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APRIL 20�27, 2022
WHAT’S PLAYING AROUND
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Jackalope Jamboree hops into third year
By Tammy Malgesini
Go! Magazine
P
ENDLETON — Tickets are
now on sale for the Jack-
alope Jamboree, which is gear-
ing up for a three-day country
and Americana music festival in
June at the Happy Canyon Arena
in Pendleton.
The event features headliners
each night. Reckless Kelly will
kick things off Thursday, June 23,
Turnpike Troubadours will travel
to the stage Friday, June 24, and
closing out the event on Saturday,
June 25, is Mike & The Moonpies.
Nearly 20 musical acts will per-
form throughout the festival.
Chad Colwell, one of the
event’s organizers, said if early
ticket sales are any indication,
this could be the best year yet.
Landing Turnpike Troubadours,
he said, “is kind of a big draw for
us.” In less than a month, Colwell
said the festival had more than
doubled tickets sales as com-
pared to all of 2021.
Running on adrenaline from
a successful inaugural event in
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Concertgoers dance as Jesse Daniel
performs June 26, 2021, during
Jackalope Jamboree at the Happy
Canyon Arena in Pendleton. The
country singer-songwriter returns
for the 2022 musical festival, slated
for June 23-25.
2019, Colwell and fellow organiz-
ers Rian Beach and Daren Le-
querica announced in early 2020
plans to expand to two days for
the second year.
However, the global pandemic
pulled the plug, forcing the
trio to wait until 2021 for their
sophomore event. Even with
Oregon has a tremendous music
scene,” he said. “There’s a lot
of great music and we want to
showcase them.”
Festival options include
two- and three-day packages
($105-$165), as well as single-
day tickets ($25-$85). For a link
to ticket information, visit www.
jackalopejamboree.com.
“Every day off ers a great day
of music at Jackalope Jambo-
ree,” Colwell said.
Festival-goers hoping to
secure RV/trailer or vehicle (car,
van, truck) camping are encour-
aged to make reservations early.
Also, Colwell advises people to
visit the event website and social
media pages for updates.
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“Not only is the space historic
and a fi xture of the community,
it also allows for an intimate
experience for patrons of the
festival,” Beach said. “Happy
Canyon is big enough to have
thousands of spectators, but still
small enough that you can truly
experience what the festival is all
about: music.”
Another big draw, Colwell
said, is mixing up the lineup. In
addition to national touring and
traveling acts, he said it’s impor-
tant to include local musicians
or those with ties to the region
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James Dean Kindle, Elwood and
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some lingering restrictions and
the sweltering heat, Colwell said
more than 1,000 attended the
Jackalope Jamboree’s fi rst day
and a tick below that showed up
for Saturday’s performances.
Colwell said early out of the
chute, the idea was to move
beyond a one-day event. And in
just its third year, the 2022 festi-
val has expanded to three days.
“We wanted to see this thing
grow,” he said. “It was a goal
at some point to expand and
get bigger.”
Festival organizers are
pleased to return to the Happy
Canyon Arena. The festival has
been held at the venue since
its beginning.
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