Monthly Portland Filk Song Circles

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

Later, if there is interest, we may switch to a form of Moderated Chaos which allows performers to jump in with followers or change the subject with a new song category -- but discourages the filk hog who won't let others play.

Remember, ANYTHING performed in a filk song circle is filk!  Folk songs, songs about cats, songs about traffic jams, train wrecks, sea chanteys 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 Portland, Oregon Filk Song Circles are held on the first Saturday of each month (but check the  event  calendar  below  for  changes).

NOTE:  UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OUR SONG CIRCLES WILL BE VIRTUAL DUE TO THE PANDEMIC!

See event details on calendar listings below.

The venue which is currently closed due to the pandemic, is the 

Knights of Pythias Lodge at 

5400 SE 84th Ct 

Portland OR  97266

The gate to the fenced parking lot is behind the Big 5 Sporting Goods store at SE 82nd and Foster.  There is a ramp, but it is an old building and is not wheelchair accessible.

There is a $5 per person donation for the lodge upkeep.

Bring your own food, drinks and snacks.  If you bring it in, you MUST pack it out.

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

Friends of Filk is a non-profit association which takes filk music CDs to science fiction and fantasy conventions in the Pacific Northwest, and has used the funds to bring music guests to the Pacific Northwest who would normally not perform in our region. 

Now that many sf/fantasy conventions are funding their own music guests of honor, we are using the funds to support filk music by investing in this website to spread the word about this fantastic sub-genre of folk music.