Sisters Folk Festival
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TheSisters Folk Festivalis an annual three-dayroots musicfestival held inSisters, Oregon,United States the weekend afterLabor Day.[1][2]
History
[edit]The festival was established in 1995 by Jim Cornelius and Dick Sandvik and is hosted in Sisters at ten venues throughout the city, including a 900-seat venue at the Village Green Park in downtown Sisters, and 900 seats at Sisters Art Works.
Programs
[edit]The Americana Song Academy is a creative camp with many Sisters Folk Festival Artists arriving early to teach all aspects of music, songwriting, performance and singing.
The Americana Project is a music and arts education program with broad community outreach. It is a collaboration between Sisters Folk Festival, Creative Educational Resources, and the Sisters School District.
My Own Two Hands (MOTH) is a regional celebration of the arts. Each year a theme is selected to inspire artists to create and donate a piece of art to be sold at the benefit auction in support of youth programming.
The Song Academy for Youth brings high school students together in a non-competitive format to cultivate musicianship, songwriting and creativity.
The Winter Concert Series shows are presented from January through March in the Sisters High School auditorium.
References
[edit]- ^"Home - Sisters Folk Festival".sistersfolkfestival.org.Retrieved2014-06-02.
- ^Sisters Oregon Guide - Sisters Folk Festival