News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
The festival also features an array of regional musical acts, a songwriting contest and music and storytelling workshops.
"We're really excited at being able to bring together such quality regional and national music and storytelling talent," festival organizer Dick Sandvik said.
The action begins at Sisters Middle/High School Friday night at 7 p.m., with performances by The Sisters Soundcheck Band, folk trio The Rites of Spring and Susan Strauss. Guy Clark will cap the night's musical celebration with an acoustic performance of his classic country-folk material.
Clark will lead a songwriting workshop Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m. at the offices of the Small Farmers' Journal in Sisters. Workshops in fiddle playing and storytelling will be conducted at Sisters Middle/High School.
The Tracey's, a hit from last year's festival, will open the Saturday afternoon performance at 1 p.m. They will be followed by performances by the eight finalists in the festival's $500 winner-take-all songwriting contest.
Last year's songwriting contest winner Dave Carter will perform Saturday afternoon, and Hollis Taylor and Fiddle Summit will headline the show.
Taylor's performance features herself and three other fiddlers performing in an array of styles ranging from bluegrass to Western Swing.
Ian Tyson, a legend in folk and western music, will perform to a sold-out house Saturday evening. Raphael Cristy, a storyteller who performs as western artist Charles M. Russell, will open the show.
While tickets for the Ian Tyson concert and all-events passes are sold out, tickets remain available for the Friday evening and Saturday afternoon shows.
According to Sandvik, "while the Friday and Saturday afternoon performances are not sold out, tickets have been moving briskly. We're optimistic that we might sell those out, too."
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