Monthly Portland Filk Song Circles
Our Performers
Our Performers
Our Performers
YOU are our performers!
During your turn at a Bardic Circle you may:
- Pick - request a song or performer
- Pass - just listen
- Play - perform a song
Remember, ANYTHING performed in a filk song circle is filk! Filk music may include folk songs, songs about cats, songs about traffic jams, train wrecks, sea chanteys, technology, science fiction & fantasy have all been welcomed at the circle.
Listeners are also welcome if you'd like to hear filk music but would rather not sing -- although you are encouraged sing along on choruses!
Our Venue
Our Performers
Our Performers
Friends of Filk supports the filk music community by keeping this website to spread the word about this fantastic sub-genre of folk music and by co-sponsoring a monthly Zoom filk circle with Canada's Filk Bytes!
We also hold an annual 24-hour New Year's Eve worldwide song circle starting at 1am Pacific Time on December 31st, celebrating the New Year in each successive time zone as we share songs on Zoom.
Instructions on obtaining the Zoom links can be found in the Calendar of Events entries below.
Join us on Zoom or at in-person events around the world!
Join Us!
Our Performers
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Filk: predominantly acoustic folk music about:
- Science & Technology
- Computers & Programming
- NASA & Space
- Science Fiction
- Fantasy
- Anything performed in a Filk Song Circle including, but not limited to folksongs, storytelling & poetry.
- FREE music from my SoundCloud as an example of what you might find performed in a Filk Song Circle:
https://soundcloud.com/cecilia-eng-320153920
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Philcon: November 20-22, 2026
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Event Calendar
Wednesdays
Filkcast From Eric Coleman of Cheshire Moon
Filkcast is recorded weekly and available for listening at your convenience!
See event details for links
Event Details
Wednesdays
Filkcast From Eric Coleman of Cheshire Moon
Weekly filk podcasts can be viewed after the Wednesday podcasts, with additional links to virtual filk circles and events around the country...
Filkcast is recorded weekly and available for listening at your convenience!
See event details for links
Nov. 20 - 22, 2026
90th Philcon
All day
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ
Event Details
Nov. 20 - 22, 2026
90th Philcon
Filk-friendly general SF convention:
- Principal Speaker: Charlie Jane Anders
- Artist Guest of Honor: Donato Giancola
- Musical Guest: Sarah Pins...
All day
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ
Thurs. Nov. 26, 2026
Eurofilk
9am Pacific
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2pm Pacific or so
Zoom
Event Details
Thurs. Nov. 26, 2026
Eurofilk
Bi-weekly modified chaos virtual filk circle on Zoom hosted by Karl-Johan Norén in Sweden.
To receive the Zoom Link in advance, check th...
9am Pacific
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2pm Pacific or so
Zoom
Sat. Nov. 28, 2026
Plain Spoken
6am Pacific Time (9am Eastern)
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8am Pacific (10am Eastern)
Zoom
Event Details
Sat. Nov. 28, 2026
Plain Spoken
“Plain Spoken” is a small and intimate zoom session, held monthly on the 4th Saturday at 2pm UK Time.
As the session title indicates, this i...
6am Pacific Time (9am Eastern)
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8am Pacific (10am Eastern)
Zoom
Sat. Dec. 5, 2026
Friends of Filk Bytes Virtual Song Circle
7am Pacific Time
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4pm Pacific Time
Zoom link TBA will go out shortly before
Event Details
Sat. Dec. 5, 2026
Friends of Filk Bytes Virtual Song Circle
Virtual Bardic Circle hosted by Ontario Canada's Filk Bytes, Portland Oregon's Friends of Filk from 10am to 7pm EST (7am to 4pm PacificTim...
7am Pacific Time
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4pm Pacific Time
Zoom link TBA will go out shortly before
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Contact Us
If you have a question or would like to post an event to our calendar, send us the information!
Friends of Filk
Friends of Filk: PO Box 14194 - Portland, OR 97293 US
friendsoffilk@gmail.com <<https://www.facebook.com/groups/729693801874717<<