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

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

First Friday (June 2011)

Where did May go? Suddenly it’s time for the First Friday tonight, the start of this first weekend in June. (I only wish the weather was warmer! Though the current forecast has it being 66 and getting warmer tomorrow…) Both Downtown Bend and The Old Mill District will be hosting … Continue reading

Summer Music Guide

Ben Salmon over on his Frequency Blog has posted a fantastic guide to this summer’s music, organized by venue/event and date. I count at least 48 shows without even considering the events, which almost always have multiple artists playing; and there will be more. Ben writes: I know there are … 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

NW Crossing Hullabaloo with Marc Cohn

A press release showed up in my inbox today promoting next month’s NorthWest Crossing Hullabaloo, their fourth annual summer street festival, with the headlining music coming from Marc Cohn. Cohn is best known for his 20-year-old “Walking in Memphis” (which I like but in fact it’s the only song of … Continue reading

First Friday (May 2011)

Right on the heels of Cinco de Mayo, Friday night is First Friday in Downtown Bend and the Old Mill District (I don’t know if NorthWest Crossing is doing First Fridays anymore, as I can never find info on their website, and there’s nothing (as of this writing) on their … Continue reading