3RFS is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 1988, serving the folk community near the confluence of the Yakima, Snake and Columbia rivers in SE Washington state.

We present monthly Concerts and Coffeehouses, two monthly public singalongs, and the annual Tumbleweed Music Festival (In its 29th year in 2025.)

Featured Performances

Tumbleweed 2025 logo by Randi Vaughan
29
August
6:00 pm - 12:00 am

Tumbleweed Music Festival 2025

The 2025 Tumbleweed Music Festival is the 29th annual!  Always mostly free! Get all the information at https://tumbleweedfest.com. ...

Tumbleweed 2025 logo by Randi Vaughan
31
August
12:00 am - 10:00 pm

Tumbleweed Music Festival 2025

The 2025 Tumbleweed Music Festival is the 29th annual!  Always mostly free! Get all the information at https://tumbleweedfest.com. ...

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It is with great sadness that Three Rivers Folklife Society notes the passing of a very long-time 3RFS member, Alan Gibbs.

Alan and his wife Judi started the 3rfs.org website in 1995. In this time of straight HTML, they figured out how to put sound clips online, and posted some of the earliest ones. Alan subsequently maintained and developed the 3rfs.org website by himself until May 2023, when a serious medical condition suddenly sidelined him.
 
Alan was born in 1939, and died January 11, 2024. He was a valued and valuable member of our organization, and put in excellent work to promote the organization and our aims. Our thoughts are with his family and friends now. Thank you, Alan, for everything.