Moving to Portland, Oregon

[Ty Bowen]

Hello there! I am taking my Clover and moving to Portland. Do any of you live in the area? Are there any open Irish sessions in the area? Are there any concertina/squeezebox meetups or events in the area?

 

Thank you.

[ryan]

Check out trailjams.org and their newsletter. Great resource for tunes and updates on local ITM sessions/events. 

Edited August 24, 2025 by ryan

[Isaiah]

https://thesession.org usually lists local sessions. I'm from the area, but left right before I started playing (I picked up a concertina because I want something to play in my new location). Let me know if you find a session, I'll see if I can stop by next time I'm in town!

[Clive Thorne]

"Moving to Prtland" sounds like it should be a tune.

[Matt Heumann]

3 hours ago, Clive Thorne said:

"Moving to Portland" sounds like it should be a tune.

Ask and you shall receive. Here's for Ty, hope you find a good music community to share this tune with!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ri6sz6ltmlc3toswmalm4/ALUBrIX5GOLEixsbsbLtA6U?rlkey=6no0jr6ed544spqljqlrn6out&st=6vp5hik0&dl=0

Edited August 30, 2025 by Matthew Heumann
corrected link

[Matt Heumann]

Sorry fore the title screw ups, fixed now!

Enjoy Ty.

[Clive Thorne]

13 hours ago, Matthew Heumann said:

Ask and you shall receive. Here's for Ty, hope you find a good music community to share this tune with!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ri6sz6ltmlc3toswmalm4/ALUBrIX5GOLEixsbsbLtA6U?rlkey=6no0jr6ed544spqljqlrn6out&st=6vp5hik0&dl=0

Set to become a classic session tune in the next few years!

 

[Ty Bowen]

On 8/28/2025 at 6:50 PM, Isaiah said:

https://thesession.org usually lists local sessions. I'm from the area, but left right before I started playing (I picked up a concertina because I want something to play in my new location). Let me know if you find a session, I'll see if I can stop by next time I'm in town!

 

So after arriving here and going to a few sessions, this list https://www.cceoregon.org/sessions is the master guide here. I have started going to Cooper Mountain Ale Works in Tigard on Tuesday nights as my session.

[Ty Bowen]

On 8/29/2025 at 7:55 PM, Matthew Heumann said:

Sorry fore the title screw ups, fixed now!

Enjoy Ty.

Wow! There's even a video to go with it! This is a lot of work! Thank you, Matthew!