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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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