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We have REBRANDED!! This Memorial Day Weekend, the Rogue World Music Festival invites you to connect with community and the arts in Medford, Talent, and Ashland. The 2024 RWMF features a live main stage event highlighting culture-bearing musical artists in Lithia Park, a HeartBeat Stories event in Talent, a percussion workshop & zydeco concert in Medford.
All festival events are FREE, family friendly, & ADA accessible.
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Special thank you to Bob Palermini Photography
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Fire Recovery Fundraiser
Supporting the recovery of Talent & Phoenix after the 2020 Almeda Wildfire.
On September 8, 2020 Almeda Wildfire decimated the cities of Talent & Phoenix and parts unincorporated Jackson County, displacing thousands; primarily low-income, Latinx, and/or community elders.
Since 2020, the RWMF has raised $36,000+ for programs helping community members return home. In 2024, hundreds still live in temporary or transitional housing.
This year our fire recovery fundraiser supports the AGE+ affordable housing project in Talent, serving Almeda Wildfire-displaced seniors.
All donations made are donated in full to support the AGE+ affordable senior housing project under development in Talent, OR. This project prioritizes providing housing for older community members who are low-income and still displaced by the loss of their home in 2020.
Rogue World Music is a 501(c)(3) Oregon arts nonprofit organization, and all donation made through us are tax deductible and eligible for an Oregon State Income Tax Credit. Find out how to earn a tax credit in addition to a tax donation via the Oregon Cultural Trust.
AGE+ empowers communities of all ages to value and care for older adults, especially those who are isolated, low-income, and underserved. They engage communities through stimulating partnerships, and developing innovative programs that address the challenges and opportunities of aging across the lifespan.
AGE+ embraces the expertise of local community champions and works alongside those with lived experience to create immediate and long-term impact. They focus their work where the need is greatest, including rural areas, low-income communities, and communities of color.
The amount of accessible, affordable housing available for older adults remains a challenge in rural areas, especially where communities are still rebuilding after devastating wildfires. In response to this crisis, AGE+ developed a new model of hybrid modular construction that quickly and efficiently creates housing, allowing many older adults to age in the communities they love.
This 22-unit senior housing project on Suncrest Road in Talent (opening in summer 2024). Residents for this new housing project will be older adults, low-income (60% of area median income), with preference to victims of the Alameda fire of 2020 that destroyed 2600 homes in the region, most of which belonged to Latinx families.
2024 RWMF SPONSORS
Additional support provided by:
Rogue/Ashland World Music Festival Press & Archives
May 23, 2023 Jefferson Exchange, Jefferson Public Radio
May 22, 2023 Fabiola Mendez & Felipe Archer Interviews, KSKQ
May 8, 2023 RWM, APRC, & ACCESS Interviews, KSKQ
Ashland.news: “Ashland World Music Festival Wows Hundreds in Lithia Park”
KOBI-TV NBC5: “The 7th Annual Ashland World Music Festival Was a Huge Success”
2021 Ashland World Music Festival (virtual) Main Stage Concerts
2021 Ashland World Music Festival (virtual) HeartBeat Stories