SummerFest

The Bend Summer Festival is this weekend, hot on the heels of the holiday last weekend; SummerFest is one of my favorite (if not the favorite) Bend festivals, and this year they’re celebrating 20 years(!) of “Central Oregon’s signature artist event of the summer.” The Bend Summer Festival draws artists … Continue reading

Munch and Music starts tonight

This almost slipped by me, but Munch and Music starts tonight: the free music in Drake Park every Thursday evening that runs through August 12th. (The “Munch” part isn’t free, of course, but the music is.) Enjoying its 20th anniversary, the Drake Park Munch & Music free concert series continues … Continue reading

The Best of Bend

The Source’s Best of Bend poll is online again (and in their paper last week)—you’ll have to register for an account with them if you want to vote—and while Hack Bend won Best Blog last year, I have to agree with Jake and encourage everyone to vote for someone else … Continue reading

Zombie walk?

Apparently in addition to the other 4th of July activities and the Freedom Ride on Sunday, there was also a “zombie walk” through the Park; KTVZ has several photos in a slideshow, but did anyone else catch any video or anything?

Freedom Ride!

I completely forgot about the annual Freedom Ride tomorrow in the Weekend Happenings post (thanks, Mike)! It’s another big Independence Day event, open to anyone who wants to participate, and it’s taking place tomorrow at 3pm—though everyone will start meeting up at Columbia Park at 2 to 2:30. From Columbia … Continue reading

Weekend Happenings (4th of July)

Big weekend! Most of us have a three-day weekend too, with Monday off since the Fourth falls on Sunday. Plenty of stuff going on to choose from: Friday The Farmers Market runs from 2 until 6pm, in the St. Charles Hospital parking lot. It is of course First Friday, with … Continue reading

92.7 FM to become 92.9 FM

If you listen to 92.7 FM on the radio, you might have heard that they will be changing their station frequency from 92.7 to 92.9, within the next few weeks. They’ve mentioned this on the radio, and while their website doesn’t have any details about it, they’ve been posting it … Continue reading