Calendar

Calendar

Submit calendar info to:

calendar@corvallisfolklore.org

Aug
14
Tue
International Folk Dance in Albany @ call for address
Aug 14 @ 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
Aug
21
Tue
International Folk Dance in Albany @ call for address
Aug 21 @ 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
Aug
24
Fri
Melody Pie Trio @ MARKS RIDGE WINERY
Aug 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Melody Pie Trio

Neo-Traditional Folk • Roots • Music

Melody Pie TrioTogether in melodious folkroots conversation, MPT free-ranges from storysong folk balladry and lyrical harmonic tone poems, to traditional fiddle tunes, bluegrass, country rock, jump blues, swing grooves and improv jam. Fiddler Kevin Craven, cellist Beth Brown and singer-songwriter Ralph Penunuri play an eclectic variety of original and traditional multi-instrumental stylings. 

Aug
26
Sun
Song Circle at Kurt’s @ Kurt's House
Aug 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Bring your instrument or just yourself and sing, play or just listen.

Aug
28
Tue
International Folk Dance in Albany @ call for address
Aug 28 @ 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
Aug
31
Fri
Scott Cook House Concert @ Call for Reservations and Location:317-408-5729
Aug 31 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Scott CookScott Cook

A roots balladeer with a rare personal warmth, Canada’s Scott Cook has managed to distil the stories collected over eleven years touring across Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia, Australia and elsewhere into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. Road-worn, painfully honest, and deeply human, his tunes weave threads of folk, roots, blues, soul and country over spacious fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo arrangements. His fourth release, One More Time Around, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award, and its opening track “Pass It Along” won the Folk and Acoustic category in the 2013 UK Songwriting Contest, with UK magazine Maverick Country naming him “one of Canada’s most inspiring and imaginative storytellers”. In 2015 he put together a seven-piece honky-tonk band for his fifth studio album, Scott Cook and the Long Weekends Go Long, and in 2017 he released his sixth album Further Down the Line, earning his second Canadian Folk Music Award nomination, for English Songwriter of the Year. The album is packaged in a 132-page softcover book offering a look back, in words and pictures, on his last decade of near-incessant rambling. Cook is one of the hardest-working DIY troubadours on the road today, averaging over 150 shows and a dozen festivals every year since 2007. All the hard miles notwithstanding, he still believes that songs can change your life, and your life can change the world.

“Scott Cook has distilled his travels down into songs powered by a sharp eye for imagery, a healthy dose of humanity, and that unforgettable voice, that at the same time intones the rigors of the road and the most comfortable couch you have ever slept on.” -David Francey, 3x Juno-winning songwriter

“As good a modern folkie as we have these days. A voice perfect for the genre. An understanding beyond the norm.” –No Depression

“He sings his heart and soul, and in doing so lets light flood into your own… A good eye for imagery, a gentle human touch, a wry sense of humour, a whole lot of integrity, a warm, rugged voice and a bunch of memorable lines… Truly one of Woody Guthrie’s children.” –RnR Magazine

 

A house concert is an excellent way to enjoy music in an intimate environment and get to know the musician.

Sep
2
Sun
Hoolyeh International Folk Dancing @ First Congregational United Church of Christ
Sep 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

First and Third Sundays

We will mix Balkan, Israeli and other folk dances each week, with occasional live music from Balkan, Israeli and other traditions.  Watch the calendar for announcements about special dances, but just come to each dance and learn all sorts of dances.

Hoolyeh International Folk Dancing @ First Congregational United Church of Christ
Sep 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

First and Third Sundays

We will mix Balkan, Israeli and other folk dances each week, with occasional live music from Balkan, Israeli and other traditions.  Watch the calendar for announcements about special dances, but just come to each dance and learn all sorts of dances.

Sep
3
Mon
Corvallis Guitar Society Meeting @ Odd Fellows Hall
Sep 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Corvallis Guitar Society

The goal of the Corvallis Guitar Society is to act as a catalyst to bring local guitarists out of the woodwork and provide an opportunity to perform and enjoy guitar music in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. The accent here is on participation and we hope people will want to participate in the open stage section also – no piece of music is too short or simple (though there is a five minute limit if we have a full sign-up sheet) and you are guaranteed a warm round of applause for showing us what you can do! We do have a limited number of open stage slots so be sure to sign up early at the front desk on the way in.

Our Mission

To promote classical and related guitar styles by providing a supportive performance environment for people of all ages and ability.

We seek to achieve this through a monthly meeting that provides an opportunity to discuss, listen to, and play solo guitar music including classical, flamenco, finger-style, jazz, as well as classical guitar ensemble styles.

Sep
4
Tue
International Folk Dance in Albany @ call for address
Sep 4 @ 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
Sep
9
Sun
Song Circle at Kurt’s @ Kurt's House
Sep 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Bring your instrument or just yourself and sing, play or just listen.

Sep
11
Tue
International Folk Dance in Albany @ call for address
Sep 11 @ 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
Sep
15
Sat
Contra: The Nettles with Michael Karcher @ Gatton Hall / First Congregational Church
Sep 15 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

The NettlesThe Nettles

Laura Brophy – fiddle
Kevin Johnsrude – guitars

Michael Proctor – bass
Brian Bucolo – percussion

The Nettles are well-known on the West Coast for their original approach to contra dance music. Playing traditional music from all over the world, The Nettles create a strong rhythmic groove under soaring improvisations. Rhythmic drive and melodic fluidity allow The Nettles to propel contra dances into the stratosphere. .

Michael KarcherMichael Karcher

Michael has been having the time of his life calling around the U.S. and Canada since 2011.

He has honed a warm and concise style of teaching and calling, to the delight of dancers across North America.

 

NOTE NEW TIMES: Beginners lesson starts at 7:00pm (experienced dancers welcome) dance starts at 7:30pm

Each dance is taught.  No partner necessary (it’s traditional to dance each dance with a different partner)

First and Third Saturdays of the month except July, August. Occasional special dances.

Sep
16
Sun
Hoolyeh International Folk Dancing @ First Congregational United Church of Christ
Sep 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

First and Third Sundays

We will mix Balkan, Israeli and other folk dances each week, with occasional live music from Balkan, Israeli and other traditions.  Watch the calendar for announcements about special dances, but just come to each dance and learn all sorts of dances.

Sep
18
Tue
International Folk Dance in Albany @ call for address
Sep 18 @ 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm