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Newspapers:
Portland Mercury
The Oregonian
Positively Entertainment & Dining
Willamette Week

Miscellaneous:
Artichoke Music
Double-Tee Concerts
Indie Avenue
Local Band Network, Oregon-Portland
Miz Kitty's Parlour
Monqui Presents
Old-Time Music In Portland
Pollstar


Music Societies:
Cascade Blues Association
Oregon Bluegrass Association
Portland FolkMusic Society
Portland Ceili Society

Festivals in the Portland Area:
January
RiverCity Bluegrass Festival
Portland Old-Time Music Gathering

March
Portland Roadster Show
St. Patrick’s Day

May
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

June
Portland Rose Festival
at the
Waterfront Village.
Rose City Round Up - Classic & Custom Car Show and Band Festival at Jubitz Ponderosa Lounge.

July
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland International Beer Festival
Yoshida's Sand In The City
Oregon Brewers Festival

August
Pickathon
Bite of Oregon

September
MusicfestNW
Widmer Brothers Oktoberfest

Festivals outside the Portland Area:
February
Wintergrass - Tacoma, WA

April
Viva Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV

July
Stevenson Bluegrass Festival - Skamania County Fairgrounds in Stevenson, WA.

August
Oregon Jamboree - Sweet Home, OR
Hotrod-A-Rama - Tacoma, WA
Willamette Country Music Festival - Brownsville, OR

Oregon State Fair - Salem, OR

September
Bumbershoot - Seattle, WA
Sisters Folk Festival - Sisters, OR
Oktoberfest - Mt. Angel, OR
Shake The Shack Rockabilly Ball at The Tractor Tavern in Seattle, WA.

Venues:
Portland Area:
15th St. Pub
(Vancouver, WA)
Aladdin Theater
Alberta Street Public House
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Ash Street Saloon

Berbati's Pan
Biddy McGraw's
The Bitter End Pub
Buffalo Gap Saloon & Eatery

Clark County Amphitheater (Exit #9 on I-5 in WA)
Crystal Ballroom
Dante's Cafe & Cocktail Lounge
Devil's Point
The Doug Fir Lounge
Duff's Garage
The Fez Ballroom
Gotham Building Tavern
The Green Room
Ground Kontrol
Hawthorne Theater
Heathman Hotel
Horning's Hideout (North Plains, OR)
Jollie's Restaurant & Lounge (Exit #9 on I-5 in WA)
Jubitz Ponderosa Lounge
Kelly's Olympian
Kenton Club
Kruger's Farm
Lake Oswego Farmers Market (Lake Oswego, OR)
Laurelthirst Public House
Lenora's Ghost (Independence, OR)
Lola's Room
McMenamin's Grand Lodge
McMenamin's Edgefield
McMenamin's Kennedy School

McMenamins Mission Theater
The Mississippi Pizza Pub
Mississippi Studios

Mock Crest Tavern
Mt. Tabor Theater

Muddy Rudder Public House
Music Millennium
O'Conner's Vault
The "Old" Portsmouth Club Lounge
Oregon Convention Center
Oregon Garden (Silverton, OR)
Oregon Zoo
Photographic Image Gallery
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Poor Richards Almanac Room
Portland Art Museum
Portland Farmers' Market
Queen Of Hearts Tavern
Red Room
Rock Creek Tavern
Rose Garden Arena
Roseland Theater
Satyricon
Slabtown
Spare Room Restaurant & Lounge
Spirit Mountain Casino (Grand Ronde, OR)
The Tonic Lounge
Tony Starlight's Supper Club
Walters Cultural Arts Center (Hillsboro, OR)
Waterfront Park
White Eagle Saloon
Wonder Ballroom

Seattle/Tacoma Area:
The Crocodile Cafe

The Swiss Tavern
The Tractor Tavern

Bands:
Portland Area Bands:
56 Pontiac
Amadan
The Apehangers
The Bedlam Boys
Blue Moon Highway
Bob Manning & Nashville West
Braxton Bragg
The Buckles
Cafe Cowboys
Celilo

Church of Surf
Cicada Omega
Clampitt, Gaddis & Buck
Cold Hearted Trio
Countryside Ride
The Concrete Cowboys
The Dickel Brothers
Drunken Prayer
The Dry County Crooks

Ellen & The Felons
Emily Herring
The Flapjacks

The Flat Mountain Girls
 
Hank Rasco
Haywired

The Headliners
Hi Fi Ramblers (from Eugene)
Hillstomp
Hot Rod Carl
I Can Lick Any SOB In The House
Jack Payne & Dixie Creek

James Sasser
Jeff Boortz Band
Jennifer Lynn Band
Jim Carr & The Countrymen
Jon Koonce

Johnny Limbo & The Lugnuts

Joy & Her Jukebox Cowboys
The Juanita Family
Juke Joint Gamblers
Julie Bryant & The Straight Shooters
Keith Holter & The Longhorn Band
Kevin Barber & the Happiness Boys

Kindling
Lana Rebel
Lewi Longmire
Lisa & Her Kin
Los Cowtones
Low Down Sophisticates
Mark Lee Allen
Mars Needs Women
The Martindales

Malibu Run
Midnight Serenaders
Moonshine Hangover
Morgan Geer
Northwesternaires
Old Town Hustlers
Party Country

Pondosa
Power of Country
Retta Christie Trio
Rezistor
Richmond Fontaine
The Royal Tees
Sassparilla Jug Band
Satan's Pilgrims
Scotland Barr
Shawn Hawkins & The Offenders
The Six Shooters
The Stolen Sweets
The Stood-Ups
Straitjacket
The Strangetones
The Streakin’ Healys
Sugar Farm
Susan & The Surftones
The Texecutioners
Tom Heinl

The Twangshifters
The Verbtones
Whiskey Puppy

Washington Bands
The Boss Martians
The Dustys 45’s
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks
Johnny Mercury

Marshall Scott Warner
Moongazers
Radio National
The Ranieros
Ruby Dee And The Snakehandlers
The Roy Kay Trio
The Verb
Wylie & the Wild West

National Bands that have played in Portland:
1/4 Mile Combo
Arlo Guthrie
Asleep At The Wheel
Asylum Street Spankers
Austin Lounge Lizards
Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet

Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings
The Blasters
Bloodshot Bill
Bob Dylan
Bobby Bare Jr.
Bobby Bare Sr.
Bones Maki And The Sun Dodgers
BR5-49
Brave Combo
Brooks & Dunn
Bryan Bowers
C. J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
California Guitar Trio
Candye Kane
Cash'd Out
(Johnny Cash Tribute band)
Cari Lee And The Saddle-Ites
Charlie Daniels Band
The Chop Tops
Commander Cody
Dale Hawkins
Dale Watson
Dame Satan
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men
Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics
David Bromberg
David Grisman & The Bluegrass Experience
The Derailers
Devil Doll
Dick Dale
The Dixie Chicks
Doc Watson
Drive-By Truckers
Emmylou Harris
The Ghastly Ones
The Go Getters
Guy Clark
Hacienda Brothers
Hadacol Cowboys
Hank Engel & His Island Devils
Hank Williams III
Hazard County Girls
The Hellcaminos
The Honeybees
Hot Club Of Cowtown
J. L. Stiles
Jack Ingram
Janis Martin
Jason Aldean
Jesse Dayton
Joe Ely
John Hiatt
Johnny Dilks And His Visitacion Valley Boys
Josie Kreuzer
Junior Brown
Justin Curtis
Kenny Rogers
The Kilaueas
Kim Lenz And The Jaguars
The Knitters
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers
Laurie Lewis
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers
Leo Kottke
Leon Russell
Lil' Bit & The Customatics
The Lonesome Heroes
Los Lonely Boys
Los Straitjackets
The Lucky Stars
The Lucky Tomblin Band
Lyle Lovett
Lynette Morgan & The Blackwater Valley Boys
Marti Brom
Merle Haggard
The Mezcal Brothers
Moot Davis
& Pete Anderson
Murder By Death
Nashville Bluegrass Band
Nashville Pussy
Neko Case
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Oak Ridge Boys
The Paladins
Paul Galaxy and the Galactix
Pep Torres
Pete Anderson
The Ranch Girls And Their Ragtime Wranglers
Rascal Flatts
Reckless Kelly
The Red Elvises
Reverend Horton Heat
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
Riders In The Sky
Rip Carson
Rosie Flores
Rudy (Tutti) Grayzell
The Saddle Tramps
Shaun Kama & the Kings of the Wild Frontier
Sleepy LaBeef
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Slim Sandy
Social Distortion
South Austin Jug Band
Southern Culture On The Skids
The Starlight Drifters
Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys
Sugarland
Supersuckers
Tarbox Ramblers
Three Bad Jacks
Tom "Wolf" Morrell & the Time Warp Tophands
Tony Rice
The Top Hands
Those Darn Accordions
Trout Fishing In America

The Twistin' Tarantulas
Two Timin' Three
Wanda Jackson
Wayne (The Train) Hancock
The Weary Boys

The Wild Wax Combo
Willie Nelson
Wynonna Judd