Fans of modern takes on classic rock can catch one of the world’s top-rated Pink Floyd tribute bands, made up entirely of veterans of the Pacific Northwest rock scene, when Port Townsend hosts “Pigs on the Wing: A Pink Floyd Retrospective.”

The show will be returning to American Legion Marvin G. Shield Memorial Post 26 on 209 Monroe St. downtown with performances on Friday, Aug. 2, and Saturday, Aug. 3.

Walter Harris, who’s served as a sound engineer for Centrum events and the Port Townsend Main Street Program’s “Concerts on the Dock,” has frequently done the same for the “Pigs on the Wing” band.

Harris and Bryan Fairfield, drummer for the band based in Portland, Oregon, have known each other for years, throughout Pigs on the Wing’s recurring summer shows at the Legion Hall.

Harris praised it as “one of the few full-production rock-and-roll shows that happen in this town.”

While Harris will bring a 20,000-watt, 32-channel sound system to the show, he promised that Pigs on the Wing would bring “lights and visuals that would’ve made the early 1970s Pink Floyd jealous.”

Fairfield recalls Pigs on the Wing first coming to Port Townsend about five years ago, in the interests of branching out beyond Portland. The band has kept coming back because, in his words, “This is an awesome town!”

According to Fairfield, “Each year, we bring an entirely new show to town,” and this year, attendees at the Legion Hall can expect to be treated to almost completely different sets that Friday and Saturday.

Before Pigs on the Wing began, founding members Matt Jones, on keys, and Jason Baker, on guitar, were part of a band called Oxcart, playing original music of their own. Then they happened to play the whole of “The Dark Side of the Moon” as a single set, which generated a significant (and positive) audience response.

Bassist Eric Welder joined Oxcart, then followed Jones and Baker onto Pigs on the Wing, where they were joined by not only Fairfield, but also Dave Lindenbaum on guitar, Matt Sulikowski on saxophone and Holly Brooks on vocals.

“Holly’s female vocals are among the little liberties we take with the material,” Fairfield said. “There’s a lot of intentionality in our performances, because we know the songs and pay attention to detail, but we’re less concerned with recreating every single note than with capturing the heart and spirit of those songs.”

Critic David Victor is among those who have deemed this approach a success, since he listed Pigs on the Wing in his 2023 review of the top 10 Pink Floyd tribute bands — they were ranked fourth worldwide — for being “fearless when experimenting with sound in the proper temperament of psychedelia.”

Rather than performing a single album from start to finish, Pigs on the Wing will spend their two nights in Port Townsend focusing on their favorite sections of Pink Floyd’s classic albums, from their hits to their deeper cuts, with passes available for one or both nights. The shows are for ages 21 and older, with IDs required for entry.

“Those who join us, on either night, will see the Legion Hall transformed into a space you’ve never seen before,” Fairfield said. “We’re high-energy performers with strong production elements, and our lights, lasers and hazers should send you into a different world.” Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for each night’s 8:30 p.m. show.