Free Appliance Recycling Event August 20th

This press release came in from Deschutes County yesterday: The Deschutes County Department of Solid Waste annual appliance recycling event will be held Saturday, August 20 from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Knott Landfill Recycling & Transfer Facility, 61050 SE 27th St. in Bend. Residents are encouraged to recycle … Continue reading

Ignite Bend 7

Ignite Bend 7 is coming up in a couple of months, on September 28th to be exact, and in case you’ve missed any of the previous ones, this one would be a great place to start. And it’s free too! If you had five minutes on stage what would you … Continue reading

First Munch and Music tonight

The first Munch and Music of the 2011 season is tonight, down in Drake Park from 5:30 to 9:30. The band featured tonight is Tracorum, which C3 events describes as: a rock band from San Francisco, CA who use rock ‘n’ soul songwriting as a creativespringboard to explore many styles … Continue reading

Alive After Five

The Old Mill District is introducing a new free summertime music series to Bend, Alive After Five: SunWest Builders Alive After 5 presented by Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty is Bend’s newest music event series, at the Old Mill District, on the Deschutes River, each Wednesday July 13 – August 3. … Continue reading

Friday free music: Toad the Wet Sprocket, Night Ranger

This weekend is the Bend Summer Festival, and it kicks off Friday night in downtown Bend with a couple of free(!) concerts that everyone’s been abuzz about: Toad the Wet Sprocket and Night Ranger. (There is of course a ton of other great music going on at the Summerfest, which … Continue reading

First Friday (July 2011)

Hard to believe but July is already here tomorrow and that hits on First Friday—which should be a great way to kick off the holiday weekend (especially with the great weather we’ve been having). First Friday is, of course, the monthly art-music-wine event Downtown and in the Old Mill with … Continue reading

2011 Free Summer Activity Guide

Since today was the first official day of summer, it was time to dust off the annual Free Summer Activity Guide: a summertime guide to all sorts of free or cheap activities to be found in Bend and Central Oregon. As always, the list isn’t complete nor set in stone, … Continue reading

Munch & Music schedule

C3 Events posted this year’s Munch & Music schedule on Facebook: July 7, Tracorum, Bay Area Funksters July 14, Curtis Salgado, PDX Blues July 21, Rootz Underground, Jamaican Reggae/Hip Hop July 28, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Ska-Rock Influenced Swing Aug 4, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Swing Aug 11, Shemekia Copeland, blues … Continue reading

Free Summer Sunday Concerts start this weekend

This Sunday, June 12th, is the first of the free Summer Sunday Concerts at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in the Old Mill District: almost every Sunday through the summer features a free concert starting at 2:30. I’m reprinting the press release—which includes the summer schedule—here: The St. Charles FREE Summer … Continue reading

Cascade Winds concerts June 4th & 5th

The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band has concerts coming up Saturday and Sunday, June 4th and 5th; Jake sent along the details: Saturday, June 4, 3:00 p.m. FREE Wandering Winds at the Bend Downtown Library, Brooks Room Wandering Winds, ensembles from the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band, present an hour of informal … Continue reading