2017 FisherPoets Gathering
Evening Reading Schedule (printable pdf)
It's a record again. A hundred fisherpoets will be at seven venues, the most ever of both.
Careful. The paint's still a little wet.
Astoria Event Center, Friday, February 24
MCs Jon Broderick and Jay Speakman
5 Curt Olson and Abigail Martin, Broadus MT
Danny Keyser, Astoria OR
Annie Howell-Adams, Friday Harbor WA
6 Ryan and Kyle Lutz, Portland OR
Pat Dixon, Olympia WA
Phil Lansing, Boise ID
7 John Palmes, Juneau AK
Billie Delaney, Port Townsend WA
Kirk Lombard, San Francisco CA
8 Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR and Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR
Wilfred Wilson, Delta BC
RK and Cherry Rice, Long Beach WA
9 The Brownsmead Flats, Astoria OR
Tom Hilton, Astoria OR
Don Pugh, Snohomish WA
Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA
Columbian Theater, Friday, February 24
MCs Ron McDaniel and Rich King
5 Mark Alan Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA
Brittany Retherford, Craig AK
Alan Lovewell, Santa Cruz CA
6 Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA
Ed Edmo, Portland OR
Maggie Bursch, Homer AK
7 Rich King, Kilauea HI
Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK
Taylor Young, Ilwaco WA
8 Clem Starck, Dallas OR
Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR
Vicki Horton, Port Townsend WA
9 Sean Talbot, Portland OR
Matt Williams, Redmond OR and Elma Burnham, Bellingham WA
Heather Talbot, Portland OR
Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
Fort George Brewery’s Lovell Showroom, Friday, February 24
MCs Moe Bowstern and Mariah Warren
5 Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA
Phil Meehan, Portland OR
Lloyd Montgomery, Cordova AK
6 Irene Martin, Skamakowa WA
Jim Toteff, Kalama WA
Holly Hughes, Indianola WA
7 Mariah Warren, Sitka AK
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR
8 Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA
Arthur Anderson, San Francisco CA
Peter Munro, Kenmore WA
9 Ray Troll, Ketchikan AK
Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR
Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
KALA, Friday, February 24
MCs Toby Sullivan and Meezie Hermansen
5 Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK
John Hagerty, Seaside OR
Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA
6 Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA
Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA
David Bean, Portland OR
7 Jon Branshaw, Westport WA
Mary Garvey, Seaview WA
Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA
8 Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK
Rich Bard, Vashon WA
Maria Dosal, King Cove AK
9 Will Hornyak, Portland OR
Cary Jones, Eugene OR
Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
10 Annual FisherPoets Dance
Voodoo Room, Friday, February 24
MCs Harlan Bailey and Lou Beaudry
5 Jerre Wills, Homer AK
David Beveridge, Chico CA
Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
6 Jen Pickett, Brussels, Belgium
Mark Alan Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA
Amy Grondin, Port Townsend WA
7 Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA
Doreen Dahl, Roseburg OR
John Copp, Portland OR
8 Pat Dixon, Olympia WA
Larry Kaplan, Essex CT
Duncan Berry, Otis OR
9 John Elliott, Saltspring Island BC
Lou Beaudry, McCall ID
Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA
Dennis Knagin, Sedro Woolley WA
Wet Dog Café, Friday, February 24
MCs Doug Rhodes and Dano Quinn
6 Larry Kaplan, Essex CT
Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK
Pat McGuire, Cordova AK
7 Doug Rhodes, Craig AK
Brad Warren, Seattle WA
Jeffrey Kahrs, Edmonds WA
8 Joel Miller, Portland OR
Anna Young, Cordova AK
Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA
9 Dano Quinn, Seattle WA
Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR
Peter “Spud” Siegel, Portland OR and friends
Astoria Event Center, Saturday, February 25
MCs Rob Seitz and Tele Aadsen
5 Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR
Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
6 Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA
7 Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA
Vicki Horton, Port Townsend WA
Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR
8 Doug Rhodes, Craig AK
Mary Garvey, Seaview WA
Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK
9 Mariah Warren, Sitka AK
Rich King, Kilauea HI
Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA
John Haggerty, Seaside OR
10:30 On-site Poetry Contest
Columbian Theater, Saturday, February 25
MCs Will Hornyak and Lorrie Haight
5 Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA
Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK
David Bean, Portland OR
6 John Palmes, Juneau AK
Pat McGuire, Cordova AK
Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK
7 Arthur Anderson, San Francisco CA
Kirk Lombard, San Francisco CA
Lou Beaudry, McCall ID
8 Will Hornyak, Portland OR
Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA
Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
9 Jerre Wills, Homer AK
Rich Bard, Vashon WA
Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers, Ketchikan AK in concert to 11 p.m.
Fort George Brewery’s Lovell Showroom, Saturday, February 25
MCs Buck Meloy and Tom Hilton
5 Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR and Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
Curt Olson and Abigail Martin, Broadus MT
Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
6 Matt Williams, Redmond OR
Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA
Elma Burnham, Bellingham WA
7 Jen Pickett, Brussels, Belgium
Rich King, Kilauea HI
Tom Hilton, Astoria OR
8 Ed Edmo, Portland OR
Mark Alan Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA
Amy Grondin, Port Townsend WA
9 Alan Lovewell, Santa Cruz CA
Joel Miller, Portland OR
Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
KALA, Saturday, February 25
MCs Erin Fristad and Brad Warren
5 Dennis Knagin, Sedro Woolley WA
Nancy Cook, Astoria OR
Annie Howell-Adams, Friday Harbor WA
6 Anna Young, Cordova AK
Wallace McDonald, Petersburg AK
Steve Willard, Marblehead MA
7 Brad Warren, Seattle WA
John Elliott, Saltspring Island BC
Holly Hughes, Indianola WA
8 John Palmes, Juneau AK
Dano Quinn, Seattle WA
Taylor Young, Ilwaco WA
9 Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA
Ryan and Kyle Lutz, Portland OR
David Beveridge, Chico CC
Duncan Berry, Otis OR
Liberty Theater, Saturday, February 25
MCs Jay Speakman and Jon Broderick
7 Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR and Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR
Maggie Bursch, Homer AK
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
8 Jeffrey Kahrs, Edmonds WA
Lloyd Montgomery, Cordova AK
Peter Munro, Kenmore WA
9 Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK
Peter “Spud” Siegel, Portland OR and friends
Wet Dog Café, Saturday, February 25
MCs Pat Dixon and Jon Branshaw
5 Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA
Doreen Dahl, Roseburg OR
Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
6 Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR
Jim Toteff, Kalama WA
Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA
7 Jon Branshaw, Westport WA
RK and Cherry Rice, Long Beach WA
Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR
8 Phil Lansing, Boise ID
Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA
Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
9 Don Pugh, Snohomish WA
Pat Dixon, Olympia WA
The Brownsmead Flats, Astoria OR
Voodoo Room, Saturday, February 25
MCs Sierra Golden and Lara Messersmith-Glavin
5 Wilfred Wilson, Delta BC
Phil Meehan, Portland OR
Irene Martin, Skamakowa WA
6 Sean Talbot, Portland OR
Heather Talbot, Portland OR
Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA
7 Sierra Golden, Seattle WA
Cary Jones, Eugene OR
Maria Dosal, King Cove AK
8 John Copp, Portland OR
Billie Delaney, Port Townsend WA
Larry Kaplan, Essex CT
9 Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA
Danny Keyser, Astoria OR
Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR
Evening Reading Schedule (printable pdf)
It's a record again. A hundred fisherpoets will be at seven venues, the most ever of both.
Careful. The paint's still a little wet.
Astoria Event Center, Friday, February 24
MCs Jon Broderick and Jay Speakman
5 Curt Olson and Abigail Martin, Broadus MT
Danny Keyser, Astoria OR
Annie Howell-Adams, Friday Harbor WA
6 Ryan and Kyle Lutz, Portland OR
Pat Dixon, Olympia WA
Phil Lansing, Boise ID
7 John Palmes, Juneau AK
Billie Delaney, Port Townsend WA
Kirk Lombard, San Francisco CA
8 Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR and Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR
Wilfred Wilson, Delta BC
RK and Cherry Rice, Long Beach WA
9 The Brownsmead Flats, Astoria OR
Tom Hilton, Astoria OR
Don Pugh, Snohomish WA
Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA
Columbian Theater, Friday, February 24
MCs Ron McDaniel and Rich King
5 Mark Alan Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA
Brittany Retherford, Craig AK
Alan Lovewell, Santa Cruz CA
6 Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA
Ed Edmo, Portland OR
Maggie Bursch, Homer AK
7 Rich King, Kilauea HI
Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK
Taylor Young, Ilwaco WA
8 Clem Starck, Dallas OR
Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR
Vicki Horton, Port Townsend WA
9 Sean Talbot, Portland OR
Matt Williams, Redmond OR and Elma Burnham, Bellingham WA
Heather Talbot, Portland OR
Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
Fort George Brewery’s Lovell Showroom, Friday, February 24
MCs Moe Bowstern and Mariah Warren
5 Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA
Phil Meehan, Portland OR
Lloyd Montgomery, Cordova AK
6 Irene Martin, Skamakowa WA
Jim Toteff, Kalama WA
Holly Hughes, Indianola WA
7 Mariah Warren, Sitka AK
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR
8 Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA
Arthur Anderson, San Francisco CA
Peter Munro, Kenmore WA
9 Ray Troll, Ketchikan AK
Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR
Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
KALA, Friday, February 24
MCs Toby Sullivan and Meezie Hermansen
5 Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK
John Hagerty, Seaside OR
Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA
6 Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA
Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA
David Bean, Portland OR
7 Jon Branshaw, Westport WA
Mary Garvey, Seaview WA
Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA
8 Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK
Rich Bard, Vashon WA
Maria Dosal, King Cove AK
9 Will Hornyak, Portland OR
Cary Jones, Eugene OR
Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
10 Annual FisherPoets Dance
Voodoo Room, Friday, February 24
MCs Harlan Bailey and Lou Beaudry
5 Jerre Wills, Homer AK
David Beveridge, Chico CA
Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
6 Jen Pickett, Brussels, Belgium
Mark Alan Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA
Amy Grondin, Port Townsend WA
7 Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA
Doreen Dahl, Roseburg OR
John Copp, Portland OR
8 Pat Dixon, Olympia WA
Larry Kaplan, Essex CT
Duncan Berry, Otis OR
9 John Elliott, Saltspring Island BC
Lou Beaudry, McCall ID
Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA
Dennis Knagin, Sedro Woolley WA
Wet Dog Café, Friday, February 24
MCs Doug Rhodes and Dano Quinn
6 Larry Kaplan, Essex CT
Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK
Pat McGuire, Cordova AK
7 Doug Rhodes, Craig AK
Brad Warren, Seattle WA
Jeffrey Kahrs, Edmonds WA
8 Joel Miller, Portland OR
Anna Young, Cordova AK
Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA
9 Dano Quinn, Seattle WA
Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR
Peter “Spud” Siegel, Portland OR and friends
Astoria Event Center, Saturday, February 25
MCs Rob Seitz and Tele Aadsen
5 Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR
Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
6 Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA
7 Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA
Vicki Horton, Port Townsend WA
Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR
8 Doug Rhodes, Craig AK
Mary Garvey, Seaview WA
Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK
9 Mariah Warren, Sitka AK
Rich King, Kilauea HI
Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA
John Haggerty, Seaside OR
10:30 On-site Poetry Contest
Columbian Theater, Saturday, February 25
MCs Will Hornyak and Lorrie Haight
5 Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA
Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK
David Bean, Portland OR
6 John Palmes, Juneau AK
Pat McGuire, Cordova AK
Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK
7 Arthur Anderson, San Francisco CA
Kirk Lombard, San Francisco CA
Lou Beaudry, McCall ID
8 Will Hornyak, Portland OR
Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA
Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
9 Jerre Wills, Homer AK
Rich Bard, Vashon WA
Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers, Ketchikan AK in concert to 11 p.m.
Fort George Brewery’s Lovell Showroom, Saturday, February 25
MCs Buck Meloy and Tom Hilton
5 Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR and Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
Curt Olson and Abigail Martin, Broadus MT
Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
6 Matt Williams, Redmond OR
Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA
Elma Burnham, Bellingham WA
7 Jen Pickett, Brussels, Belgium
Rich King, Kilauea HI
Tom Hilton, Astoria OR
8 Ed Edmo, Portland OR
Mark Alan Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA
Amy Grondin, Port Townsend WA
9 Alan Lovewell, Santa Cruz CA
Joel Miller, Portland OR
Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
KALA, Saturday, February 25
MCs Erin Fristad and Brad Warren
5 Dennis Knagin, Sedro Woolley WA
Nancy Cook, Astoria OR
Annie Howell-Adams, Friday Harbor WA
6 Anna Young, Cordova AK
Wallace McDonald, Petersburg AK
Steve Willard, Marblehead MA
7 Brad Warren, Seattle WA
John Elliott, Saltspring Island BC
Holly Hughes, Indianola WA
8 John Palmes, Juneau AK
Dano Quinn, Seattle WA
Taylor Young, Ilwaco WA
9 Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA
Ryan and Kyle Lutz, Portland OR
David Beveridge, Chico CC
Duncan Berry, Otis OR
Liberty Theater, Saturday, February 25
MCs Jay Speakman and Jon Broderick
7 Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR and Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR
Maggie Bursch, Homer AK
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
8 Jeffrey Kahrs, Edmonds WA
Lloyd Montgomery, Cordova AK
Peter Munro, Kenmore WA
9 Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK
Peter “Spud” Siegel, Portland OR and friends
Wet Dog Café, Saturday, February 25
MCs Pat Dixon and Jon Branshaw
5 Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA
Doreen Dahl, Roseburg OR
Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
6 Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR
Jim Toteff, Kalama WA
Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA
7 Jon Branshaw, Westport WA
RK and Cherry Rice, Long Beach WA
Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR
8 Phil Lansing, Boise ID
Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA
Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
9 Don Pugh, Snohomish WA
Pat Dixon, Olympia WA
The Brownsmead Flats, Astoria OR
Voodoo Room, Saturday, February 25
MCs Sierra Golden and Lara Messersmith-Glavin
5 Wilfred Wilson, Delta BC
Phil Meehan, Portland OR
Irene Martin, Skamakowa WA
6 Sean Talbot, Portland OR
Heather Talbot, Portland OR
Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA
7 Sierra Golden, Seattle WA
Cary Jones, Eugene OR
Maria Dosal, King Cove AK
8 John Copp, Portland OR
Billie Delaney, Port Townsend WA
Larry Kaplan, Essex CT
9 Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA
Danny Keyser, Astoria OR
Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR
