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RiverCity Music Festival
The event is structured to offer approximately 70% bluegrass music and 30% acoustic Americana, such as folk music, Texas swing, Gospel and Country music. We have established a tradition of great performers at each and every festival. The RiverCity Bluegrass Festival made its debut in January, 2005.
January 14, 15 & 16, 2011
That's right .. 2011.
Taking a year off to regroup and redesign, to make things better for YOU!
Our NEW Location,
Portland, Oregon
3 days of superlative national talent & regional bands, workshops and dancing!
The RiverCity Music Festival is an interactive, community oriented event with many attendees bringing their families and instruments to play (referred to as jamming) in small groups throughout the Festival. There is always something to hear. Workshops for those who want to learn from the masters are offered at no additional charge.
A benefit for
Ethos Music Center
OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNER - ETHOS MUSIC CENTER
Ethos is a eight year old non-profit whose mission is to provide music lessons and instruments to the underserved in the K-12 Portland School system (see attached information regarding Ethos). Executive Director Charles Lewis, a Harvard MPP, has a vision that has made a tremendous difference to those who want to learn music which is no longer available through the school system and therefore beyond the reach of many low income students. All lessons are taught by local musicians on both a paid and volunteer basis. Within the last three years, Ethos has purchased two new facilities, enabling them to add more lesson, recital and recording space.
As Portland, Oregon’s 25-year vision plan elegantly notes "vibrant, diverse neighborhoods are home to all manner of people, but it’s the other things that give a place its soul – the cafes and markets, the art, parks, plazas, vistas and sanctuaries." Portland’s districts do indeed possess distinct personalities, which is perhaps unusual for a relatively small city. The artistic Pearl District, sophisticated Nob Hill and bohemian Hawthorne are just a few neighborhoods that consistently draw enthusiastic crowds of visitors.
Within these districts, the "Rose City’s" culture simmers in hip coffeehouses, Native American art galleries, ubiquitous bookstores and lively brewpubs. Like much of Portland, these areas encourage exploration on foot.
Rivaling Portland, Oregon’s manmade art are the spectacular masterpieces by Mother Nature. Crowning the city’s skyline is Mount Hood, the tallest peak in Oregon’s Cascade Mountain Range. Within the metro area are 37,000 acres of parks and green spaces that include sizeable chunks of prime downtown real estate, fabulous rose gardens, waterfront promenades and more.
Click here for wonderful photos taken by Tracy Brown in 2009.
Contact us - info@rivercitybluegrass.com - 503-282-0877
Red Lion Hotel On The River
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