Basic Portland Bluegrass Scene Starter guide
Here's a few bits of information that may help you find bluegrass
happenings in Portland and the surrounding areas. I am not
endorsing these in any way, it's just the places I look to when I want
to do some pickin' or hear some!
Places to look for live music and general information:
Local clubs that support bluegrass and oldtime acoustic: (check google
their websites)
- Alberta Street Pub
- Duff's Garage
- Fearless Brewing (Estacada)
- Gresham Little Theater
- Mississippi Pizza Pub
- Mississippi Studio
- Nine Muses
- Produce Row Pub
- Poor Richard's
- Sam Bond's Garage (Eugene)
- The White Eagle
- Kay's Historic Bar and Resturaunt
- Pirates Tavern and Vegan Resturaunt
- LaurelThirst Pub
- The Doug Fir
- Mock Crest Tavern
- Moon and Sixpence
A few Local Bands to Google
- Back Porch Revival
- Chickweed
- Darrel Anger and the Strings of Industry
- Dickel Brothers
- New Old Friends
- Flat Mountain Girls
- Foghorn Stringband
- Greg Clarke
- Ida Viper
- JackStraw
- Josh Cole Band
- Little Joe
- Loafers
- Lost Creek
- Lee Highway
- Mollybloom
- Muddy Bottom Boys
- No Time TO Lose
- Prairie Flyer
- Rouge Bluegrass Band
- The Hakanson family
- The Misty Mama's
- The Why Nots
- Tony Furtado
- Whiskey Puppy
- Zach Driscoll & 3/4 Time
- ...lots more listed on the OBA website and the NW Bluegrass
site
Jams that I know of (there are others):
- MONDAY nights - Rambling
Jam - Papa's Pizza on SW 158th, Beaverton, Oregon
- TUESDAY nights 7-9pm - Rock
Creek Tavern Jam - Old
Cornielius Pass Road, Hillsboro, OR
- FIRST and THIRD Wednesday 6:30-9:30 p.m. - Round Table
Pizza - 10150 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy Beaverton, OR (just east of
217)
- FIRST SUNDAY: The Oregon Bluegrass Association has a jam at
12:30 p.m. at the Audubon Center, 5151 N.W. Cornell Road. This will be
March 5, April 2 and May 7. For more information, contact rdbrn92@pacifier.com
- SECOND AND FOURTH SUNDAY: Off-Key Easy Bluegrass Jam at the New Old Lompoc Brewery and Pub, 1616 N.W.
23rd Ave. and also on the...
- ...THIRD SUNDAY at the home of Tony McCormick, 11725 S.W. Springwood Drive, Tigard. October->May
For more, write offkeylompoc@yahoo.com
- FOURTH SUNDAY: A Ridgefield jam at Zebruns Deli, 320
Pioneer Street in Ridgefield, about 15 miles north of Portland off I-5.
March 26, April 23, May 28 and possibly into the summer. For more,
write beardvc@pacifier.com