It’s that time of year again when our community nominates someone for the annual Bubba Award.
The Bubba Award strives to honor a special person in the Northwest old-time community who has committed a good portion of his/her life to making it a fun, inspiring group to be a part of. The ideal person is someone who may often not be noticed or rewarded – perhaps because he/she serves behind the scenes and does not tend to gravitate towards the spotlight – but who has contributed something unique to the community over the years.
Submit a nomination here!
In vetting nominations for this award, we consider the following criteria: tenure, service, community building, a wicked sense of humor and a unique sense of style. We are now accepting nominations for the 2022 Bubba Award! Please submit your nominations by January 7, 2022. The winner will be announced at the concert on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022 at 8:45 pm at the Village Ballroom and over our social media channels during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering.
Bubbaville is a 501c3 non-profit, all-volunteer arts organization that supports old-time music and dance in Portland, Oregon.
Bubbaville was organized out of the Portland Old Time Music Gathering, a 100% volunteer organized music gathering that since 1999 has brought over 1,500 traditional musicians fans and practitioners together each year for concerts, square dances, workshops and jam sessions that celebrate traditional American string band music.
Our primary project continues to be the annual Portland Old Time Music Gathering, however, our goal is to support a growing variety of events and projects that benefit Portland’s traditional music and dance community.
During Covid, our main support has gone to the Quarantine Happy Hour.
Check out our CALENDAR to keep up to date on what’s happening.
Explore the Projects Tab in the menu to learn about the variety of programs we support.
Do you have a traditional music or dance project that you’d like us to support? If you think you fit our mission and have read funding guidelines, send us a request for project support.
As with many Americans, we at Bubbaville looked on in horror and disgust at the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. We condemn not only the racism and injustice inherent in that act, but also the entrenched systems within our culture that enable and sustain these injustices.
As primarily white supporters of traditional American music and dance, we feel it’s important to acknowledge the role that the music and traditions we love play in upholding those systems of injustice, from song lyrics and origins that denigrate people of color to the erasure of contributions by people of color to the music we hold dear. We also understand that these quieter manifestations of racism and white supremacy contribute directly to a culture that devalues black and brown lives and allows such acts as the brutal murders of George Floyd, Amaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others.
We can, and must, do better. We pledge to do the following, and we invite our fellow white supporters of traditional music to do the same: