Tumbleweed
Music Festival

This Year's Festival: September 4-5, 2010
Howard Amon Park, Richland, WA
Map

Howard Amon Park, Richland, WA

Tumbleweed 2010 Flyer
Please download, print and post
Flyer (880 kB PDF)

Festival Sponsors
The Tumbleweed Music Festival and Three Rivers Folklife Society are extremely grateful for the sponsorship and patronage of the businesses and individuals who have kept Tumbleweed alive for 14 years. Please view our 2010 Sponsors (64 kB PDF)

3RFS's Tumbleweed Music Festival is an all-volunteer effort.
Your help is needed!
Please download a Volunteer Application Form (46 kB PDF)
fill it out, and return it to 3RFS.

*Become a Tumbleweed Patron*
Contibute $50 or more to support the festival
Get two free tickets to the Saturday evening concert
Plus two Participant buttons good for unlimited entry to the
Hospitality area with complementary snacks and beverages
while you socialize with Tumbleweed performers!
Please download a Supporter's form (140 kB PDF)
and return it with your check to 3RFS.

*Songwriting Contest*
Saturday afternoon: 5:00 - 5:30 pm on the West Stage
The theme for 2010 is
Paying Forward - Giving Back

The finalists are:
Peter Blake: Uncle Tom
Jim Coleman: Cold Steel
Terry Holder: Angel Without Wings
Larry Johnson: The Volunteer
Stephan Kayser: Living in the Flow
Tamara Lewis: Pay Back the Sky
Michael McNevin: Mr Mayes
Mike Murray: Pass It On
Tracy Spring: Long Time Gone
Stanislove: Refugee

The alternates, in order, are:
Jeff Knoch: The Great Tai Chi Starbucks
Chai Tea Latte Pay it Forward Fiasco
Mary Hartman / Janet Humphrey: Usury Blues
Bob Morgan: It Was a Gift

*Saturday Evening Concert*
September 4, 7:00 - 10 pm, North Stage Howard Amon Park
Tickets: $8 / $5 seniors and students, available at festival Information Booth
Headliners: Brad Keeler, The Meteors, Tracy Spring, The Misty Mamas
Emcee: Dan Maher, Host of NWPR Inland Folk
Winner of songwriting contest also will perform

*List of Performers and Bios*
As of Aug 18 (99 kB PDF)

*Schedule for daytime performers*
As of August 30. Last minute changes are possible.
Please check festival information booth for updates

PDF Version for Both Days (21 kB)
OR
Plain Text Version for
Saturday Only or for Sunday Only

*Accommodations*
Info on Hotels, Motels and Camping
View as PDF (35 kB)

Performer's and Songwriter's application forms
Sorry, deadline was May 14!
Arts & Crafts Vendors and Food Vendors
Sorry, deadline was July 1!

*Recollections of 2009 and earlier festivals*

Larry Murante and Robyn Landis braving the rain at the 2009
Tumbleweed Festival. Photo by Lynette Hensley, Victory Review

The Tri City Herald has a slide show of the 2009 festival. Sorry, no sound.

Previous Festivals?
View a YouTube slide show based on
photos and sound clips
Watch Show
Contributed by Jim Coleman

And view photos from some earlier festivals
2005 Festival - 2004 Festival - 2003 Festival
Contributed by Alan Gibbs.
(Don't see your favorite here? Sorry, I wasn't able to take
in every performance, and not all the photos came out.)

*Are you on Facebook?*
Please visit the Tumbleweed Facebook pages
(Courtesy of Kurt Mesford)

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