Sweet N' Juicy
Party band
8 - 10 pm
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Sweet N' Juicy formed in 2017 with the intention of creating songwriter-funk, people-pleasing music.
They were the house band for a weekly variety show which featured Grammy Award winners, comedians, local celebrities and more for several years in their hometown of Portland, Ore. Individually members have been on Warped tour, MTV, High Times Magazine, co-written music with Blondie, and have been session musicians for dozens of records. Couple that with a vaudevillian style performance and you have a unique and entertaining show. Be ready to party.
- Facebook:
- http://facebook.com/sweetnjuicymusic/
- Website:
- http://sweetnjuicymusic.com/
New Shilling Band
7 - 9 pm
Winery Tasting Room
Peter Yeates (guitar, lead and
backing vocals) is a veteran singer/songwriter/guitarist from Dublin, Ireland.
He has taken his early rock roots and combined them with his Celtic influences
to create a hard-driving yet soulful sound. Peter has toured much of the world
as a solo act and also with various Irish musicians, including James Kelly
(Planxty, Patrick Street), Noel Hill (Planxty), Tommy Hayes (Stockton's Wing)
and accordion player Paddy O'Brian.
Ken Larson (bodhrán, lead and
backing vocals) originally from Minneapolis, MN, has developed an inventive and
unique style in his three decades of playing bodhrán. He pulls an amazing range
of sounds from the simple Irish drum. He has toured the US with Peter Yeates,
in the two decades of collaboration, and has also performed and recorded with
some of the premier Celtic groups in the Portland area.
- Facebook:
- https://www.facebook.com/NewShilling/
The Moonshine
Folk, rock & grunge-grass
5:30 - 7 pm
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Started in the
winter of 2012, The Moonshine began crafting a style all their own based on
applying traditional stringband techniques to the unconventional, yet instantly
familiar writing of Michael Gerard Levasseur. This is music born of the endless
wonder of the open countryside, just as it is music meant to be heard blaring
from brightly lit dance halls on crowded city streets. During a given
performance one is as likely to hear a modernist take on a Carter Family song
from the 20's, as an anti-GMO song written in 2012 with a distinctly old-time
feel.
- Website:
- http://www.themoonshinemusic.com
- Facebook:
- http://www.facebook.com/themoonshinemusic
- Reverb Nation:
- http://www.reverbnation.com/themoonshinemusic
Cary Novotny and Friends
Irish music
5:30 - 7 pm
Little Red Shed
Cary Novotny was raised in Stevenson WA., and has been playing guitar and singing professionally in the Portland area for two decades. Novotny possesses a powerful musical style, with strong rhythm and a sure sense of harmony and tone. He has recorded and performed with many great bands in the world of Irish music, including Cul An Ti, Kevin Burke, The Bridies, and An Tua.
Leprechauns with candy
4 pm
Roaming
Balloons and Face Painter
1 - 4 pm
Roaming
Kinvara
Traditional Irish Music
3 - 6 pm
Winery Tasting Room
Kinvara is a four-person group that took inspiration for it's name from a small Irish town in County Galloway on the west coast of Ireland. Theyhave been working together as a band for over 17 years. Instrumentation includes whistles, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, the bodhran (Irish drum) and banjo. They play arrangements of traditional sets of jigs and reels and sing several rousing traditional Irish songs. They also enjoy and include some of the newer Irish music that has emerged over the past few years.Band members include Grant Crowley, Sue Davis, Mark Masterson, and Dennis O'Malley. All live in NE Portland, Oregon and all are Americans made of some Irish or Welsh parts. They have played at several local pubs and restaurants in their area and have performed at several community functions, private parties, churches, schools, and farmers markets. Recently, they were invited to play their first wake, which they found to be an honor. After over 170 performances and producing two CD's, they now respond with a steady confidence to the request "play something you know".
Distillery tasting-Lobby
3 - 6 pm
Roaming
Cul An Ti
Traditional Irish and more
3:30 - 5 pm
Loading Dock
Cul an ti (Gaelic for "The back of the House") has built a reputation as the Northwest's most exiting Irish band. Founding members Cary Novotny and Danny O'Hanlon have over the years forged a powerful and unique rhythm section that has rocked crowds while simultaneously supporting some of the best Irish musicians performing on the U.S. west coast.
The band features renowned Dublin button accordionist Johnny Connolly as well as the highly regarded Dave Cory on the tenor banjo together with Novotny and O'Hanlon on guitar/vocals and bass/percussion/vocals respectively.
Cul an ti's ability to play authentic traditional Irish music along with the added dynamic of being able to turn on a dime and delight crowds with a dizzying range of American pop and traditional Irish pub songs sets them apart from other bands. Fans of the band's particular style of groove oriented and highly energized Irish music have been raving about them ever since their first appearances in 1995 at Kells Irish pub and Biddy Mcgraws in Portland, Oregon.
The band has also performed at various McMenamins venues in Portland, Kells Seattle, Conor Byrne Seattle, 1995-2000 Salmon Festivals, the National Folk Alliance Convention, The Bite of Portland, The Portland Celtic Music Festival, the Salem Art Fair, Choochakam Festival of the arts in Langley, Washington, the Skamania Irish Festival, and the Highland Games.
Cul An Ti released its first self-titled CD in 1999, recorded live at the original Biddy McGraws.
Cul An Ti creates some of the most exciting and powerful Irish music for American audiences everywhere.
THE PLAYERS
Cary Novotny has toured and recorded with the internationally known band "The Bridies" featuring members of Michael Flatley's "The Lord of the Dance" as well as the band Bridgetown.
Johnny Connolly, a former member of the band Anam has released a critically acclaimed solo recording on Green Linnet records entitled "Bridgetown" that also features Novotny and Cory.
Dave Cory hails from the bay area and has played with many notable Irish artists across America including The Magic Square, Lisa Schnekenberger, & Bridgetown.
Danny O'Hanlon has played with many notable Irish musicians as well over the years and brings a wealth of experience from the pop world vis a vis his performing, producing, and recording various artist up and down the west coast.
Outbound Traveler
3 - 5 pm
Little Red Shed
RICHIE
Banjo - Guitar - Bouzoukis - Vocals
Rich Rosencrans banjos, guitars, bouzoukis, and sings with Outbound Traveler. You can also find him often writing new songs, whether dressed in costume or sitting in a tent in Iceland
GORDO
Fiddle - Fiddle - Fiddle
Gordo Freeman is usually late for rehearsal, but he brings beer.
JAKE
Guitar - Vocals - Flute
Jake Grieco brings both a masterful singing voice to the band as well as killer skill on the Irish flute. He's the heartthrob of the band.
- Website:
- http://www.outboundtraveler.com
Hills & Hollows
1:30 - 3 pm
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Hills & Hollows is a Portland, Oregon based duo weaving Celtic Roots music and song with a mystical heart. Ryan Powell and Jake Greico share a love for the songs and tunes of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and beyond. They share a unique weaving of songs ancient and new with jigs, reels, and melodies of Ireland played on Flute, Irish Bouzouki, Bodhran, Whistle, Guitar, Stomp Box and a wee bit of Didjeridu.
Joining together in song and music is an ancient way of harmonizing our hearts with the present moment and to form a true community of deep listening and collective heart song.
About us:
Ryan Powell was indoctrinated at birth into a lifetime love of Irish music by his father John who sang him the old ballads in his deep voice whenever he had the chance and a captive audience. Ryan took up guitar and whistle at a young age and began to play ballads after his first visit to Ireland as a young teenager in 1986. During the early 1990's, Ryan lived in Ireland for 6 months and busked the streets of Galway and Dublin while studying James Joyce with Senator David Norris and absorbing the rich culture and music of the east and west of the country.
In the mid 1990's, Ryan was one of the founders of Celtic Rock band Blind Rafferty which played all around the Pacific Northwest for 6 years and recorded two albums.
Today, Ryan weaves together his study of Daoist philosophy, martial arts and energy cultivation with his love of Irish music and lore. He guides the One Root Sacred Ireland journey to the SW of Ireland every few years and orchestrates a deep tour of the land which includes local storytellers and guides and daily health building Qigong practice.
Jake Greico has been performing traditional music for dances, pub audiences and events since 2005. Hailing from Vermont and exposed from an early age to the lively folk music scene there, he's been honing his craft on Irish flute, DADGAD guitar, and folk singing since his late teens. Now a Portland resident of eight years, Jake collaborates regularly in sessions and performances with many of the most highly regarded Irish musicians in the area. He currently performs most frequently with "Outbound Traveler (outboundtraveler.com), a trio whose music spans traditional and contemporary folk traditions from the Appalachia's to the British Isles; and "Hills and Hollows", a duo whose focus is to bring together Celtic song and tunes in a mystical and heartfelt way. Jake has established his footing on a lifelong path of music and performance, and these two projects represent the leading edge of his his ever-deepening journey with traditional music. Both groups are receiving high praise for the richness, beauty and diversity of their respective sounds.
- Facebook:
- https://www.facebook.com/hillsandhollowsmusic/
Molly Malone Irish Dancers
1 pm
Loading Dock
River City Pipe Band
Pipe and drum band
4 pm
Roaming
River City Pipe Band is a performance pipe and drum band. They exists to provide a supportive and constructive learning environment for its members to improve their craft through practice, performance, and individual and group competition.
- Official Website:
- http://www.rivercitypipeband.com