Alive After Five in the Old Mill Starts tonight

Tonight is the first night of Alive After Five, the free music series taking place in the Old Mill District from 5 to 8pm. Toots and the Maytals is the featured band, and besides the music there are also food vendors, wine, and beer from 10 Barrel Brewing. So it’s very … Continue reading

Munch and Music starts today!

Tonight is the first Munch and Music for the summer, down in Drake Park! Be down in the Park from 5:30 to 9:30 for free music featuring Winstrong: WINSTRONG is blowing up on stage (and on the airwaves!) with his high-energy, conscious singjay style. Equally powerful on tracks as he … Continue reading

First Friday happenings

With July upon us it’s First Friday again in Downtown Bend and the Old Mill District, and as usual there are a number of things going on! There are of course the usual First Friday/Art Walk activities: shops and galleries are open late (from 5 to 9pm), featuring special art … Continue reading

Ukulele Festival!

“Ukulele University” is a music and workshop festival being held next month by the Bend Ukulele Group, and it’s one of the more unique events I’ve come across lately. It’s taking place the weekend of July 20 through 22 and kicks off with a Hawaiian luau on Friday. Our first … Continue reading

First Friday and it’s nice out!

Tonight’s the First Friday Art Walk in downtown and the Old Mill, and I think it’s the first really nice day of the year for it—81 degrees out right now and it should still be in the 60s later—so I imagine there will be tons of people out tonight. And … Continue reading

Free Cascade Winds concert, June 3

The Cascade Winds Symphonic Band has one of their free concerts coming up in a little over a week, on Sunday June 3, featuring “Dance Music”: “dance music and themes from around the world.” It’s totally free and family friendly, and will be taking place at Summit High School at … Continue reading

Summer Music Preview

I was later than I intended on posting this, but Ben Salmon over on his Frequency blog has posted his Central Oregon Summer Music Preview, which is just a stunningly large list of music between now and the end of September, with every venue laid out (Athletic Club of Bend, … Continue reading

Even more Les Schwab concerts

The Les Schwab Amphitheater has added more music to this summer’s concert lineup (from Ben Salmon’s Frequency blog today): Counting Crows, ZZ Top, and Brandi Carlile. Seems to me it’s shaping up to be a pretty good summer for music in Bend this year! Here’s the updated concert list (including … Continue reading

First Friday (May 2012)

It occurred to me that it’s already the First Friday of May already, and that means downtown will be swarming with Art Walk folks tonight! Shop, stores and galleries in both Downtown and the Old Mill will be open from 5 to 9 tonight, featuring special art exhibits and many … Continue reading

Updated Les Schwab concert schedule

There’s been some more concerts announced as coming to the Les Schwab Amphitheater this summer, so it’s time to update the list I posted previously and include the free Summer Sundays concerts. The Shins: Friday, May 25, $35 (with The Head and the Heart and Blind Pilot) Tenacious D: Saturday, May … Continue reading