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Thursday, July 8, 2010
News Damien Jurado Added to Portland Folk Festival
Posted by Ned Lannamann on Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:50 PM
The Portland Folk Festival has announced a couple additions to the lineup, including Damien Jurado, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary), the Brothers Young, Vagabond Opera, and a screening of 1941 Woody Guthrie documentary Roll on Columbia, to be accompanied by a tribute concert to Guthrie. The festival now stretches four days (August 19-22) and tickets are a mere $30. That's $7.50 a day, less than the cost of lunch.
Full lineup and venue info after the jump!
Preliminary Lineup (more to come):
Celso Machado · Loch Lomond · Thomas Mapfumo · Peter Yarrow · Dan Bern · Damien Jurado · Sea of Bees · Caleb Klauder Country Band · Mamadou · Vagabond Opera · Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert · Mary Flower · Jim Page · Bear Feet · Ezza Rose · Jackstraw · Future Historians · Earl White Band · Freak Mountain Ramblers · Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers · Winterhaven · Anne Weiss · Felix Hatfield, The Oz Street Fossil · Brian Cutean · Louis Ledford · Adam & Kris · Yarn Owl · Yoyodyne · Celilo · Lee Corey Oswald · Brothers Young · Petoskey · Stag Hare · The Lower 48 · Kid’s Performances by: Johnny and Jason · Cardboard Songsters · Dan Bern
Documentaries:
Roll Out Cowboy - Documents the travels of Sandman the Rappin' Cowboy in the leadup to the election in 2008, traveling from red state to blue state and capturing the challenges he faces as a cowboy who raps.
Roll On Columbia - A documentary from 1941 that follows Woody Guthrie's trip with his family from Southern California to Portland, OR where the BPA paid him to write 26 songs in 30 days.
Participating Venues:
Thursday August 19 (Downtown) - Mission Theater, Sisters of the Road Café, Backspace, Ella Street Social Club
Friday August 20 (Alberta Arts District) - Alberta Rose, Alberta Street Pub, The Know
Saturday August 21 (Mississippi Historic Neighborhood & Russell Street) - Wonder Ballroom, White Eagle, Mississippi Studios, Mississippi Pizza, buyolympia/Land
Sunday August 22 (Southeast Portland) - Doug Fir, Rontoms, Laurelthirst Pub, Holocene
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