SEQUIM –– Neighbors from Dungeness are throwing a party this weekend and are asking you to join in.
Organized by lavender farmers Paul and Jordan Schiefen and Dungeness Community Studios owners Bill and Anna Yates, the second annual Jungible features a full lineup of bands and family oriented activities Saturday.
“It means ‘that may be joined,’ ” Paul Schiefen said.
“I found it while looking up the name of one of the bands that played last year, Polecat.”
While using the Internet to find the meaning of the “dead word” polecat — Southern slang for a skunk — Schiefen stumbled across the term “jungible.”
“I saw it, and it seemed like a perfect fit for what we were trying to do here,” he said.
Those looking to join in the fun can do so from 11 a.m. to late Saturday at the festival on the Schiefens’ Jardin du Soleil lavender farm, 3932 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
Tickets are $25. Children 12 and younger are admitted free.
Keeping a low price was important to the organizers, who said it was important to allow families an affordable weekend activity.
Eyeing a family trip to the Sasquatch festival at the Gorge Amphitheater at George over Memorial Day weekend last year, the Yates quickly put a stop to that plan when they saw the $450 ticket price.
“We’ve always been big on festivals, but when we saw the price of those tickets, I said to Bill, ‘It looks like our days of the Gorge are over,’” said Anna Yates. “So we figured we’d make our own.”
And they have.
The four, along with friends and other neighbors, have turned the lavender farm into a fun complex, with old sails repurposed into covering for a hand-built main stage and side areas set up especially for yoga breaks.
“We’ve wired speakers into all those sunflowers,” Bill Yates said, pointing to the Schiefens’ stand of monster sunflowers.
Taking to that stage will be a powerhouse lineup of Northwest musicians.
Local favorites Joy in Mudville and Armstrong, Lawton and Katz will be joined by the likes of Bellingham’s best band according to Cascadia Weekly, Br’er Rabbit, and Seattle’s best band according to Seattle Weekly, the Polyrhythmics.
Musical genres run from laid-back country to white-hot soul with a heaping helping of funk.
Musicians from each band also will combine to form experimental combos on a mini-stage between sets.
Children looking to get into the act will be able to hit a special children’s stage to let out their musical musings.
Joining the musical lineup will be local food and beverage crafters, including Maggie May’s Espresso and Outfitter, CRAVEcart, Viking Feast Ice Cream and a catered wine and beer garden by Sequim’s Nourish.
For tickets or more information, visit www.jungiblefestival.com or www.facebook.com/JungibleFestival, phone 360-582-1185 or email cometogetherproductions@hotmail.com.
