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10 simple rules for getting back to live music
It feels like we’ve been here before. But yes, live music is slowly coming back to Central Oregon. → Read More
Music's fab firsts and beyond
You have your whole life to write your first album, and just months to write your second album. If you’re a musician or an astute music fan, you’ve probably come → Read More
Live music lives in Central Oregon
One step forward, two steps back. Earlier this week, the state banned indoor social gatherings of more than 10 people, with the exception of churches and businesses. The news comes → Read More
Bend folk artist Alicia Viani's to livestream songs from new album
Alicia Viani had big plans for her debut album. The Bend folk singer and songwriter’s long-awaited, self-titled record was recorded more than a year ago in Nashville with songwriter Amy → Read More
Joseph will harmonize at Tower Theatre
It took one album for Portland trio Joseph to go from house concerts to “The Tonight Show.” → Read More
Bend artists pay tribute to Townes Van Zandt
Outlaw country and folk singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt would have turned 76 on Saturday. The “Pancho and Lefty” and “To Live is to Fly” songwriter, who died in 1997 at → Read More
Cloverdayle returns home on McMenamins tour
Pacific Northwest country duo Cloverdayle is coming back home. The duo, which moved from Portland to Nashville in 2013 (and whose vocalist, Rachel Hamar, is a Bend native), will kick → Read More
Dirtwire to play Midtown Ballroom
Electronic/world music hybrid supergroup Dirtwire — featuring Beats Antique’s David Satori, The Dogon Lights’ Evan Fraser and Jed and Lucia’s Mark Reveley — is moving up in Bend’s music scene. → Read More
Margo Price will perform in Bend
American-made country singer-songwriter Margo Price is headed to Bend. → Read More
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers return to The Belfry
Blues guitarist and vocalist Tommy Castro has rubbed shoulders with some giants of the genre in his roughly four decades of touring and recording. → Read More
Albert Cummings returns to Volcanic Theatre Pub
Albert Cummings hopes to make a believer out of you in his return to Volcanic Theatre Pub on Friday. The Massachusetts blues rocker and guitar virtuoso, known for his work → Read More
Sidewalk Prophets return to Bend with a 'Smile'
Get your best smile ready for Sidewalk Prophets. The Christian rock/pop group will return to Bend to play the Church of the Nazarene on Friday as part of its Smile → Read More
Julianna Barwick explores sound in Sisters
Julianna Barwick has always been fascinated with singing. → Read More
Colter Wall to play Oregon Spirit Distillers
Outlaw country singer-songwriter Colter Wall will play Oregon Spirit Distillers on July 15. → Read More
Primus announces 'A Tribute to Kings' in Bend
Primus will rush back to Bend this summer. → Read More
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong flocks back to Bend
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is a band name that sticks out: It’s whimsical and alliterative, and suggests the group in question doesn’t take itself too seriously. And the image it → Read More
Grace Potter, JJ Grey & Mofro to headline 4 Peaks
Grace Potter and JJ Grey & Mofro will headline the 13th 4 Peaks Music Festival, which returns to D.M. Stevenson Ranch from June 18 to 21. → Read More
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers show in Bend canceled
Editor's note: This show has been canceled according to midtownbend.com. → Read More
Rubbah Tree reaches for the moon on 'Spaceman'
‘Spaceman,’ Rubbah Tree, self-released With the number of touring reggae artists who come through Central Oregon, the lack of local reggae bands is surprising. Enter Rubbah Tree, a five-piece that formed a couple of years ago. Specializing in laid-back reggae/rock with a Pacific Northwest twist, the band has opened for groups such as Katchafire, The Expendables and fellow Bendites Indubious.… → Read More
The Reverend Horton Heat plays Volcanic Theatre Pub
The church of psychobilly is back in session in Bend, with The Reverend Horton Heat presiding. The venerable punk/rockabilly group will return to the city Thursday for the third winter → Read More