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Hear acoustic bluegrass Blues and R&B revue set for Astoria Event Center
ASTORIA — A night of
at Fort George Brewery non-stop
music, dancing
ASTORIA — Fort George
Brewery continues its Sun-
day night music offerings on
Sunday, Oct. 2 with Port-
land-area-based band The
Columbians.
The band will perform
starting at 8 p.m. upstairs on
the stage at the brewery.
The show is free and
open to all ages. Fort George
Brewery is located at 1483
Duane St.
The Columbians fea-
tures Peter “Spud” Siegel
on mandolin and vocals,
Joel Marshall on guitar and
vocals, Bill Uhlig on upright
bass, and Peter Schwimmer
on banjo.
The band plays a mixture
of acoustic bluegrass and
eclectic Americana. The
group also adapts music
from other genres — in-
cluding reggae, blues, folk,
country and rock — to the
acoustic instruments played
by band members.
Siegel has played in
many bluegrass bands and
band of other genres, in-
cluding the Muddy Bottom
Boys, the Jim Kweskin
Jug Band, and both he and
Marshall have played with
Cannon Beach-based band
The Floating Glass Balls.
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1 * 7 pm
Doors Open @ 6:00pm
Buffet @ 6:15pm
Blues and R&B Review
Oct. 8 * 9 pm
Bruce Thomas Smith
and Friends
Port of Call Bistro & Bar
Produced by Jimmy James
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Tickets @
brownpapertickets.com
$
15 Presale
20 At the door
$
12 Buffet ticket
$
Enter the silent
auction for this
33-year old
drawing!
$ 1 per ticket goes to
Filling Empty Bellies
Astoria Event Center
and a buffet dinner await
Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Asto-
ria Event Center, located at
255 Ninth St.
Doors open at 6 p.m.,
and there will be door
prizes and giveaways. The
buffet dinner starts at 6:15
p.m., complete with salad
and appetizer bars. Then,
the concert starts at 7 p.m.,
featuring music by some
of the North Coast’s inest
musicians.
The musical revue will
be emceed by congenial
host Tory Hunt of Troy &
Company. Once the show
starts, there will be non-stop
music with no big breaks
between sets.
Groove along to the tunes
of concert music director
and guitar slinger Richard
Thomasian, who has been
playing music up and down
the West Coast for over 40
years. He has focused on
jazz but also enjoys blues,
rock, funk, country, folk and
reggae, and he’s played in
and led bands in many of
these genres.
Maggie Kitson of
Maggie and Kats will also
perform. Kitson started
singing the blues in New
Orleans and hasn’t stopped
since. She’s performed in
the Bond Street Blues Band
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BY BLUESJOHN PHOTOGRAPHY
North Coast favorite Maggie
Kitson will perform the blues.
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Troy Hunt will act as emcee
for the event.
CONCERT
Richard Thomasian, of War-
renton, performs in many
genres.
but now heads her own
group, performing blues,
funk and rhythm-n-blues in
the local area.
Barney Perrine and Tim
Kelly will round out the
show. Perrine has a soul-
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ful, smooth quality to his
voice, and he performs the
melodic blues. Resident
blues rocker Kelly focuses
on chunky rhythms with a
lair for blazing hot melodic
leads.
Tickets are $20 at the
door or $15 in advance at
brownpapertickets.com.
Add $12 per ticket for the
full buffet.
Five percent of door sales
will go to Filling Empty
Bellies, a local charity that
feeds the homeless popula-
tion in Astoria.
Coffee, Pets & Politics
Local Country Music with
october 14 * 8 pm
Resident blues rocker Tim
Kelly will perform.
7 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 1
Astoria Event Center
255 Ninth St., Astoria
brownpapertickets.
com
$20 at the door
$15 in advance
Add $12 for bufet
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PHOTO BY ERICK BENGEL
September 29 * 8 pm
Rusty Spurs
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Barney Perrine will perform at
the concert.
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State Rep. Deborah
Boone is hosting a
beneit fund-raiser for
Clatsop Animal Assistance
and you’Re inviteD!
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october 15 * 8 pm
K LEVERKILL
When: Saturday, Oct. 1,
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Where: 3 Cups Cofee House
Free
(279 W. Marine Drive, Astoria).
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P ORT TRO & B A
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Port of Call Bistro & Bar
894 Commercial Street
503*325*4356
Pla ying to da y’s hit co untry
Alycia Baird
Photography
Deborah Boone & Tyner
Clatsop Animal Assistance, Inc. (CAA) is
a non-proit all volunteer organization
dedicated to promoting and providing for
the needs of the Clatsop County Animal
Shelter’s homeless pets.
Cofee & Refreshments provided.
Here’s your opportunity to meet
your State Representative and help
local animals in need. Plus, Rep.
Boone will match donations made
to CAA up to $50.
Paid for by: Boone for State Representative
P.O. Box 637, Cannon Beach, OR 97110