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The Manzanita Music Festival is produced by, from left, Marci
Russo, Dawn Lind and Beth Carter-Boyer.
Eugene band Sol Seed adds elements of rock, hip-hop, soul,
world music and psychedelic jam to its reggae foundation.
make this a beach festival
for the ages.
Carter-Boyer promises no
one will go home disap-
pointed.
“We’ve got some
amazing acts lined up,” she
says. “This area is home
to a plethora of incredible
musicians, artists who are
mentors.”
Bands include many
well-known Oregon fa-
vorites, as well as a couple
national recording artists.
Looking at the roster, the
only problem one might
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see them all: Kate and the
Crocodiles (featuring Gavin
Bondy of Pink Martini),
Julie Amici, Jenny Don’t
and the Spurs, Maggie and
the Katz, The Sextones, Sol
Seed, and The Junebugs are
just a few.
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festival.
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ing bands,” Carter-Boyer
says. “Musicians all know
each other, and the word got
out.”
Plus, organizers of the
Portland Waterfront Blues
Festival have been mento-
ring the Manzanita team,
something Carter-Boyer
says gave their efforts seri-
ous gravitas, not to mention
invaluable advice. “We tried
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down this road before,”
Carter-Boyer says.
She hints that there are
also a few surprise guests
slated to perform, though
attendees won’t know who
until they hit the stage.
While many of the acts
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will be space set aside for
local musicians to intro-
duce themselves to a wider
audience.
The idea of multi-genre
artists inspiring one another
is one of the festival’s key
components. All of the mu-
sicians are excited to come
to the beach, see who’s at
the festival and, of course,
play.
“We want to bring emerg-
ing artists out to work and
collaborate with established
artists,” Carter-Boyer says.
“It’s something they all want
to do, not something they’re
doing just for a paycheck.”
‘A REAL FESTIVAL’
This isn’t just a few bands
gathered together in a dusty
parking lot or sidewalk with a
single battered amp.
Held on multiple stages
throughout Manzanita, the
layout encourages attendees
to wander and take it all in,
extending up and down La-
neda Avenue. One stage will
be set up at Third Street and
Laneda, and a main stage will
be at the Hoffman Gardens
near the top of Laneda Ave-
nue, next door to the North
Tillamook Library.
A third venue, located in
the parking lot of Cascade
Realty where the weekly
farmers market is held, will
be a non-music area featuring
a massage booth, food ven-
dors, regional wine and beer
MANZANITA
MUSIC FESTIVAL
1 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 23
1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 24
Main stage: Division Street and Laneda
Avenue
Second stage: Third Street and Laneda
Avenue
Food and kids area: North Fifth Street
and Laneda Avenue
manzanitamusicfestival@gmail.com
No alcohol, coolers, chairs or dogs are al-
lowed at the two stages, but leashed dogs
are allowed in the food and kids area
Free admission
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hosted by the Rinehart Clinic.
The space will also host a
Kids Zone with activities for
kids such as face painting,
dancing, yoga and sing-a-
longs. There will also be a
drum circle with The Tsunami
Drummers.
As if all that wasn’t
enough, after-parties will
commence at Manzanita
Lighthouse Pub & Grub and
the San Dune Pub.
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admission to the festival is
free. In keeping with the spirit
of making this a community
event, donations of canned
food for the North County
Food Bank as well as mone-
tary donations for the festival
will be accepted. Proceeds
will go toward running the
festival and funding various
local outreach programs, such
as the Mudd-Nick Foundation
and Tillamook Secret Angels,
as well as organizations
that make music education
accessible to children in local
schools.
Portland-based photogra-
pher Anthony Pigeon, who
has worked with rock ’n’ roll
royalty such as David Bowie
and Steven Tyler, will be
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something that Carter-Boyer
says gives the event an excit-
ing high-quality aspect.
“Everyone involved put-
ting this together is a profes-
sional and is just fantastic,”
Carter-Boyer says. “This is a
real festival.”
North Coast favorite Maggie
& The Kats, featuring vocalist
Maggie Kitson, will bring its
blues sound to the Manzanita
Music Festival.
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Julie Amici, fresh off a gig at the Portland Waterfront Blues
Festival, will bring jazz vocals and upright acoustic bass to
Manzanita. The group is a collaboration between Julie Yanko
and Dean Mueller.
LOOKING AHEAD
The close-knit community
of Manzanita — residents
and merchants alike — has
embraced the festival and
offered a variety of support,
everything from sponsorships
to property use.
“I can’t say enough how
grateful we are for all the sup-
port, merchants, city council,
everyone,” Carter-Boyer says.
With that outpouring of
support, she sees the festival’s
potential as nearly limitless.
She already envisions adding
more days, venues and bands
to future festivals.
There’s also the possibility
of using the festival to cele-
brate other artistic endeavors.
“We’d like to integrate
more art into the festival,” she
says. “I’d love to see sculpture
outside, see more color, just
some really visual things.”
For now, organizers’ wish-
list for the inaugural event is
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under their belts, have every-
thing go smoothly and not have
too many things happen at once.
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dance partner, and hold those
lighters high and proud. Rock
’n’ roll is alive and well on the
North Coast.
For additional questions on
the music schedule, admis-
sion or T-shirt purchases,
email manzanitamusic
festival@gmail.com