Celebrate our nation’s independence with an array of “Old School” celebrations…

In collaboration with Centrum’s Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Thunderbull Productions, and the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, locals and visitors will enjoy a memorable weekend of excellent music, delicious food and “Old School” traditions. Saturday, July 4th, 2015, carries the weekend’s momentum to a climax beginning at 4pm with field games, piñatas, free root beer floats for the first 1000 people and a car show. At 5pm, the Tug-of-War qualifiers begin using Olympic Rules and hosted by international Tug of War champion Richard Walcome. The finals are at 8pm with a $1000 cash prize! Watch or participate in the pie-eating contest, enjoy live music and much, much more, all culminating in an epic display of fireworks.

2015 – 4th of July Event Schedule
4:00 PM – Field games, Food venders, BYO Games, Picnic blanket, chairs, etc… Good times!!!!!
4:30 – Crow Quil Night Owls
5:00 – Tug of War – Qualifying Rounds!!!!
5:30 – The Hep Replacements
6:30 – Flock of Pinatas
7:00 – Kevin Mason & the Yacht Club
7:00 – Free Root Beer Floats – Sponsored by Kiwanis Club
8:00 – Tug of War Final Match + Pie Eating Contest
8:30 – Tuba Skinny
10:00 – FIREWORKS

Rakers Club Car Show displaying amazing “old school” cars from throughout Jefferson County.

Pie Eating Contest featuring delicious Apple Pies made by artisan baker Meredith Hotchkiss! Sign up starts at 4PM on July 4th. 1st 12 people to sign up will compete.

$20 to sign up – Prizes TBA

Flock of Bird Shaped Pinatas filled to the brim with Elevated Ice Cream Candy & dental hygiene products donated by Dentist David Chuljian

FREE Root Beer Floats for the 1st 1000 people. Served up with our delicious home-town Elevated Ice Cream.
Olympic Rules – Tug of War hosted by international Tug of War champion Richard Walcome.
$1000 Grand Prize
1500 lbs per team
60′ rope
Single elimination
No sitting town
15 minute time limit on matches
Sign up deadline and weigh in on July 2nd – 6PM at Pope Marine Park

Contact: danielmilholland@gmail.com

Photo by Steve Mullensky.

Enjoy Centrum’s week long celebration of singing with concerts and a Polka dot dinner/dance.

At Voice Works, hundreds of musicians spend a week at Fort Worden living and learning with some of the finest singers, songwriters, and musicians in the nation. In 2015, Centrum will host 2 public performance experiences: The Voice Works Honky Tonk Polka Dot Dance is a longstanding and beloved tradition, and the intimate faculty performance in the Wheeler Theater is always memorable.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Global Resonance
7:30pm – Wheeler Theater
Tickets: $20

Masters of International Traditional Song: English, Irish, Spanish, Eastern European and French styles
Appalachian Ballads: Elizabeth LaPrelle
Eastern European: Moira Smiley
Creole French: Cedric Watson
Traditional Mexican: La Familia Govea
Irish Folk Song: Cathy Jordan

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Honky Tonk Polka Dot Dinner & Dance
5:30pm – USO Building  (NEW TIME)
Tickets: $10 (sold at door only)

Featuring plenty of space for dancing; beer garden and fried chicken dinner available for purchase.

Caleb Klauder Country Band featuring Reeb Willms and special guest Casey MacGill

Pharis Romero
Laurel Bliss
Eli West

Mexican dance set with La Familia Govea and a dinner-hour jazz set with Jennifer Scott and Pamela Bertoli

The Port Townsend Main Street’s Concerts on the Dock summer music series kicks off Thursday, July 2, 2015, at Pope Marine Park Plaza in downtown Port Townsend.

These all-ages, free concerts take place each Thursday through August 20. Local vendors and a Beer/Wine & Cider Garden contribute to the festive atmosphere. Seating opens at 4:30pm, show starts at 5:00pm and end at 7:30 pm.

Come to dance, see your friends, enjoy a beer and have a bite; in addition to loyal, perennial vendors Daily Bird Pottery and James Jackson Massage, enjoy food at every concert, alternating between Dented Buoy Pizza and Olgita’s, as well as coffee from Java Gypsy and Magical Henna! Bring a chair or a blanket and settle in for some great tunes.

Concerts on the Dock kicks off with a special appearance by Marley’s Ghost, a virtuoso aggregation composed of singer/multi-instrumentalists Dan Wheetman, Jon Wilcox, Mike Phelan, Ed Littlefield Jr. and Jerry Fletcher. This band has a long history with Centrum, and the Port Townsend Main Street Program is excited to collaborate with Centrum on this first show. It leads into a weekend of full-blown entertainment with the Old Fashioned 4th of July at the Fort.

The 2015 lineup:

July 2nd – Marley’s Ghost

July 9th – Trenary and The Coal Miners

July 16th – Locust Street Taxi

July 23rd – T.S. Fisher and the Smooth Operators

July 30th – Hot Damn Scandal

August 6th – Stacy Jones Band

August 13th – Solvents with Kilcid

August 20th – The Yacht Club featuring Kevin Mason

(photo by Mike Carroll)