01/24/2025
Portland's Folk Festival 2025 / Crystal Ballroom
By ANTHONY PIDGEON //
Scenes from Night 1 of the Portland Folk Festival at Crystal Ballroom.
Presidio
Haley Johnsen
Handmade Moments
Portland Folk Festival is a welcome addition to the local festival scene, coming at the perfect time of year to shake off the post holiday blahs. Pickathon lovers will feel right at home in this family-friendly mini winter wonderland created inside the Crystal Ballroom, complete with couches, beanbags, Waldorf kids running about, artisans selling handcrafted clothing, jewelry and art, and a well curated lineup of excellent performers onstage playing a broad range of folk-ish related music. Set a reminder for next January and bring the whole family, this little festival is a gem.