Two person show for Jack Braman and Richard Mckinley at the Mockingbird Gallery.

View sensational local and national art at dozens of businesses downtown on the first Friday of every month. Shops are matched with artists and stay open late. Many businesses will serve food and wine as they welcome you in to enjoy their space and this wonderful evening.

Kick off the first Friday of the month with art, music and drinks in downtown Bend.

The Fermentation Celebration is a beer walk through the popular Old Mill District, with tastings from the region’s growing number of breweries.  Participating breweries will feature unique, experimental and limited release beers – many of which will only available at the Fermentation Celebration. Entry to the event is free. Those who wish to partake in […]

Central Oregon is known for it's "larga vida" athletic community. Athletes 50 years and older can compete in sixteen different event's held around Bend. Events include running, swimming, disc golf, table tennis, badminton and archery. This year the event will be held at Deschutes Historical Museum.

The La Pine Rhubarb Festival is the largest of it's kind in Oregon! Taste Rhubarb in every way, pie, cakes, chili, beer and more! Food service begins when the festival opens at 11:30am and continues until the food is gone. Over 65 vendors, including a huge yard sale and Dutch oven cooking invite rhubarb enthusiast […]

A week of motorcycles and poker. The race takes over approximately 200 miles of curvy, rolling roads across Central Oregon as you collect poker cards.  All proceeds support the outdoor adventures and military heroes.

Part race, part celebration, all fun. The Dirty Half is a longtime beloved staple of Central Oregon trail running community. This race invites 499 runners to a challenge course through the high desert. After the race, runners then toast to their accomplishments with Deschutes Brewery beer at the finish line/ beer garden. All proceeds go […]

The 2017 Bend Memorial Clinic Free Summer Sunday Concert Series at the Les Schwab Amphitheater welcomes Milonga. The band plays original songs based on the musical traditions of Latin America, Spain and the Caribbean. Milonga’s focus is to expose diverse audiences to a Pan-Latin musical and cultural experience and offers up a wide variety of […]

Part of Bite of Bend, the Little Hopper Root Beer Run is modeled after the adult’s Beer Run. Kids will build their own root beer float as the race through the course at Troy Field.

Don your summer white or cocktail attire and join us for the event of the season! Midsummer Night in White, a Summer Solstice sunset celebration on June 24, benefits Family Resource Center of Central Oregon. A non-profit whose mission is to strengthen and support families in Central Oregon, FRC provides parenting education classes and workshops […]

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Three decades ago, a Bend resident took out a newspaper ad and spread the word among friends: Come by Thursday night if you’re interested in protecting Oregon’s high desert. By the second meeting, the fledgling group gave itself a name – Oregon Natural Desert Association – and everyone chipped in $5 to get it going. […]