Still looking for something interesting to do this weekend? How about getting down to the River city bluegrass bonanza?
From River City Bluegrass Festival:
Now in its 5th year, The River City Bluegrass Festival is a rare chance to see the ‘best of the best’ in acoustic and bluegrass music. Most of the artists are coming from the Nashville area. RiverCity is an interactive, move-around-and-make-friends music event.
The festival, which is the largest winter bluegrass/acoustic music festival ever held in Portland, features two and a half days of non-stop music and workshops. The festival offers music on two stages, and, as at any good bluegrass festival worthy of its name, there will be plenty of jamming, both at the convention center and at the headquarters hotel.
This year the RiverCity Festival was nominated for Best Bluegrass Event of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association, which, given the relatively young age of the festival and its location (the Pacific Northwest vs. the south), was a tremendous honor and demonstrates the progress RiverCity has made in such a short time. January 9, 10, 11, 2009
Weekend Pass: $135.00. Friday night passes are $35.00. All day Saturday passes are $60.00, Saturday night tickets are $35.00. All day Sunday passes are $55.00. Available through TicketsWest by phone at (503)224-TIXX, on the web at www.ticketswest.com or at any Safeway outlet. See the special deals on family packs of tickets.
Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE MLK Jr., Blvd., Portland, Oregon.
Psychograss, Hot Club of Cowtown, Cadillac Sky, Ralph Stanley & Clinch Mountain Boys, J.D. Crow & The New South, The Whites featuring Jerry Douglass, Longview, Riders in the Sky, Daily & Vincent, Dan Tyminski Band, Sierra Hull & Highway 11, Robin & Linda Williams, Kruger Brothers, Jim Kweskin Jug Band featuring members of the BBQ Orchestra, Darol Anger, Tony Furtado.
include Lee Highway, Urban Monroes, Jackstraw, Sawtooth Mountain Boys, Green River, Kung Pao Chickens, Downtown Mountain Boys, and Runaway Train.
