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Portland Winter Light Festival 10th Anniversary

Join us for the 10th annual Portland Winter Light Festival, celebrating a decade of illuminating art and creativity.

This free and inclusive event will take place from February 7 – February 15, 2025, at various locations throughout the city.

Event Highlights:

Theme: “A Light For Tomorrow: A Technicolor Future”—For our tenth year, we invite you to dive into the boundless world of technicolor transformation and explore how light shapes our future.

Festival Dates: Februay

Anchor Sites Open: February 7 & 8 and February 14 & 15 (Fridays and Saturdays only)
6 – 10 PM at Pioneer Courthouse Square, World Trade Center Plaza, and Electric Blocks.
Performances and Live Events: Times and specific locations will vary; see the schedule for details.
All Other Festival Pop-Up Locations: February 7 – 15, 6 – 10 PM unless otherwise noted
A comprehensive map with all locations and hours will be released in January.

Sign up for our newsletter at pdxwlf.com to be the first to receive notifications!

Admission: Free for all, welcoming everyone. If anyone tries to sell you tickets, say NO!

Event Details:

Prepare to be captivated by a decade of dazzling light displays, performances, and interactive art installations. This year’s theme, “A Light For Tomorrow,” invites you to explore the future through the lens of light, celebrating how creativity and innovation will guide us forward.

Admission: All events are free and open to all ages and abilities.

Accessibility: The festival venues are accessible to people with disabilities.

Contact Information:

Organizer: Portland Winter Light Festival
Email: info@pdxwlf.com
Website: www.pdxwlf.com

Follow Us:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pdxwlf/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portlandwinterlightfestival/

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a luminous journey celebrating ten years of creativity and wonder. Mark your calendars and invite your friends and family to experience the magic of the 2025 Portland Winter Light Festival. We can’t wait to see you!

The Portland Winter Light Festival is a Willamette Light Brigade Event.

Oregon Whiskey Festival

A celebration of whiskey distilled and made in Oregon. Taste whiskey from 18 Oregon Distilleries from across Oregon.

Food Carts + Live Music + Craft Vendors + Distillery Tours

Location:
Oregon Spirit Distillers
740 NE 1st Street
Bend, Oregon

VIP Tasting Experience starts Friday, September 20th
General Admission Saturday, September 21

The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival

Celebrate craft barrel-aged beverages at The Little Woody Festival in downtown Bend. Enjoy wood barrel-aged beer, cider and whiskey, along with live music, local food and small-batch rye whiskey and bourbon tastings. Dress like a gnome for free drink tokens!

Tickets start at $20 

Sunriver Music Festival Season Finale Classical Concert: AIR

The Festival season finale features Musica Celestis, a beautiful, meditative work by Aaron Jay Kernis, and Michael Torke’s Sky, a bluegrass-inspired concerto written for and premiered by Tessa Lark. The season closes with Mozart’s brilliant and ever-popular “Jupiter” Symphony.

Sunriver Music Festival Solo Violin Concert with Tessa Lark

The picturesque Great Hall sets the scene for an eclectic solo performance from violinist Tessa Lark, who is praised for her astounding range of sounds, technical agility and musical elegance. In 2020 she was nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category. She is also a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky, delighting audiences with Appalachian and bluegrass music.

Raise the Baton: The Elements of Music fundraising party

Raise the Baton is Sunriver Music Festival’s premier fundraiser of the year! This lively party raises vital funds for the Young Artists Scholarships and the Festival’s world-class concerts. Hosted by Maestro Brett Mitchell, the event features performances by the finest Young Artists Scholarship musicians and fun opportunities to bid and sponsor “the elements of music”: guest artists, orchestra musicians, individual concerts and musical works, and more.

Local personalities Dr. Stephen Marshall and Brett Bizik will serve as emcees keeping the party going with the fundraising opportunities. Tickets include hearty hors d’oeuvres and complimentary wine and soft drinks. sunrivermusic.org for tickets.

Sunriver Music Festival Classical Concert II: WATER

This special matinee opens with the most famous waltz of all time—The Blue Danube by Strauss. After intermission, Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony is a musical depiction of the Schumanns’ travels along the Rhine.

Sunriver Music Festival’s Discover the Symphony Concert

This entertaining matinee presents orchestral music in a fun and informal setting. Bring the whole family and enjoy a one-hour concert with virtuosic recipients of the Young Artists Scholarship with the full Festival Orchestra. An instrument petting zoo is offered prior to the concert.

Sunriver Music Festival Opening Night Classical Concert: EARTH

The Festival season opener celebrates two landmark anniversaries: Charles Ives’ 150th birthday and his brilliant Variations on America, plus the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s immortal Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Orion Weiss. After intermission, Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony is a musical depiction of five scenes in nature.

Portland Winter Light Festival: What Glows Under Pressure

Join us for the 9th annual Portland Winter Light Festival, where we’ll immerse ourselves in a world that glows under pressure. This free and inclusive event takes place from February 2 to February 10, 2024, at various locations throughout the enchanting city of Portland, Oregon.

Event Highlights:

Theme: “Glowing Under Pressure” – Explore the mysteries of the deep sea and be inspired by bioluminescent wonders.

Dates: February 2 – 10, 2024.

Location: Various locations across Portland, Oregon.

Admission: Free for all, welcoming everyone. If anyone tries to sell you tickets, say NO!

Event Details:

Prepare to be captivated by a dazzling symphony of light as we delve into the depths of the ocean’s mysteries. In the pitch-black expanse where light barely reaches, we’ll encounter bioluminescent creatures that shimmer like stars in the darkness. This year’s theme invites you to explore the wonders and dangers of the deep, reminding us of our own insignificance in the face of nature’s forces.

This event is a celebration of creativity, community, and the magic of light. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore with us in a world that truly “Glowing Under Pressure.”

Event Schedule:

Opening Night: February 2, 2024 – 6:00 PM

Daily Events: February 3 – February 9, 2024

Closing Night: February 10, 2024 – 10:00 PM

Admission: All Events are Free and open to all ages and abilities

Accessibility: The festival venues are accessible to people with disabilities.

Contact Information:

Organizer: Portland Winter Light Festival

Email: info@pdxwlf.com

Website: www.pdxwlf.com

Follow Us:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pdxwlf/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portlandwinterlightfestival/

Don’t miss the chance to be part of this luminous journey into the depths of creativity and wonder. Mark your calendars and invite your friends and family to experience the magic of the 2024 Portland Winter Light Festival. It’s a shining beacon of light in the heart of winter!

Oktoberfest Celebration at testimony Wine Bar

Come celebrate Oktoberfest in true German fashion.
We have 3 different bands playing, 3 different contests, and all proceeds from the contests and a portion of the $5 cover will be donated to Bright Side Animal Shelter.
We will be serving German beer, wine, and food for all to enjoy. Get dressed up and come have some fun!

Hoodoo’s Ski Bike Festival

The Hoodoo Skibike festival celebrates our love of alternative sports at Hoodoo. Hoodoo is unique in allowing full-mountain access for skibikes, Trikkes, snowskates and snow scoots. Skibiking is a fun, easy-to-learn activity that provides a safe and low-impact way to hit the slopes. This event is great for seasoned skibikers and for those who have always wanted to try the sport.

CJ Solar at General Duffy’s Waterhole

General Duffy’s Waterhole is excited to host CJ Solar as the first show in the the 2023 Summer Kickin’ Concert Series in Downtown Redmond! Presented by Subaru of Bend.

Gates open at 4 pm

Opening Act starts at 6 pm

Headlining Act starts at 8:30 pm

Show ends at 10:00 pm

All Ages Welcome!

Everyone needs a ticket to enter!

The Big Game at the Owl’s Nest at Sunriver Resort

Owl’s Nest | Sunday, February 12 from 9:00am – Close. Catch every moment of the game on The Owl’s Nest’s five HD TVs while simultaneously satiating your tastebuds and thirst with food and drink specials, including The Lodge Burger, Smoked Brisket Nachos, Chicken Wings, BBQ Meatballs, Devils on Horseback and more. Fun games and prizes. Free to watch. Reservations are not required.

Happy Hour at the Owl’s Nest at Sunriver Resort

A storied spot for après-adventure gatherings for more than 50 years, Owl’s Nest will be offering $2 off on all appetizers and well-drinks. From the best buckets of fries to an owl-sized pretzel, grab a spot and be ready to share the day’s adventures with a friend. Reservations are not required. Prices vary. Happy hour is from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Sunday – Thursday.

Saturday Supper Club at Sunriver Resort

Join us Saturday nights in February from 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm for Saturday Supper Club in the Lodge Kitchen. Featuring a special themed menu and wine list, the dinner includes a four-course menu and an optional wine pairing add-on. Cost: $160/couple. Optional wine pairing for an additional cost of $59/couple. Reservations required.

Piano Showcase at the Tower Theatre

Sunriver Music Festival’s Piano Showcase is a unique two-day event celebrating multiple genres of piano music in a weekend of concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and musical conversations, all featuring four fine pianists from the Pacific Northwest. Pianist Michael Allen Harrison (founder of Portland’s popular Ten Grands concert series) crafts a genre-spanning weekend emphasizing the uniqueness and virtuosity of all four performers. Concert I at 7:30 p.m. Friday night; workshops, masterclasses, and more throughout the day Saturday; Concert II at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night (the two evening concerts are two completely different programs – you’ll want to attend both!). $80 for all-inclusive full pass ($40 for ages 21 and under) or $35 for individual concert tickets ($10 for ages 21 and under). www.sunrivermusic.org. Piano Showcase: From Bach to Boogie to Jazz! April 1-2, 2022.

Sunriver Art Fair

Sunriver Art Fair returns this summer on August 13, 14 & 15, 2021 in the Village at Sunriver, Oregon. Celebrating 12 years of bringing original art to Sunriver, this year’s fair will feature over 80 artists displaying their original juried art in a spacious, open-air setting. Visit www.sunriverartfair.org for details.
This year the fair has expanded to include a virtual art fair at https://wwwsunriverartfair.org.
The Sunriver Virtual Art Fair will be live from August 13 to September 26, 2021, and will feature some perennial fair favorites, as well as many new artists to explore from the comfort of home.
Sponsored by the Sunriver Women’s Club (SRWC), all proceeds from fair applications and booth fees help support nonprofits in south Deschutes County. Since 2000, the SRWC has awarded over $750,000 in grants to organizations that support the arts and education and provide assistance to vulnerable families.
Fair hours: 9:30 AM – 6 PM Friday & Saturday, 9:30 AM – 4 PM on Sunday.
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @sunriverartfair

THRIFTY THURSDAYS– Live music, free bevs, and local vendors hosted by Revival Vintage + Luck of the Draw

Join Revival Vintage, Luck of the Draw, and a handful of other local resellers and makers for their second Thrifty Thursday party!
Party will be equipped with free drinks provided by Boneyard, Avid Cider, Seven Peaks Seltzer, and 10 Barrel.
Live music by local funk electronica looper, One Mad Man! There will be a photobooth upstairs and hoop flow performances downstairs.
Vintage vendors this month are Replay Vintage and Denim Daddy.
Jewelry vendors are Ashes to Apples and Boots Jewelry.
Hand-crafted candles by Accomplice Candles.

Sunriver Music Festival’s Festival Faire: An Outdoor Overture!

Festival Faire is this community’s premier fundraiser of the year!
At this lively event, vital funds are raised for the Young Artists Scholarships and Sunriver Music Festival’s world-class concerts. Come for a delightful time in the open air with live music, friendly fun, and multiple delicious dining options!

$85 per person includes catered dinner and wines, performances from truly impressive young musicians, and lively auctions of quality experiences and items. The online auction opens July 19th and closes at the event. www.sunrivermusic.org

Fall Festival

Annual Fall Festival sponsored by Central Oregon Saturday Market.

FALL FESTIVAL that is a gathering place for artists, craftspeople, growers, gatherers and food vendors to display and sell their work which is uniquely their own. “Where the Seller is the Maker”.

4th Annual For the Love of Pets Benefit Festival

Bring the whole family (two- and four-legged) to enjoy a good time benefiting local shelters and rescues! July 18, 2020 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at American Legion Park in Redmond.

This FREE, dog-friendly community festival is host to an IPA tasting, music, silent auction, raffle, dozens of vendors and adoptable pets galore. 100% of funds raised at the event are split among the beneficiaries, which are Brightside Animal Center, Three Rivers Humane Society, Humane Society of the Ochocos and Herd U Needed A Home.

Raffle announcements and giveaways every hour!

Bring product donations (e.g. cat litter, tennis balls, bleach) in exchange for raffle tickets.

Visit www.FLPBenefit.com for more details!

Outdoor Fest @ LOGE Bend

Join LOGE Bend for their final Outdoor Fest of the Summer with Patagonia Provisions and Sunski. Come around 4pm to play in Sunski’s epic kickball match or relax and try some tasty environmentally-friendly snacks from Patagonia Provisions. Live music from Leadbetter Band will be start-up around 6:00pm and play till 8:00pm. The Entrada Cafe and Taproom will be open and serving up beers all-day. We can’t wait to close out our Outdoor Fest series with you all this weekend!

Newberry Event Music & Arts Festival to Defeat MS

Tal Wilkenfeld headlines the 7th Annual Newberry Event Charity Music Festival!

Central Oregon’s 7th Annual Newberry Event Music and Arts Festival to Defeat MS is a three-day outdoor summer multi-genre music festival well-known as a good time for a good cause. July 26, 27, 28, 2019. Main acts Friday are Portland’s Indubious reggae, opening for Pigs on the Wing Pink Floyd tribute band in the beautiful outdoor intimate venue. For over a decade, Indubious brothers Evton and Skip Burton, have shared their instrumental skills, powerful harmonies, and electrifying performances, “raising the positive vibrations of our planet, to help others express the true loving nature within us all.” Pigs on the Wing’s intense live performances are an expansive audio-visual experience.

Saturday night headlines Tal Wilkenfeld, a 32 year old Australian born bass and guitar phenom who has performed alongside artists including Jeff Beck, Prince, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock and Mick Jagger. Hosted on rural residential acreage, DiamondStone Guest Lodge is 25 miles south of Bend, between Sunriver and La Pine. With over 20 bands on 2 rotating stages, the lawns, shady aspens & pines of So. Deschutes County create a beautiful outdoor concert setting.

Enjoy awesome music and dancing in the grass 10am-10pm. Tent camping is free and RV sites available. Kids under age 13 are free. With many vendors – great food (breakfast too), Sunriver Brewing Co. beers, Kombucha, ciders and distillery vendors, you’ll find everything you need for the day or weekend. You’ll also enjoy dancers, homemade arts & crafts, and a silent auction plus raffles of incredible fine art and merchandise. See good reviews on Facebook and Google. Don’t miss it!

The festival just received the state’s “Hidden Gem Festival Award” at the annual meeting of the Oregon Festivals and Events Association.The 501c3 charity benefits the Oregon National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Other performers: Dead Horses – Milwaukee, WI, Dodgy Mountain Men – Missoula, MT, Pat Simmons Jr.- Maui, HI , Indubious – Portland, Lounge on Fire – Boise, ID, Petty Thievery, a Tom Petty & Heartbreakers Tribute Band, Pigs On The Wing tribute to Pink Floyd – Portland, OR, The Rad Trads – Brooklyn, N.Y., Pete Kartsounes – La Pine! Eric Leadbetter – Bend, Idle Poets – Scappoose, Sol Seed – Eugene, J Brothers – Jacksonville, Mission Blues – Bend, Natty Red – Bend, Newberry Family Band, Broken Down Guitars – La Pine, The Tortilla Chips – Bend, Vokab Kompany – San Diego, and local belly dancers, the South County Hipsters.

For the Love of Pets Benefit Festival

Bring the whole family (two- and four-legged) to American Legion Park to enjoy a good time benefiting local shelters and rescues.

This FREE, dog-friendly community festival is host to an IPA tasting, great food, dozens of vendors and adoptable pets galore. 100% of funds raised at the event are split among the beneficiaries.

Raffle announcements and giveaways every hour!

Bring product donations (e.g. cat litter, tennis balls, bleach) in exchange for raffle tickets.

Visit www.FLPBenefit.com for more details!

High Desert Mural Festival

Exciting and motivating the arts community and promoting arts education are central to the mission of the High Desert Mural Festival, taking place October 2-9 as part of the Tenth Month suite of events in Bend. The grassroots festival’s organizers hope to use this inaugural building year as the first step toward creating a world-class, large format arts festival.

“In this mountain town category, like in Aspen, there is potential to support and sustain the arts,” said Douglas Robertson, founder and executive director of the festival.

The mural festival’s board is currently waiting for city approval on a sign code adjustment in the Makers District in Bend. There they hope to create murals that will be redesigned annually by large format artists in collaboration with students from the local school district.

“Murals, by nature, are transitory art,” said festival board member Kara Cronin. “The large format of murals brings diversity and scale to arts education.”

Bend art is taking to the streets with a series of colorful installations around town this summer. Painted by local artists in collaboration with the school district, the murals are being designed with yearly repainting in mind and aim to promote local art and education.

Warm Up at the Central Oregon Beer Fest

There’s a beer festival for every season (and possibly every month) in Central Oregon. Winter is no exception, and I’m happy to see that the Central Oregon Winter Beer Fest will be back for a third year. Held on the second Saturday of December at GoodLife Biergarten, this fundraiser for the Central Oregon Brewer’s Guild is a great way to support advocacy for our local breweries while enjoying samples of their best winter offerings.

This ‘fest operates pretty much the same as similar events – admission gets you a festival glass and some tickets that can be redeemed for samples of the beers on tap at the event. You can buy more tickets if needed. Many of the beers are on the heavy side, so I don’t usually need more than what’s included with admission.

Last year saw a nice variety of winter-themed ales, porters, stouts and Belgian beers. In addition, the action was moved into a warmed tent, which was a big improvement over being outside in the bitter cold during the inaugural event back in 2013. One drawback was the tent was fairly crowded and loud, but there was still plenty of room to move around and ample space outside around a fire pit. Food trucks will be on-site.

The Central Oregon Winter Beer Fest is on my “must do” list for December, as I enjoyed the last two years and the event is very well-run by the folks at GoodLife. While it was busy, I wouldn’t say the festival was overly crowded. The atmosphere was friendly and warm, and it was a fun opportunity to meet up with friends during the “slump” between Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you’ve never been, I recommend checking it out.

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If You Go:

3rd Annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival
When: Saturday, December 12th, 2015 1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Where: GoodLife Biergarten (70 SW Century Drive, Bend, OR 97702)
Cost: $10 admission gets you a festival tasting glass + four drink tickets. Extra tickets are $1 each.
Why: There were 22 breweries from Central Oregon and beyond represented at the 2014 event. Also, it’s a fundraiser for the Central Oregon Brewers Guild.

 

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