|
Wintergrass 2018
It’s February, it’s winter, it’s must be time for Wintergrass! The Wintergrass Music Festival 2018 will run February 22-25, 2018 in Bellevue, WA, at various venues. In addition to concerts and workshops, there will also be a vendor exhibition, an educator’s program, and “intensives,” which are billed as serious music study for serious musicians. This year's lineup include Del McCoury & David Grisman, Mark O'Connor, The Seldom Scene, The Mammals. and much more. http://www.wintergrass.com |
|
Links to popular Pacific Northwest acoustic music festivals
Tumbleweed Music Festival
(Each Labor Day Weekend in Richland, WA)
Northwest Folk Life Festival
(Each Memorial Day weekend in Seattle, WA)
Wintergrass
(Every February in Bellevue, WA)
(Each Labor Day Weekend in Richland, WA)
Northwest Folk Life Festival
(Each Memorial Day weekend in Seattle, WA)
Wintergrass
(Every February in Bellevue, WA)
ABOUT these festivals ...
Three-Rivers Folk Society --Tumbleweed Music Festival
The Tumbleweed Music Festival is held over each Labor Day weekend each year. Co-Sponsored by the City of Richland, Washington, the event takes over the Howard Amon Park for three days. The event features multiple outdoor stages hosting 75 to 100 largely acoustic musical act. Victory Music hosts an open mic stage each day, while 30 workshops offer workshops on playing various instruments, songwriting, dancing, and honing performance and promotion skills.
Vendors supply crafts and crafts as well as summer food items. And of course, random acts of jamming are to be found under shady trees and nearby porches.
The festival kicks off with a Friday-night concert featuring youth local talent, followed by the Saturday night concert with a line-up of three headliners and the Sunday night Theme Concert, which includes several songwriters who competed, yet didn’t reach the contest finals. Other regular entertainment includes a Sunday night contra dance, a band scramble that wrangles up a handful of amateur or pro performers and puts then on the spot to learn and perform a song for an audience ready to be amused, which awards the most entertainment band with a prize of questionable value.
Tip for those who suffer stage fright: The band scramble is hilarious way to overcome any stage fright you might have about performing in public, as errors in judgement and musicality are eagerly anticipated and forgiven by a kind-hearted and easily amused audience. So, if you want to jump into the performance water, the band-scramble is a ‘harm-to-non’ way to get your feet wet.
About The Tumbleweed Songwriting Contest
The official name of the Tumbleweed Songwriting Contest is The Jane Titland Memorial Songwriting Contest for Tumbleweed Music Festival. Just thought I’d set that down in black and white. The prize money is provided by the Titland foundation, in honor of Jane’s contribution to the musical community. The contest is both a highlight and a big draw for this three-day event, with 10 finalists competing for cash prizes and notoriety.
Here Is How The Contest Works
Early each year the Three Rivers Folk Music Society notifies their mailing list of songwriters of the “song theme” for that year’s contest. Past themes have included “Bridges,” “Kindred Spirits,” and “Changing Times.”
Over the next few months lyrically inspired minds create songs about the theme and in May they send off their babies for consideration. Finalists are invited to perform their songs at the festival, where judges make their selection and the audience participates by voting for their “Audience Favorite.”
A dozen or so writers, who don’t make the final cut, are invited to perform at the Theme-based concert held on the last night.
To get your notification email, go to at http://www.3rfs.org/tmf.htm and ask to join their mailing list. The Three Rivers Folk Music Society present concerts, coffeehouses, song circles, and the annual Tumbleweed Music Festival.
For more information, go to Jim Coleman’s promo site at http://www.tumbleweedfest.com/
Back to top [embed code)
The Tumbleweed Music Festival is held over each Labor Day weekend each year. Co-Sponsored by the City of Richland, Washington, the event takes over the Howard Amon Park for three days. The event features multiple outdoor stages hosting 75 to 100 largely acoustic musical act. Victory Music hosts an open mic stage each day, while 30 workshops offer workshops on playing various instruments, songwriting, dancing, and honing performance and promotion skills.
Vendors supply crafts and crafts as well as summer food items. And of course, random acts of jamming are to be found under shady trees and nearby porches.
The festival kicks off with a Friday-night concert featuring youth local talent, followed by the Saturday night concert with a line-up of three headliners and the Sunday night Theme Concert, which includes several songwriters who competed, yet didn’t reach the contest finals. Other regular entertainment includes a Sunday night contra dance, a band scramble that wrangles up a handful of amateur or pro performers and puts then on the spot to learn and perform a song for an audience ready to be amused, which awards the most entertainment band with a prize of questionable value.
Tip for those who suffer stage fright: The band scramble is hilarious way to overcome any stage fright you might have about performing in public, as errors in judgement and musicality are eagerly anticipated and forgiven by a kind-hearted and easily amused audience. So, if you want to jump into the performance water, the band-scramble is a ‘harm-to-non’ way to get your feet wet.
About The Tumbleweed Songwriting Contest
The official name of the Tumbleweed Songwriting Contest is The Jane Titland Memorial Songwriting Contest for Tumbleweed Music Festival. Just thought I’d set that down in black and white. The prize money is provided by the Titland foundation, in honor of Jane’s contribution to the musical community. The contest is both a highlight and a big draw for this three-day event, with 10 finalists competing for cash prizes and notoriety.
Here Is How The Contest Works
Early each year the Three Rivers Folk Music Society notifies their mailing list of songwriters of the “song theme” for that year’s contest. Past themes have included “Bridges,” “Kindred Spirits,” and “Changing Times.”
Over the next few months lyrically inspired minds create songs about the theme and in May they send off their babies for consideration. Finalists are invited to perform their songs at the festival, where judges make their selection and the audience participates by voting for their “Audience Favorite.”
A dozen or so writers, who don’t make the final cut, are invited to perform at the Theme-based concert held on the last night.
To get your notification email, go to at http://www.3rfs.org/tmf.htm and ask to join their mailing list. The Three Rivers Folk Music Society present concerts, coffeehouses, song circles, and the annual Tumbleweed Music Festival.
For more information, go to Jim Coleman’s promo site at http://www.tumbleweedfest.com/
Back to top [embed code)
Northwest Folk Life festival
drop int cool info on BG, and any relevant info
Back to top [embed code)
Back to top [embed code)