WEEKEND: Folk trio to play sounds of the Americas at the Cellar Door in Port Townsend on Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The trio Strong Sun Moon will bring the sounds of north and south America to the Cellar Door, 940 Water St., for a concert of world-folk music Saturday night.

The music will flow at 8:30 p.m.; the cover charge is $3 and all ages are welcome until 10 p.m. for this evening of Latin rhythms, vocal harmonies and instruments such as the charango, bombo and ronroco.

Harmonica, slide guitar and the cajon, or box, drum are also part of the picture when Camelia Jade, Dawn Reardon and Samantha Hiatt take the stage. These three are local residents; joining them will be Mike Antone, Strong Sun Moon’s songwriter from the Snoqualmie Valley, and bassist Gabe Herbert of Seattle. Artist Dana Hubanks of Port Hadlock will open the night with vocals and baritone ukulele.

To learn more about Strong Sun Moon, which has played the Concerts in the Woods series in Coyle, at the Conscious Culture Festival in Tonasket and at Seattle’s Northwest Folklife Festival, visit strongsunmoon.org.

For more information about the Cellar Door, phone the venue at 360-385-6959 or see www.cellardoorpt.com.

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