summer fun
Jun 26, 2025 6:28 pm
Salutations fae and fam,
How's the summer going? We're getting excited for the dates we have coming up in July and beyond! Not only will we be playing a fair amount in our local NW region but we are SO looking forward to spending a week up in Sorrento, BC teaching and picking all week long at the Nimble Fingers Bluegrass and Old Time Festival. Some of us grew up going to music camps like Nimble Fingers (colloquially called "fiddle camp" in bluegrass and stringband music) so it feels really special to get to participate and to help shepherd people forward in their musical journey. We love teaching!
Nimble is happening the 2nd week of July, but first we have a very cool co-bill show coming up on the 4th at Trout Lake Hall with a stellar female fronted band - The Local Honey’s - all the way from Kentucky!
Another gem of a venue we are so stoked to re-visit is Topaz Farm on Sauvies Island on July 22nd - where we will be opening for The Milk Carton Kids! Then the following week we will be at another favorite place - Mississippi Studios with our friends Tall Poppy Stringband! It's very rare that we get to Portland twice in one month so take a peep at our full summer tour list below and we'll see ya on out there!
7/4 Trout Lake, WA - Trout Lake Hall w/ The Local Honeys (doing something special before the show, see below for details)***
7/6-7/12 Sorrento, BC - Nimble Fingers Bluegrass and Old Time Festival
7/13 Shelton, WA - Bluegrass From the Forest
7/19 Sheridan, OR - Roshambo Art Farm/ Art + Science Cider & Wine
7/22 Portland, OR - Topaz Farms (opening for The Milk Carton Kids)
7/25 Mount Shasta, CA - Spring Hill Nursery & Gardens
7/26 Monterey, CA - Otter Opry
7/28 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios w/ Tall Poppy Stringband
7/31 Colusa, CA - Levitt AMP
8/8 Enderby, BC - Mabel Lake Farms
8/10 Hood River, OR - Hood River Organic Farm to Table Dinner
8/22 New Washoe City, NV - Bowers Bluegrass Festival
9/12 Hood River, OR - The Ruins
9/13 Elkton, OR - Bluegrass and Butterflies Festival
*** on July 4th we have a special *Free* event before the show ~ come Jam LIVE with the Band! That’s right, Never Come Down will be having an open Jam from 4-5pm outside on the lawn at Trout Lake Hall so all you pickers and singers bring your instruments and we will see you there!
We have also recently been posting on TikTok so if you're hip with the kids these days (we barely are) and wanna see us get up to some funny shenanigans you can give us a follow over there at @nevercomedown.band. If not, that's okay too, you can find us over on YouTube as well.
Alright, ya'll be good now!
Peace, Love, and Fiddles,
Never Come Down