Get yer boots shined up and ready to step, the Barn Dance is a comin’!

For this year’s 20th Anniversary of the Jefferson County Farm Tour, White Lotus Farm & Inn in Port Ludlow will be hosting a Barn Dance in conjunction with The Production Alliance from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17.

Local favorite Jack Dwyer will kick the night off with croons, hollers, yodels, and swinging blues.

“He’s such an amazing musician and he’s got so many amazing musician friends in the community,” said Megan Claflin, director of development of the Production Alliance, who also mentioned Dwyer’d be bringing a friend or two along with him to add a little amplitude to the tunes.

Closing out the night will be Sweater Weather String Band with members drawn from all across the Salish Sea. The group blends old-time, honky-tonk, Celtic, and indie rock influences into a style that has been likened to “the frolicking of sheep before a thunderstorm.”

“It’s going to be a great show, something kids are going to enjoy up to grandma and grandpa,” Claflin said.

This won’t be the first time feet have got to frisking inside White Lotus’ barn, though it will be their first time having the dance in conjunction with Farm Tours.

“The farm tour brings a lot of different people from the greater region out which is really awesome to get to show people the thriving agricultural and arts and trades community we have out here,” said White Lotus co-owner Niall Motson.

Alongside the live music, the Bar Car from Lila’s Kitchen will be on scene to keep feet feeling loose. To help soak up the booze, Barbarian Burgers will be sticking around after pulling a lunch shift during the day of tours to offer organic and locally-sourced burger beauties in the evening as well while supplies last.

In the past, White Lotus has also hosted Barn Jams with some of the same folks who put on jams previously at the Chimacum Grange. The White Lotus Barn jams often brought in DJs, light shows, dance performances, and occasional clowns.

“I think ‘jam’ is the keyword there. It’s something new and unexpected every time. It’s a little bit of a mystery in the emergence of what different creative people are coming up with each month,” Motson said.

“And it’s something to kind of get people through the winter,” he added, noting that they plan on starting the Barn Jams up again in November.

The dances and jams are just the beginning for White Lotus, though. Motson and his business and life partner Natalie have a vision to cultivate an environment that challenges, nourishes, balances, and connects those who visit, according to the vision statement on their website.

“The idea is to be an ongoing, emerging space,” Motson said. “There’s some exciting things in the works for more partnerships with the barn space. Some of those things would be more like grief work. There’s celebration, but also balancing that with challenge and working through stuff.”

This vision lines up with The Production Alliance’s aims for the 20th anniversary of the Jefferson County Farm Tour.

“We want to not only create a robust tour, but to create some opportunities for gathering,” Claflin said.

As people gather for the Barn Dance, organizers also ask that attendees carpool with as many people as possible.

“If you’re coming out, grab your friends,” Claflin said.

While they don’t want to turn anyone away, there is also a need to gauge in advance how many will attend. To that end, they ask that people purchase $10 tickets in advance at eventbrite.com/e/barn-dance-white-lotus-farm-tickets-401428372067.