Folk Festival to kick off ticket sales

The early bird may get the worm - but only if they jump on it quickly.

Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is opening ticket sales for the 2017 festival at 9 a.m. on Thursday, December 1. The festival dates are September 8-10, 2017.

There will be 500 tickets for a three-day weekend pass available at a discounted price of $125. Patrons are limited to four discounted tickets per purchase. When the early-bird tickets are gone, there will be plenty of full-price tickets available at $150. Organizers remind patrons that last year early bird tickets sold out in less than five minutes, but full-price passes didn't sell out until June. Once the discounted tickets are gone, full-price tickets will be immediately available.

"Early-bird ticket pricing is one way we can help those who can't afford a full-price ticket to experience the festival. But you have to be ready - they sold out very quickly last year and we expect that will probably happen again," said SFF Managing Director Ann Richardson.

Tickets will be available for purchase online at http://www.sistersfolkfestival.org/tickets starting at 9 a.m. There will be no phone sales.

The 22nd annual festival will feature more than 40 acts, 11 stages and three days of world-class music. "All the town's a stage" is not just a tagline, it's a reality for three magical days.

The festival is organized by the nonprofit Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. SFF has also pioneered excellence in music education through the acclaimed Americana Project, Americana Song Academy, and Song Academy for Youth.

Registration will open December 1 for the Americana Song Academy, September 5-8, 2017. The academy is held at Caldera, an arts camp located in the Cascade mountains just outside Sisters. Select festival artists arrive four days early for an intimate music and songwriting experience that has been described as transformative. Catie Curtis, touring professional singer-songwriter said of her experience, "The Americana Song Academy brought me back to life, artistically. It rekindled the fire I had been looking for for a long time."

For more information about the Sisters Folk Festival or Americana Song Academy, visit www.sistersfolkfestival.org or call 541-549-4979.