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!

Apr
15
Sat
Dusty Santamaria with Galen Ballinger & Travis Champ
Apr 15 @ 8:00 pm
Touring in support of his newest vinyl release, “Minor Cult Figure,” on Voodoo It Yourself Records, Dusty Santamaria  has been a phantom cornerstone of the West Coast underground music and poetry scene for the past decade. Drawing from mid-century R&B, gospel, and country music as well as Magick theory and poetics. Santamaria’s songs and memorable live shows have scored him opening slots for the likes of Reckless Eric and Lucinda Williams. A self described “minor cult figure,” Dusty Santamaria performs as one possessed by the spirit of that re-emerging zeitgeist of a lost, yet intrinsic era of American sound.
Apr
16
Sun
Easter Egg Hunt
Apr 16 @ 10:00 am

 

Calling all Sou’wester Guests…..Please join us in Welcoming Springtime with an Easter Egg Hunt starting at 10:00am. Come on into the lodge for coffee and tea and then rush off to find your treats!

10:00am to 12:00pm

Egg Hunt OUTSIDE for Kiddos (Kid-Kind Treats)

AND

Egg Hunt INSIDE the Lodge for Adults (Adult-Themed Treats)

 

You’ll even find some fun non-traditional non-junk food style fun in the hunt too! (Event for Sou’wester friends/family and for guests staying in lodging at the Sou’wester.)

 

Apr
22
Sat
Stringology plus Meg Baier
Apr 22 @ 8:00 pm
Stringologypresents the best in Vintage American Music, Classic Jazz & Swing in a unique duo format, that, as the name implies, is all-strings! Hot jazz of the 1920’s, ‘The Great American Songbook’ of the 1930’s and ‘40’s, Gypsy Swing — even Contemporary and Latin American styles are showcased by the virtuoso guitarist ERIC BOGART— and the “rock-solid” rhythm back-up of TERIANNE STRATTON on ukulele.
 
The influence of the legendary Gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt, who won acclaim for his unique guitar styling in 1930’s Paris, infuses every performance by “Stringology” with spirited excitement, passionate improvisation and pulsating rhythm that leaves every audience cheering– and wanting to come back for more.
 
Stringology” has performed in Seattle, Miami Beach, Victoria BC, Mexico, and can be seen regularly at many festivals and music venues on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State– their home base. 
Meg Baier’s latest release,  Cedar Rose, is an album composed by Meg Baier and Produced by Alan Singley. The songs are a little bit Laurel Canyon and a little bit Lilith Fair. Rich harmonies and sonic playgrounds surround the listener. The songs deal with love and making it in the world. It’s all very modern and classic at the same time. 
 
Apr
29
Sat
5 Year Anniversary Celebration
Apr 29 @ 4:00 pm – Apr 30 @ 12:00 pm
Apr
30
Sun
5 Year Anniversary Celebration
Apr 30 @ 10:00 am
May
5
Fri
She Shreds Showcase
May 5 @ 7:00 pm – May 7 @ 2:00 pm

We’re thrilled to present our first She Shreds Weekend Showcase!!  Come take break from the city life, enjoy some sweet jams from Portland based artists, walk on the beach, relax in the sauna, soak in the sun (or rain, ’cause you know… PNW), bring your dog, your mom, your partner, and chill with the She Shreds crew. It’s gonna be the best.

*** Reserve your trailer/cabin by calling Sou’wester directly at (360) 642-2542 and mention it’s for the She Shreds showcase.

  • 3 days of bands (7 bands total)
  • 1 day of workshops 
  • beach hang
  • Fireworks
  • Chill hang around a fire 
  • Demo station available for shreddage
 
BANDS
 

Sallie Ford

Black Belt Eagle Scout

Claire Puckett

Marisa Anderson music

Haley Heynderickx

Savila

Daniela Karina (Women’s Beat League DJ)

DJ Suavecito (She Shreds Magazine)


 

OTHER IMPORTANT INFO:
Reservations must be made via phone NOT online.
$10 at the door day of OR $25 weekend pass available at ticket link.
ALL AGES

May
13
Sat
Macrame Wall Hanging Workshop with Liz & Brian Wright
May 13 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Workshop Series at The Sou’wester

Macrame Wall Hanging Workshop with Liz & Brian Wright

Macrame, a 70’s icon, has made a comeback in a big way! Come learn and practice the fundamental knots that can be used to create decorative and functional shapes, while you create a modern wall hanging to adorn your home. The foundational knotty skill set learned in this class will certainly set you on your way to creating future tapestries, plant hangers, and more!


Founded in 2016 by Liz and Brian Wright, Assembly hosts hands-on modern craft and DIY workshops in the Portland area. The workshops and classes, covering a wide variety of crafts, are perfect for beginners and designed to empower creativity and pique interest in potential new hobbies. Originally from Ohio, Liz Rosino Wright has a long history of creative projects and pursuits as a professional artist, designer, video producer, small business owner, and museum researcher. Brian Wright, a native of Southwest Washington, is a busy Portland-based drummer, event producer, and lover of all crafts beginning with his addiction to sewing in 2010.


COST:  $30 plus $25 material fee (Please pay material fee directly to the instructor.) 

BRING: please bring a sack lunch and/or snack (hot tea and coffee provided)

 


All workshops are open to the public.

All Skill Levels Welcome.

This workshop is geared for students age 14 and up. (Advanced younger students might be ok too.)

RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542

 

Louis Ledford
May 13 @ 8:00 pm

Photo by Francesco Lucarelli
 
Born in the American South, Louis Ledford has carved out a career composing and performing literate Americana roots music. He has produced three solo recordings in association with Waterbug Records, a relationship which began in 2005 when Ledford met label owner Andrew Calhoun at the legendary Texas Kerrvile Folk Festival. Louis has collaborated with folk diva Anais Mitchell on several projects including his singing the role of Hades for a touring production of her rock opera Hadestown. Mitchell recorded his song “When You Fall” for her collaborative album Country EP with Rachel Ries released by Ani Difranco’s Righteous Babe Records.

Ledford’s attention to lyrical detail is simply stunning. He makes the most of everyday circumstance, while never making the mundane feel normal. – 9X Music Magazine.

Louis Ledford is a great songwriter; witty, insightful and observant regarding the oddities of human behavior. – J. Kelly, Creative Loafing, Atlanta.

Louis Ledford achieves what Woody Guthrie was so good at–making an instant connection with the listener – Americana UK.

May
14
Sun
Shorebirds, Seabirds & Little Brown Birds
May 14 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Workshop Series at The Sou’wester

Shorebirds, Seabirds & Little Brown Birds with Mark Elliott

 

This Birding Field Trip will meet inside the Sou’wester Lodge at 9:30am and finish at noon. Some birds we will be looking for are Yellow-rumped Warblers, Great Blue Herons, Violet-green Swallows, Caspian Terns, Surf Scoters (a sea duck), nesting Brandt’s Cormorants and Bald Eagles. We will learn about bird behavior and how to identify birds by using “fieldmarks” and habitat. We will be hiking in and around Cape Disappointment State Park and we can carpool. A Washington State Park “Discovery Pass” will be needed for parking (a $10 day fee). Bring binoculars. For those who want to continue birding in the afternoon please bring a sack lunch.


Audubon Society of Lincoln City’s field trip guide Mark Elliott has been birding for 35 years. He teaches raptor identification and basic birding at Oregon Coast Community College. Mark also leads field trips for Yaquina Birders and Naturalists in Newport, Oregon and at the Birding and Blues Festival in Pacific City, Oregon. Mark stays active in citizen science by taking part in annual Christmas Birdcounts and has been recording data for COASST (Coastal Observation And Seabird Survey Team) for seven years. He has birded 48 states, the Caribbean, Canada, Mexico and Europe. He now lives on the Oregon coast.

 

COST:  $5 per person or $10 per family

BRING: Please bring binoculars if you have them. Bring weather appropriate clothing and footwear. For those who want to continue birding in the afternoon please bring a sack lunch (hot tea and coffee provided).

 


All workshops are open to the public.

All Skill Levels Welcome.

RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542

 
May
20
Sat
Experiments in Writing & Zine Making with A.M. O’Malley & Grant Gerald Miller
May 20 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Workshop Series at The Sou’wester

Experiments in Writing & Zine Making with A.M. O’Malley & Grant Gerald Miller

Come experiment! This workshop will consist of 4 hours of generative writing and then and 1-2 hours of zine making with a lunch break. We will explore erasure poems, flash memoir and flash fiction and will do our best to embody the spirit of play in our writing. The class include a zine-which is a self-made publication made by one person or a small group.


A.M. O’Malley lives in Portland, OR where she is the Executive Director of the Independent Publishing Resource Center. Her writing has appeared in Nailed Magazine, Poor Claudia and The Burnside Review, among other publications. Expecting Something Else her first full-length book of poem-memoir is out on University of Hell Press. Find her at amomalley.com

 

Grant Gerald Miller was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Alabama and an assistant editor at Black Warrior Review. His work has appeared or is set to appear in various journals including Hobart, Qu Magazine, Bartleby Snopes, Necessary Fiction, and Nimrod.

COST:  $25 – $40 sliding scale

BRING: a writing utensil and paper, and please bring a sack lunch and/or snack (hot tea and coffee provided)

 


All workshops are open to the public.

All Skill Levels Welcome.

This workshop is for students age 15 and up.

RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542