Open Minds Menagerie
Live Music
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Apis Mellifera
Live Music
Creating a buzz wherever the muses carry her, Apis Mellifera is a musical honeybee who's lilting melodies and operatic interludes color the imagination and bloom the soul. Some describe her music as whimsically macabre due to cheeky lyrics around grim topics, such as drug use and going to hell. Find out where she's pollinating next at apismelliferasings.com/gigs
Plaedo
Live Music / MC
Plaedo is an MC, playshop facilitator, and Healer. Or as he likes to call himself, “Your Friendly yet slightly mischievous neighborhood raccoon wizard bodhisattva philosopher of play”. A True Master of Ceremonies who Moves the Crowd with over a decade of experience, Plaedo’s unique blend of heady yet heartfelt, sometimes fun and funny sometimes soulful and serious lyrics have been known to entertain, inspire and educate audiences at festivals, bars, collages, coffee shops, renegades, raves, churches, conferences, and protests. A true peoples artist, when not performing, Plaedo is well known for hanging with the crowd, dancing, telling stories, and laughing, spreading his love and joy, becoming an all around entertaining and inspiring feature of whatever event he is participating at.
Forest Mountain Lion
Live Music
Forest Mountain Lion writes songs inspired by love for the land where he lives, faith in the power of people, and radical resistance to industrial systems. He seeks to support local resilience movements that bring people together and spiritually redefine what we are as part of a larger whole. After years playing music in Los Angeles, where he received accolades from the LA Times for his orchestral rock project The Struggle Is Not Real, Forest traded a studio full of gadgets for an acoustic guitar and an elk skin drum so he could play music outdoors. He has a degree in orchestral composition from the University of Oregon and has recorded many albums, available on all streaming platforms.
The Moss
Live Music
The Moss is Jack Fenlin's solo and collaborative ambient post-rock/electronic/neoclassical project featuring electric guitar sound bath experiences. Incorporating influence from various genres and cultures, with a heavy emphasis on connectivity to nature and primal waves, The Moss frequents venues across Oregon including BNF Kombucha Taproom and Old Nick's in Eugene and The Haven in Portland. The Moss also occasionally performs with Psilo Temple, offering a unique experience to explore the power of community-based sound healing and spiritual psychedelic sound immersion.
