TUMBLEWEED MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024
August 30 - September 1 Howard Amon Park
Richland, Washington
The Tumbleweed Music Festival is a free, open-air, community acoustic music festival sponsored by the Three Rivers Folklife Society, a small, 501(c)(3) community arts orgaization here in the Tri-Cities, which is traditionally held on Labor Day weekend each year. The 2024 festival will be our 28th annual! We feature many kinds of acoustic music (primarily folk, blues, bluegrass, etc.) but are welcoming to all types of music and dance performances.
The festival begins Friday of Labor Day weekend with a free "New Horizons" concert, presenting younger (and euphemistically, "higher energy") performers than many of our attendees are used to seeing. Over the years, we've found some fantastic performers through this concert who have since become Tumbleweed family members, returning to the festival often to perform.
Saturday and Sunday of that weekend, from 11am to 6pm, we have a new performance or workshop on each of our 4 outdoor and 2 indoor stages, and 2 workshop rooms every 45 minutes; there's also an open-mic stage that keeps its own schedule. All performances and workshops are free except for the Saturday benefit concert and the Sunday evening Contra Dance - those are ticketed events.
One other feature of Tumbleweed is the annual "Jane Titland Memorial Songwriting Contest," in which songwriters submit songs matching that year's festival theme; selection of a theme for 2024 is currently underway.
Performers (except for the three headline acts chosen for the Saturday evening Tumbleweed benefit concert, and the band and caller for the Sunday evening contra dance) are not paid beyond a travel stipend that is based on distance traveled to be here (and which maxes out at $150). If this works for you, we'd love to have you apply! (see below, or the "Applications" tab above).
The festival begins Friday of Labor Day weekend with a free "New Horizons" concert, presenting younger (and euphemistically, "higher energy") performers than many of our attendees are used to seeing. Over the years, we've found some fantastic performers through this concert who have since become Tumbleweed family members, returning to the festival often to perform.
Saturday and Sunday of that weekend, from 11am to 6pm, we have a new performance or workshop on each of our 4 outdoor and 2 indoor stages, and 2 workshop rooms every 45 minutes; there's also an open-mic stage that keeps its own schedule. All performances and workshops are free except for the Saturday benefit concert and the Sunday evening Contra Dance - those are ticketed events.
One other feature of Tumbleweed is the annual "Jane Titland Memorial Songwriting Contest," in which songwriters submit songs matching that year's festival theme; selection of a theme for 2024 is currently underway.
Performers (except for the three headline acts chosen for the Saturday evening Tumbleweed benefit concert, and the band and caller for the Sunday evening contra dance) are not paid beyond a travel stipend that is based on distance traveled to be here (and which maxes out at $150). If this works for you, we'd love to have you apply! (see below, or the "Applications" tab above).
Let us know how we did! Please fill out our Survey form with the button below!
The Tumbleweed Planning committee is very pleased to announce:
The Winners of the TMF2023 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST!
First Prize: Jonas Westin, Sofia Talvik on the North Stage
The Winners of the TMF2023 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST!
First Prize: Jonas Westin, Sofia Talvik on the North Stage
Image copyright © 2023 by Jonas Talvik
Second Prize: Anthony Moore, Lauren Wanamaker on the West Stage
Image Copyright © 2023 by Anthony Moore
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Third Prize: Brandon Harbo, Hawkeye Herman on the Art Gallery Stage
Image Copyright © 2023 by Brandon Harbo
Here are the "Honorable Mentions" from the Photo Contest:
- Amber Doan, Lauren Napier on the Community Center Stage,
- Amber Doan, Gwen Good on the Jim Honeyman South Stage, and
- Anthony Moore, Big Joe on the North Stage.
The 2023 Tumbleweed Virtual Music Festival is LIVE!!
http://tumbleweedmusicfestival.org
DONATE to the Tumbleweed Music Festival
Our Virtual Tumbleweed Festivals were and are a success!
Click on VirtualTMFs above for archived festival reports, original schedules, and information regarding our three (so far) Virtual Tumbleweed festivals, presented in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Our virtual festivals are still available at our festival website:
tumbleweedmusicfestival.org
Click on VirtualTMFs above for archived festival reports, original schedules, and information regarding our three (so far) Virtual Tumbleweed festivals, presented in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Our virtual festivals are still available at our festival website:
tumbleweedmusicfestival.org
Tumbleweed has a YouTube channel! We posted all the performances and concerts from the 2020, 2021, and 2022 Virtual Festivals - over 200! Search YouTube for "3RFS," or click here: 3RFS / Tumbleweed YouTube Channel.
Tumbleweed Music Festival Founded by the Three Rivers Folklife Society
See www.3rfs.org for year round events.
Co-Sponsored by the City of Richland, WA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, OneWorld Telecommunications, and Print Plus.
Banner photo of Mare Wakefield & Nomad © Justin Hawkes Design (Instagram: @JustinHawkesDesign)
See www.3rfs.org for year round events.
Co-Sponsored by the City of Richland, WA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, OneWorld Telecommunications, and Print Plus.
Banner photo of Mare Wakefield & Nomad © Justin Hawkes Design (Instagram: @JustinHawkesDesign)
