Holy smokes, I just realized today that the Fall Festival is coming up this weekend! Is it really that time of year already?

Anyway, it’s this Saturday and Sunday, October 6 and 7. Downtown Bend, the streets are closed (Oregon, Minnesota, Wall, part of Bond?), and the usual seasonal festival attractions will be there: Artists and vendors, the Souk de Fall Fest, music stages, food court, beer and wine garden. The Family Harvest Area will feature a hay maze, apple bobbing, pumpkin painting and carving, and the like.

BMC will be there with their Health & Wellness Fair, and 3E Strategies is sponsoring a Green Building Fair.

Festivities start at 11am on both days, and there’s the Official Event Guide insert in today’s paper with details and the map.