PGS is a monthly meeting free to the public providing two hours of guitar music. It’s also a nonprofit membership organization providing a place to meet other players, makers, and teachers, and it's a friendly place to discover and share new tunes, techniques, and styles. We welcome all kinds of music and all skill levels. Meetings start with open mic time and end with a half-hour Featured Performer set.
PGS meets at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis Street, Portland from 7:00 to 9:30 PM on the first Monday of every month (second Monday if the first is a holiday). Meetings are always free and open to the public.
PGS meets at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis Street, Portland from 7:00 to 9:30 PM on the first Monday of every month (second Monday if the first is a holiday). Meetings are always free and open to the public.
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Sounds of Brazil PDX
Sunday March 31, 4pm
Classic Pianos Recital Hall
Portland's 11th Annual Dia do Choro Concert
Celebrating Brazilian Composers of Choro Music and MORE!
Come hear the intricate and sultry instrumental melodies of classic choro, the edgy syncopation of modern choro, emotive samba and bossa nova, and other genres. This is a rare opportunity to hear a wide range of composers, performed by three diverse acts: mandolin/guitar duo, piano/guitar duo, and quartet of mandolin, 7 string guitar, pandeiro, cavaquinho. Special guests include native Brazilians Alexandra Santos (vocals) and Gabriela Gimenes (Flute).
Tickets & Information
Tickets & Information
Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons
Tuesday April 9th, 7:30 pm
PCC Rock Creek
The Portland Community College Rock Creek Experience Music series presents Americana duo Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons on April 9 in the Forum, Building 3, 17705 NW Springville Road, Portland. The concert begins at 7:30. Admission is a donation at the door. Parking is $2.
Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons are songster revivalists who perform acoustic blues, field hollers, fiddle & banjo breakdowns, and early jazz that delights audiences in concerts and workshops nationwide. With their unique integration of performance, education and modern-day folklore, the Seattle-based duo redefines the role of a songster in the 21st century. Their American Roots music is inspired by early 20th century American folk, novelty songs and black Americana. They blend the musical stories from the rural American Northwest, African American folklore and connect those lineages to music from around the world. For more information, please go to: https://www.benjoemusic.com/.
Ben and Joe will present a one-hour lecture and demonstration on American folk music, also on April 9, at 11:00 am in building 3, room 114 at the Rock Creek campus. All are welcome.
For more information about the concert, go to http://www.pcc.edu/programs/music/rock-creek/.
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Avery Bergstrom and Anton Emery Celtic Guitar Duets Celtic Community Night - Wednesday April 10, 7pm. Artichoke Music 2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR $5-$15 sliding scale. |
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Okaidja
Tuesday April 16th, 7:30 pm
PCC Rock Creek
The Portland Community College Rock Creek Experience Music series presents Okaidja on April 16 in the Forum, Building 3, 17705 NW Springville Road, Portland. The concert begins at 7:30. Admission is a donation at the door. Parking is $2.
Singer, guitarist, percussionist and dancer Okaidja Afroso is a true musical polymath. His evocative and soulful music charts a journey from the traditional songs of his youth, through to an immersion into the music of the African Diaspora.
Born into a family of musicians and storytellers in a village on the west coast of Ghana, Okaidja Afroso is a singer, guitarist, percussionist, and dancer deeply connected to the musical traditions of the African Diaspora and devoted to bringing together diverse modes of expression in pursuit of global harmony. His four albums, most recently The Palm Wine Sea, chart a journey from his past as a vocalist, percussionist and dancer with the Ghana Dance Ensemble and Obo Addy through to the present, as a confident and mature songwriter and collaborator. His songs call back to the sounds of his youth, illuminating them with the experiences and wonder of a curious traveler, never resting and always seeking. For more information, please go to: https://okaidja.com.
For more information about the concert, go to http://www.pcc.edu/programs/music/rock-creek/.
Tuesday April 16th, 7:30 pm
PCC Rock Creek
The Portland Community College Rock Creek Experience Music series presents Okaidja on April 16 in the Forum, Building 3, 17705 NW Springville Road, Portland. The concert begins at 7:30. Admission is a donation at the door. Parking is $2.
Singer, guitarist, percussionist and dancer Okaidja Afroso is a true musical polymath. His evocative and soulful music charts a journey from the traditional songs of his youth, through to an immersion into the music of the African Diaspora.
Born into a family of musicians and storytellers in a village on the west coast of Ghana, Okaidja Afroso is a singer, guitarist, percussionist, and dancer deeply connected to the musical traditions of the African Diaspora and devoted to bringing together diverse modes of expression in pursuit of global harmony. His four albums, most recently The Palm Wine Sea, chart a journey from his past as a vocalist, percussionist and dancer with the Ghana Dance Ensemble and Obo Addy through to the present, as a confident and mature songwriter and collaborator. His songs call back to the sounds of his youth, illuminating them with the experiences and wonder of a curious traveler, never resting and always seeking. For more information, please go to: https://okaidja.com.
For more information about the concert, go to http://www.pcc.edu/programs/music/rock-creek/.
Portland FolkMusic Society
presents
Nina Gerber and Chris Webster
Friday April 19th, 7:30pm
Reedwood Friends Church
Music fans know Nina Gerber and Chris Webster as two extremely skilled and artful musical talents. Webster's voice is uniquely compelling while Gerber's guitar stylings are beautiful and powerful. Whether presented with folk, country, bluegrass, rock, or blues, Nina is able to fall into leads which have rare reverence for the true feeling of a song, always emphasizing taste over technical display. With originals, tasteful covers, soulful ballads, jazzy tunes and sweet folk; together they're magic!
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presents
Nina Gerber and Chris Webster
Friday April 19th, 7:30pm
Reedwood Friends Church
Music fans know Nina Gerber and Chris Webster as two extremely skilled and artful musical talents. Webster's voice is uniquely compelling while Gerber's guitar stylings are beautiful and powerful. Whether presented with folk, country, bluegrass, rock, or blues, Nina is able to fall into leads which have rare reverence for the true feeling of a song, always emphasizing taste over technical display. With originals, tasteful covers, soulful ballads, jazzy tunes and sweet folk; together they're magic!
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Portland FolkMusic Society
presents
Dave Stamey
Friday May 17th, 7:30pm
Reedwood Friends Church
Dave Stamey has been a working cowboy, rancher, mule packer and dude wrangler. Presently he is one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. The Western Music Association has seven times voted him Entertainer of the Year and Male Performer of the Year along with five times Songwriter of the Year. Performing songs of the American west, this cowboy has delighted audiences in 23 states.
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presents
Dave Stamey
Friday May 17th, 7:30pm
Reedwood Friends Church
Dave Stamey has been a working cowboy, rancher, mule packer and dude wrangler. Presently he is one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. The Western Music Association has seven times voted him Entertainer of the Year and Male Performer of the Year along with five times Songwriter of the Year. Performing songs of the American west, this cowboy has delighted audiences in 23 states.
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