About
For eighteen years and counting, Northwest String Summit has brought fans of contemporary bluegrass, indie, funk, jam rock, and everything in between to the greater Portland area for what has become a highlight of the summer for festivalgoers nationwide. Taking place in North Plains’ beautiful Horning’s Hideout, String Summit’s 19th annual brings some familiar faces back to the festival and some widely requested artists to their first String Summit the weekend of July 16-19, 2020.
Northwest String Summit announces the inclusion of longtime String Summit veterans Greensky Bluegrass who took a year off in 2019, improv-rockers Umphrey’s McGee playing one rare acoustic set and one fully electrified set, longtime festival hosts Yonder Mountain String Band, Grammy Award winners The Infamous Stringdusters, and Portland-based favorites Fruition, all of whom will play two sets throughout the weekend. Additionally, Canadian outlaw country golden boy Colter Wall, newgrass legend Sam Bush Band, Keller Williams’ grassy collaboration Keller & The Keels, Greensky Bluegrass side project Dave Bruzza: Unsafe At Any Speed, Larry Keel Experience with String Summit Artist At Large, Kyle Tuttle, Handmade Moments, Them Coulee Boys, Benny “Burle” Galloway, Cascade Crescendo, Brad Parsons Gospel Hour, Upstate, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, Armchair Boogie, Pixie and the Partygrass Boys, Bowregard, Chicken Wire Empire, Lost Ox, and 2019 Band Competition Winners, One Way Traffic, with many, many more to be announced soon!
Select Press
JamBase - “Northwest String Summit Announces Initial 2020 Lineup”
Jambands.com - “Yonder Mountain String Band and The Infamous Stringdusters ‘Road To Strummit’ Shows”
Glide Magazine - “Northwest String Summit Promoter Skye McDonald Gives Thoughts Heading Into 18th Annual Gathering (Interview/Preview)”
JamBands.com - “Top 10 Moments of the 2019 Northwest String Summit”
Portland Tribune - “Head out yonder for String Summit”