The Erin Jorgensen Festival (EJF) is a slightly tongue-in-cheek mini-arts festival chock-full of performances, mini-classes, films, record listening, and more. Anchored by daily “Bach & Pancakes” performances (a Bach cello suite performed on a 5-octave concert marimba, accompanied by pancakes), the eclectic festival lineup includes music by alt-bluegrass trio The Half Brothers; electric cello with Lori Goldston, percussion/electronics with Aaron Michael Butler; intimate acoustic music from composer Benjamin Marx, and more.
A sampling of mini-classes includes Music and the Mind with author and neuroscientist Chantel Prat; Taiko Drumming 101 with artist/teacher Leanna Keith; Women in Cinema with director SJ Chiro; Psychedelics and Comics with writer/poet Rachel Kessler; Analog Synth Cacophony with audio legend Steve Fisk; Zine-Making 101 with local artist/cool-girl Stella Harvey, and many more.