SUNDOWN – A Salute to Gordon Lightfoot on His 85th Birthday – A Benefit for Columbia Riverkeeper
Gord’s gone but his songs live on.Tonight they will shine for a celebration of his music on what would have been his 85th birthday.Featuring:Tom MayKristen Grainger & Dan WetzelThe Donny Wright BandDon Lange & David Jacobs-StrainThe Slipshod Bluegrass bandKate Power and Steve EinhornTerry Prohaska & Rich GilletteThe Dylan May BandDoug SmithMeridian GreenWayne HoffmanGary FurlowScott DochertyTickets$25 Advance – SOLD OUT OF IN-PERSON TICKETS – Please buy a Live Stream ticket instead. $25 Live Stream (Enjoy the show from the comfort of your own device)With kind support from Music Millennium, Redhare, and River City Folk.Net proceeds go to Columbia Riverkeeper, in keeping with Gordon’s philosphy. Minors ok with parent/guardianReview our Health & Safety Policies HERE
SUNDOWN – A Salute to Gordon Lightfoot – A Benefit for The Jeremy Wilson Foundation
Gord’s gone but his songs live on.Tonight they will shine for a celebration of his music and a fundraiser for The Jeremy Wilson Foundation for musicians healthcare.Featuring:Tom May Doug Smith Donny Wright with Brad Price Dave Ross Terry Prohaska & Rich Gillette Don LangeKristen Grainger & Dan WetzelKate PowerMatt Snook & Steve BlanchardRidge & Ann GilmourChance WooleyTickets$25 Advance $30 At the Door$25 Live Stream (Enjoy the show from the comfort of your own device)With kind support from Music Millennium, Redhare, and River City Folk.Net proceeds go to The Jeremy Wilson Foundation. Minors ok with parent/guardianReview our venue FAQ here
Kruger Brothers with special guests Kristen Grainger and True North
Born and raised in Europe, brothers Jens and Uwe Kruger started singing and playing instruments at a very young age. Growing up in a family where music was an important part of life, they were exposed to a wide diversity of musical influences. The brothers were performing regularly by the time they were eleven and twelve years old, and they began their professional career in 1979. Jens’ and Uwe’s first public performances were as a duo, and in just a few years they were busking on the streets of cities throughout eastern and western Europe. CBS Records contracted with Jens and Uwe when Jens was just seventeen years old, and shortly thereafter, the Krugers hosted a radio show on SRG SSR, the Swiss Public broadcast group. Several years later, the brothers teamed up with bass player Joel Landsberg, a native of New York City who also had a very extensive musical upbringing in classical and jazz music (studying with jazz great Milt Hinton), thus forming a trio that has been playing professionally together since 1995. Together, they established the incomparable sound that The Kruger Brothers are known for today. The trio moved to the United States in 2002 and is based in Wilkesboro, NC.Since their formal introduction to American audiences in 1997, The Kruger Brothers’ remarkable discipline, creativity and their ability to infuse classical music into folk music has resulted in a unique sound that has made them a fixture within the world of acoustic music. The honesty of their writing hassince become a hallmark of the trio’s work.In their ever-expanding body of work – Jens Kruger (banjo and vocals), Uwe Kruger (guitar and lead vocals), and Joel Landsberg , (bass and vocals) – The Kruger Brothers personify the spirit of exploration and innovation that forms the core of the American musical tradition. Their original music is crafted around their discerning taste, and the result is unpretentious, cultivated, and delightfully fresh.Local bluegrass favorites Kristen Grainger & True North open the show. Tickets$29 Advance$36 At the Door minors OK if accompanied by a parent/guardianReview our Health & Safety Policies HERE
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott with special guest Lewi Longmire
One of the last authentic links to the great folk traditions of this country, with over 40 albums under his belt, two-time GRAMMY-winner Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is considered one of the country’s legendary foundations of folk music. In the tradition of roving troubadours, Jack has carried the seeds and pollens of story and song for decades from one place to another, from one generation to the next. They are timeless songs that outlast whatever current musical fashion strikes today’s fancy. His tone of voice is sharp, focused, and piercing; he plays the guitar effortlessly in a fluid, flat-picking, perfected style. A brilliant entertainer among fellow folk musicians waiting for you to come to them, Jack came out and grabbed you. Bob Dylan called him, “The King of the Folksingers”. There are no degrees of separation between Jack and the real thing. He is the guy who ran away from his Brooklyn home at age 14 to join the rodeo and learned his guitar from a cowboy. In 1950, he met Woody Guthrie, moved in with the Guthrie family, traveling with Woody to California and Florida. Jack became so enthralled with the life and composer of This Land Is Your Land, The Dust Bowl Ballads, and the wealth of children’s songs that he completely absorbed the inflections and mannerisms, leading Guthrie to remark, “Jack sounds more like me than I do.” Along his journey, Jack learned the blues first-hand from Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, the Reverend Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie Mcghee and Sonny Terry, Jesse Fuller, and Champion Jack Dupree. He has recorded forty albums, wrote one of the first trucking songs, Cup of Coffee-recorded by Johnny Cash-and championed the works of singer-songwriters Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Tim Hardin, and more. Jack became a founding member of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue and continued the life of the traveling troubadour, influencing Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Tom Russell, The Grateful Dead, and countless others. Though widely esteemed and recognized by many as a great American celebrity figure of Folk music, Jack resists becoming a commercial commodity. Ramblin’ Jack’s life of travels, performances, and recordings is a testament to the America of lore, a giant land of struggle, hard luck, and sometimes even of good fortune. The man Bob Weir calls a “hand-built, self-architectured American icon” takes us to places that spur the romance and passion of life in the tunes and voices of real people. Tickets: $30 Advance$35 At the Door Minors ok when accompanied by a parent or guardian. Review our Health & Safety Policies HERE
The Trials of Cato with special guests Acoustic Minds
Deep in the wintry woods of Gog Magog Hill something stirred. New sounds tangled with woodsmoke as The Trials of Cato fused their usual flashing Celtic instrumental interplay with striking new compositions to bring us the follow up to their award-winning debut. Gog Magog is The Trials of Cato’s hugely anticipated second album, scheduled for release in February 2023. Still flying the flag of folk music, Gog Magog sees the band pull harder than ever on the genre’s familiar frame to create something utterly arresting and modern. Capitalizing on their enforced closeting during the pandemic, The Trials of Cato have undoubtedly evolved during this period, boiling down the energy of their early years into a bold new sound. The resulting album presents the broadest spectrum of their collective talents yet, a product of swallowing the folk tradition whole and completely reimagining it in a contemporary context. Formed in Beirut, Lebanon, The Trials of Cato have blazed a trail like no other since returning to the UK in 2016. Memorable performances across Britain, Europe, and North America led to Mark Radcliffe hailing the band as ‘one of the real discoveries on the folk circuit in recent times’, with their 2018 debut Hide and Hair going on to win a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for ‘Best Album’. With Gog Magog, the ‘Sex Pistols of folk’ (John Davis – Led Zeppelin, Gorrilaz) now present their most daring music to date.Dynamic Portland electronic/folk twins Acoustic Minds open the show.Tickets: $20 Advance$24 At the DoorMinors ok when accompanied by a parent or guardian. Review our Health & Safety Policies HERE
John McCutcheon
John McCutcheon is folk music’s renaissance man — master instrumentalist, powerful singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author. Tickets:$25 Advance$30 At the Door Minors ok with parent/guardianReview our Health & Safety Policies HERE
Windborne
Windborne’s captivating show draws on the singers’ deep roots in traditions of vocal harmony, while the absolute uniqueness of their artistic approach brings old songs into the present. Known for the innovation of their arrangements, their harmonies are bold and anything but predictable.With a 20-year background studying polyphonic music around the world, Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan, and Will Rowan share a vibrant energy onstage with a blending of voices that can only come from decades of friendship alongside dedicated practice. The ensemble shifts effortlessly between drastically different styles of music, drawing their audience along on a journey that spans continents and centuries, illuminating and expanding on the profound power and variation of the human voice. The singers educate as they entertain, sharing stories about their songs and explaining the context and characteristics of the styles in which they sing. Tickets:$25 Advance$30 At the Door Minors ok with parent/guardianReview our Health & Safety Policies HERE
Artichoke Community Music 50th Anniversary Concert
Celebrate Artichoke Music’s 50th anniversary with a fabulous concert and special event.The evening will feature Glitterfox, named one of Portland’s “Best New Bands” by the Willamette Week in 2022, showcasing the future of folk music in Portland; former Artichoke owners Kate Power and Steve Einhorn; Mary Flower; Arietta Ward; Matt Meighan; Tom May; Doug Smith; Richard Colombo; Gary Furlow and Tom Swearingen.Tickets: $30 Advance$35 At the Door$20 Live Stream Minors ok when accompanied by a parent or guardian. Review our Health & Safety Policies HERE
Breabach
Twenty years on from winning the Danny Kyle Open Stage Award at Celtic Connections, Breabach remain securely ranked amongst Scotland’s most skilled & imaginative contemporary-folk acts and at the forefront of the burgeoning traditional music scene. The band unite deep roots in Highland and Island Gaelic tradition alongside progressive musical influences and have cultivated a unique sound, anchoring double bagpipes, fiddle, whistle, step-dance and song with energetic double bass and guitar accompaniment. With 8 critically acclaimed studio releases to date, an extensive global touring schedule and having received recognition with 6 BBC ALBA Traditional Music Awards, a 2023 German Record Critic’s Award and as European Folk Group of the year finalists in the prestigious Songlines Awards, Breabach’s journey shows no sign of slowing. They continue their adventures throughout this special anniversary year with performances and festivals across the UK, USA and Europe. Breabach are: Megan Henderson (Fiddle/Vocals/Step Dance) James Lindsay (Double Bass/Vocals) Calum MacCrimmon (Highland Bagpipe/Whistle/Bouzouki/Vocals) Conal McDonagh (Highland Bagpipe/Uilleann pipes/Whistle/Vocals Ewan Robertson (Guitar/Cajon/Vocals) Minors ok with parent/guardian Review our venue FAQ here ALL SALES ARE FINAL. PLEASE, DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE PURCHASING. NO REFUNDS.
An Evening with Lúnasa
Doors open at 7:00 Lúnasa is the hottest Irish acoustic group in the world. They have appeared on the Alberta Rose stage with such luminaries as Tim O’Brien, Kevin Burke and Altan. $25 Advance$30 At the Door Fully vaccinated minors ok with parent/guardian COVID SAFETY POLICY: All ticket holders are required to show proof of full COVID vaccination. This means that ticket holders have received their final vaccination dose of either the two-dose regimen of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of Johnson & Johnson at least 14 days prior to the event date. A negative covid test will not be accepted for entry. Please get boosted if eligible. Also, in accordance with state and local guidelines, face masks are required for entry. Masks must completely cover nose and mouth. Gaiters and bandanas are not acceptable. Please wear a high-filtration efficiency mask with a tight fit to the face, such as a KN95 or N95.Masks must be worn at all times except while actively eating or drinking. Prolonged periods of mask removal are not permitted for eating or drinking—masks must be worn between bites and sips.Children ages 4 and under, for whom there is currently no vaccine available, are not permitted to attend. Ages 5 and up must provide proof of a full course vaccination. This means 14 days have passed since the completed vaccination.___________________________________________________________Please do not attend the show if you are feeling sick in any way. The mandate stipulates that performers in live theater events are not required to be masked. In most cases, our performers will not be masked. Depending on the audience size, distancing may not be possible.This information is provided so each patron can make a well-informed decision based on their own personal comfort level. These guidelines may change prior to performance.