies
Greatest Hits by Tom Petty
Wildflowers by Tom Petty
Van Halen II by Van Halen
Weezer (Red Album) by Weezer
Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
Wheatus by Wheatus
Bigger, Better, Faster, More! by 4 Non-Blondes
Happy Nation by Ace of Base
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Millennium by Backstreet Boys
Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys
Guero by Beck
Deluxe by Better Than Ezra
Blur by Blur
...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears
Sixteen Stone by Bush
Fashion Nugget by Cake
Kerosene Hat by Cracker
You Never Even Called Me by My Name by David Allan Coe
Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
Elastica by Elastica
Eve 6 by Eve 6
In Your Honor by Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
There Is Nothing Left to Lose by Foo Fighters
Faith by George Michael
City to City by Gerry Rafferty
New Miserable Experience by Gin Blossoms
Use Your Illusion II by Guns N' Roses
Nimrod by Green Day
Dookie by Green Day
Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? by Harvey Danger
Cracked Rear View by Hootie and the Blowfish
The Karate Kid by Joe Esposito
Top Gun by Kenny Loggins
Throwing Copper by Live
Marcy Playground by Marcy Playground
So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan
Bleach by Nirvana
In Utero by Nirvana
Rock Steady by No Doubt
No Strings Attached by NSYNC
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
Ten by Pearl Jam
Vitalogy by Pearl Jam
Lost Dogs by Pearl Jam
Rocket by Primitive Radio Gods
Document by R.E.M.
Pablo Honey by Radiohead
The Bends by Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine
Sheryl Crow by Sheryl Crow
Frogstomp by Silverchair
The Breakfast Club by Simple Minds
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins
Purple by Stone Temple Pilots
Core by Stone Temple Pilots
Sublime by Sublime
The Cars by The Cars
Disintegration by The Cure
Play Deep by The Outfield
Third Eye Blind by Third Eye Blind
Rubberneck by Toadies
Greatest Hits by Tom Petty
Wildflowers by Tom Petty
Van Halen II by Van Halen
Weezer (Red Album) by Weezer
Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
Wheatus by Wheatus

Backyard Arena Tour · 2026

Upcoming Tour Stops.

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  • SEP

    15

    Private Event — Flip the Vote

    Portland, OR· 8:00 PM

    Private

  • SEP

    26

    Tigardville Station

    Tigard, OR· 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    Public
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Private party stops are listed without host details. Book early — summer fills fast.

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