Coming up in a few weeks is the Bend Roots Music Festival; this is the free festival taking place on the west side at Parrilla Grill and The Victorian Café (at Galveston and 14th) and is organized by the Bend Roots organization. It’s taking place September 14th through 16th (Friday … Continue reading
The Bend Brew Fest starts today, August 17th, from 4pm til 11pm, and continues Saturday from noon til 11pm. It’s at the Les Schwab Amphitheather. Entry is free, but you’ll need to pony up for beer and food: A $5 one-time purchase of a 2007 souvenir mug is required for … Continue reading
I got this forwarded to me in email today: We need your help for this year’s Fourth Annual Bend Brew Fest!! This is a big fundraiser for us but we need the volunteers to make it happen. The event will be held at the Les Schwab Amphitheater on Friday, August … Continue reading
It’s the month for festivals: the Redmond Sunfest is this weekend, July 21st and 22nd. It opens at 4pm Friday, until 10, and 8am Saturday (also until 10). It’s free, and there will be free live music, vendors, food, wine and beer, a children’s area, and more. Located in Downtown … Continue reading
The Bulletin published their SummerFest guide, which includes a comprehensive map of festivities, detailed schedules, artist profiles and more. It’s a good resource, only it’s not online anywhere that I can find it. So I’ll summarize a bit. Beers on tap will include local brews from Deschutes, Silver Moon, and … Continue reading
Yep, it’s that time of year again: SummerFest! It’s this weekend, the 14th and 15th, downtown. Saturday it runs from 11am until 10pm, Sunday from 11am until 6pm. SummerFest is my favorite of the seasonal festivals, and in my opinion the best. They have a huge kids area (compared to … Continue reading
The Redmond Spokesman blog has posted the schedule to the Project Blue Book Festival that I blogged about yesterday. I’m taking the liberty of formatting it to be more readable and posting it here: alien parade at 10 a.m. followed by a children’s costume contest UFO cook-off at 11 a.m. … Continue reading
Sunday we hit the Sunriver Sunfest and I got a few pictures of that while we were there. It was another beautiful day, weather-wise, and we spent about two and a half hours there, all told. Click through to see my capsule review and pictures. Shannon and Brian went with … Continue reading
We went down to the Bite of Bend Saturday to have lunch and check things out, and I snapped a few pictures. It was a pretty decent event, beautiful day for it, we had a pretty good time. Consider these photos (with occasional commentary) my review…
Don’t forget, this weekend is the Bite of Bend, in downtown Bend. Live music, food, etc. Today’s Go Magazine in the Bulletin has a map of which streets will be closed downtown; it’s not online though. However, I’ve tried to recreate it from memory and Google Maps in the image … Continue reading