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 1 (July 25-31): includes workshops on Rio Style Guitar - Harmony (Marco de Carvalho), Advanced Level Songwriting (Jay Knowles), ‘Ukulele Swing (Neal Chin), beginning classes in guitar (Anke Summerhill), bluegrass guitar (Joy Louise) and dobro (Abbie Gardner).

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.

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.

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

Jun 6 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Jun 7 (Sun): Ashley Seaton & TK Swing All-Stars - Portland’s hottest jazz ensemble
Jun 13 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Jun 14 (Sun): Sweet Preserves - Traditional acoustic New Orleans jazz
Jun 20 (Sat): Josh Cole‘s Bluegrass Matinee - good, old-fashioned bluegrass
Jun 21 (Sun): Kung Pao Chickens - the finest in Django-esque Roma jazz
Jun 27 (Sat): The Sixties - Frank "Buzz Holland" Goodman & Joe Chiusano
Jun 28 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies
Jul 4 (Sat): CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY
Jul 5 (Sun): Ashley Seaton & TK Swing All-Stars - Portland’s hottest jazz ensemble
Jul 11 (Sat): Thunder Ridge - straight-ahead bluegrass
Jul 18 (Sat): Josh Cole‘s Bluegrass Matinee - good, old-fashioned bluegrass
Jul 25 (Sat): The Electric Stomp - Solidly earthy Americana and folk-rock with a touch of Island breeze
Jul 26 (Sun): Sleepy Lagoon - Pete Krebs, Doug Sammons (Midnight Serenaders) playing 20s/30s jazz, Hawaiian, and exotica with vocal harmonies

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.

Every 2nd 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.

The Electric Campfire Acoustic Jam - every LAST Sunday of the month, free, all ages.

This is an interactive come and go song circle. We provide instruments (piano, guitars, bass, small assorted hand-held instruments, etc.) or you can bring your own acoustic instrument.

We have free refreshments including some wine and beer or you can bring your own. Nothing for sale.

Everyone encouraged to participate. We are vaccinated but we don‘t require anyone else to be.

Upstairs at the Peninsula Odd Fellows Lodge IOOF 128, 4834 N Lombard.

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.

Uilleann piper Preston Howard Wilde leads an Irish piping session - it’s a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon, all ages, 2-4 pm.

Mar 16 - pre-empted by St. Patrick‘s Day Celebration. Irish piping tunes can be heard on Mar 17 (Mon) from 11 am to 1 pm.

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.

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.

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 1 (July 25-31): includes workshops on Rio Style Guitar - Harmony (Marco de Carvalho), Advanced Level Songwriting (Jay Knowles), ‘Ukulele Swing (Neal Chin), beginning classes in guitar (Anke Summerhill), bluegrass guitar (Joy Louise) and dobro (Abbie Gardner).

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!

Special show 5:30-6:15 pm presented by Tevis Hodge Jr., $5 minimum cover, please.

Well versed in multiple blues idioms such as the Piedmont, Delta, Texas, urban and country blues styles, Tevis Hodge, Jr. also dips into jazz, jug band, folk and even old timey novelty tunes.

The Bayou Boyz are a Portland-based band playing Louisiana blues, swamp pop, and Cajun funk, 6:45 -9 pm.

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!

Fresh off their Pacific Northwest tour dates, the Montana-raised, Los Angeles-based cinematic folk-noir duo Joselyn & Don will make their way to Portland for an intimate performance at the legendary Artichoke Community Music on Monday, July 27. Joining them for this special night of roots music is celebrated folk storyteller, multi-instrumentalist, and activist Eliza Jane. Tickets $18.11 Including fee of $3.11. Special ticket offer: Bring a friend with you for free. Add to your cart to get two tickets for the price of one, doors 6:30 pm, show 7 pm. The Headliners: Joselyn & Don Blending the sun-drenched spirit of Laurel Canyon folk with soul, classic Americana, and a sharp cinematic edge, Joselyn Wilkinson (lead vocals, tenor ukulele) and Don Barrozo (harmony vocals, guitar) deliver a live performance that is both deeply personal and universally resonant. Joselyn & Don excel at drawing audiences into an unforgettable, engaging journey. Special Guest: Eliza Jane Opening the evening is Eliza Jane (Schneider), a Portland-based musician whose powerful acoustic songs grew from logging over 300,000 miles across America in a converted ambulance to collect real stories and regional dialects. Her music seamlessly blends traditional Americana, world music influences, and the modern protest tradition, creating a community-focused space where listeners are invited to sit back, reflect, and sing along.

A sweet and irreverent, intimate and libatious acoustic show in celebration of each month‘s moon. Come toast the moon, 7 pm, free, 21+.

A full moon is one of the most dramatic sites in the night sky - and inspiration for poets, artists, and lovers through centuries. For millennia, humans have used the movement of the moon to keep track of the passing year and set schedules for hunting, planting, and harvesting. Ancient cultures the world over have given these full moons names, which applied to the entire month in which each occurred.

Portland Country Dance Community (PCDC) sponsors an English Country Dance (ECD) slow jam on the 2nd and 4th Mondays from 7-9 pm in the community room at McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211.

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

The ECD jam plays tunes from the Barnes Collection. 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.

Blue Mondays with Lloyd and Friends!

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.

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

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 1 (July 25-31): includes workshops on Rio Style Guitar - Harmony (Marco de Carvalho), Advanced Level Songwriting (Jay Knowles), ‘Ukulele Swing (Neal Chin), beginning classes in guitar (Anke Summerhill), bluegrass guitar (Joy Louise) and dobro (Abbie Gardner).

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.

The Hollywood Ukulele Group meets with a few seats for drop-ins. Loaner ukuleles available for the day with advance notice, free.

COVID Policy:
We recognize that people in our community have strong opinions concerning the mask mandate. While we will no longer require participants to wear masks, we request and strongly encourage participants, as well as staff, volunteers and visitors to continue to wear masks to protect the most vulnerable among us and ensure that our programming and services are accessible to all.

Thank you for helping to keep our community safe by continuing to wear a mask.

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!

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.

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.

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 1 (July 25-31): includes workshops on Rio Style Guitar - Harmony (Marco de Carvalho), Advanced Level Songwriting (Jay Knowles), ‘Ukulele Swing (Neal Chin), beginning classes in guitar (Anke Summerhill), bluegrass guitar (Joy Louise) and dobro (Abbie Gardner).

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.

Join Portland’s all age + all level weekly uke social featuring rotating hosts & lots of friendly faces at our new location. Follow us on Facebook for weekly information.

Due to weekly online play list changes, an electronic tablet, laptop, or smart phone is highly recommended.

A donation of $5 is requested weekly, to cover rental costs & future workshops.

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

Pickathon isn’t just another music festival; it’s a transformative experience set on 80 picturesque acres of Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. Forget crowded fields and predictable lineups. Discover why Pickathon has been voted America’s Best Indie Festival.

Lineup includes Steve Earle, The Brothers Comatose, Alela Diane, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Folk Bitch Trio, Yhe Altons, The Womack Sisters, Clinton Fearon, and many others.

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 1 (July 25-31): includes workshops on Rio Style Guitar - Harmony (Marco de Carvalho), Advanced Level Songwriting (Jay Knowles), ‘Ukulele Swing (Neal Chin), beginning classes in guitar (Anke Summerhill), bluegrass guitar (Joy Louise) and dobro (Abbie Gardner).

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.

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.

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.

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 1 (July 25-31): includes workshops on Rio Style Guitar - Harmony (Marco de Carvalho), Advanced Level Songwriting (Jay Knowles), ‘Ukulele Swing (Neal Chin), beginning classes in guitar (Anke Summerhill), bluegrass guitar (Joy Louise) and dobro (Abbie Gardner).

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.

Pickathon isn’t just another music festival; it’s a transformative experience set on 80 picturesque acres of Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. Forget crowded fields and predictable lineups. Discover why Pickathon has been voted America’s Best Indie Festival.

Lineup includes Steve Earle, The Brothers Comatose, Alela Diane, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Folk Bitch Trio, Yhe Altons, The Womack Sisters, Clinton Fearon, and many others.

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.

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.

Jul 17 (Fri): Bridge City Soul - old school funk and R&B (Jamison Square Park, 810 NW 11th Avenue)
Jul 18 (Sat):Ache Son - traditional and vibrant Cuban music (Pier Park, Playground Meadow, 10016 N James)
Jul 23 (Thu): Barrio Mestizo - classic and contemporary salsa, cumbia, chachacha, and more (McCoy Park, 4677 N Trenton)
Jul 24 (Fri): Kevin Selfe and The Tornadoes - blues ensemble (Parklane Park, SE 155th Ave & Main)
Jul 25 (Sat): Soul Vaccination - R&B, soul and funk from the 1960s - present (Kenton Park, 8417 N Brandon Ave.)
Jul 31 (Fri): Story & Tune - traditional folk/Americana (Spring Garden Park, 3332 SW Spring Garden)
Aug 1 (Sat): Iron Prophecy - roots reggae with a message of love and unity (Columbia Park, N Lombard St. & Woolsey Ave.)
Aug 6 (Thu): Grupo Masato - Cumbia, Peruvian Chicha, Afro-Peruvian dance music (Fernhill Park, 6010 NE 37th Ave.)
Aug 7 (Fri): Boka Marimba - high-energy marimba music of Zimbabwe (Pendleton Park, SW 55th Avenue and Iowa)
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
Aug 29 (Sat): Bridgetown Get Down

Early American & European jazz, 7 pm, free, 21+

The Pete Krebs Trio (PK3) is a string ensemble whose music evokes the early days of jazz, both American and European. Led by guitarist and singer Pete Krebs, the band features David Langenes on guitar and Keith Brush on upright bass

Equal parts Nat King Cole Trio and Django Reinhardt, the PK3 draws from many musical traditions in creating the group‘s sound. From the wet cobblestones of Paris to the heat of Buenos Aires and the smoky brilliance of New York‘s jazz skyline, the trio evokes an ambiance equally rooted in the past and the present.
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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.

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 2 (Aug 1-7): includes workshops on Women in Country and Bluegrass (Ida Winfree), Stealing Songwriting Magic (Susan Cattaneo), Mandolin Foundations (Ethan Setiawan), and beginning classes in guitar (McKain Lakey) and bluegrass banjo (David Keenan).

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.

Pickathon isn’t just another music festival; it’s a transformative experience set on 80 picturesque acres of Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. Forget crowded fields and predictable lineups. Discover why Pickathon has been voted America’s Best Indie Festival.

Lineup includes Steve Earle, The Brothers Comatose, Alela Diane, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Folk Bitch Trio, Yhe Altons, The Womack Sisters, Clinton Fearon, and many others.

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.

The Oldtime Fiddlers‘ Association (OOTFA) is a nonprofit organization with representation across the nation. As our motto states, the organization is dedicated to the perpetuation and promotion of oldtime music. Oldtime music is loosely defined as that played on traditional instruments dating from the first half of the 20th century. Many of the tunes we play date from the 18th century and even earlier.

Tune Explorer Sessions are a collaborative effort between MÓD and the TrailJams Community and consist of weekly slow & learning sessions for musician s who are just starting to build repertoire and skill, or are building proficiency on an instrument.

May 16, 1-3 p.m. Teaching & Slow Session at Waverly

Instructor: Alison Baker

Tunes to be taught: Miss Monaghan’s, Devanny’s Goat

Tunes for session: please consider putting your own sets together and be ready to play from this list:

Hornpipes: The Home Ruler, Harvest Home, Boys of Bluehill, the Plains of Boyle, Rights of Man

Polkas: Bill Sullivan’s, Ballydesmond 1&2, Britches Full of Stitches

Jigs: I buried my wife, behind the haystack, Cliffs of Moher, connaughtman’s rambles, lilting banshee, kesh.

Reels: banshee, Cooley’s, Earl’s Chair, Silver Spear, Star of Munster, Ships are sailing, Sally gardens, the maid behind the bar, (any from Book 1 and new tunes from today)

Cost: $5 thanks to a grant from the Irish Emigrant Support program through the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.

Trio with JT, Maggie and Ken. Aug 1 (Sat): Sellwood Street Fair 3-4:15 pm Find us on the stage at SE 13th Ave between Bidwell and Spokane St, by Gino‘s.

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

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.

Jul 17 (Fri): Bridge City Soul - old school funk and R&B (Jamison Square Park, 810 NW 11th Avenue)
Jul 18 (Sat):Ache Son - traditional and vibrant Cuban music (Pier Park, Playground Meadow, 10016 N James)
Jul 23 (Thu): Barrio Mestizo - classic and contemporary salsa, cumbia, chachacha, and more (McCoy Park, 4677 N Trenton)
Jul 24 (Fri): Kevin Selfe and The Tornadoes - blues ensemble (Parklane Park, SE 155th Ave & Main)
Jul 25 (Sat): Soul Vaccination - R&B, soul and funk from the 1960s - present (Kenton Park, 8417 N Brandon Ave.)
Jul 31 (Fri): Story & Tune - traditional folk/Americana (Spring Garden Park, 3332 SW Spring Garden)
Aug 1 (Sat): Iron Prophecy - roots reggae with a message of love and unity (Columbia Park, N Lombard St. & Woolsey Ave.)
Aug 6 (Thu): Grupo Masato - Cumbia, Peruvian Chicha, Afro-Peruvian dance music (Fernhill Park, 6010 NE 37th Ave.)
Aug 7 (Fri): Boka Marimba - high-energy marimba music of Zimbabwe (Pendleton Park, SW 55th Avenue and Iowa)
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
Aug 29 (Sat): Bridgetown Get Down

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 2 (Aug 1-7): includes workshops on Women in Country and Bluegrass (Ida Winfree), Stealing Songwriting Magic (Susan Cattaneo), Mandolin Foundations (Ethan Setiawan), and beginning classes in guitar (McKain Lakey) and bluegrass banjo (David Keenan).

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.

Pickathon isn’t just another music festival; it’s a transformative experience set on 80 picturesque acres of Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. Forget crowded fields and predictable lineups. Discover why Pickathon has been voted America’s Best Indie Festival.

Lineup includes Steve Earle, The Brothers Comatose, Alela Diane, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Folk Bitch Trio, Yhe Altons, The Womack Sisters, Clinton Fearon, and many others.

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.

Artichoke Jazz Jam hosted by Max Tucker is an open jazz jam session for all ages and levels. This is a regularly occurring event happening once a month on the 1st Sundays from 2:00 - 4:00 PM and an opportunity for younger musicians to play with seasoned pros and learn from experience.

Musicians/performers get in FREE. Listeners admission - $5-$12.87 (sliding scale - including service fee).

Lineup coming soon!

We are honored to work with Max Tucker who is leading our Student Jazz Jam at Artichoke Music! Max, along with the afternoon‘s "house" band, will warm up the stage with a short set and the jam will follow. Backline includes a keyboard and a drumset.

Max Tucker is a drummer, producer and educator living in Portland, Oregon. He relocated to Portland in 2018 moving from NYC where he studied jazz at the New School and studied with master drummer, Michael Carvin. He is currently teaching drums and playing actively in the fertile Portland music scene.

Uilleann piper Preston Howard Wilde leads an Irish piping session - it’s a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon, all ages, 2-4 pm.

Mar 16 - pre-empted by St. Patrick‘s Day Celebration. Irish piping tunes can be heard on Mar 17 (Mon) from 11 am to 1 pm.

The First Sunday monthly song circle led by Cecilia Eng and Dave Mongeau will feature spooky songs.

Bring your songbooks, voices, and/or instruments for an afternoon of singing. A hat will be passed to defray the cost of the room. A small donation of $5 per person helps us pay for the location (a small open chapel down a short hallway to the right of the main narthex).

Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are welcome. You are welcome to share songs from any genre.

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

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.