The heart of The Paperboys is a trio of gifted songwriters and musicians: Founder Tom Landa, a fedora-hatted vocalist/guitarist/bandleader who immigrated from Mexico to Canada in his teens; Kalissa Landa, a lifelong fiddler/vocalist with a preternatural command of melody; and Spirit of the West’s flautist/guitarist/vocalist Geoffrey Kelly, already a Canadian musical icon when he hopped on the P’boys bus in 1997.

For well over 40 years, the Portage Fill Big Band has been an integral part of the musical life of Vashon Island. A perennial Strawberry Festival favorite, the Portage Fill Big Band continues to entertain with exciting and danceable music from the Big Band era and beyond.

We come in love. Lisabuela summer...Quartermaster rain. We formed together as a group in the woods of Vashon. We play music for the welcoming strangers who become friends... and for the friends who grow into family. Our music is acoustic and electric, a sound full of sparseness...and a warm weave of lyric and rhythm. If you’re not there for this one, you’re REALLY going to miss out. The boys are back.

Vashon Events presents The Rumba Kings featuring special guest performers! Get ready for a night of the most passionate Mediterranean-inspired music imaginable, accompanied by a live performance that is the talk of the Pacific Northwest! Catch the band in our beautiful Ober Park before they ascend to international status! Their new single, "Dance with me" is being praised and shared by top radio personality, Delilah, on her social media. Seattle's KNKX has been a proud supporter of their live shows and music from the beginning.