Submitted by Kate Baldus
 
Don’t miss the great music and entertainment that accompanies the delicious food at The Bite of Oregon.
 
Four stages host a wide variety of events! My personal recommendation for music is Todd Snider Friday night at 7:15 pm and The Freak Mountain Ramblers on Sunday at 4:20 pm. The PGE Fountain Stage will be rockin’ and the Café stage features acoustic duos. The Iron Chef competition will begin Friday and end with a final round Saturday at 7:30 on the Oregon Chef Stage.
 
 
Friday’s Festivities! 
Main Stage
Noon – 1:00

17-piece youth jazz big band
directed by Clark Bondy
www.ClarkBondy.com (WHJC)Whiskey Hill Jazz Club
1:30 – 2:30
Tween sensation performance troupe delivers a show that charms all ages
www.RadioDisney.com/PortlandRadio Disney
3:00 – 3:45
Still Pending
These 12 yr /old rockers recall early Police & Green Day w/ a dash of the Ramones thrown in
www.StillPending.com
4:15 – 5:15
Charlie Girl & The Big Package
(opener)
This dynamic 7-piece opens with an eclectic mix of rock, reggae & jazz covers plus their own funky originals
www.myspace.com/
SeeTheBigPackage
5:45 – 6:45
ROBBIE FULKS

www.myspace.com/RobbieFulksRobbie Fulks is a contrary minded Americana talent – combining classic honky-tonk & Bakersfield country w/ the feisty spirit of “Insurgent Country.” Fulks’ recent double live album showcases his incendiary live show.
7:15 – 8:15
TODD SNIDER

www.ToddSnider.netOriginally from Portland, this Americana singer/songwriter & humorist’s 8th album landed on Rolling Stone’s 2006 Top 50. Kris Kristofferson describes Snider as having “the heart & humor of John Prine, the wild unpredictability of Roger Miller & a freedom of imagination that's absolutely his own.”
8:45 - 10:15
ROBERT EARL KEEN

www.RobertEarlKeen.comCalled “The King of the Texas Music Scene,” Keen balances sensitive story-portraits w/ raucous rockers - exampled by his signature song "The Road Goes on Forever.” Keen is touring behind the release of a greatest hits collection with his ace band of 14 years.
Saturday! 
Main Stage
Noon – 1:00

Rockin blues as played by 19 yr/old Ty Curtis earned a standing ovation at the Waterfront Blues Festival
www.myspace.com/
TheTyCurtisband The Ty Curtis Band

1:30 – 2:10& Guilty Pleasures

One Hit Wonders
Starring:
Little SueLara Michell

Nicole Campbell
Pilar French
This bevy of Portland sirens give new life to those over-the-top pop classics that you love to hate
myspace.com/
GuiltyPleasuresAndOneHitWonders
2:30 – 3:10

Progressive pop quintet elevates their big sound w/ tight harmonies, smack down lyrics & a sense of musical urgency
www.TheSortOfs.comThe Sort Ofs
3:30 – 4:15

This six-piece marries the instrumentation of a jazz ensemble w/ the catchy hooks
of mainstream pop
www.TheRetrofits.comThe RetroFits
4:30
Governor’s Community Service Award to Restaurants
4:45 - 5:45

Called the top Australian band of the decade, this quintet wraps chiming guitars & keyboard grandeur around the enigmatic song craft of singer-guitarist Glenn Richards
www.AugieMarch.comAUGIE MARCH
6:15 – 7:15
(opener)
Their hard-core Bakersfield twang draws from the playbooks of Buck Owens & Merle Haggard & sometimes the Beatles
www.TheBuckles.comThe Buckles
7:45 – 9:00
T Bone Burnett calls Ralph Stanley “one of the most important country musicians in the world today.”
A musical innovator, Stanley’s poignant style, haunting melodies & "high lonesome" vocals brought a mountain style of bluegrass to mainstream audiences.
www.RalphStanley.netRALPH STANLEY
& the Clinch Mountain Boys
9:30 – 11:00

The living embodiment of New Orleans’ rich musical heritage, Dr John blends voodoo mysticism, funk, R&B, psychedelic rock & Creole. The multiple Grammy winner is famous for the songs “Right Place Wrong Time” & “Such a Night” as well as for his celebrated live shows.
www.DrJohn.orgDR JOHN
Sunday!
Main Stage
10:00 – 10:30The Oz St. Fossils

Piano, clarinet, cello, drums & musical saw create a modern antique sound
www.myspace.com/
OzStFossils
10:30 – 10:45

Large scale puppet troupe charms bikers of all agesCardboard Songsters
10:45 – 11:30
Stumptown Jug Thumpers
Multi-piece old-time jug band delivers a sassy blues/minstrel hybrid
www.myspace.com/
StumptownJugThumpers

11:45

Prize DrawingsProvidence Bridge Pedal
12:00 – 1:00
Lively dust bowl folk
www.myspace.com/
SassparillaJugBand
Sassparilla
Hillstomp
Hill trance country blues
www.Hillstomp.com
1:30 – 2:30

Uplifting 17-piece contemporary Gospel group has become a Sunday morning
Bite tradition
www.SouthlakeChurch.comThe Southlake Band
w/ The Brown Sisters
3:00 – 4:00

Sensational 'Old School' sax-fusion revue w/ guests Lee Garrett (Stevie Wonder’s co-writer); Portland's Neo-Soul diva Liv Warfield; & the scintillating “Soul of a Free Man” horn section
www.PatrickLamb.com Patrick Lamb Soul Revue
4:20 – 6:30
BINGO’S DREAM BAND
Transcendental Americana by way of Joshua Tree California
www.BingoBand.com
FREAK MOUNTAIN RAMBLERS

www.FreakMountain.comBeautiful bedlam from Portland’s urban folk legends
In A Rare NW Appearance

7:00 – 8:30

2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee plays what she calls “three chords merged with the power of the word.” Inspired by the spiritual & the political, the Grammy nominee merges recording, performance, art & writing w/ activism. This legendary musical revolutionary seeks to save the world w/ love & an electric guitar
www.PattiSmith.netPATTI SMITHAN EVENING WITH PATTI SMITH
 
See ya on the dance floor!