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 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 and by co-sponsoring a monthly Zoom filk circle with Canada's Filk Bytes!

Join Us!

Our Performers

Join Us!

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

Event Calendar

Wednesdays 2024

Filkcast From Eric Coleman of Cheshire Moon

Filkcast is recorded weekly and available for listening at your convenience!

See event details for links

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Wednesdays 2024

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...

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Filkcast is recorded weekly and available for listening at your convenience!

See event details for links

Now thru Oct. 23rd, 2025

The Pegasus Award Nominations

11:59 pm Pacific Time Thursday Oct. 23, 2025

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see website for in-person voting deadline

https://www.ovff.org/pegasus/2025finalballot.html

Event Details

Now thru Oct. 23rd, 2025

The Pegasus Award Nominations

For excellence in filking

Final ballots are up on the OVFF /Pegasus website!

Vote on the best of 6 categories:

Best filk song
Best classic ...

Event Details

11:59 pm Pacific Time Thursday Oct. 23, 2025

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see website for in-person voting deadline

https://www.ovff.org/pegasus/2025finalballot.html

Thurs. Sept. 18, 2025

Eurofilk

9am Pacific

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2pm Pacific or so

Zoom

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Thurs. Sept. 18, 2025

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 t...

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9am Pacific

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2pm Pacific or so

Zoom

Sat. Sept. 20, 2025

Friends of Filk Bytes Virtual Song Circle

7am Pacific Time

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10pm Pacific Time

Zoom link TBA will go out shortly before

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Sat. Sept. 20, 2025

Friends of Filk Bytes Virtual Song Circle

Virtual Bardic Circle hosted by Ontario Canada's Filk Bytes and Portland Oregon's Friends of Filk from 10am to 7pm EST (7am to 4pm Pacific...

Event Details

7am Pacific Time

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10pm Pacific Time

Zoom link TBA will go out shortly before

Sat. Sept. 27, 2025

Plain Spoken

6am Pacific Time (9am Eastern)

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8am Pacific (10am Eastern)

Zoom

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Sat. Sept. 27, 2025

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 ...

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6am Pacific Time (9am Eastern)

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8am Pacific (10am Eastern)

Zoom

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