Bend Fall Festival, First Friday, and more

This Friday is a busy one—not only is the seasonal Bend Fall Festival starting off Friday at 5pm for the weekend, it’s also First Friday Art Walk downtown, and of course other First Friday-esque events help to kick off the rest of the weekend. The Fall Festival of course takes over downtown … Continue reading

Bend Roots Revival starts today, runs the weekend

The annual Bend Roots Revival music festival begins today, kicking off this afternoon and running through the weekend, bringing over 100(!) bands down to Shevlin-Hixon drive, across from the Les Schwab Amphitheater for a fantastic free weekend of music. Bend Roots 2015 is a FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, community festival featuring 100 … Continue reading

Redmond’s Third Friday Stroll – “Central Oregon Spirits”

Every third Friday of the month, downtown Redmond hosts a “stroll” in the evening with participating businesses open late and offering special events, refreshments, and music—think Bend’s First Friday Art Walk. It’s their Third Friday Stroll and it takes place from 5 to 8pm. This Friday, September 18, the Third … Continue reading

Watch a livestream of Phish concert today and tomorrow

Not able to score tickets to the Phish concerts at the Les Schwab Amphitheater tonight and tomorrow? Not to worry, the LSA’s got you covered: Did you know that @Phish is offering a live simulcast from their #bendconcerts? How great is that? Visit http://t.co/YyowtlCkBn for info. — Hayden Homes Amphitheater … Continue reading

Alive After Five free concerts starts today

The Old Mill District’s annual Alive After Five free summer concert series starts today, featuring four concerts between now and August 5. Here’s their description on it: Work overtime some other time! Oil Can Henry’s Alive After 5, presented by All Seasons RV and Marine, is Bend’s best music event … Continue reading

Kicking off July and the holiday weekend

Happy July! We’ve got an eventful week ahead of us, with one of my favorite Bend holidays this weekend as well as First Friday and more. Not to mention as of today, the first, recreational marijuana is legal in Oregon, and the new westside zipcode of 97703 goes into effect. … Continue reading

Sir Mix-A-Lot at Summerfest

So apparently 80’s-90’s rap artist Sir Mix-A-Lot is going to be headlining Bend SummerFest this year… Sir Mix-A-Lot, the Seattle rapper and producer best known for early ’90s hit “Baby Got Back,” will perform July 11 at the annual festival, organizer C3 Events announced today. The performance is in celebration … Continue reading

Pics from Sunday’s Scott Weiland concert

It was a bit last minute but we got into the Scott Weiland concert at the Century Center Sunday night, the first show of 92.9 FM’s Toyota of Bend Summer Concert Series, and snapped a bunch of pictures (some of which went on the new Instagram feed). Overall it was a … Continue reading

LSA Free Summer Sundays concert schedule

The schedule is set for the Les Schwab Amphitheater‘s BMC Free Summer Sundays Concerts, which kicks off Sunday, June 21 and almost every Sunday through August 2. These concerts are always a great fun, free activity to add to your summer, and they do a good job to put on good … Continue reading

First Friday and video games!

It’s beautiful weather for the First Friday of May kicking off tonight at 5pm downtown—are you going out? You know the routine: Sensational local & national art at dozens of businesses on the first Friday of every month. Shops are matched with artists, musicians, and performers. Many businesses stay open … Continue reading