Join us for an evening of indie, alternative and folk music with Rayland Baxter, making his first return to Portland since headlining the 2023 Folk Festival at the Crystal Ballroom.
“…rarefied magic, capable of stirring up immense feeling while leaving the listener happily wonderstruck." – Rolling Stone
Bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy a night of live music on the farm, surrounded by farm animals, u-pick fields, market bar, and grill. Come early to enjoy the farm, fresh grilled farm food, craft beer, cider, and more.
Details
• ADULTS ONLY EVENT Ages 18+
• Tickets: $25 in advance/$30 day of show
• Farm, bar & grill open at 5:00 p.m., performances start at 6:30 p.m.
ABOUT RAYLAND BAXTER
For the making of his fourth album If I Were a Butterfly, Rayland Baxter holed up for over a year at a former rubber-band factory turned studio in the Kentucky countryside—a seemingly humble environment that proved to be something of a wonderland. “I spent that year living in a barn with the squirrels and the birds, on my own most of the time, and I discovered so much about music and how to create it,” says the Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter. “Instead of going into a studio with a producer for two weeks, I just waited for the record to build itself. I’d get up and go outside, see a butterfly and connect that with some impulsive thought I’d had three months ago, and suddenly a song I’d been working on would make sense. That’s how the whole album came to be.”
The follow-up to 2018’s critically acclaimed Wide Awake, If I Were a Butterfly finds Baxter co-producing alongside Tim O’Sullivan (Grace Potter, The Head and the Heart) and Kai Welch (Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull), slowly piecing together the album’s patchwork of lush psychedelia and Beatlesesque pop. In addition to working at Thunder Sound (the Kentucky studio he called home for months on end), Baxter recorded in California, Texas, Tennessee, and Washington, enlisting a remarkable lineup of musicians: Shakey Graves, Lennon Stella, several members of Cage the Elephant, Zac Cockrell of Alabama Shakes, Morning Teleportation’s Travis Goodwin, and legendary Motown drummer Miss Bobbye Hall, among many others. In an especially meaningful turn, two of the album’s tracks feature the elegant pedal steel work of his father, Bucky Baxter (a musician who performed with Bob Dylan and who passed away in May 2020). Thanks to the extraordinary care and ingenuity behind its creation, If I Were a Butterfly arrives as a work of rarefied magic, capable of stirring up immense feeling while leaving the listener happily wonderstruck.
ABOUT TOPAZ FARM:
Topaz Farm is a regenerative 130-acre family farm for every family, featuring farm-to plate dinners, u-pick berries, flowers & pumpkins, a farm stand and fall harvest activities.
Craft beer, cider, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available at the show and a variety of farm grilled and grab and go food choices including vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free options.
For information about Americana Harvest Fest nights including parking, food, drinks and more, click here.
Please READ THESE FARM RULES CAREFULLY BEFORE PURCHASING:
This show is ages 18+ only. Please bring goverment-issued ID with you for entrance.
Refillable water bottles are ok, but no outside food/drinks are allowed.
Smoking, vaping, drugs, weapons, tailgating and overnight parking are are not permitted.
Animals are not allowed, including in vehicles - and service animals are not allowed on or near the Great Lawn where the live music takes place.
Small beach towels or small picnic blankets (30” x 70” per person) and only single size, low-profile lawn chairs (not exceeding 8 inches from the ground to the seat bottom and no higher than 32 inches total from the ground to the top of the chair) are allowed.
Please double-check your order before purchasing. Tickets are non-refundable, not exchangeable for other events and this event is “rain or shine” including heat. Consider choosing optional "Event Cancellation Protection" during checkout if you are not 100% certain you’ll be attending or certain you can sell or gift your tickets to others.
For full farm rules including details about food, lawn chairs and more, click here . Please make sure to share this information with your guests to avoid being turned away or asked to leave.
