Columbia City Theater

Mark your calendar for Friday, October 21, 8PM, and join us at the Columbia City Theater for the Roots & Branches Vol. 3: Live from the 2011 Festival, CD Release Party!

We’ve got a stellar line-up of musicians including Squirrel Butter, Spoonshine, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, and a special guest performance by Chris Cunningham (Ravennna Woods). If you’ve never been to one of Folklife’s CD Release Parties, here’s your chance to experience the rip roar n’ good time and also relive some of your favorite Festival memories.

9pm // $8 // Get Tickets

Thursday: Acoustic Zoo, Simon Kornelis w/ Katie Goddard, Squirrel Butter

We have a great show of roots and blues tonight in the theater with Acoustic Zoo featuring Ben Hunter, Simon Kornelis with Katie Goddard, and Squirrel Butter. You may know Simon and Ben as the affable gents often performing in the Bourbon on Thursday nights and our monthly Brewer’s Night. This time they’re on the big stage in back and it’s going to be a hootenanny!

Tickets are only $5 so come on down early, get a drink and some delicious food from our menu and enjoy these fantastic musicians.

8:30pm // $5 // Tickets available at the door

Friday: Slow Skate (record release), Thomas Hunter & White China Gold, Dane Ueland

Friday night we are happy to host the record release party for Slow Skate. This dreamy pop band will enthrall you with their hypnotic vocals and haunting guitar. Here’s a teaser:

Also on the bill will be Thomas Hunter & White China Gold. Thomas has performed on our stage several times with bands such as Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, Wild Orchid Children and as part of Damien Jurado’s band. We’re excited to have his solo project perform for us tonight.

Opening the night will be the indie folk of Dane Ueland.

9pm // $7 // Tickets

Thursday: Cahalen Morrison and Eli West, Squirrel Butter, Ben Gilmer

We are happy to announce we are now having shows on Thursdays!  And our first Thursday show will be some old-timey Americana as Cahalen Morrison & Eli West wow you with some amazing picking and back woods harmonies. Here’s a video from when they performed on our stage for the Harry Smith Tribute back in November:

Also playing that night will be Squirrel Butter and Ben Gilmer.

9pm // $6 // Tickets

Friday: Sound on the Sound Presents: Drew Grow & The Pastors’ Wives, AgesandAges, Baltic Cousins, Battle School (free in the Bourbon!)

Friday will be a very special night at the theater as Drew Grow & The Pastors’ Wives makes their return performance after Drew was injured in a severe car accident last January. Two weeks ago, the Seattle music community came out in full force (for this Portland artist) and raised some much need funds at Drew’s benefit show. Now’s your chance to see this incredible performer back on stage where he belongs.

Opening up the night for this Sound on the Sound Presents show will be Baltic Cousins followed by another great Portland band, AgesandAges. Check out their new video:

Battle School will kick things off with a free show in the Bourbon starting at 8pm!

9pm // $10 advance – $12 day of show // Tickets

Saturday: Grand Hallway, Youth Rescue Mission (record release), Heatwarmer, Sean Neil & Stella Maxwell (free in the Bourbon!)

Youth Rescue Mission

Wow, what a weekend! We are so excited to host the release to Youth Rescue Mission‘s debut record which was recorded by our very own Gary Mula at The Bani-Love, the recording studio located at Columbia City Theater. Headlining the night will be another band dear to us, Grand Hallway, who played one of our grand opening shows last June.

Heatwarmer opens up the evening in the theater and Sean Neil (Dynamite Boy) and Stella Maxwell (Cruiserweight) play a free show in the Bourbon at 8pm.

9pm // $10 advance – $12 day of show // Tickets