Events - Week View

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop – Undeniably the world’s greatest guitar festival and a camp for all acoustic instruments and genres, it has now expanded to four weeks of camp, each with a different flavor and different instructors.

NOTE: 2026 Summer Camp Weeks 1, 3 & 4 are currently full. However we encourage you to get on the waitlist for those weeks. There is still space in Week 2.

Summer Week 4 (Aug 15-21): includes workshops on Ukulele: Making Songs Breathe (Mandy Lynn Danzig), Old Time Harmony Singing (Alice Gerrard), Irish Repertoire: Three Handy Sets (Marla Fibish) and beginning classes in guitar (Steve Baughman) and dobro and flatpicking (Laurel Bliss)

COVID Policy:
Vaccinations are no longer required, but strongly encouraged. Please review our PSGW Community Health and Safety Guidelines 2026. We require that these guidelines are agreed upon prior to registration.

Weekend matinees go on from 1-3 pm, free, all ages.

Aug 1 (Sat): Tracy Kim Trio - swing and roma jazz
Aug 2 (Sun): Ashley Seaton & TK Swing All-Stars - Portland’s hottest jazz ensemble
Aug 8 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Aug 9 (Sun): TBA
Aug 15 (Sat): Josh Cole‘s Bluegrass Matinee - good, old-fashioned bluegrass
Aug 16 (Sun): Kung Pao Chickens - the finest in Django-esque Roma jazz
Aug 22 (Sat): Kevin Shapiro/Travesura - Phish archivist
Aug 23 (Sun): Ginger & The Tonics - Portland-based vocal jazz and swing quartet
Aug 29 (Sat): Frank "Buzz Holland" Goodman & Joe Chiusano - the sixties
Aug 30 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies
Aug 30 (Sun): Ashley Seaton & TK Swing All-Stars - Portland’s hottest jazz ensemble
Sep 12 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Sep 20 (Sun): Kung Pao Chickens - the finest in Django-esque Roma jazz
Sep 27 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies
Oct 10 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Oct 25 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies

On Sunday afternoons, the Hostel Café in Portland, Oregon provides a friendly setting for this TrailJams Irish traditional tune session. TrailJams is a music community focused on making acoustic music together outside for the enjoyment of the musicians and of people passing by. The cozy café makes a great place to keep the music going in the winter. In better weather, the tune playing moves out to the café’s courtyard. Guests of the Hostel Café and the adjoining Northwest Portland Hostel are likely to settle at one of the nearby tables to enjoy the music.

NOTE: No session on Jun 7 (Sun) to make space for the Community Gathering.

COVID Policy:
Please be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 if you are joining this session — that is a request, not a requirement.

New location beginning July 19: Portland FolkMusic Society West Side Song Circle. Help us ring the rafters and raise the roof! You bring it, we’ll sing it, 2-4:30 pm, on the third Sunday of each month.

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Calvin Hall
3228 SW Sunset Blvd, Portland 97229
(Corner of SW Sunset Blvd and Dosch Rd.)

Calvin Hall is on the lower level of the church.

Please park in the St. Andrews parking lot, across Dosch Rd from the church. Cross Dosch Rd. to the lower level of the church and enter to the left of the gym. Turn left down the first hallway. Calvin Hall (South) is the first door on your right.

If you have any problems finding the song circle, call or text 503-863-7698.

Bring your friends. Everyone welcome!

Questions? Email stevemullinax57*(at)*gmail.com. RSVP would be appreciated.

First Sunday: Christian Harmony
Third Sunday: Blue Book

Fiddle Repertoire Class with Gabrielle Macrae (The Horsenecks). Learn a new fiddle tune or two at each class in a relaxed group setting.

Build your jamming repertoire and make connections with other fiddlers. 5:15 pm in NE Portland. $25 per class drop-in. 1st & 3rd Sundays.

For registration and more information, email gabriellemacrae(*at*)gmail.com

All performances 6-8 pm (unless otherwise extended), free, 21+

Aug 1 (Sat): The Resolectrics - rock & soul power trio
Aug 2 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 3 (Mon): The Waysiders - a new brand of classic country all their own.
Aug 4 (Tue): Lost Creek Bluegrass Band - two parts traditional bluegrass, one part old-time fiddle tunes, and a splash of honkytonk
Aug 5 (Wed): QuEasy Gumbo [extended to 9 pm] - the Quick and Easy Boys with Steve Kerin
Aug 6 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Aug 7 (Fri): The Portland Family Band - country-fried and southern roots-rock, often including Steve Kerin
Aug 8 (Sat): Kris Deelane & the Hurt - 10-piece soul band
Aug 9 (Sun): Freak Mountain Ramblers
Aug 10 (Mon): Portland Country Underground - A bunch of old friends playing roots and country music
Aug 11 (Tue): Jackstraw - bluegrass, honky-tonk, and rock ‘n roll
Aug 12 (Wed): The Get Down Funk Collective [extended to 9 pm] - infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz
Aug 13 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 14 (Fri): The James Low Irregulars - dusty country-roots songwriter
Aug 15 (Sat): The Walkaway Wendies & Friends - roots rock/Americana
Aug 16 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 17 (Mon): Catnip Brothers - Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in
Aug 18 (Tue): The Pagan Jug Band - a delightful mix of jug, blues, country, bluegrass and hokum
Aug 19 (Wed): Scott Law Band [extended to 9 pm] - featuring Micah Kassell on drums, Tye North on bass, Chelsea Luker on winds and Jeff Baxter on keyboards
Aug 20 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 21 (Fri): Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters - early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and the charm of a Sunday afternoon front porch session..
Sep 1 (Tue): Dadweed - newer local bluegrass combo

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7-9 pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8-10 pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Aug 2 (Sun): Chris Lee Trio - the music of Herbie Hancock
Aug 3 (Mon): Olivia Fields - jazz saxophone
Aug 5 (Wed): Mike Horsfall and Kevin Deitz - jazz vibes and bass
Aug 6 (Thu): Pete Peterson Trio - jazz saxophone
Aug 8 (Sat): Adlai Alexander with Cheryl Alex & Laurent Nickel
Aug 9 (Sun): Piano Bar with Courtney Freed and David Saffert
Aug 10 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s, 30s harmony
Aug 12 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Aug 13 (Thu): Bryant Allard Quartet featuring John Gilmore - jazz
Aug 16 (Sun): James Clem - blues/roots
Aug 17 (Mon): Eddie Parente and John Stowell - jazz violin, guitar
Aug 19 (Wed): Mary Kadderly & Dan Gildea - jazz piano, voice, guitar
Aug 20 (Thu): Smut City Jellyroll Society - 20s, 30s blues/jazz
Aug 23 (Sun): The Three D‘s - Brazilian, American songbook
Aug 24 (Mon): Annette Lowman with Ben Graves - jazz voice and guitar
Aug 26 (Wed): Gordon Lee - jazz piano
Aug 27 (Thu): Kevin Karrick & Susan Sandell - jazz guitar, voice
Aug 29 (Sat): Adlai Alexander & Dan Balmer - jazz, bossa etc.
Aug 30 (Sun): Mark Shark - blues guitar and voice
Aug 31 (Mon): Gabriela Gimenes - Brazilian flute
Sep 2 (Wed): Voxanova - Latin groove
Sep 3 (Thu): Dan Davey Trio - jazz piano

Come and share your music at our next Monthly Meeting and Open Mic and stay to enjoy a set by our featured performer (all styles and levels welcome, bring an amp if you need one), followed by our featured performer.

Featured performers:
July 19 (Sun): Ben Woodman
Aug 16 (Sun): Gracie Flowerday
Sept 20 (Sun): Adam Scramstad
Oct 18 (Sun): Michael Mandrell

COVID Policy:
Masks are encouraged but not required.

Seattle Song Circle continues its tradition of a virtual circle, now marking the sixth online year. Held every Sunday. For more info, go to: https://www.seafolklore.org/about-sfs/seattle-song-circle/.

The Horsenecks play their bi-monthly session (every 1st and 3rd Sunday.at the Moon and Sixpence Pub, free, 21+ after 8 pm.

Gabrielle Macrae, Barry Southern, Kevin Sandri and Brian Bagdonus will be playing in the corner booth from 8:00 pm till late. Come on out and hear some of the best old time music around.

Super supportive weekly open mic hosted by Johnny Franco! Check out the Facebook group, song prompts weekly for those wanting to create something unique to share!

Sign-up at 8 pm, music from 9 – 11:30 pm, free.

Folk Espresso, early morning folk music to get your week started.

Hosted by:
Diane Hunt (1st Monday),
Jonathan Lay (2nd Monday),
Andy O‘Hara (3rd Monday),
Diane Hunt (4th Monday),
Gordy Euler (5th Monday),

Previous shows on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/folk-espresso.

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop – Undeniably the world’s greatest guitar festival and a camp for all acoustic instruments and genres, it has now expanded to four weeks of camp, each with a different flavor and different instructors.

NOTE: 2026 Summer Camp Weeks 1, 3 & 4 are currently full. However we encourage you to get on the waitlist for those weeks. There is still space in Week 2.

Summer Week 4 (Aug 15-21): includes workshops on Ukulele: Making Songs Breathe (Mandy Lynn Danzig), Old Time Harmony Singing (Alice Gerrard), Irish Repertoire: Three Handy Sets (Marla Fibish) and beginning classes in guitar (Steve Baughman) and dobro and flatpicking (Laurel Bliss)

COVID Policy:
Vaccinations are no longer required, but strongly encouraged. Please review our PSGW Community Health and Safety Guidelines 2026. We require that these guidelines are agreed upon prior to registration.

Sessions are led by Marina Dodgson (fiddle) and Maurice Condie (guitar). These are open access sessions, so there’s no need to book in advance, you’re welcome to just turn up and join in!

We believe great things happen when we play tunes together! People connect with each other and make friends, and we keep our music traditions alive by sharing tunes and passing them on. What’s more, playing tunes can make you feel happy, and if you do it often enough, you’ll notice that you are getting better at playing your instrument too!

It turns out that you don’t even have to be in the same place…great things still happen when we play music together, online from the comfort of your own home.

Phoenix Folk Ltd exists to promote participation and performance in folk and acoustic music, song and dance across the North East of England. We aim to be a friendly face of folk music, to help keep alive the great traditions of folk music and to encourage talent and personal musical development.

Everyone is muted, which means that you hear your own instrument, completing a trio with our fiddle and guitar. You can play the tune, or try some harmony!

All performances 6-8 pm (unless otherwise extended), free, 21+

Aug 1 (Sat): The Resolectrics - rock & soul power trio
Aug 2 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 3 (Mon): The Waysiders - a new brand of classic country all their own.
Aug 4 (Tue): Lost Creek Bluegrass Band - two parts traditional bluegrass, one part old-time fiddle tunes, and a splash of honkytonk
Aug 5 (Wed): QuEasy Gumbo [extended to 9 pm] - the Quick and Easy Boys with Steve Kerin
Aug 6 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Aug 7 (Fri): The Portland Family Band - country-fried and southern roots-rock, often including Steve Kerin
Aug 8 (Sat): Kris Deelane & the Hurt - 10-piece soul band
Aug 9 (Sun): Freak Mountain Ramblers
Aug 10 (Mon): Portland Country Underground - A bunch of old friends playing roots and country music
Aug 11 (Tue): Jackstraw - bluegrass, honky-tonk, and rock ‘n roll
Aug 12 (Wed): The Get Down Funk Collective [extended to 9 pm] - infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz
Aug 13 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 14 (Fri): The James Low Irregulars - dusty country-roots songwriter
Aug 15 (Sat): The Walkaway Wendies & Friends - roots rock/Americana
Aug 16 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 17 (Mon): Catnip Brothers - Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in
Aug 18 (Tue): The Pagan Jug Band - a delightful mix of jug, blues, country, bluegrass and hokum
Aug 19 (Wed): Scott Law Band [extended to 9 pm] - featuring Micah Kassell on drums, Tye North on bass, Chelsea Luker on winds and Jeff Baxter on keyboards
Aug 20 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 21 (Fri): Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters - early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and the charm of a Sunday afternoon front porch session..
Sep 1 (Tue): Dadweed - newer local bluegrass combo

Join us every Monday from 6:30–10 pm at The Hostel Cafe for our weekly Open Mic Night, a cozy, community-focused space where local and traveling musicians share original songs, covers, and acoustic sets.

Enjoy live music, good vibes, and cafe drinks while discovering new talent and supporting our featured performers. If you‘re looking for open mic music events in Portland or a friendly spot to play, The Hostel Cafe is the place to be every Monday night. This is a free event, but we encourage you to tip our featured performers!

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7-9 pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8-10 pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Aug 2 (Sun): Chris Lee Trio - the music of Herbie Hancock
Aug 3 (Mon): Olivia Fields - jazz saxophone
Aug 5 (Wed): Mike Horsfall and Kevin Deitz - jazz vibes and bass
Aug 6 (Thu): Pete Peterson Trio - jazz saxophone
Aug 8 (Sat): Adlai Alexander with Cheryl Alex & Laurent Nickel
Aug 9 (Sun): Piano Bar with Courtney Freed and David Saffert
Aug 10 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s, 30s harmony
Aug 12 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Aug 13 (Thu): Bryant Allard Quartet featuring John Gilmore - jazz
Aug 16 (Sun): James Clem - blues/roots
Aug 17 (Mon): Eddie Parente and John Stowell - jazz violin, guitar
Aug 19 (Wed): Mary Kadderly & Dan Gildea - jazz piano, voice, guitar
Aug 20 (Thu): Smut City Jellyroll Society - 20s, 30s blues/jazz
Aug 23 (Sun): The Three D‘s - Brazilian, American songbook
Aug 24 (Mon): Annette Lowman with Ben Graves - jazz voice and guitar
Aug 26 (Wed): Gordon Lee - jazz piano
Aug 27 (Thu): Kevin Karrick & Susan Sandell - jazz guitar, voice
Aug 29 (Sat): Adlai Alexander & Dan Balmer - jazz, bossa etc.
Aug 30 (Sun): Mark Shark - blues guitar and voice
Aug 31 (Mon): Gabriela Gimenes - Brazilian flute
Sep 2 (Wed): Voxanova - Latin groove
Sep 3 (Thu): Dan Davey Trio - jazz piano

Portland Country Dance Community (PCDC) sponsors a contra slow jam on Mondays from 7-9 PM in the community room at McMenamins Kennedy School.

The events are free and open to all acoustic musicians, whether you play by dots or by ear.

The contra jam plays tunes from the Portland Collection and the waltz books edited by Bill Matthiesen.

If you don’t have the books, we’re happy to share. Come make music with us!!

Questions: Email Kathy Story, PCDC President at board-chair*(at)*portlandcountrydance.org.

Clear air, blue skies, and great music for our Monday dance!

Join us for an enjoyable evening of dancing.

Waltz, cha cha, rhumba, swing, blues, and more...

8:00 - 8:30 Warm Up/Lesson
8:30 - 10:30 Open Dancing

Our insightful DJ is Dorothy Sharrar

All our dances are on a sliding scale of $15-$10

Visit Lenora‘s Ballroom on the web ~ LenorasBallroom.com

Our mailing address is:
Lenora‘s Ballroom
3300 SE Woodward
Portland, OR 97202

Kate and The Lads play traditional music, transporting you to the West of Ireland, free.

Irish music every Monday played by an array of the most stellar Irish musicians around, free.

Hosted by an alternating schedule of Brongaene Griffin, Cary Novotny and Seamus Egan. To see more about Irish performances and sessions in the Northwest go to cceoregon.org/sessions.

Blue Mondays with Lloyd and Friends!

A spicy mix of folk and acoustic music, much of which is connected to the American south, including (but not limited to) acoustic blues, Texas folk, Cajun, string band & Texas swing.

Hosted by Dave Johnson, Terrence in the A. M. Past shows available on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/early-morning-gumbo.

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop – Undeniably the world’s greatest guitar festival and a camp for all acoustic instruments and genres, it has now expanded to four weeks of camp, each with a different flavor and different instructors.

NOTE: 2026 Summer Camp Weeks 1, 3 & 4 are currently full. However we encourage you to get on the waitlist for those weeks. There is still space in Week 2.

Summer Week 4 (Aug 15-21): includes workshops on Ukulele: Making Songs Breathe (Mandy Lynn Danzig), Old Time Harmony Singing (Alice Gerrard), Irish Repertoire: Three Handy Sets (Marla Fibish) and beginning classes in guitar (Steve Baughman) and dobro and flatpicking (Laurel Bliss)

COVID Policy:
Vaccinations are no longer required, but strongly encouraged. Please review our PSGW Community Health and Safety Guidelines 2026. We require that these guidelines are agreed upon prior to registration.

This is an open access session, so there’s no need to book in advance, you’re welcome to just turn up.

At our weekly singaround, you can perform a song to the rest of the group, just as you would in a regular folk club, or you can just join and listen to some live music. Tunes and poems are welcome too. When it’s your turn to perform, everyone else is muted on Zoom so that everyone can hear you.

Phoenix Folk Ltd exists to promote participation and performance in folk and acoustic music, song and dance across the North East of England. We aim to be a friendly face of folk music, to help keep alive the great traditions of folk music and to encourage talent and personal musical development.

If you’d like us to record your performance so that you have a copy to keep, then we’re very happy to do so. We’re always willing to offer advice to help you to get the best sound quality when performing online, so do get in touch if you have any questions.

Mr. Ben will be playing family-friendly music at the Hostel Cafe every Tuesday at 5pm in our Commons (or the Courtyard, when the weather is nice)! Come enjoy great music and delicious food as your kids get entertained through dinner.

The event is free but tips for Mr. Ben are encouraged!

All performances 6-8 pm (unless otherwise extended), free, 21+

Aug 1 (Sat): The Resolectrics - rock & soul power trio
Aug 2 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 3 (Mon): The Waysiders - a new brand of classic country all their own.
Aug 4 (Tue): Lost Creek Bluegrass Band - two parts traditional bluegrass, one part old-time fiddle tunes, and a splash of honkytonk
Aug 5 (Wed): QuEasy Gumbo [extended to 9 pm] - the Quick and Easy Boys with Steve Kerin
Aug 6 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Aug 7 (Fri): The Portland Family Band - country-fried and southern roots-rock, often including Steve Kerin
Aug 8 (Sat): Kris Deelane & the Hurt - 10-piece soul band
Aug 9 (Sun): Freak Mountain Ramblers
Aug 10 (Mon): Portland Country Underground - A bunch of old friends playing roots and country music
Aug 11 (Tue): Jackstraw - bluegrass, honky-tonk, and rock ‘n roll
Aug 12 (Wed): The Get Down Funk Collective [extended to 9 pm] - infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz
Aug 13 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 14 (Fri): The James Low Irregulars - dusty country-roots songwriter
Aug 15 (Sat): The Walkaway Wendies & Friends - roots rock/Americana
Aug 16 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 17 (Mon): Catnip Brothers - Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in
Aug 18 (Tue): The Pagan Jug Band - a delightful mix of jug, blues, country, bluegrass and hokum
Aug 19 (Wed): Scott Law Band [extended to 9 pm] - featuring Micah Kassell on drums, Tye North on bass, Chelsea Luker on winds and Jeff Baxter on keyboards
Aug 20 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 21 (Fri): Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters - early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and the charm of a Sunday afternoon front porch session..
Sep 1 (Tue): Dadweed - newer local bluegrass combo

Westside Open intermediate level Irish music session every Tuesday in Tigard, free, under 21 OK all hours.

Many tunes are listed at https://trailjams.org.

Lots of space, good food, free soft drinks, discount on beer. This is a craft brewery, so there are LOTS of beers to choose from.

Come experience the magic of storytelling at our monthly Story Speak Easy, where everyone’s story is welcome! A $5 donation is requested to support the Story Speak Easy.

?The evening starts with stories from invited tellers. Then after a short break, we open the mike to anyone who’d like to share a family friendly story of seven minutes or less.

WHEN: Every third Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 pm
WHERE: The Riff, a cozy performance space inside B-Side Records and Vintage.
10801 SE Main Street, Milwaukie, Oregon, 97222.
DETAILS:

To attend on Zoom:
• Send a request for the link to: storyspeakeasy@portlandstorytellers.org
• Please send it no later than the Sunday prior to the Tuesday Story Speak Easy.
• In the subject line, please let us know if you wish to be a Teller or a Listener

To Tell: At the start of the evening, we’ll write your name on a slip of paper and place it in a hat. Storytellers will be randomly drawn from the hat as the open mike proceeds.

You don‘t have to be a member of the Portland Storytellers’ Guild –you just need to love a good story. Beginners are encouraged! Old-timers are always welcome.

Open bluegrass jam at Tomorrow‘s Verse Taproom and Bottle Shop. Come join the jam every Tuesday with host Rich Landar. All levels of pickers are welcome to join in on the fun.

Don‘t play? Come listen! This will be a traditional style bluegrass circle, where people can join in as much as they‘d like.

The music corner fills with super talented female musicians and the room overflows with their fantastic music.

Blue Flags & Black Grass is a combination of many flavors of acoustic American roots music. With instrumentation of banjo, res-o-phonic guitar, fiddle, washboard, kazoo and upright bass, Blue Flags emulates the String Bands of the 1920s and ‘30s. Their typical gig will blend ragtime, viper jazz, country blues, old-time, jug band and bluegrass. While performing classic standards and dusting off hidden gems, Blue Flags also features original songs by Flip ‘Fats’ McGuire, plays every third Tuesday, free, 21+.

Traditional and Contemporary folk music.

Hosted by:
Jack Bohl (1st Wednesday),
Will Selzer (2nd Wednesday),
John Risley (3rd Wednesday),
Ed Mellnik (4th Wednesday)
(5th Wednesday - position open).

Previous shows available on the KBOO program page: https://kboo.fm/program/pastures-plenty.

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop – Undeniably the world’s greatest guitar festival and a camp for all acoustic instruments and genres, it has now expanded to four weeks of camp, each with a different flavor and different instructors.

NOTE: 2026 Summer Camp Weeks 1, 3 & 4 are currently full. However we encourage you to get on the waitlist for those weeks. There is still space in Week 2.

Summer Week 4 (Aug 15-21): includes workshops on Ukulele: Making Songs Breathe (Mandy Lynn Danzig), Old Time Harmony Singing (Alice Gerrard), Irish Repertoire: Three Handy Sets (Marla Fibish) and beginning classes in guitar (Steve Baughman) and dobro and flatpicking (Laurel Bliss)

COVID Policy:
Vaccinations are no longer required, but strongly encouraged. Please review our PSGW Community Health and Safety Guidelines 2026. We require that these guidelines are agreed upon prior to registration.

All performances 6-8 pm (unless otherwise extended), free, 21+

Aug 1 (Sat): The Resolectrics - rock & soul power trio
Aug 2 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 3 (Mon): The Waysiders - a new brand of classic country all their own.
Aug 4 (Tue): Lost Creek Bluegrass Band - two parts traditional bluegrass, one part old-time fiddle tunes, and a splash of honkytonk
Aug 5 (Wed): QuEasy Gumbo [extended to 9 pm] - the Quick and Easy Boys with Steve Kerin
Aug 6 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Aug 7 (Fri): The Portland Family Band - country-fried and southern roots-rock, often including Steve Kerin
Aug 8 (Sat): Kris Deelane & the Hurt - 10-piece soul band
Aug 9 (Sun): Freak Mountain Ramblers
Aug 10 (Mon): Portland Country Underground - A bunch of old friends playing roots and country music
Aug 11 (Tue): Jackstraw - bluegrass, honky-tonk, and rock ‘n roll
Aug 12 (Wed): The Get Down Funk Collective [extended to 9 pm] - infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz
Aug 13 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 14 (Fri): The James Low Irregulars - dusty country-roots songwriter
Aug 15 (Sat): The Walkaway Wendies & Friends - roots rock/Americana
Aug 16 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 17 (Mon): Catnip Brothers - Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in
Aug 18 (Tue): The Pagan Jug Band - a delightful mix of jug, blues, country, bluegrass and hokum
Aug 19 (Wed): Scott Law Band [extended to 9 pm] - featuring Micah Kassell on drums, Tye North on bass, Chelsea Luker on winds and Jeff Baxter on keyboards
Aug 20 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 21 (Fri): Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters - early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and the charm of a Sunday afternoon front porch session..
Sep 1 (Tue): Dadweed - newer local bluegrass combo

Hoku Events on Madison has opened their doors for our new 3rd Wednesday DJ Zydeco nights. Let‘s fill up the dance floor and enjoy some libations and food from the bar. Lots of space for dancing and a great ambiance, $10 Cascade Zydeco members/$15 general admission

Join us for our 3rd Wednesday DJ dance at Hoku, centrally located close-in southeast Portland. Full bar, bento boxes & ice cream bars.

Watch for an update about tonight‘s dance lesson after our planning meeting earlier in the month. Some fun thangs coming soon!

Doors open at 6:30 pm
Zydeco lesson 7-7:30
Music & dancing until 9:30

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7-9 pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8-10 pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Aug 2 (Sun): Chris Lee Trio - the music of Herbie Hancock
Aug 3 (Mon): Olivia Fields - jazz saxophone
Aug 5 (Wed): Mike Horsfall and Kevin Deitz - jazz vibes and bass
Aug 6 (Thu): Pete Peterson Trio - jazz saxophone
Aug 8 (Sat): Adlai Alexander with Cheryl Alex & Laurent Nickel
Aug 9 (Sun): Piano Bar with Courtney Freed and David Saffert
Aug 10 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s, 30s harmony
Aug 12 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Aug 13 (Thu): Bryant Allard Quartet featuring John Gilmore - jazz
Aug 16 (Sun): James Clem - blues/roots
Aug 17 (Mon): Eddie Parente and John Stowell - jazz violin, guitar
Aug 19 (Wed): Mary Kadderly & Dan Gildea - jazz piano, voice, guitar
Aug 20 (Thu): Smut City Jellyroll Society - 20s, 30s blues/jazz
Aug 23 (Sun): The Three D‘s - Brazilian, American songbook
Aug 24 (Mon): Annette Lowman with Ben Graves - jazz voice and guitar
Aug 26 (Wed): Gordon Lee - jazz piano
Aug 27 (Thu): Kevin Karrick & Susan Sandell - jazz guitar, voice
Aug 29 (Sat): Adlai Alexander & Dan Balmer - jazz, bossa etc.
Aug 30 (Sun): Mark Shark - blues guitar and voice
Aug 31 (Mon): Gabriela Gimenes - Brazilian flute
Sep 2 (Wed): Voxanova - Latin groove
Sep 3 (Thu): Dan Davey Trio - jazz piano

Accordionist extraordinaire Mike Beglan and multi-instrumentalist Nancy Conescu share with us their love of traditional Irish music.

Traditional American music, folk and traditional musics from a variety of sources including early country recordings from the 20s and 30s.

Hosted by:
Kurt Liebezeit (1st Thursday),
Gordy Euler (2nd Thursday),
Kurt Liebezeit (3rd Thursday),
Jonathan Lay (4th Thursday).

Previous shows available on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/rise-when-rooster-crows

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop – Undeniably the world’s greatest guitar festival and a camp for all acoustic instruments and genres, it has now expanded to four weeks of camp, each with a different flavor and different instructors.

NOTE: 2026 Summer Camp Weeks 1, 3 & 4 are currently full. However we encourage you to get on the waitlist for those weeks. There is still space in Week 2.

Summer Week 4 (Aug 15-21): includes workshops on Ukulele: Making Songs Breathe (Mandy Lynn Danzig), Old Time Harmony Singing (Alice Gerrard), Irish Repertoire: Three Handy Sets (Marla Fibish) and beginning classes in guitar (Steve Baughman) and dobro and flatpicking (Laurel Bliss)

COVID Policy:
Vaccinations are no longer required, but strongly encouraged. Please review our PSGW Community Health and Safety Guidelines 2026. We require that these guidelines are agreed upon prior to registration.

Sessions are led by Marina Dodgson (fiddle) and Maurice Condie (guitar). These are open access sessions, so there’s no need to book in advance, you’re welcome to just turn up and join in!

We believe great things happen when we play tunes together! People connect with each other and make friends, and we keep our music traditions alive by sharing tunes and passing them on. What’s more, playing tunes can make you feel happy, and if you do it often enough, you’ll notice that you are getting better at playing your instrument too!

It turns out that you don’t even have to be in the same place…great things still happen when we play music together, online from the comfort of your own home.

Phoenix Folk Ltd exists to promote participation and performance in folk and acoustic music, song and dance across the North East of England. We aim to be a friendly face of folk music, to help keep alive the great traditions of folk music and to encourage talent and personal musical development.

With the return of good weather, the outdoor tune session resumes Thursday afternoons in the Butterfly Garden in Cook Park, Tigard, Oregon.

Let’s get together to play some tunes outside!

This is a weekly event in the good-weather months. Slow session, with plenty of room to split off a faster session. This is a repeating event, weather permitting — check Event News for changes.

The Butterfly Garden in Cook Park, Tigard, has wide open space where we can gather in shade, sunshine, or shelter.

Bring a chair and an instrument. The park is a great place to take a walk or have a picnic before or after the session. If you come with companions, there is plenty of room for them to roam among the trees and trails and by the river if they want a break from the tune playing.

Where we are gathering: as you enter the park via SW 92nd Ave, turn left at the open gate and head toward Shelter 4 (the park’s website has a map). We’ll gather on the lawn near Shelter 4, at the entrance to the Butterfly Garden. We’ll pick a shady spot if it’s a warm day, or grab a sunny spot if it’s a cool day. If it’s rainy we’ll get under the roof of Shelter 4.

All performances 6-8 pm (unless otherwise extended), free, 21+

Aug 1 (Sat): The Resolectrics - rock & soul power trio
Aug 2 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 3 (Mon): The Waysiders - a new brand of classic country all their own.
Aug 4 (Tue): Lost Creek Bluegrass Band - two parts traditional bluegrass, one part old-time fiddle tunes, and a splash of honkytonk
Aug 5 (Wed): QuEasy Gumbo [extended to 9 pm] - the Quick and Easy Boys with Steve Kerin
Aug 6 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Aug 7 (Fri): The Portland Family Band - country-fried and southern roots-rock, often including Steve Kerin
Aug 8 (Sat): Kris Deelane & the Hurt - 10-piece soul band
Aug 9 (Sun): Freak Mountain Ramblers
Aug 10 (Mon): Portland Country Underground - A bunch of old friends playing roots and country music
Aug 11 (Tue): Jackstraw - bluegrass, honky-tonk, and rock ‘n roll
Aug 12 (Wed): The Get Down Funk Collective [extended to 9 pm] - infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz
Aug 13 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 14 (Fri): The James Low Irregulars - dusty country-roots songwriter
Aug 15 (Sat): The Walkaway Wendies & Friends - roots rock/Americana
Aug 16 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 17 (Mon): Catnip Brothers - Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in
Aug 18 (Tue): The Pagan Jug Band - a delightful mix of jug, blues, country, bluegrass and hokum
Aug 19 (Wed): Scott Law Band [extended to 9 pm] - featuring Micah Kassell on drums, Tye North on bass, Chelsea Luker on winds and Jeff Baxter on keyboards
Aug 20 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 21 (Fri): Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters - early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and the charm of a Sunday afternoon front porch session..
Sep 1 (Tue): Dadweed - newer local bluegrass combo

Welcome to Summer Free For All! Presented by Portland Parks & Recreation, concert 6:30 pm unless otherwise listed, free, all ages, music venue listed below.

Aug 13 (Thu): Brigitta & the Cocktail Cats - jazz standards and piano bar melodies (Hoyt Arboretum-Stevens Pavilion, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd.)
Aug 14 (Fri): The Norman Sylvester Band - original funky blues and R&B (Rose City Park, NE 62nd Ave. and Tillamook)
Aug 15 (Sat): Bloco Alegria - heart-pumping samba from Rio de Janeiro (Sellwood Park, SE 7th Avenue and Miller)
Aug 20 (Thu): Ants Ants Ants - kids‘ music inspired by the 1970s (Grant Park, NE 33rd Avenue and US Grant Place)
Aug 21 (Fri): Picante - traditional Afro-Cuban music with a fusion of Latin jazz (Glenwood Park, SE 87th Avenue and Claybourne)
Aug 22 (Sat): Blonde Neon - female-led hits of ‘80s rock and new wave (Kenilworth Park, SE 34th Avenue and Holgate Blvd.)
Aug 27 (Thu): The BrazilTones - The poetic beauty and rhythmic wonder of Brazilian music
Aug 29 (Sat): Bridgetown Get Down - High-energy pop, yacht rock, R&B, and soul covers

Join us every Thursday from 7–10 PM at The Hostel Cafe for our weekly Old Time Jam, a welcoming gathering for musicians who love traditional Appalachian tunes, fiddle music, and acoustic string-band sessions.

All skill levels are invited to play, listen, and connect with our lively local folk music community.

Singing from the Shenandoah Harmony (beige book).

Shenandoah Harmony, 7-9 pm at the common room for 2515-2525 SE Ankeny.
Look for Little Free Library box. Take the alley to your right (east side) as you’re facing the building. The common room is the first door on the left.

Just $10/week for the Winds of Donegal classes. Every Thursday we teach you the basics of the three‘s, seven‘s and jig steps so that you can enjoy the live music ceilis around Portland and Ireland. Classes are geared toward 13 and older. Bring a water bottle and wear comfortable shoes not heels.

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7-9 pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8-10 pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Aug 2 (Sun): Chris Lee Trio - the music of Herbie Hancock
Aug 3 (Mon): Olivia Fields - jazz saxophone
Aug 5 (Wed): Mike Horsfall and Kevin Deitz - jazz vibes and bass
Aug 6 (Thu): Pete Peterson Trio - jazz saxophone
Aug 8 (Sat): Adlai Alexander with Cheryl Alex & Laurent Nickel
Aug 9 (Sun): Piano Bar with Courtney Freed and David Saffert
Aug 10 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s, 30s harmony
Aug 12 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Aug 13 (Thu): Bryant Allard Quartet featuring John Gilmore - jazz
Aug 16 (Sun): James Clem - blues/roots
Aug 17 (Mon): Eddie Parente and John Stowell - jazz violin, guitar
Aug 19 (Wed): Mary Kadderly & Dan Gildea - jazz piano, voice, guitar
Aug 20 (Thu): Smut City Jellyroll Society - 20s, 30s blues/jazz
Aug 23 (Sun): The Three D‘s - Brazilian, American songbook
Aug 24 (Mon): Annette Lowman with Ben Graves - jazz voice and guitar
Aug 26 (Wed): Gordon Lee - jazz piano
Aug 27 (Thu): Kevin Karrick & Susan Sandell - jazz guitar, voice
Aug 29 (Sat): Adlai Alexander & Dan Balmer - jazz, bossa etc.
Aug 30 (Sun): Mark Shark - blues guitar and voice
Aug 31 (Mon): Gabriela Gimenes - Brazilian flute
Sep 2 (Wed): Voxanova - Latin groove
Sep 3 (Thu): Dan Davey Trio - jazz piano

Blue Flags & Black Grass emulates the string bands of the 1920s and ‘30s, free, every third Thursday at the Laurelthirst Pub.

Blue Flags is a combination of many flavors of acoustic American Roots Music. With the instrumentation of banjo, res-o-phonic guitar, fiddle, washboard, kazoo and upright bass.

Their typical gig will blend ragtime, viper jazz, country blues, old-time, jug Band and bluegrass. As well as performing classic standards and dusting off hidden gems, Blue Flags also features original songs by Flip ‘Fats’ McGuire.

Featuring the best in traditional and contemporary folk and roots music, on Friday mornings. Features a variety of contemporary and traditional folk and roots music, with a focus on new releases and vintage favorites.

Hosts:
Dan Shramek is your host on most Friday mornings, with Steven Morrison hosting on 4th Fridays.

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop – Undeniably the world’s greatest guitar festival and a camp for all acoustic instruments and genres, it has now expanded to four weeks of camp, each with a different flavor and different instructors.

NOTE: 2026 Summer Camp Weeks 1, 3 & 4 are currently full. However we encourage you to get on the waitlist for those weeks. There is still space in Week 2.

Summer Week 4 (Aug 15-21): includes workshops on Ukulele: Making Songs Breathe (Mandy Lynn Danzig), Old Time Harmony Singing (Alice Gerrard), Irish Repertoire: Three Handy Sets (Marla Fibish) and beginning classes in guitar (Steve Baughman) and dobro and flatpicking (Laurel Bliss)

COVID Policy:
Vaccinations are no longer required, but strongly encouraged. Please review our PSGW Community Health and Safety Guidelines 2026. We require that these guidelines are agreed upon prior to registration.

Folk, political, and women‘s music, both traditional and contemporary. A folk music collective, Don and Laurie love to feature live local and nationally known musicians! Music and conversations with an uplifting tilt. Live guests have included Peggy Seeger, Tracy Grammar, Linda Waterfall, Shanghaied on the Willamette, Geoff Muldaur, Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrels, and Anne Feeney.

Hosted by Don Jacobson.

Past shows are available on the program page at https://kboo.fm/program/movin.

Hosted by Jeff Rosenberg, Phil G, Leigh Anne Kranz, dickenbock, Dan Shramek and Mike Fisher, The Songcircle blends songs from various eras and genres to reveal new connections, exposing forgotten artists and discovering new ones, exploring connective themes and topics, or responding to the events of the day.

Studio guests have included Loudon Wainwright III, Eric Andersen, The Von Trapps, and many others.

Past shows available on the program page at https://kboo.fm/program/songcircle.

All performances 6-8 pm (unless otherwise extended), free, 21+

Aug 1 (Sat): The Resolectrics - rock & soul power trio
Aug 2 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 3 (Mon): The Waysiders - a new brand of classic country all their own.
Aug 4 (Tue): Lost Creek Bluegrass Band - two parts traditional bluegrass, one part old-time fiddle tunes, and a splash of honkytonk
Aug 5 (Wed): QuEasy Gumbo [extended to 9 pm] - the Quick and Easy Boys with Steve Kerin
Aug 6 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Aug 7 (Fri): The Portland Family Band - country-fried and southern roots-rock, often including Steve Kerin
Aug 8 (Sat): Kris Deelane & the Hurt - 10-piece soul band
Aug 9 (Sun): Freak Mountain Ramblers
Aug 10 (Mon): Portland Country Underground - A bunch of old friends playing roots and country music
Aug 11 (Tue): Jackstraw - bluegrass, honky-tonk, and rock ‘n roll
Aug 12 (Wed): The Get Down Funk Collective [extended to 9 pm] - infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz
Aug 13 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 14 (Fri): The James Low Irregulars - dusty country-roots songwriter
Aug 15 (Sat): The Walkaway Wendies & Friends - roots rock/Americana
Aug 16 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 17 (Mon): Catnip Brothers - Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in
Aug 18 (Tue): The Pagan Jug Band - a delightful mix of jug, blues, country, bluegrass and hokum
Aug 19 (Wed): Scott Law Band [extended to 9 pm] - featuring Micah Kassell on drums, Tye North on bass, Chelsea Luker on winds and Jeff Baxter on keyboards
Aug 20 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 21 (Fri): Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters - early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and the charm of a Sunday afternoon front porch session..
Sep 1 (Tue): Dadweed - newer local bluegrass combo

Friday Music & Picnics at The Shack on Friday nights, 6:30-8 pm, free.

Bring your own picnic, set out a blanket, and enjoy this wonderful line-up of local musicians!

July 10: Katy & the Null Sets
July 17: The Rose Pedals
July 24: Essie and the Hum
July 31: Flyover States
August 7: Isaiah Mostafa
August 14: The County Fools
August 21: Reb & the Good News
August 28: Patina
September 4: TBD
September 11: The Apricots

Welcome to Summer Free For All! Presented by Portland Parks & Recreation, concert 6:30 pm unless otherwise listed, free, all ages, music venue listed below.

Aug 13 (Thu): Brigitta & the Cocktail Cats - jazz standards and piano bar melodies (Hoyt Arboretum-Stevens Pavilion, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd.)
Aug 14 (Fri): The Norman Sylvester Band - original funky blues and R&B (Rose City Park, NE 62nd Ave. and Tillamook)
Aug 15 (Sat): Bloco Alegria - heart-pumping samba from Rio de Janeiro (Sellwood Park, SE 7th Avenue and Miller)
Aug 20 (Thu): Ants Ants Ants - kids‘ music inspired by the 1970s (Grant Park, NE 33rd Avenue and US Grant Place)
Aug 21 (Fri): Picante - traditional Afro-Cuban music with a fusion of Latin jazz (Glenwood Park, SE 87th Avenue and Claybourne)
Aug 22 (Sat): Blonde Neon - female-led hits of ‘80s rock and new wave (Kenilworth Park, SE 34th Avenue and Holgate Blvd.)
Aug 27 (Thu): The BrazilTones - The poetic beauty and rhythmic wonder of Brazilian music
Aug 29 (Sat): Bridgetown Get Down - High-energy pop, yacht rock, R&B, and soul covers

Modern English country dance for all, Dancing starts at 7:30. Show up early to check in. Newcomers are always welcome. We waive the admission fee the first time you attend. An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request. Admission: $7-$20 sliding scale.

No street shoes permitted beyond entryway. Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor. No partner required.

We welcome people who respect our expressed dance-community values and code of conduct without regard for age, race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, sexual orientation, or ability.

May 29: Community-led dance (positional calling) with Rich Scher, Norman Farrell, Erica Liebert
Jun 5: caller David Macemon (positional calling) with Laura Kuhlman, Bill Tomczak, Jenny Peterson
Jun 12: caller Melissa Running (positional calling) with Jon Neff, Meg Tapley, Syd Newell
Jun 19: caller David Macemon (positional calling) with Carl Thor, Brooke Bubna, Sara Martin
Jun 26: caller Dilip Sequeira & Rachel Pusey (positional calling) with Erica Liebert, Meg Tapley, Melissa Running, JP Douglas
Jul 3: caller Melissa Running (positional calling) with Laura Kuhlman, Lisa Scott, Leslie Hirsch
Jul 10: caller Laura Hatch (mixed positional and gendered calling) with Laura Kuhlman, Betsy Branch, Mark Douglas
Jul 17: caller Lindsey Dono (positional calling) with Erik Weberg, George Penk, Lisa Scott
Jul 24: caller Cynthia Stenger (mixed positional and gendered calling) with Carl Thor, Erica Liebert, Norman Farrell, Landon Kuhn
Jul 31: Community-led dance (positional calling) with Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott, Leslie Hirsch

Mask Policy:
All dances are mask-optional at this time.

COVID Policy:
PCDC no longer requires proof of vaccinnation, but we continue to encourage everyone to be vaccinated. While currently available COVID-19 vaccines no longer do much to prevent transmission, they continue to be effective for protecting oneself from more serious illness.

Music in the country style, including western & western swing, cowboy & country blues, country folk, bluegrass, rockabilly, hillbilly, Americana, and honky tonk. hosted by Robert Parish, Wayne and Kathy Johnson, Wayne Selzer, Mary Rondthaler, and Gary Baysinger.

1st Saturday - Robert Parish along with son Graham play sets featuring particular artists as well as sets with a variety of artist.

2nd Saturday, Wayne and Kathy - Variety of country, western, western swing, country folk, country blues, bluegrass, rockabilly and Americana.

3rd Saturday - Will Selzer - Blends all types & styles of country music from 50+ years, rooted in mid-20th century, men and women artists equally. The goal is to entertain our listeners and to have fun.

4th Saturday - Mary - Bringing a musician’s ear to the collective with a focus on older country and Western swing from the ‘30s to the ‘70s, always with a good dose of women artists.

5th Saturday - Gary - Countrypolitan Blues - A mix of eastern philosophy and western swing; the yin, the yang, and the do-si-do.

Past shows available on the program page at https://kboo.fm/program/swing-n-country.

Every Saturday, 9 am to noon, the best of traditional and contemporary bluegrass and old time music, and information about local shows and festivals!

First Saturday: Justin Auld

Second Saturday: Dave Elliott

3rd Saturday: Gareth Jenkins

4th Saturday: Chip Russell

5th Saturday: Donna Dunaif, Melissa Tanguay, Chuck Holloway

Prior shows available on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/music-true-vine.

Friends of Portland Memory Garden invite you to Live Music in the Garden, free to all.

Bring a lunch. Bring your family. Enjoy a stroll while you listen.

List of performances:
Jul 11 (Sat): Cello Quartet
Jul 25 (Sat): Paul Summer, Guitar
Aug 8 (Sat): Smut City Jellyroll Society
Aug 22 (Sat): Paul Summer, Guitar
Sep 12 (Sat): Jamie Turbot, Cello
Sep 13 (Sun): Hollywood Ukulele Group

Weekend matinees go on from 1-3 pm, free, all ages.

Aug 1 (Sat): Tracy Kim Trio - swing and roma jazz
Aug 2 (Sun): Ashley Seaton & TK Swing All-Stars - Portland’s hottest jazz ensemble
Aug 8 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Aug 9 (Sun): TBA
Aug 15 (Sat): Josh Cole‘s Bluegrass Matinee - good, old-fashioned bluegrass
Aug 16 (Sun): Kung Pao Chickens - the finest in Django-esque Roma jazz
Aug 22 (Sat): Kevin Shapiro/Travesura - Phish archivist
Aug 23 (Sun): Ginger & The Tonics - Portland-based vocal jazz and swing quartet
Aug 29 (Sat): Frank "Buzz Holland" Goodman & Joe Chiusano - the sixties
Aug 30 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies
Aug 30 (Sun): Ashley Seaton & TK Swing All-Stars - Portland’s hottest jazz ensemble
Sep 12 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Sep 20 (Sun): Kung Pao Chickens - the finest in Django-esque Roma jazz
Sep 27 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies
Oct 10 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Oct 25 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies

Hosted by Julie Zamudio, this is a trad Irish tune slow session, held the fourth Saturday of each month. This session is a “lab” for practicing and polishing tunes that have been taught in the Tune Explorer sessions. The goal is to learn core tunes that are played most frequently in local Irish music sessions. Many of the tunes played at the session can be found on the TrailJams website, and in the Tune Explorer’s Tunebook (a free, downloadable PDF file).

Location: Tualatin Valley Fire Station 65, 3425 SW 103rd Avenue Beaverton, OR 97005 (just east of Highway 217, on Walker Rd.).

Beverages (nonalcoholic) are OK, but no food.

A program of songs from Jane Austen’s own personal music library, as well as music beloved in the social music-making of her time, performed by Emma Cowell and Jocelyn Claire Thomas. Their charming, accessible program includes music by familiar composers like Beethoven and Haydn, as well as folk songs, humorous Regency parlor music, and recently-discovered historical gems. The program caught the attention of The Oregonian, who wrote about it in this news article. In their performances, Jocelyn and Emma recreate the experience of Regency home music-making, taking turns singing to each other’s piano accompaniment, as well as singing duets together. As a music historian, Emma shares stories about the literary and historical context of our music, and Jocelyn adds her lovely flute playing to several numbers. They perform in authentic Regency dress to transport audiences to the sitting rooms of Jane Austen’s time.

Urban and country blues with R&B, soul, jazz, zydeco and classic rock, every Saturday from 5-7 pm.

Hosted by: Dr. Jane, Rick Mitchell, Steve Cheseborough, Dave Johnson, Chuk Barber, Jan Mancuso.

We open up a "room" on Zoom at 6 pm Pacific Time every Saturday evening. We start singing at 6:30 pm and we keep it going until the last person leaves. Feel free to come in anytime, and stay as long as you like. We run it kind of like a physical song circle. Everyone who wants to can sing once, and then we’ll do another round, and just keep going around as long as you like. Of course, it is totally fine to just listen and some people do. For more information, go to the heading ‘Song Circles‘ on this drop down menu.

2026 VSC Themes
Mar 21: Natural or man-made disasters
Apr 18: Toss it! Catch!
May 16: Variations on ‘This Land Is Your Land‘
Jun 20: Animals acting like people - songs where animals talk, wear clothes, get married, tell the future, give warnings, etc.
Jul 18: Mountains
Aug 15: Neither plant nor animal: songs about minerals
Sep 19: Ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties
Oct 17: Leaves Leave Leaf
Nov 21: Songs new to everyone‘s ears
Dec 19: Miracles

All performances 6-8 pm (unless otherwise extended), free, 21+

Aug 1 (Sat): The Resolectrics - rock & soul power trio
Aug 2 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 3 (Mon): The Waysiders - a new brand of classic country all their own.
Aug 4 (Tue): Lost Creek Bluegrass Band - two parts traditional bluegrass, one part old-time fiddle tunes, and a splash of honkytonk
Aug 5 (Wed): QuEasy Gumbo [extended to 9 pm] - the Quick and Easy Boys with Steve Kerin
Aug 6 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Aug 7 (Fri): The Portland Family Band - country-fried and southern roots-rock, often including Steve Kerin
Aug 8 (Sat): Kris Deelane & the Hurt - 10-piece soul band
Aug 9 (Sun): Freak Mountain Ramblers
Aug 10 (Mon): Portland Country Underground - A bunch of old friends playing roots and country music
Aug 11 (Tue): Jackstraw - bluegrass, honky-tonk, and rock ‘n roll
Aug 12 (Wed): The Get Down Funk Collective [extended to 9 pm] - infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz
Aug 13 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 14 (Fri): The James Low Irregulars - dusty country-roots songwriter
Aug 15 (Sat): The Walkaway Wendies & Friends - roots rock/Americana
Aug 16 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 17 (Mon): Catnip Brothers - Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in
Aug 18 (Tue): The Pagan Jug Band - a delightful mix of jug, blues, country, bluegrass and hokum
Aug 19 (Wed): Scott Law Band [extended to 9 pm] - featuring Micah Kassell on drums, Tye North on bass, Chelsea Luker on winds and Jeff Baxter on keyboards
Aug 20 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 21 (Fri): Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters - early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and the charm of a Sunday afternoon front porch session..
Sep 1 (Tue): Dadweed - newer local bluegrass combo

Portland area singer-songwriter, producer, and teacher Ken Gaines has the goal of writing great songs in just about every genre and style.

Welcome to Summer Free For All! Presented by Portland Parks & Recreation, concert 6:30 pm unless otherwise listed, free, all ages, music venue listed below.

Aug 13 (Thu): Brigitta & the Cocktail Cats - jazz standards and piano bar melodies (Hoyt Arboretum-Stevens Pavilion, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd.)
Aug 14 (Fri): The Norman Sylvester Band - original funky blues and R&B (Rose City Park, NE 62nd Ave. and Tillamook)
Aug 15 (Sat): Bloco Alegria - heart-pumping samba from Rio de Janeiro (Sellwood Park, SE 7th Avenue and Miller)
Aug 20 (Thu): Ants Ants Ants - kids‘ music inspired by the 1970s (Grant Park, NE 33rd Avenue and US Grant Place)
Aug 21 (Fri): Picante - traditional Afro-Cuban music with a fusion of Latin jazz (Glenwood Park, SE 87th Avenue and Claybourne)
Aug 22 (Sat): Blonde Neon - female-led hits of ‘80s rock and new wave (Kenilworth Park, SE 34th Avenue and Holgate Blvd.)
Aug 27 (Thu): The BrazilTones - The poetic beauty and rhythmic wonder of Brazilian music
Aug 29 (Sat): Bridgetown Get Down - High-energy pop, yacht rock, R&B, and soul covers

The Rose City Social Club is a brand-new nightclub / restaurant with a prohibition / speakeasy vibe at 203 SE Grand in Portland. James Clem says, "I was just contacted to play here and details are sketchy right now. There will be another act as well and the music is from 7 pm to midnight. Looks like a cool spot. Check out their website or Facebook page as the date approaches."

Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues!

7 pm newcomer/refresher lesson, 7:30-10:30 pm dance, $6-20 sliding scale, cash or check.

Jun 27 (Sat): caller Koren Wake [Seattle], music by Odd Sock [Olympia]
Jul 25 (Sat): caller Shell Stowall [Olympia], music by Betsy, Mark & Greta
Aug 22 (Sat): caller Ric Goldman, music by The Errant Twizzlers
Sep 26 (Sat): caller William Watson, music by The Electrodes [Seattle]

We welcome people who respect our expressed dance-community values and code of conduct without regard for age, race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, sexual orientation, or ability.

Mask Policy:
PCDC has authorized committees to make decisions about masking policies for their own events. All contra dances are mask-optional at this time.

COVID Policy:
PCDC no longer requires proof of vaccination, but we continue to encourage everyone to be vaccinated. While currently available COVID-19 vaccines no longer do much to prevent transmission, they continue to be effective for protecting oneself from more serious illness.

Seisiún na nÓg is our monthly youth session lead by our Youth Officer Niamh Branigan. Youth are welcome to sit in to listen and chat with young musicians about learning Irish music; or bring their instrument and strike up an Irish tune they might be learning currently.

Cascade Zydeco‘s Annual Picnic BBQ / Dance & Membership Meeting Please join us at our annual meeting, picnic / potluck and dance In Francine Corriere‘s beautiful backyard! Cascade Zydeco will provide brats, burgers, some meatless options, and seltzer water. Bring a potluck item to share, a chair, your dancing shoes and any additional beverages you would like. The membership meeting will start at 2:30 followed by more dancing and mingling. Can you volunteer to stay ‘til the end to help with the clean up? Let us know at cascadezydeco(*at*)gmail.com or anne(*at*)fluidportland.com. Noon - 4pm Free for CZ members $5 donation for guests

Come join the fun on the 2nd and 4th Sundays! Portland Bluegrass Sunday Jam every 2nd and 4th Sundays at Artichoke, $5 cover at the door or online without fees.

This is a live, in-person, and open Bluegrass jam from 1-4 pm. Acoustic only please, and all levels of experience welcome.

Weekend matinees go on from 1-3 pm, free, all ages.

Aug 1 (Sat): Tracy Kim Trio - swing and roma jazz
Aug 2 (Sun): Ashley Seaton & TK Swing All-Stars - Portland’s hottest jazz ensemble
Aug 8 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Aug 9 (Sun): TBA
Aug 15 (Sat): Josh Cole‘s Bluegrass Matinee - good, old-fashioned bluegrass
Aug 16 (Sun): Kung Pao Chickens - the finest in Django-esque Roma jazz
Aug 22 (Sat): Kevin Shapiro/Travesura - Phish archivist
Aug 23 (Sun): Ginger & The Tonics - Portland-based vocal jazz and swing quartet
Aug 29 (Sat): Frank "Buzz Holland" Goodman & Joe Chiusano - the sixties
Aug 30 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies
Aug 30 (Sun): Ashley Seaton & TK Swing All-Stars - Portland’s hottest jazz ensemble
Sep 12 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Sep 20 (Sun): Kung Pao Chickens - the finest in Django-esque Roma jazz
Sep 27 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies
Oct 10 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Oct 25 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies

Every 2nd Sunday and 4th Sunday join the Cajun Jam as a musician, dancer, or just come and listen to the music. It‘s free and you can bring your drinks/snacks into the Community Room with you. There‘s some room to dance on the nice wooden floor.

This is a monthly Cajun music workshop held each month in the Community Room at the Kennedy School every 4th Sunday from 1:30-3 pm, free, all ages.

Want to play Cajun music? Already play fiddle, accordion or guitar? Struggling to make progress, or can‘t get started on your own? Come to this class and learn the simple songs that drive this fascinating but challenging style of music.

We‘ll sing, play and practice traditional tunes, turns and chords by ear. All experience levels welcome.

For any questions about these events, or to get on the email notification list please email Marcia lluvia.cmcho(*at*)gmail.com.

A big thank you to Bubbaville for sponsoring a home for Cajun music.

On Sunday afternoons, the Hostel Café in Portland, Oregon provides a friendly setting for this TrailJams Irish traditional tune session. TrailJams is a music community focused on making acoustic music together outside for the enjoyment of the musicians and of people passing by. The cozy café makes a great place to keep the music going in the winter. In better weather, the tune playing moves out to the café’s courtyard. Guests of the Hostel Café and the adjoining Northwest Portland Hostel are likely to settle at one of the nearby tables to enjoy the music.

NOTE: No session on Jun 7 (Sun) to make space for the Community Gathering.

COVID Policy:
Please be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 if you are joining this session — that is a request, not a requirement.

Second and Fourth Sunday: Green Book singing (1991 Denson edition)

Nov 23: no singing at Kennedy School

Held in the Community Room, SE corner of the building.

Zoom song circles on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Contact Dick at Song-Circle-1(*at*)CorvallisFolklore.org for more information and the Zoom link

As usual, the format is; share a song, lead a song, or listen as we go round the circle. Song Circle is free and open to all who wish to participate.

All performances 6-8 pm (unless otherwise extended), free, 21+

Aug 1 (Sat): The Resolectrics - rock & soul power trio
Aug 2 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 3 (Mon): The Waysiders - a new brand of classic country all their own.
Aug 4 (Tue): Lost Creek Bluegrass Band - two parts traditional bluegrass, one part old-time fiddle tunes, and a splash of honkytonk
Aug 5 (Wed): QuEasy Gumbo [extended to 9 pm] - the Quick and Easy Boys with Steve Kerin
Aug 6 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Rowdy roots rock and roll with a classic heart!
Aug 7 (Fri): The Portland Family Band - country-fried and southern roots-rock, often including Steve Kerin
Aug 8 (Sat): Kris Deelane & the Hurt - 10-piece soul band
Aug 9 (Sun): Freak Mountain Ramblers
Aug 10 (Mon): Portland Country Underground - A bunch of old friends playing roots and country music
Aug 11 (Tue): Jackstraw - bluegrass, honky-tonk, and rock ‘n roll
Aug 12 (Wed): The Get Down Funk Collective [extended to 9 pm] - infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz
Aug 13 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 14 (Fri): The James Low Irregulars - dusty country-roots songwriter
Aug 15 (Sat): The Walkaway Wendies & Friends - roots rock/Americana
Aug 16 (Sun) Freak Mountain Ramblers - off-beat, edgy, weird, wonderful
Aug 17 (Mon): Catnip Brothers - Pete Krebs and friends bring swinging country in
Aug 18 (Tue): The Pagan Jug Band - a delightful mix of jug, blues, country, bluegrass and hokum
Aug 19 (Wed): Scott Law Band [extended to 9 pm] - featuring Micah Kassell on drums, Tye North on bass, Chelsea Luker on winds and Jeff Baxter on keyboards
Aug 20 (Thu): Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters
Aug 21 (Fri): Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters - early Stones, ‘70s psychedelic country rock, and the charm of a Sunday afternoon front porch session..
Sep 1 (Tue): Dadweed - newer local bluegrass combo

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7-9 pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8-10 pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Aug 2 (Sun): Chris Lee Trio - the music of Herbie Hancock
Aug 3 (Mon): Olivia Fields - jazz saxophone
Aug 5 (Wed): Mike Horsfall and Kevin Deitz - jazz vibes and bass
Aug 6 (Thu): Pete Peterson Trio - jazz saxophone
Aug 8 (Sat): Adlai Alexander with Cheryl Alex & Laurent Nickel
Aug 9 (Sun): Piano Bar with Courtney Freed and David Saffert
Aug 10 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s, 30s harmony
Aug 12 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Aug 13 (Thu): Bryant Allard Quartet featuring John Gilmore - jazz
Aug 16 (Sun): James Clem - blues/roots
Aug 17 (Mon): Eddie Parente and John Stowell - jazz violin, guitar
Aug 19 (Wed): Mary Kadderly & Dan Gildea - jazz piano, voice, guitar
Aug 20 (Thu): Smut City Jellyroll Society - 20s, 30s blues/jazz
Aug 23 (Sun): The Three D‘s - Brazilian, American songbook
Aug 24 (Mon): Annette Lowman with Ben Graves - jazz voice and guitar
Aug 26 (Wed): Gordon Lee - jazz piano
Aug 27 (Thu): Kevin Karrick & Susan Sandell - jazz guitar, voice
Aug 29 (Sat): Adlai Alexander & Dan Balmer - jazz, bossa etc.
Aug 30 (Sun): Mark Shark - blues guitar and voice
Aug 31 (Mon): Gabriela Gimenes - Brazilian flute
Sep 2 (Wed): Voxanova - Latin groove
Sep 3 (Thu): Dan Davey Trio - jazz piano

Seattle Song Circle continues its tradition of a virtual circle, now marking the sixth online year. Held every Sunday. For more info, go to: https://www.seafolklore.org/about-sfs/seattle-song-circle/.

The Horsenecks play their bi-monthly session (every 1st and 3rd Sunday.at the Moon and Sixpence Pub, free, 21+ after 8 pm.

Gabrielle Macrae, Barry Southern, Kevin Sandri and Brian Bagdonus will be playing in the corner booth from 8:00 pm till late. Come on out and hear some of the best old time music around.

Super supportive weekly open mic hosted by Johnny Franco! Check out the Facebook group, song prompts weekly for those wanting to create something unique to share!

Sign-up at 8 pm, music from 9 – 11:30 pm, free.