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As well as all the recreation, there is always something going on in the area to entertain all the family, whether is is a concert, a play, an art exhibit, sporting event or seasonal celebrations. See below for a calendar of current events scheduled over the next few weeks:
Deschutes Brewery
Saturdays from noon to 4pm enjoy a tour through the brewery and
visit the tasting room. Special arrangements may be made by calling 541-385-8606, 901 SW Simpson.
Volcano Tours, Snowshoeing, Canoe Trips and Cave Tours
Seasonal canoe, volcano, cave, GPS and snowshoe tours with Wanderlust Tours. Specialty tours include Bonfire on the Snow, Moolight Snowshoe & Canoe tours, Dinner Canoe under the stars, and Brews & Views trips.
800-962-2862 or www.wanderlusttours.com
River Rafting
Half-day and all-day trips on the Upper and Lower Deschutes, McKenzie and Umpqua Rivers with Sun Country Tours.
Summer season runs from May through September.
800-770-2161 or www.suncountrytours.com.
Mountain Bike Tours
Bend is famous for having some of the best mountain biking in the nation. Cog Wild is your local guide company for cycling in Central Oregon. Our guides have intimate knowledge of the hundreds of miles of trails that take you along rivers, to high mountain lakes, and out to the many views and vistas of the Cascade Mountains and the surrounding high desert. From families to fanatics, road touring to big mountain cross country, Corporate trips and team building to private singletrack adventures, we are your source for cycling in Bend. Contact Cog Wild :: Toll Free: 866-610-4822 :: Local: 541-385-7002 :: Email: info@cogwild.com |
May 2nd - First Friday Gallery Walk
The streets of Bend fill with art patrons on the first Friday of every month as Downtown Bend and Old Mill District art galleries stay open late with receptions for guest artists and special presentations of new exhibits. In addition, the First Friday experience also includes musical performances and refreshments at selected galleries. 5-9pm.
May 2nd-4th - Central Oregon Spring Home Show
Where: Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond.
May 3rd - Solaire Salmon Run
Where: McKay Park in Bend
When: May 3, 9:00AM
Cost: $19 for 5K, $22 for 10K
SolAire Home Builders presents the 16th annual SolAire Salmon Run, a 5K and 10K run and walk in Bend, OR. Proceeds from the event fund the Central Oregon Environmental Center and the education, protection and restoration of local rivers and streams.
Contact: 541-385-6908.
May 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th - Totally Touchable Tuesdays
Where: High Desert Museum, Bend
When: Every Tuesday, 10:30 am
Free with museum admission Sensory-filled storytelling about animals and people of the High Desert. You never know what will happen - crafts, puppets or maybe a live animal appearance!
May 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th - Wild Wednesdays
Where: High Desert Museum, Bend
When: Every Wednesday, 3pm-5pm
Free with museum admission Do the High Desert Hideaway Hunt! Take a wild journey for clues and treasures throughout the Museum.
May 11th - Cascade Chainbreaker Mountain Bike Race
Location: Cascade Timberlands
Where: Cascade Timberlands
When: 10:00AM
Contact: 541-318-6188
WebCyclery will be the sole sponsor/ promoter of the 11th Annual Cascade Chainbreaker Mountain Bike Race, which will be held in Bend on Sunday, May 11, 2008. The Chainbreaker, which features cross-country racing for riders of various skill levels, typically attracts more than 300 mountain bikers from Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Northern California. It will be one of the largest mountain bike races in Oregon this year it will allow riders to experience some of Bend's best springtime riding. The course is on Cascade Timberlands property, which is west of Bend off Shevlin Park Road and will allow contestants to experience some of the rustic remains of early 1900's logging camps and tremendous Central Oregon scenery and terrain. Please see website for Admission cost. A portion of each registration fee will be donated to the Central Oregon Hospice.
May 17th - US Bank Pole Pedal Paddle
Where: Mt. Bachelor, Les Schwab Amphitheater
When: Saturday, May 17th
Contact: mbsef@mbsef.org - 541-388-0002 The U.S. Bank PPP draws racers of every type as teams, pairs and individual participants, alpine ski, cross-crountry ski, bike, run, canoe/kayak, and sprint to the finish, in this competiton from Mt. Bachelor to the finish line at Les Schwab Amphitheater in the Old Mill District near downtown Bend.
May 19th - WebCyclery Movie Night @ McMenamins
Like riding downhill fast? Then join WebCyclery for *Stars & Bars* -- a new mountain bike film that follows dual slalom, 4-cross, and downhill racing in the USA. The movie covers the entire 2007 US race season, from Sea Otter to Snowmass. *Stars & Bars* focuses on the American gravity race scene, creatively capturing the intensity and determination of some of the country's best downhill racers. *Stars & Bars* has a great soundtrack, big crashes, and plenty of entertaining personalities. The film features racing and riding in San Diego, Fontana, Lake Tahoe, New Mexico, Colorado, Vermont, North Carolina, Quebec and Washington. While WebCyclery Movie Night at McMenamins is a fund raiser for Central Oregon Trail Alliance, it is mostly an excuse to get together with a theater full of like-minded cyclists to watch a great bicycle movie, eat some tater tots, and maybe win a cool door prize. STARS & BARS - RACING IN THE USA
9:00 p.m. | $5 per person | 21 & over
May 23rd - Michale Franti & Spearhead in concert
Les Schwab Amphitheater's Wells Fargo Bend Summer Concerts kicks off a Memorial Day Concert series with a show featuring Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. WHERE: Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr., Bend (Old Mill District);
WHEN: Show/6:30pm and Gates/5pm;
TICKETS: $35/General Admission, plus Ticketmaster fees. Tickets available at the Ticket Mill in the Shops at the Old Mill District and other Ticketmaster outlets, via phone. For more information, call 541-312-8510.
May 24th - Central Oregon Saturday Market
Where: Downtown Bend, parking lot across from Library between Bond and Wall St.
When: Every Saturday, May 24-Sept. 6th
Cost: FREE
May 25th - Modest Mouse in concert
Les Schwab Amphitheater's Wells Fargo Bend Summer Concerts celebrates Memorial Day Weekend with a show featuring Modest Mouse with The National and The Breeders. WHERE: Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr., Bend (Old Mill District);
WHEN: Show/6:30pm and Gates/5pm;
TICKETS: $35/General Admission, plus Ticketmaster fees. Tickets available at the Ticket Mill in the Shops at the Old Mill District and other Ticketmaster outlets, or via phone. For more information, call 541-312-8510.
May 24th - Death Cab For Cutie in concert
Les Schwab Amphitheater's Wells Fargo Bend Summer Concerts celebrates Memorial Day Weekend with a show featuring Death Cab for Cutie with The Decemberists and Mates of State. WHERE: Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr., Bend (Old Mill District);
WHEN: Show/6:30pm and Gates/5pm;
TICKETS: $35/General Admission, plus Ticketmaster fees. Tickets available at the Ticket Mill in the Shops at the Old Mill District and other Ticketmaster outlets, or via phone. For more information, call 541-312-8510.
May 29th - June 28th - "Sweet Charity"
Where: 2nd Street Theater, 220 NE Lafayette, Bend
When: Show starts at 8pm, Sunday matinee 3pm
Cost: Adults $21, Senior/Students $18 In this classic musical comedy Charity Hope Valentine wants to be loved so much that she has lost sight of who she is. She sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances. This five time Tony Award winner contains such hits as Big Spender and If My Friends Could See Me Now.
May 30th & 31st - Festival of Ten Minute Plays
Where: Tower Theatre
When: 7:30PM
Cost: $20 adults; $15 seniors; $10 students Heritage Theatre Company presents an evening of 10 minute plays focusing on families. The plays range from the poignant to the humorous with range of playwrights and an intergenerational cast of actors.
June 1st - Heaven Can Wait Run
Where: Drake Park ~ Bend, Oregon
When: 9am
5K starting and finishing in Bend's beautiful Drake Park. The course takes you south toward the historic Old Mill District and Mill Point Business Park, winds back through McKay Park and residential neighborhoods, and returns to Drake Park where festivities and the finish line await. The route is mostly flat with hills on Columbia and Shevlin-Hixon. The course will be well marked. Registration and packet pick up 7:30-8:30 am/Gather for race 8:40am /Race Starts 9am/Survivor picture at finish line 10:30am/Awards & Prizes 10:45am.
June 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th - Free Summer Sundays Concerts
Where: Les Schwab Amphitheater
When: Every Sunday June 1 - August 31
Cost: Free This FREE Sunday concert starts at 2:30 and ends at 4:30 PM. All musicians are world class and would typically require a ticket to see elsewhere. Bring your pup, your kids, your grandparents and your picnic to enjoy some great tunes and family time on the banks of the Deschutes River.
June 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th - Totally Touchable Tuesdays
Where: High Desert Museum, Bend
When: Every Tuesday, 10:30 am
Free with museum admission Sensory-filled storytelling about animals and people of the High Desert. You never know what will happen - crafts, puppets or maybe a live animal appearance!
June 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th - Wild Wednesdays
Where: High Desert Museum, Bend
When: Every Wednesday, 3pm-5pm
Free with museum admission Do the High Desert Hideaway Hunt! Take a wild journey for clues and treasures throughout the Museum.
June 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th - Bend Farmers' Market
Where: Brooks Street Riverfront Plaza at Mirror Pond
When: Every Wednesday June 4th -Oct. 8th, 10:00 AM.
June 4th - 29th - "Sweet Charity"
Where: 2nd Street Theater, 220 NE Lafayette, Bend
When: June 4th - Show starts at 8pm, Sunday matinee 3pm
Cost: Adults $21, Senior/Students $18 In this classic musical comedy Charity Hope Valentine wants to be loved so much that she has lost sight of who she is. She sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances. This five time Tony Award winner contains such hits as Big Spender and If My Friends Could See Me Now.
June 6th - First Friday Gallery Walk
The streets of Bend fill with art patrons on the first Friday of every month as Downtown Bend and Old Mill District art galleries stay open late with receptions for guest artists and special presentations of new exhibits. In addition, the First Friday experience also includes musical performances and refreshments at selected galleries. 5-9pm.
June 7th -8th - Balloons Over Bend
Grab your blankets and chairs and watch the majestic show as over 20 hot air balloons, soar simultaneously from the ground, coloring the skies of Bend. The balloons will launch from Jewell Elementary with a festival and Night Glow happening along the river at The Shops in the Old Mill. Also, new this year will be a street art exhibition where works of art are created on the sidewalks.
June 21st - High Desert Dash
Where: Athletic Club of Bend to Sunriver.
Cost: $150 Cost per 5 person team Dash will be held Saturday, June 21st with at the Athletic Club of Bend and Finish in the Village at Sunriver Mall. Teams consist of 5 members who will walk 2 legs of approximately 3 miles each. Teams will NOT compete for best time, but instead for Team Congeniality, Team Originality, and Most Valuable Volunteer(s). Get creative with your name, your vehicle, your accessories! The High Desert Dash has been cordially invited to celebrate with Sunriver’s GET OUTSIDE event held in the Village at Sunriver Mall. We will all partake in the fabulous festivities with our fellow HDD teammates! Awards, team photos, and great music will all be waiting at the end of the fun walk-race walk dash.
June 27th - 29th - Mount Bachelor Kennel Club Dog Show
Contact: Janice Allen - 541-382-2531
Location: Deschutes County Fair & Expo
June 27th - 28th - Northwest Crossing Hullabaloo
The NorthWest Crossing Hullabaloo will be an eclectic mix of activities for all ages and interests. The fun begins with a bike Criterium on Friday followed by a family move right in Compass Park. Saturday morning the fun begins again with the NorthWest Crossing Street Scramble, a scavenger-hunt style race for the finish line that sends contestants dashing around to garner points and win prizes. Add an art show featuring Central Oregon artists, live music, family activities, wine tastings and great food into the mix and you have a "hullabaloo" that no one in the family will want to miss.
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