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Floral design is hot right now, as is Rico Nasty. Ever dream of combining the two? Here’s your chance—the Fresh Cuts floral design workshop series launches September 24 at Crystal Ballroom with an intimate performance by Rico Nasty ahead of her near sold out show that same night.
Already sold on the workshop?? Tickets here. Need more insight? Read on!
The Mercury is teaming with our buds Fresh Cut Flowers—Portland’s lush floral design studio, and branded merch baddies—to launch a new workshop series called Fresh Cuts. The workshops combine two of our greatest loves: Floral design and live music. Each workshop will feature a live performance by an artist or band we love with strong visual and sonic aesthetics, in venues both new and cherished.
After an intimate live performance by a featured artist, a favorite Portland DJ aligned with the work of the featured artist will take over while the floral workshop is being led by Cody Shulund of Fresh Cut Flowers. Shulund has done florals and installs for the likes of Beyoncé, Ethel Cain, Ariana Grande, and so many more. The next project they’re looking forward to is an arrangement for Lorde later this year.
The workshops are designed around the sonics and visuals of the featured artist. Shulund’s expansive knowledge of floral design will be showcased as he leads the workshops through floral and vase selection, composition, form, color pallets, etc. At the end of every workshop participants will have a deeper, more intimate understanding of floral design, and the music that inspired the workshop. That and a rad arrangement to take home!
Nobody’s got stronger aesthetics than Rico Nasty, the first artist to perform live for Fresh Cuts. Hot off the heels of her massive new album LETHAL, Nasty is expanding her empire with new sounds—assisted in no small way by her recent signing to Fueled By Ramen (Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Gym Class Heroes).
Cutty and abrasive as per, on LETHAL Nasty pulls no punches: Opening track “Who Want It” tone-sets the whole album by putting listeners in their place, letting us know that she “Could never chase a nut…” Lucky! “On the Low” is the hyperpop rap-rock ballad we didn’t know we needed in 2025, but it’s actually the energy that’s going to save us, “Let’s make out at the powwow,” Nasty states rather than suggests. On late-LETHAL heater “Crash,” Rico finds herself in summer school, sitting between The Cure and Jimmy Eat World—it’s pop-punk melancholy at its sexy best.
Pulling up on the ones and twos is Portland-London-LA baddie DJ BadBTeenie. She’ll be keeping the Nasty vibe going while Shulund leads the floral workshop.
Thanks to our friends at Crystal Ballroom, the setting of the inaugural Fresh Cuts will be framed by the storied walls of the famed Ballroom. Fresh Cuts 001 will take place on the bouncy main floor of the venue, creating an intimate atmosphere unlike any other on Rico’s current tour.
Each workshop pops off with curated drinks and snacks, giveaways, print takeaways, and the like. Think complimentary maté and kombucha offerings, print takeaways fresh off the press, consumables from our friends in the weed industry, and other little treats we can’t wait to shower you with. For this first Fresh Cuts, we’ve got a copy of LETHAL on vinyl to give away!
We are also extremely pleased to share that Fresh Cuts is offering sliding scale tickets to our BIPOC and trans community members. We are also donating 10% of ticket sales to a Portland-area non-profit or resource of the artist’s choice: Current offerings we’re donating to include Black & Beyond the Binary Collective, Elbow Room PDX, Friends of Noise, Portland DSA, Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition, UndocuPDX, and more.
Tickets here for the inaugural Fresh Cuts featuring a live performance by Rico Nasty, DJ set by Portland’s Bad B Teenie, and floral design workshop by Cody Shulund of Fresh Cut Flowers at Crystal Ballroom September 24.
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