TUMBLEWEED HOMESTAYS
Tumbleweed is happy to help people who want to come to the festival, but who would prefer not to be in a hotel. We offer Homestays (to the extent that we have enough Homestay Hosts, see below) to attendees and performers alike.
If you would like to have a homestay, please fill out our Hospitality / Homestay Request Form (click the button below), and return by July 9th.
TUMBLEWEED HOMESTAY HOSTING
We can only offer Homestays to the extent that kind-hearted, generous people offer up space for people to stay in, whether a guest room, living-room-floor crash space, or a driveway or other area to pitch a tent or park an RV for the weekend.
If you are one of these, PLEASE fill out a Hospitality / Homestay Host form (click the button below) and return by
July 9th. THANK YOU!
Tumbleweed is happy to help people who want to come to the festival, but who would prefer not to be in a hotel. We offer Homestays (to the extent that we have enough Homestay Hosts, see below) to attendees and performers alike.
If you would like to have a homestay, please fill out our Hospitality / Homestay Request Form (click the button below), and return by July 9th.
TUMBLEWEED HOMESTAY HOSTING
We can only offer Homestays to the extent that kind-hearted, generous people offer up space for people to stay in, whether a guest room, living-room-floor crash space, or a driveway or other area to pitch a tent or park an RV for the weekend.
If you are one of these, PLEASE fill out a Hospitality / Homestay Host form (click the button below) and return by
July 9th. THANK YOU!
Tumbleweed RUNS on Volunteers! We literally can not put on our festival without volunteers! Would you like to help us out? Please click the button to get a copy of our Volunteer Application! If there's something in particular you'd like to do, we've probably got a checkbox for that - or, you can enter a suggestion yourself!
We LOVE our VOLUNTEERS!!
We LOVE our VOLUNTEERS!!
SPONSORS WANTED!
Tumbleweed also runs on money from SPONSORS!! We receive funds to put on our festival from a variety of sources, but one of the most needed are donations from SPONSORS, who go a long way to make it possible for us to continue to operate!
If YOU would like to help us out and become a SPONSOR, please take a look at our SPONSOR FORM, choose your level of sponsorship, and send it in! Instructions and sponsorship levels are all in the document linked below. THANK YOU for your generous support!
Tumbleweed also runs on money from SPONSORS!! We receive funds to put on our festival from a variety of sources, but one of the most needed are donations from SPONSORS, who go a long way to make it possible for us to continue to operate!
If YOU would like to help us out and become a SPONSOR, please take a look at our SPONSOR FORM, choose your level of sponsorship, and send it in! Instructions and sponsorship levels are all in the document linked below. THANK YOU for your generous support!
Here are our Vendor applications - both Craft Vendors and Food Vendors!
Deadline for Vendor applications is August 1st, 2023.
Deadline for Vendor applications is August 1st, 2023.
The Tumbleweed 2023 Logo!
The Three Rivers Folk Society (3RFS) and the Tumbleweed Music Festival are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s Logo Contest: Richland-based marketing, branding, and design consultant Irish Kreis. Irish wins the $150.00 first prize, and her logo will appear on all 2023 Tumbleweed advertising materials and merchandise. Congratulations, Irish! You may find more about her at her website, https://www.wildimagination.biz/.
The Performer Application and Jane Titland Memorial Songwriting Contest applications are now closed for 2023. You may still find the applications on their respective applicactions pages - click the "Applications" button above.
Applications for the 2024 Tumbleweed Music Festival will become available in the fall.
Applications for the 2024 Tumbleweed Music Festival will become available in the fall.
Hey!
We have a new playlist for this year’s Tumbleweed Music Festival on both Spotify and Apple Music!
Tracks from every performer in this year’s festival that we could find!
It starts with tracks from our three Headliner acts in the Saturday Tumbleweed Benefit concert:
On either service, search for “Tumbleweed Music Festival 2023.”
Or, you can use these direct links:
Spotify: Tumbleweed Music Festival 2023 Playlist
Apple Music: Tumbleweed Music Festival 2023 Playlist
Enjoy!
PS – Spotify also has our “Tumbleweed Music Festival 2021” playlist, too (309 tracks, over 20 hours!):
Spotify: Tumbleweed Music Festival 2021 Playlist
We have a new playlist for this year’s Tumbleweed Music Festival on both Spotify and Apple Music!
Tracks from every performer in this year’s festival that we could find!
It starts with tracks from our three Headliner acts in the Saturday Tumbleweed Benefit concert:
- Paula Boggs Band (Seattle-Brewed Soulgrass)
- Sofia Talvik (Americana / Folk with Swedish Roots)
- Wes Weddell (Northwest Songs and Stories)
On either service, search for “Tumbleweed Music Festival 2023.”
Or, you can use these direct links:
Spotify: Tumbleweed Music Festival 2023 Playlist
Apple Music: Tumbleweed Music Festival 2023 Playlist
Enjoy!
PS – Spotify also has our “Tumbleweed Music Festival 2021” playlist, too (309 tracks, over 20 hours!):
Spotify: Tumbleweed Music Festival 2021 Playlist
Richland/Tri-Cities Lodging for Tumbleweed Music Festival
This list of lodging establishments is provided as a convenience. Rates are as of July 2023, and may be subject to change. We recommend calling the establishment directly for a reservation. Please identify yourself as a Tumbleweed Music Festival attendee and ask for any special rate they may have.
This list of lodging establishments is provided as a convenience. Rates are as of July 2023, and may be subject to change. We recommend calling the establishment directly for a reservation. Please identify yourself as a Tumbleweed Music Festival attendee and ask for any special rate they may have.
Check out our TV ad below! Great thanks to Tom Reitter, our Video Producer, to Dan Maher for the voiceover, and Bob Webb for audio engineering.
2023 Tumbleweed Guitar Raffle!
A Tumbleweed tradition for many years is our annual Guitar Raffle.
This year is no exception, and this year we have a remarkable guitar to be raffled off.
This year’s guitar is a Taylor GS Mini Holden Village Special Edition. The neck has a unique emblem among the frets. The top soundboard was made from 250-year-old Engelmann spruce salvaged near Holden Village in the North Cascade Mountains, and the back and sides were made with wood from a single fiddleback maple tree that grew near Bellingham, which was cut for a college expansion project. This combination of woods gives clarity and power, along with warmth and sensitivity to the instrument tones.
You can read the Taylor Guitars brochure about this very special instrument here.
A true collector’s piece, this raffle guitar has been donated by Debbie Honeyman in memory of her late husband, Jim Honeyman, who purchased it from Heidi Muller, thus tying it truly to the Northwest and our Tumbleweed Festival. The package is valued at $1,000, and includes the guitar, a Taylor gig bag, a portable stand, and a new tuner.
We have 500 raffle tickets total, and each costs $5.00. Tickets will be on sale at this year’s festival at the main info booth, the auxiliary info booth inside the Community Center, and from our button/ticket sellers who will be roving the grounds. The winning ticket will be drawn at the end of the Jim Honeyman Tribute, immediately preceding the Sunday night theme concert at the newly named Jim Honeyman South Stage, which begins at 6:30pm. You need not be present to win.
A Tumbleweed tradition for many years is our annual Guitar Raffle.
This year is no exception, and this year we have a remarkable guitar to be raffled off.
This year’s guitar is a Taylor GS Mini Holden Village Special Edition. The neck has a unique emblem among the frets. The top soundboard was made from 250-year-old Engelmann spruce salvaged near Holden Village in the North Cascade Mountains, and the back and sides were made with wood from a single fiddleback maple tree that grew near Bellingham, which was cut for a college expansion project. This combination of woods gives clarity and power, along with warmth and sensitivity to the instrument tones.
You can read the Taylor Guitars brochure about this very special instrument here.
A true collector’s piece, this raffle guitar has been donated by Debbie Honeyman in memory of her late husband, Jim Honeyman, who purchased it from Heidi Muller, thus tying it truly to the Northwest and our Tumbleweed Festival. The package is valued at $1,000, and includes the guitar, a Taylor gig bag, a portable stand, and a new tuner.
We have 500 raffle tickets total, and each costs $5.00. Tickets will be on sale at this year’s festival at the main info booth, the auxiliary info booth inside the Community Center, and from our button/ticket sellers who will be roving the grounds. The winning ticket will be drawn at the end of the Jim Honeyman Tribute, immediately preceding the Sunday night theme concert at the newly named Jim Honeyman South Stage, which begins at 6:30pm. You need not be present to win.
The Tumbleweed Planning committee is very pleased to announce:
The Winners of the TMF2023 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST!
Open to all photographers, the contest aim is to find the best photograph of a performance or workshop, or of audience enjoyment, taken at the 2023 Tumbleweed festival.
Each photographer may submit up to three images taken at the festival for judging. The Tumbleweed Planning Committee will review all entries (and Committee members may not enter), and will award prizes as follows:
1st Place: $100
2nd Place: $ 50
3rd Place: $ 25
4th – 6th Place: Honorable mention in the Three Rivers Folklife Society newsletter, Folk Talk.
Only one prize will be awarded per photographer.
In addition to the cash prizes, the top three images may be used in the upcoming documentary about the Tumbleweed Music Festival, as well as on our websites and in our social media posts.
Images must be taken live at a performance or workshop during the 2023 Tumbleweed Music Festival at Howard Amon Park in Richland, Washington, September 1 – 3, 2023. Normal photographic editing processes are allowed;
AI-generated images are not.
Each image should be titled with the name of the performer and the name of the Stage on which the performance occurred.
Information about the festival may be found at http://tumbleweedfest.com.
Please fill out our Photography Release Form (see button below) and send your photographs to tumbleweedsubmissions@gmail.com by September 15th, 2023.
Prizes will be awarded by the end of the year.
The Winners of the TMF2023 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST!
Open to all photographers, the contest aim is to find the best photograph of a performance or workshop, or of audience enjoyment, taken at the 2023 Tumbleweed festival.
Each photographer may submit up to three images taken at the festival for judging. The Tumbleweed Planning Committee will review all entries (and Committee members may not enter), and will award prizes as follows:
1st Place: $100
2nd Place: $ 50
3rd Place: $ 25
4th – 6th Place: Honorable mention in the Three Rivers Folklife Society newsletter, Folk Talk.
Only one prize will be awarded per photographer.
In addition to the cash prizes, the top three images may be used in the upcoming documentary about the Tumbleweed Music Festival, as well as on our websites and in our social media posts.
Images must be taken live at a performance or workshop during the 2023 Tumbleweed Music Festival at Howard Amon Park in Richland, Washington, September 1 – 3, 2023. Normal photographic editing processes are allowed;
AI-generated images are not.
Each image should be titled with the name of the performer and the name of the Stage on which the performance occurred.
Information about the festival may be found at http://tumbleweedfest.com.
Please fill out our Photography Release Form (see button below) and send your photographs to tumbleweedsubmissions@gmail.com by September 15th, 2023.
Prizes will be awarded by the end of the year.
