SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Discover what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!

Aug
27
Sat
Bart Budwig & Mike Midlo
Aug 27 @ 8:00 pm

Bart Budwig doesn’t write the big songs. He writes the songs about the places between the hills, in the draws and hidden canyons where truth is a little more in focus, stories can take their time gettin’ told, heartbreak is a place of deep reflection, and melodies don’t have to wear rhinestone suits or drive new, shiny, cars to be beautiful. Bart’s also not afraid of working out of the spotlight- he engineered not only his own full-length Whiskey Girl (2012), but also albums and tours with Radiation City, Holiday Friends, Girlfriends, Misé, John Craigie, Edmund Wayne, and Mama Doll.

“Mike Midlo is a storyteller disguised as a musician. His latest project, MidLo, received a grant from Portland’s Regional Arts & Culture Council and was released on March 5, 2013.” www.getyourpitchforkon.wordpress.com

Sep
3
Sat
Jenny Don’t And The Spurs
Sep 3 @ 8:00 pm

If you have a love for old classic country artists such as Hank Williams and Patsy Cline then you might have a soft spot for this Portland band. Jenny Don’t sings from the heart and Sam, Kelly, and JT play like there is no tomorrow. Sit back and enjoy!

 

Sep
10
Sat
GERLE HAGGARD
Sep 10 @ 8:00 pm
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Gerle Haggard Band brings the best of Merle Haggard’s timeless music to audiences who’ve been loving songs like Mama Tried, Misery and Gin and Working Man Blues for nearly five decades, as well as introducing these and many more of Haggard’s classics to a whole new audience. This eight-piece ensemble features a terrific line-up of musicians who weave beautiful instrumentation, tight harmonies and a big heap of showmanship into a full-throttled entertainment event.
The band has recently been featured at Portland’s Rose Festival, Oregon Country Fair and The Bite of Oregon as well as performing for the women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Along with their live shows this summer, the band has recently released at full-length recording chock full of their own spin on Merle Haggard classics and lesser known gems. This marks their fourth appearance at the Historic Sou’wester Lodge and the band is always excited to return to their “home on the Coast.”
Nov
5
Sat
Music: Ora Cogan
Nov 5 @ 8:00 pm

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Ora Cogan’s music is deliberate medicine for fresh sorrows. Her voice is hypnotizing as a candle flame. This music demands our full attention, in a tender way. Cogan’s versatile, haunted voice opens up a mystical reality; hallowed, forlorn and full of promise. She has let her curiosity lead her into many genres over the years, combining the intricate guitar picking of Americana with grunge and psychedelic dreamscapes. She has been compared to 70’s folk legend Karen Dalton and Angel Olsen, while still setting herself apart in her own unique way.

Ora became a part of Vancouver’s eclectic music community at the age of 19, co-producing her 2010 album The Quarry with Jesse Taylor at Nite Prison and collaborating with a multitude of artists participating in Fake Jazz Wednesdays & Her Jazz Noise Collective. Cogan has released six full-length recordings to date and has shared the stage with the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, Hope Sandoval and Grouper while touring extensively across Europe and North America for the past 10 years. She has appeared on radio shows, such as WNYC’s Spinning on Air, and played numerous festivals including Vancouver Folk Festival, The Festival of Endless Gratitude in Denmark, and Tanned Tin in Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov
12
Sat
Albatross
Nov 12 @ 8:00 pm

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In the winter of 2011, Ryan was asked to write the score for a musical adaptation of Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. He incorporated the talent of Joel Andrew, Cristina Cano, Amanda Lawrence, and Paul Seeley to musically paint the haunting story of a man driven to madness. The group decided they were too in love to leave each other after the play was over.
From then on, they were Albatross. Now here are some lies about each of them:
The play had a cowboy theme so he naturally brought on his old shooting partner Paul, to shoot guns at drums so they make that cool ricochet sound (pwing!).

Cristina was interning at Jurassic Park until it shut down, with a focus on velociraptor calls, she barely made it out alive. She was initially brought in as a consultant for the band but human-made velociraptor calls are dazzling so she stepped up to piano and vocals.

Amanda was on the trail with Apache Ghost Warriors as the band’s leader. Responding to a craigslist ad for a different kind of band leader she was surprised to find music much more rewarding and less gruesome. She’s currently happy she made the switch but true warriors never change so she plays viola to sooth her own beastly heart.

Joel plays bass and together they played a benefit show to help the play make some extra cash. About halfway through the second practice for the show Ryan said, “OK, ok, OK! Fine! Let’s just make it a band.

Website  http://4everalbatross.bandcamp.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov
19
Sat
Chuck Westmoreland
Nov 19 @ 8:00 pm

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Eight years ago you would’ve seen Chuck Westmoreland onstage, a busted sprinkler head of awkward and endearing gyrations, gesticulations, and sweat who came, as he put it then, to “rock [your] balls off.”

Eight years ago he would’ve been preaching psycho-sexual pop songs with his band, The Kingdom. Singing conceptually interconnected, insanely catchy nuggets about cars, gender metamorphosis, Dog Day Afternoon, and—somehow—Johnny Unitas in a warbling falsetto caught somewhere between the pearly gates and a truck stop.

Eight years ago. Before he walked away from it all. Before marriage. Before his wife’s cancer fight brought him to his knees. Before the birth of his first child chiseled away whatever remained of that almost-famous man that used to bounce around under the spotlight.

Nearly a decade later, Westmoreland returns with his self-titled solo debut, a powerful album that takes his gift for character sketches and deconstructions and turns the focus squarely, and unblinkingly, on himself.

Owing more to Gordon Lightfoot than Guided by Voices, Chuck Westmoreland shears away all outré influences for a singer-songwriter’s lunch pail full of bare-knuckle blood and guts.

Nov
24
Thu
Thanksgiving Feast Potluck
Nov 24 @ 5:00 pm

All guests staying at the Sou’wester (and community members too) are invited to a Thanksgiving Feast Potluck at the Sou’wester in the Pavilion! (All guests bring your own plates and utensils.) Dinner starts at 5:00pm. Desserts after dinner in the Main Lodge Living Room. Games in the lodge in the evening around the fireplace.

Nov
25
Fri
Ivy & Joel Ricci
Nov 25 @ 8:00 pm

Ivy & Joel Ricci are a dynamic genre-nomadic duo traveling easily between territories of folk, country, soul, rock and “whatever that is”. The Riccis are multi-instrumentalists who marry brass, strings and vocal harmonies with a reverence for simplicity and chance.

Photo by Jade Beall

photo by Jade Beall

 

 

 

 

Nov
26
Sat
Mordecai & Woollen
Nov 26 @ 8:00 pm

 

Mordecai is an experimental pop group based out of Portland, Oregon and draws likeness to such artists as James Blake, Churches and Bon Iver. 

Andrew Endres – Lap Steel     Kate Kilbourne – Violin


Woollen joins in to make this an even more spectacular show! Geena Barker sings and strums ambient ethereal dreamscapes inspired by home, large bodies of water, and cedar trees. Based out of Astoria/Olympia. Performance will feature special guests. 

 

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Dec
3
Sat
Fronjentress & Old Unconscious
Dec 3 @ 8:00 pm

Waltz about love and life with country band Fronjentress, and then Old Unconscious brings danceable jazz with Africa beats!