Willamette Valley Folk Festival
Joanne Rand
Main Stage Schedule
Message from
the Producer
As you spend time at the festi-
val, I hope you are embraced by
the spirit of community. My moti-
vation has always been to provide
the Eugene community with an
event that values, appreciates and
celebrates local culture. We live in
a world that focuses on material
gain and monetary forms of
exchange. Often in difficult times
the arts are forgotten. Funding is
cut while prices increase. It makes
cultural programming very diffi-
cult.
This year, the Cultural Forum
was faced with this very problem.
We realized we only had a third of
the budget needed to produce this
festival and we’ve spent the year
finding alternative solutions. We
looked to the community to sup-
port us, and those who responded
were many: Marty Chilla, Jeremy
Wegner and the Sugar Beets,
JackStraw, Cascade Colonels, Joe
Ross, Tympanic, and the local
musicians who have volunteered
to play at the festival, KLCC,
Eugene Weekly and the food both
vendors who have so graciously
accepted the changes in this
year’s festival. Without the support
of these folks there would be no
Willamette Valley Folk Festival. The
generosity of the musicians who
have come to the festival to sim-
ply share their talents with the
community will keep the festival
alive through the years. I hope you
will greet them with clapping
hands and dancing feet!
The festival will continue to
need your support more and more
as the years progress. Michael
Moosure, a local community
member, has offered to match
every dollar donated to the festi-
val! So please show us your sup-
port and donate what you can.
Every bit helps. In the meantime, I
hope you enjoy the variety of
music, workshops and food and
craft booths we have gathered
here for your enjoyment!
The Sugar Beets
Friday, May 16
1-2pm
John Shipe Local
singer-songwriter,
acoustic originals,
revved-up covers.
2-3pm
Adam & Kris Acoustic
duo, great vocal har-
monies, original tunes.
3-4pm
Tympanic Local, origi-
nal alt-jam rock.
4-5pm
Orange Local, original,
jazz-funk-Latin-soul,
emotional and fun.
5-6pm
Dan Jones local
eclectic singer-song-
writer, acoustic to pop
to punk, plus witty
lyrics.
6-7pm
McCloskey Brothers
Band Original Rocky
Mountain jamband
tunes.
7-8:15pm
Taarka “Seismic-Gypsy
Hypno-Jazz,” and a bit
of everything else.
8:30-10pm Solo Dos en Tijuana
“Bizarrely charming,
eerily soothing”acoustic
bilingual tunes.
Saturday, May 17
1-2pm
2-3pm
3-4pm
4-5pm
5-7pm
7-9pm
9-10pm
Myshkin New Orleans
gypsy-torch-punk diva.
Joanne Rand Radical
singer-songwriter with
a style dubbed
“Psychedelic-Folk-
Revival” and “Acoustic
Ritual.”
Sunday, May 18
12-1pm
UO Gospel Ensemble
Inspirational tunes from
the impressive UO
group.
1-2pm
Ashbury Park Portland
acoustic trio.
2-3pm
Salt Lick Heartfelt
country folk-rock.
David Jacobs-Strain
19-year-old Eugenean
gaining worldwide
acclaim for original
tunes, virtuosic slide
and fingerpicking.
3-3:30pm
Tears of Joy Puppet
Theatre Children’s
puppet parade.
3:30-4pm
New Song Contest
Winners
StrungOver Traditional,
original bluegrass, plus
some jazz and Dawg.
4-5pm
Barbed Wire Cutters
“Young riders of the
bluegrass revolt.” –Spin
magazine.
Kathak Indian
Dancers Master
dancer and teacher
Anjani Ambegaokar and
troupe perform classi-
cal dance from
Northern India.
5-6pm
Mabrak Jamaican
drumming champions.
6-8pm
James Low Alternative
country.
Myshkin
Peter Wilde
James Low
Peter Wilde Tribute
A host of local and
regional artists pay trib-
ute to one of Eugene’s
favorite folksingers —
Peter Wilde. Myshkin,
Laura Kemp, Adam &
Kris, The Pass Out
Kings and many,
many more, including
Mr. Wilde, himself will
perform.
Ashleigh Flynn
The Sugar Beets
Local faves play high-
energy acoustic music
made for dancing.
Dan Jones
Solo Dos en Tijuana
Sincerely,
Amy Bowers
Heritage Music Coordinator
UO Cultural Forum
SPECIAL
THANKS
CRAFT BOOTHS
FOOD BOOTHS
Herban Releaf, Worldly Goods, Re-creations, Chunky
Creations, Moana Nui Designs, Aerious
A children’s craft booth with materials donated by MECCA
will be open from 1-5 pm Saturday and Sunday in the craft
booth area.
Sara’s Tamales, The Whole Enchilada, Ritta’s Burritos, Ben
and Jerry’s, Sweetleaf Café, Afghani Cuisine, Holy Cow,
Bangkok Grill, Sheilagh’s Gourmet, Daybreak Coffee, Lulu’s
Smoothies, Oriental Concession, Tom’s Tea House, Carte
Blanche Soup Cart, More Fried Rice.
Justina Parsons-Bernstein
Mandy Chong
Windy Borman
Alexis Stevens
2 Willamette Valley Folk Festival • May 16-18, 2003
Liz Lessner
The rest of the Cultural Forum.
It was a tough year but we did it!
Eugene Weekly
KLCC
George Relles
Pepsi Cola of Eugene
Canteen Vending
Kathak Indian Dancers