The Willamette Valley Folk Festival ran from 1971 to 2009. In 2010 it was renamed and re-structured to become the Willamette Valley MusicFest (2010-Present).
The locations also changed over the years!
Indoor and Outdoor stages at UO Campus Locations to the Cuthbert Ampitheatre then back to Indoor and Outdoor stages at various UO Campus Locations.
First Annual Willamette Valley Folk Festival (1971) See RG Ad with Photo
- Sonny Terry
- Brownie McGhee
2nd Annual Willamette Valley Folk Festival (1972)
- Mississippi George Lee
- Doc Watson with the Righteous Bluegrass band
- Firewood Honey
- David Auerbach
- Maggie Barclay
- Easy Street
- Cal Scott
- Don Ross
- Sawtooth Mountain Boys
- There Ain’t No Justice
- Murder Creek
- Gordan Keane
3rd Annual Willamette Valley Folk Festival (1973)
- Mance Lispcomb
- Heavy Gauge String Band
- Kathy Smith
- Just Call Me Squirt
- Twilo Scofield
- Willie and the Egyptians
- Wheatfield
- Diane Adams
- Bony Elbow Ridgerammers
- Chris Wetteland
- Maggie Barclay
- Livewood String Band
- Linder Road
- Eric Park
- Tom Schwenzer
4th Annual Willamette Folk Festival ( 1974 )
- Old Hat Band (Seattle)
- Maggie Barclay
- Richard Burke
- Pop Powers (82 year old fiddler)
- Erick Park
- Daviess Country Boys
- Ragtime Millionairs
- Wheatfield
- Turkey Run Boys
- Ira Herskowitz
- Linda Danielson(Local Fiddle Player)
- Chris Wetteland
- Tom Schwenzer
- Diane Adams – Local Singer
- Cal Scott & Moonstone
- Dr Korn’s Bluegrass Remedy (Portland)
- Mike Russo
- Mike Seeger and the Strange Creek Singers (Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwartz, Lamar Greer, Alice Gerrard and Stazel Dickens)Rural Southern music
5th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1975)
6th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1976)
- Cyclone Madrone
- Kevin Johns and Karla Rose
- Canyon Creek Ramblers
- “X”
- Knares
- Emily Phelps and Antonia Burns
- Ira Herskowitz
- Meg Stormont and Kevin Barnes
- Once in a While Band
- Woody Harris
- Lanning Russel and Kevin McGraw
- Pop Powers
- Jim Page
- Sunnyland Slim, Chicago blues piano player
- Medicine Wolf
- Gold Ring String Band
- Barn Dance in Gerlinger Gym Sue Reager-Caller
- Tom Schwenzer
- Shebegen
- Patchwork
- Greg Field
- Friends of the Family
- Cousin Emmy, country star of the 30’s and 40’s
- Peter Pancreas and the High Livers
- Ragtime Millionaires
- Susan Arrow
7th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1977)
8th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1978)
9th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1979)
10th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1980)
11th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1981)
12th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1982)
13th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1983)
14th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1984)
- Neville Brothers – May 16, 1984
15th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1985)
- Leroi Brothers – May 17, 1985
- Group Pancasan – May 18, 1985
- T Bone Burnett – May 18, 1985
- John Fahey – May 19, 1985
- Robert Cray Band – May 19, 1985
16th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1986)
17th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1987)
18th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1988)
19th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1989)
20th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1990)
21st Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1991)
22nd Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1992)
23rd Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1993)
24th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1994)
25th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1995)
26th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1996)
27th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1997)
28th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1998)
29th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (1999)
30th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2000)
31st Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2001)
32nd Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2002)
33rd Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2003)
34th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2004)
35th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2005)
36th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2006)
37th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2007)
38th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2008)
39th Annual Willamette Folk Festival (2009)
1st Annual Willamette Valley MusicFest (2010)
2nd Annual Willamette Valley MusicFest (2011)
3rd Annual Willamette Valley MusicFest (2012)
4th Annual Willamette Valley MusicFest (2013)
5th Annual Willamette Valley MusicFest (2014)
6th Annual Willamette Valley MusicFest (2015)