In the Press
The Nugget Newspaper October 8, 2025
SFF Presents spotlights singer-songwriters
SFF Presents announces back-to-back concerts at The Belfry in Sisters this November. First up is multi-instrumentalist and renowned songwriter Darrell Scott on Thurs, Nov. 13, followed by acclaimed singer-songwriters Emily Scott Robinson and Andrea von Kampen on Fri, Nov. 14.
The Source Weekly
August 20, 2025
Winner of Best Nonprofit Event in Sisters: Sisters Folk Festival
While the sun is still burning hot these days, there will come a time not so long from now when the scene looks more like this: a late September weekend in Sisters, evening settling in with a sharp autumn bite.
The Nugget Newspaper
July 22, 2025
Hometown Hang set
for August 8
SFF Presents is inviting the Sisters community to a free evening of live music, dancing, and connection at the Hometown Hang concert on Friday, August 8, at Sisters Art Works featuring award-winning bluegrass powerhouse East Nash Grass.
Saving Country Music
July 3, 2024
For the nonprofit and mostly volunteer-driven SFF Presents, the encroachment and dominance of musical juggernaut Live Nation is not just a hypothetical.
The Nugget Newspaper October 8, 2025
SFF Presents offers creative workshops
This fall and winter, SFF Presents is opening the doors to imagination at Sisters Art Works with hands-on workshops. From layered woodland tunnel cards to hand-painted winter bottles, these workshops invite participants to slow down, explore, and make something that sparks joy.
Bend Bulletin
September 30, 2025
Music lovers feast on Sisters Folk Festival
Marjorie Laramee and her husband Mark from Portland were taking in their eighth Sisters Folk Festival last weekend. They likened the event to "one of those sumptuous banquet scenes from a movie. Everybody feasting. Just incredibly good music. And so much of it."
The Nugget Newspaper
July 21, 2025
Big Ponderoo delivers great music and good vibes
It ended Sunday night just as it began Friday -to thunderous applause. The third Big Ponderoo music festival delivered a musical experience which delighted - thrilled, actually - appreciative crowds with more than 20 hours of emotion-filled music by 41 artists performing in 15 acts.
The Nugget Newspaper
June 17, 2025
Custom guitar to be raffled at the 2025 Big Ponderoo Festival
SFF Presents is pleased to announce a special opportunity for music enthusiasts and supporters of arts education: a limited-entry guitar raffle to be held in conjunction with the 2025 Big Ponderoo Music + Art Festival.
Oregon Music News
August 9, 2024
2024 Sisters Folk Festival Presents: A Celebration of the Genre
From Friday, September 27 to Sunday, September 29, “the whole town is a stage.” Brad Tisdel, the artistic director of SFF Presents says, "We curate a diverse, multi-genre festival with seven stages throughout downtown Sisters.”
