. . . this weekend . . . lots of choices, directions, music, words . . . hmmmmm
A great weekend of shows at
Mississippi Studios kicks off tonight with
John Wesley Harding. Last year he did a fantastic sold out set at MS . . . and the very entertaining
Jim Brunberg will open. There a few tickets left, but should be another full house. (7 PM, $22)
Also tonight,
Fernando Viciconte is at Berbati's,
The Strangetones at
Venue (the old Billy Reed's on MLK) and the Irish band,
Patrick Street is at the
Alberta Street Pub - this show is sold out, but another has been added for Sunday at 5 PM. ($25)
Saturday starts the two days of the
Wordstock book fair. The Wordstock Festival (which began yesterday) is Portland's annual festival of books. The book fair will be held at the Convention Center focusing on all things literary . . . this festival has really taken off - it's only $5 for admission and definitely worth checking out. In conjunction with the festival, a very special
LiveWire! Radio show will happen at the Aladdin Saturday night with special guests from the festival including Le Show's Harry Shearer. (8 PM, $25)
The
Voices for Silent Disasters fund raising shows for Mercy Corp continues at the Mission Theater with Songwriter's Night - great lineup includes:
Morgan Grace /
Little Sue /
Jeremy Wilson /
Pilar French /
Michael Jodell /
Susie Blue /
Lael Alderman /
Jaycob Van Auken /
Linda Hornbuckle /
Breanna Paletta (8 PM, $15)
And two great (and separate) shows at Mississippi Studios with songwriter
Cosy Sheridan at 7 PM ($15) and the amazing
Sonny Landreth for a very special 10 PM show ($35). There may be a few tickets left for Sonny . . . the house will be rocking late into the night.
For a somewhat quieter evening, a fine pairing of
James Low and
Kaitlyn ni Donovan will be at the Press Club on SE Clinton (at 26th) - a great little neighborhood cafe/bar (and they make delicious crepes). And
Paula Sinclair will be at the
Twin Paradox Cafe in Sellwood.
Finally, if you're a fan of songwiter
Craig Crouthers, he in town and doing a sonwriters in the round show on
Sunday at the Kennedy School with Jack McMahon, Kate Power and Steve Einhorn . . . . 7:30 PM
And, remember to tune in to
89.1 KMHD's Mississippi West from 3-6 PM on Saturday.
See you at a show!