The Inaugural Portland Folk Festival adds Damien Jurado, Peter Yarrow(of Peter, Paul & Mary) and a 4th night!

The Inaugural Portland Folk Festival announces the addition of a fourth night on August 19th! Also, the lineup has been rounded out with several wonderful additions: Damien Jurado, Peter Yarrow (of Peter Paul & Mary), the Brothers Young, Vagabond Opera, and a Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert that follows the screening of the 1941 documentary about Woody Guthrie titled Roll On Columbia. Also screening over the weekend will be the film Roll Out Cowboy which follows Sandman The Rappin' Cowboy around the country in the lead up to the 2008 elections. There are still many more performers being added to the lineup daily and tickets for the entire festival are now $30.

Preliminary Lineup (more to come):

Celso Machado · Loch Lomond · Thomas Mapfumo · Peter Yarrow · Dan Bern · Damien Jurado · Sea of Bees · Caleb Klauder Country Band · Mamadou · Vagabond Opera · Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert · Mary Flower · Jim Page · Bear Feet · Ezza Rose · Jackstraw · Future Historians · Earl White Band · Freak Mountain Ramblers · Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers · Winterhaven · Anne Weiss · Felix Hatfield, The Oz Street Fossil · Brian Cutean · Louis Ledford · Adam & Kris · Yarn Owl · Yoyodyne · Celilo · Lee Corey Oswald · Brothers Young · Petoskey · Stag Hare · The Lower 48 · Kid’s Performances by: Johnny and Jason · Cardboard Songsters · Dan Bern

Documentaries:

Roll Out Cowboy - Documents the travels of Sandman the Rappin' Cowboy in the leadup to the election in 2008, traveling from red state to blue state and capturing the challenges he faces as a cowboy who raps.

Roll On Columbia - A documentary from 1941 that follows Woody Guthrie's trip with his family from Southern California to Portland, OR where the BPA paid him to write 26 songs in 30 days.

Participating Venues:

Thursday August 19 (Downtown) - Mission Theater, Sisters of the Road Café, Backspace, Ella Street Social Club

Friday August 20 (Alberta Arts District) - Alberta Rose, Alberta Street Pub, The Know

Saturday August 21 (Mississippi Historic Neighborhood & Russell Street) - Wonder Ballroom, White Eagle, Mississippi Studios, Mississippi Pizza, buyolympia/Land

Sunday August 22 (Southeast Portland) - Doug Fir, Rontoms, Laurelthirst Pub, Holocene