Yarn Owl will be performing at the inaugural Portland Folk Festival in August. This event brought to you buy Slim Moon, Amanda Stark and Chantelle Hylton Simmons, who are all well known in the PDX music community. All work for prominent booking and labels in the area and they  decided it was about time to put on this grand event together.  With a killer lineup and 4 days packed full of music this is gonna be a grand time.

Yarn Owl will perform at the Know on Friday Aug 20th and this event is FREE so don’t hesitate to come out and enjoy the festival. Other events of the festival do cost and you can find more details at the Portland Folk Festival website

We’ll see you there!

Portland Folk Festival 2010

Here is the preliminary lineup with more to be added:

Celso Machado · Kimya Dawson · Thomas Mapfumo · Mirah & Thao, Mostly Unplugged · Loch Lomond · Peter Yarrow · Dan Bern · Damien Jurado · Portland Cello Project · Sea Of Bees · Caleb Klauder Country Band · Tragos Amargos (featuring Luz Elena of Y La Bamba) · Mamadou · Vagabond Opera · Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert · Rebecca Gates · Mary Flower · Dolorean · Jim Page · Bear Feet · Ezza Rose · Jackstraw · Duover · Amy Annelle · Kasey Anderson · Future Historians · Earl White Band · Freak Mountain Ramblers · Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers · Winterhaven · Anne Weiss · Mbilly · Mike Fekete · Felix Hatfield, The Oz Street Fossil · Brian Cutean · Louis Ledford · Clampitt, Gaddis & Buck · Adam & Kris · Yarn Owl · Fenbi International Superstars · Yoyodyne · Celilo · Lee Corey Oswald · Brothers Young · Petoskey · Stag Hare · The Lower 48 · Leonard Mynx · kid’s performances by: Johnny & Jason · Cardboard Songsters · Dan Bern