Monthly Concerts!
3RFS presents at least one concert per month from September to May!
3RFS Concert Page
First Friday Folkie Free-For-All!
One of our monthly sing-along events, open to the public!
FFFFFA Page
Second Saturday Sea Song Singalong!
One of our two free, public singalongs per month!
SSSSS Page
Tumbleweed Music Festival
3RFS sponsors the annual Tumbleweed Music Festival held each Labor Day in Richland, Washington's Howard Amon park. 2025 marks the 29th annual festival!
Tumbleweed Music Festival Page
Monthly Coffeehouses!
3RFS hosts a monthly Coffeehouse on the Second Fridays of September through April in the basement of All Saints' Episcopal Church, Richland, Washington.
3RFS Coffeehouse Page
August 29th → 31st, 2025
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Tumbleweed Music Festival
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Richland, WA
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August 29th → 31st, 2025
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Tumbleweed Music Festival
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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.

Home Final - Tumbleweed Music Festival
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Home Final - Tumbleweed Music Festival
Home Final - Tumbleweed Music Festival
David Kidman
Jerry Callahan
Mike Murray
Steve & Kristi Nebel

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

Many more events headed your way

Tumbleweed Music Festival

Coffeehouses

Concerts

Contra Dances

Public Singalongs

Featured Performances

Arbielle (Rachel Jumago & Katie Fitz)
17
May
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
All Saints' Episcopal Church
1322 Kimball Ave., Richland, WA 99354

Three Rivers Folklife May Concert: Arbielle!

Arbielle Saturday, May 17th, 7:00pm, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball, Richland, WA Arbielle is Rachel Jumago, an Oregon-based singer-songwriter, and veteran Tumbleweed Music Festival performer.  In 2024, she won both Second Place and the People’s Choice award in the Jane Titland Memorial Songwriting Contest.  With an open heart, a beautiful voice, and lots of […] ...

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First Friday Folkie Free-For-All Singalong
2
June
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The home of Niel and Cheryle Kierulff
4191 Maple Lane, West Richland, WA  99353

First Friday Folkie Free-For-All Public Singalong

May 2025 First Friday Folkie Free-For-All (FFFFFA) May 2nd, at the home of Niel and Cheryle Kierulff, 4191 Maple Lane, West Richland, WA  99353   The May 2nd First Friday Folkie Free For All (FFFFFA )will be hosted by Niel and Cheryle Kierulff, at their home.  Starting time is 7:00 PM, with a circle of […] ...

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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. ...

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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.
 

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