This Friday and Saturday is the annual Tower Theatre fundraising event, Bend Follies: “Two nights of comedy about Bend, by Bend and for Bend, benefiting the Tower Theatre Foundation.”

Its Saturday Night Live – Central Oregon -style! This one -of-a-kind fundraiser features local civic, business, sports, education and media personalities performing sketches, signing parodies and trying to earn Gratuitous Standing Ovations.

Come Support the Tower Theatre Foundation!
Silent Auction and Drinks — 6:30
Show and Live Auction — 7:30
VIP and Cast Party — 9:30
Ticket Prices:
$35 General Admission
$20 “Cheap Seats” (yep, the balcony)
$50 VIP Seating
(VIP includes seating in a preferred VIP area, two drinks, and admission to exclusive post-show party, complimentary appetizers and cash bar)

This will be one of this weekend’s best bets and a lot of fun! You can buy tickets online for Friday night here, and for Saturday night here.

Here’s the list of local personalities involved:

Alicia Inns, Brad Knowles, Brian Fratzke, Dave Clemens, David Simpson, Don Delach, Jodie Barram, Karen Sipes, Kristi Miller, Lee Anderson, Mark Capell, Mary Kilpatrick, Mike Cheney, Mollie Tennant, Rebekah Sharpe, Rob Moore, Sally Russell, Scott Ramsay, Shea Reiner, Talena Barker, Tim Casey, Todd Hanson, Tom DeWolf, Vanessa Farnsworth and Victor Chudowsky, Cast of “Les Miz”, brewers of Cascades Lakes, Deschutes, McMenamins and Worthy Breweries, Lava City Roller Dolls, U’Hane Hula Dancers, Belegarth Medieval Combat Society.