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A SONGWRITER’S
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Genre-bending acts play Sou’wester Lodge at Lose Yr Mind event
By ERICK BENGEL
COAST WEEKEND
T
he music festival taking
place at Seaview’s Sou’west-
er Lodge in late September
features Portland artists who travel in
many indie and alternative lanes.
Their genres cover folk rock,
shoegaze, alt-country, psychedelic
surf rock and other esoteric subge-
nres. But underlying them all is a
“connection of phenomenal song-
writing,” said Ivy Ross Ricci, the
music curator at the historic lodge.
The all-ages festival, held Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 30, is or-
ganized by Lose Yr Mind, an orga-
nization launched in 2014 that hosts
an annual music fest in Portland.
The two-day show is more
of a “mini-festival” — a kind of
weekend retreat — the company’s
founder, Elizabeth Elder, said. It
also serves as a warm-up for
Lose Yr Mind’s major
festival in Portland
next month.
The lineup — a representative
sample of Portland’s tight-knit
music community — opens shortly
after 7 p.m. Friday with a solo
performance by Aan’s Bud Wilson,
followed by Nick Delffs, and clos-
ing with an hour of Jenny Don’t and
the Spurs.
On Saturday, the show resumes
at 4 p.m. with a “kickoff” potluck
dinner and a DJ. The evening slate:
Plastic Cactus, Sama Dams, Matt
Dorrien, Sunbathe, Old Age, Can-
dace and a full hour of Kyle Craft.
Elder said she chose the bands
not simply to highlight a handful
of her favorites, but because they
are a “good fit for the aesthetic
of autumn on the coast and the
Sou’wester.”
“They’re not loud punk bands,”
Elder said. “They’re really talented
musicians that are a little quieter, that
(make) for a relaxing weekend.”
Though rooms at the lodge will
be booked, Ross Ricci said some
camping spots will be left for festi-
valgoers. The festival, however, is
for everyone, not just people staying
at the Sou’wester.
Transcending genre
Though sonically diverse, the
bands complement each other, Pan-
dora-playlist style. And many defy
easy classification.
SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 29
7:15 to 7:45 p.m. AAN (solo performance
by Bud Wilson)
8 to 8:40 p.m. Nick Delffs (full band)
9 to 10 p.m. Jenny Don’t and The Spurs
Saturday, Sept. 30
4 p.m. kickoff / potluck dinner with DJ
4:30 to 5 p.m. Plastic Cactus (Pavilion)
5:15 to 5:50 p.m. Sama Dams (Pavilion)
6 to 6:35 p.m. Matt Dorrien (Lodge)
6:45 to 7:20 p.m. Sunbathe (Pavilion)
7:30 to 8:05 p.m. Old Age (Lodge)
8:15 to 8:50 p.m. Candace (Pavilion)
9 to 10 p.m. Kyle Craft (Lodge)
THE SOU’WESTER LODGE IS
‘NOT THE PLACE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR MOST
TOURING ARTISTS; YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL
THE SOU’WESTER IS TO WANT TO COME PLAY THERE.’