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November-December 2027 Local Lore Now Out!

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The latest edition of Local Lore, the PFS every-other-monthly newsletter, is just out, and it crowns a great year of Local Lores and a great year for PFS. 

As you probably know, PFS was honored at the FAR-West Conference October 15-18 with the Best of the West Ambassador award, which happily came during our fiftieth anniversary year. This issue has lots of photos and first-hand comments from PFS folk and others who were there.

But of course that's not all! There's news about upcoming concerts with Kray Van Kirk on November 21, and Amanda Pascali on December 12. (Find more about Kray and Amanda and get tickets here.) Kevin Nordlie's Take 5 interview this month is with singer Alice Wallace (and since she is known for working yodeling into her songs, we thought you might like to see and hear her in the next panel.) There's a profile of Board Member Jeremy Herzer, a singer, songwriter, podcaster and a host of open mics. And Tom Hubbard, also a Board Member, tells the sad story of "the corner of 12th Street and Vine" - and if you can't quite place that, this will help: "With my Kansas City baby and a bottle of Kansas City Wine!"

Also, Local Lore announces the dates for Singtime 2027 - April 2-4. Mark your calendar!

And there's more, but we'll let you discover it! Download here ... or wait for it to come in the mail.

Newest In Person Singing
1st Sunday East Side
Every First Sunday



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In Person Singing
2nd Friday East Side
Every Second Friday



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In Person Singing
  3rd Sunday West Side

Every Third Sunday



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PFS Virtual Song Circle

Every Saturday Night, a group of folks meets on Zoom for the Virtual Song Circle, or VSC. The virtual doors open at 6:00 PM Pacific Time for schmoozing and tuning, and singing starts at 6:30. There's a group of regulars, and frequent newbies drop in, and sometimes people who have dropped out drop back in. It doesn't make any difference: all people, all songs, are welcome. You can stay for five minutes or five hours. Very relaxed.

Some folks don't like to sing on Zoom, and we understand that. If that's you, you MIGHT want to try again. The technology has gotten better, and we've gotten better at moderating the events. Anyway, although we all miss the hugs, handshakes and harmony of in person events, we also appreciate the ease of getting together with people from all over the place. Give a try, or a second try...

Because of FallSong there may be a big crowd at the VSC. Please be ready to sing when your time comes and avoid unnecessary chatter. But that's always good advice!

If you know all you need to know about the VSCs, just click here to join.  Want to know more? There's tons more information at portlandfolkmusic.org/virtual.



Events Calendar

Please check out our events calendar below. Editor Barry Gorden manages to capture almost all the upcoming folk events, but if yours is missing please let us know. The list below shows the next week's events, and is updated continuously.

If you need more, go to the Events menu above and pull down to Folk Calendar. When you go there, you can sort by performances, classes, virtual, radio - whatever you like - and you'll have all the events from now until... well, you'll find everything we know about. If it's not listed here, it's probably not happening.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events

 
Since 1976, Portland FolkMusic Society has been active preserving, presenting and promoting folk music and arts in the greater Portland Oregon area. PFS sponsors song circles, concerts, workshops and retreats – in person and virtual – and helps its members and the whole community pass the word around about folk music events, from old time ballads to sea shanties, from 60’s protest folk to contemporary singer-songwriters.

PFS is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. 

Portland FolkMusic Society
P.O. Box 1448
Portland, OR 97207-1448
Ideas or questions for PFS? Here's where to look...

Concerts - Concerts pages (see events menu) or pfs-concerts@portlandfolkmusic.org
Contributions - Donations tab or  development@portlandfolkmusic.org
Events Calendar - Events page or eventscalendar@portlandfolkmusic.org
FallSong - Fallsong page (soon) or fallsong@portlandfolkmusic.org
Membership - membership@portlandfolkmusic.org

Newsletter - locallore@portlandfolkmusic.org
Saturday Virtual Song Circle - VSC page, or click here to join
Singtime - singtime@portlandfolkmusic.org
Social Media - socialmedia@portlandfolkmusic.org
Website - Website editor
All other questions - president@portlandfolkmusic.org
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