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FREE ADMISSION with $2 minimum purchase. Our wildly popular Open Mic Talent Search features the Willamette Valley's best local acoustic performers. Cash prize purse awarded to the top three acts. First place winners are eligible to compete in the Acoustic Showdown playoff. Sold out crowds are a testament to the growing community of musicians and artists in Southtown. Sign-up happens shortly before 9pm.
Performance Groundrules: All Open Mic performers agree to share time equally, limit volume to acoustic levels, refrain from the use of profanity and keep their acts "family friendly" i.e. no graffic or offensive content. $5 Entry Fee for the
Contest Round. For more info contact Ocean Liff-Anderson, FireWorks Proprietor & Open Mic Host.
Joanne Trzcinski, pianist and jazz vocalist, is a fresh addition to the Oregon Willamette Valley music scene. Although a local to the area now, she brings a touch of her back east urban roots to the Willamette Valley. She has performed jazz standards and originals at local wineries, eateries and special events over the past few years. Her first CD, White Shirt Black Suit, was recorded with an ensemble of jazz musicians, two of which are her own family members and released a year ago. Joanne's vocals are smooth and dreamy and her "easy listening" musical style makes her music enjoyable to audiences of any age.
Skyler Corbett is a Corvallis-born songwriter
and artist with a secret trove of songs that blend Americana
with Alt-Rock and influences stretching from Leonard Cohen to
The Clash. Joined by special guests Jessica 'Bootstrings' Thompson,
Rio Smith, and Jason Yaich, Skyler is celebrating his 30th birthday
this year at Fireworks by showcasing rare material from his upcoming
'Broken Smokes' EP.
Dave and Sharon Thormahlen are a husband and wife team in music and in business. Dave builds harps, guitars and mandolins, combining his love of music with a fascination of woodworking. Sharon takes care of everything else in their Thormahlen Harps business. She is also a composer and arranger with 11 music books to her credit. Together they play musical watercolors weaving together rhythms and harmonies creating beautiful and evocative music.
The Infallible Collective is composed of Lance Albertson on trumpet, Doug Meyers on guitar, w.g. "Malkiel" Davies on electric upright bass, and Van Walk on drums. We play a variety of styles, ranging from '50s & '60s bop to Latin Swing & Bossa Nova to modern trip-hop and jams. The band is always exploring new and original compositions as well as the occasional bop-era standard. Yes indeed kids, jazz is alive and well, and we invite you all along for the ride.
FREE ADMISSION with $2 minimum purchase. Our wildly popular Open Mic Talent Search features the Willamette Valley's best local acoustic performers. Cash prize purse awarded to the top three acts. First place winners are eligible to compete in the Acoustic Showdown playoff. Sold out crowds are a testament to the growing community of musicians and artists in Southtown. Sign-up happens shortly before 9pm.
Performance Groundrules: All Open Mic performers agree to share time equally, limit volume to acoustic levels, refrain from the use of profanity and keep their acts "family friendly" i.e. no graffic or offensive content. $5 Entry Fee for the
Contest Round. For more info contact Ocean Liff-Anderson, FireWorks Proprietor & Open Mic Host.
Long time folk & blues artist from Summit and Open Mic favorite. Karl Smiley plays his finger-pickin' eclectic mix of folk classics and originals.
Sid Rosen is a local
guitarist whose music has been heavily influenced by that of
India. He will be accompanied by Corvallis musical renaissance
man George Beekman.
What has happened to America's original musical art form jazz? In the U.S. it has become an antiquated museum piece securely placed under a glass case, ever-guarded by the Jazz Police, transformed from a vibrant, expressive art form into an object to be observed and dissected in universities ("Jazz Studies"), and barely acknowledged by a distracted American listening public. The be-bop sonically immortalized on 1950s and 60s jazz records surely deserves our continual respect, admiration and listening; there is always something to learn from the masters who preceded us. However, consistently regurgitating the musical past is a form of artistic suicide. The Van Meyers Jazz is stepping away from the past and inviting the listener and viewer into a musical world where artistic communication and the risk of blazing new musical ground is a never ending goal. It is best to set aside preconceived notions of what jazz is or isn't and just dig the journey. . . http://web.me.com/vmjazzodd/Site/home.html
FREE ADMISSION with $2 minimum purchase. Our wildly popular Open Mic Talent Search features the Willamette Valley's best local acoustic performers. Cash prize purse awarded to the top three acts. First place winners are eligible to compete in the Acoustic Showdown playoff. Sold out crowds are a testament to the growing community of musicians and artists in Southtown. Sign-up happens shortly before 9pm.
Performance Groundrules: All Open Mic performers agree to share time equally, limit volume to acoustic levels, refrain from the use of profanity and keep their acts "family friendly" i.e. no graffic or offensive content. $5 Entry Fee for the
Contest Round. For more info contact Ocean Liff-Anderson, FireWorks Proprietor & Open Mic Host.
Jesse Meade is a singer-songwriter now living in Eugene, Oregon. He accompanies himself with his own finger-style, acoustic guitar playing. His influences include musicians like: Ray Charles, Hank Williams, Elizabeth Cotten, John Hurt, Sam Cooke, Patsy Cline, Fats Domino, and Aretha Franklin. www.jessemeade.com
Chayag was founded in Quinto, Ecuador in 1990 by Alex Llumiquinga. For over 20 years, Chayag has been dedicated to sharing and preserving the ancestral music and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Andes. The versitility of Chayag's musical style delights audiences of all ages.
Cloud Mountain Ramblers plays the finest Old Time Mountain Music, with musical roots in the Ozarks, Ireland and Africa. The band features John Meade on banjo and Joe Huff on fiddle. myspace.com/cloudmountainramblers
FREE ADMISSION with $2 minimum purchase. Our wildly popular Open Mic Talent Search features the Willamette Valley's best local acoustic performers. Cash prize purse awarded to the top three acts. First place winners are eligible to compete in the Acoustic Showdown playoff. Sold out crowds are a testament to the growing community of musicians and artists in Southtown. Sign-up happens shortly before 9pm.
Performance Groundrules: All Open Mic performers agree to share time equally, limit volume to acoustic levels, refrain from the use of profanity and keep their acts "family friendly" i.e. no graffic or offensive content. $5 Entry Fee for the
Contest Round. For more info contact Ocean Liff-Anderson, FireWorks Proprietor & Open Mic Host.
Coin of the Realm Orchestra embodies the true spirit of traditional Ukrainian folk music. The band joined together in 2005 on the premise of keeping the music of the old culture alive. Coin of the Realm Orchestra indefatigably performs a conglomeration of kozachoks, kolomyjkas, waltzes, polkas, and the occasional oberek. They must be heard to be believed! www.MySpace.com/CoinoftheRealm
Darrell McElmurry - lead and Rhythm guitar We play hot club jazz and choro/ bossa nova instrumental music. Our sound is fun and interesting. We play very much along the lines of Django Rhienhardt, Jimmy Rosenburg Trio and Hot Club of San Fransisco
Vanderwall gives a modern interpretation to pieces from the Renaissance through Romantic periods, exploring all the tonal possibilities of a solo guitar. Eric is also involved in other music projects spanning blues, metal, hard rock, and jazz. He is studying guitar at Oregon State University.
Mahogany Driftwood is a Singer/Songwriter whose style borders johnny cash and classic satire country, sure to be a good old time
Long time friends Amish Rage and Judy Parker join together with a sound that is compelling and inspiring. www.myspace.com/inchicoremusic
River Rocks is a four-person ensemble,
consisting of Laurie Childers, Mina Carson, Bill Veley, and Shelley Willis.
RiverRocks plays multi-genre lyrical originals and covers on
a variety of instruments. River Rocks sends their musical messages
straight to your heart. Their songs will make you laugh or cry but
probably both. www.lauriechilders.com
Taking the hook of indie-pop, adding a dose of lyrical twist, and driving it all home with a beat that won't allow you to sit still... Master Cylinder will draw you in and keep you there. The thump of the backbeat in songs like "Complementarity", "Radar", and "Blue" is the siren that beckons you. You will be humming along and tapping your feet to the clever lines, the velvety bass, and unforgettable guitar melodies. Alaskan born artist Marty Baggen "is
not famous, and may never be but he damn well should be!"
writes Stephanie Guinn of the Indie Reviewer. "Pure pop
that rivals The Goo Goo Dolls in their finest hour" writes
Greg Mandel of the Oregonian. 
Jim Page has been on the folk scene for more than twenty years and his reputation continues to grow. He has shared the stage with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Dan Bern, Michelle Shocked, Leftover Salmon, Mickey Hart, J.J. Cale, Robert Hunter, Chuck Brodsky, and John Hammond. His songs have been performed by Christy Moore, Michael Hedges, John Trudell, The Doobie Brothers, Joanne Rand, Casey Neill, and (yes) David Soul.
Open Mic favorites Angie and Walter share original, heartfelt songs, with Guitar, Cello and Keys.
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Monday,
May 7, 9pm 
Saturday, May 12, 8pm
Saturday, May 19, 8pm
Sunday,
June 3, 8pm
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