Penn Johnson
Folk & Fire
Janna’s House
63470 Hamehook Rd
Bend, OR 97701
Jul 31, 2019
6:00 PM PDT
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About this concert
Celebrate the transition into August with a special night featuring:
Live music from visiting artist Penn Johnson
Fire performances from visiting fire performer 1GirlFire and local performers from Central Oregon Fire and Flow
Playful Yoga with Katie Pinto LeBrun
Collaborative art creation
Potluck on the lawn
A big Thank You to Penn and Jen for reaching out with the idea of this get together. These two offer "a healing acoustic musical performance accompanied by fire spinning, hooping, poi, eating, and breathing. Folksinging started as a way to tell a story, an intimate exchange between songwriter and audience. Since its discovery, fire has been used in ceremonial native traditions. Merging these two elements from their ancestors in a good and sacred way, Penn + 1GirlFire bring a new kind of medicinal house concert to spaces across the globe. Returning to the age-old tradition of storytelling, with an encore fire performance set to the beat of Penn’s mantras, inspiration and a meditative mindset are sure to be triggered..."
Tickets: $15-25 sliding scale
Venmo/CashApp: @pennjohnson
or pay at the door.
Penn’s Book, CDs, and other merch + Jen’s Wire-Wrapped Reusable Straws will be available for purchase or barter.
for more 👉🏽 pennjohnson.net
Detailed evening Schedule:
Join us at 6pm for Yoga on the lawn - a playful childlike approach to our self care with Katie Pinto. Jump in at anytime!
Potluck officially begins at 7pm! While we are leaning Vegan on this one, Vegetarian dishes are also great - but please label your dish if is has any allergens or non vegan ingredients.
At 8pm we will assemble and gather for the evening performances. We will open the mic with poetry and guided meditation from our own community members and transition into a one hour musical set from guest artists Penn Johnson featuring fire spinning performances from his partner and our own local troupe, Central Oregon Fire and Flow!
Through out the evening we will have an ongoing collaborative art project . . . if you have any old paint you would be willing to contribute contact Katie Pinto via Facebook <3 <3 <3
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Penn Johnson Biography
Penn Johnson finds songs everywhere he looks and has a gift for capturing essences and vibrations, delivering them as poetic prose with a soothing but powerful resonance. His debut single, “Burn a Little Sage” was a semi-finalist in the worldwide 2018 Music City Star Song Competition and his healing words and experiences have touched the souls of people in all corners of the world. Penn sees his music as mantras to himself — reminders to stay connected to the earth and to walk with spirit through life. He hopes his songs can be heard by the people who’ve helped him write them, (whether they know it consciously or not).
Ever since he hit the road in 2015, Penn has rarely stopped moving for longer than a few months – the road is his home, his first love, and the place he feels most free. Penn views traveling not as a chore, but as a privilege and opportunity to learn and experience. Many of his songs are inspired by people he meets only once who have lifelong impacts on his perception.
Penn feels just as comfortable strumming around a campfire for a few people as he does playing on stage to several thousand. For him, it’s not the amount of people who are present – it’s about sharing a story and hoping it inspires someone else to make a change, follow a passion, and live with a little more ‘calculated recklessness,’ to quote a friend.
“The highlights of my career aren’t accolades or attention or playing for big crowds. It’s the guy who comes up to me at a festival campfire and says, ‘dude you inspired me to pick up my guitar and write a song for the first time in 10 years.’ That shit means everything to me because I know how healing music is for me personally and for others to experience that…it’s just the most beautiful thing I can think of, really.”
A Massachusetts native, Penn has traveled many miles and performed at festivals alongside artists of nearly every genre. Trevor Hall, Mike Love, Bumpin’ Uglies, Joey Harkum, Christina Holmes, Feral the Earthwurm, The Elovaters, Nathan Feinstein (Iya Terra), Sessions Americana, Justin Biltonen (3 Doors Down), and Daniel Waples, to name a few.
Creation is a way of life for Penn, who published his first memoir about his time studying environmental action and sustainability in Australia, “Trail Mix & Goon: Adventures Abroad in Oz,” at age 26. He looks forward to publishing two subsequently written novels and several series of short stories and poems.
Penn is partly supported by a community called The Barbaloots, which was created with the intention and purpose of being an accessible monthly membership for those who support his medicine music.
Penn offers intimate Campfire Concerts in addition to playing venues, yoga studios, and festivals of all sizes.
Read MoreEver since he hit the road in 2015, Penn has rarely stopped moving for longer than a few months – the road is his home, his first love, and the place he feels most free. Penn views traveling not as a chore, but as a privilege and opportunity to learn and experience. Many of his songs are inspired by people he meets only once who have lifelong impacts on his perception.
Penn feels just as comfortable strumming around a campfire for a few people as he does playing on stage to several thousand. For him, it’s not the amount of people who are present – it’s about sharing a story and hoping it inspires someone else to make a change, follow a passion, and live with a little more ‘calculated recklessness,’ to quote a friend.
“The highlights of my career aren’t accolades or attention or playing for big crowds. It’s the guy who comes up to me at a festival campfire and says, ‘dude you inspired me to pick up my guitar and write a song for the first time in 10 years.’ That shit means everything to me because I know how healing music is for me personally and for others to experience that…it’s just the most beautiful thing I can think of, really.”
A Massachusetts native, Penn has traveled many miles and performed at festivals alongside artists of nearly every genre. Trevor Hall, Mike Love, Bumpin’ Uglies, Joey Harkum, Christina Holmes, Feral the Earthwurm, The Elovaters, Nathan Feinstein (Iya Terra), Sessions Americana, Justin Biltonen (3 Doors Down), and Daniel Waples, to name a few.
Creation is a way of life for Penn, who published his first memoir about his time studying environmental action and sustainability in Australia, “Trail Mix & Goon: Adventures Abroad in Oz,” at age 26. He looks forward to publishing two subsequently written novels and several series of short stories and poems.
Penn is partly supported by a community called The Barbaloots, which was created with the intention and purpose of being an accessible monthly membership for those who support his medicine music.
Penn offers intimate Campfire Concerts in addition to playing venues, yoga studios, and festivals of all sizes.
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