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🎶 It's Oktoberfest season in Bend

🎶 It's Oktoberfest season in Bend

🌓 Cascade Equinox Festival kicks off, Oktoberfest celebrations all over Bend, and kids take over the Amphitheater

Derek Carlson
September 20, 2024

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Bend! It’s time to get funky with some local news, events, and happenings from around town.

In today’s Bend Buzz:

🌓 Cascade Equinox Festival arrives
🍻 Oktoberfests galore
🎸 Kids take over the amphitheater

Let’s get to it.

— Derek Carlson

SNAPSHOTS

🌙 Cascade Equinox Festival Kicks Off

The Cascade Equinox Festival returns to the Deschutes Fairgrounds in Redmond for a weekend of music, camping, and unforgettable experiences. The weather is looking incredible for the weekend, so if you haven’t purchased your tickets yet, then you’d better get on it! The festival runs through Sunday, so there’s plenty of time to get your groove on.

🌧️ All evacuation zones lifted

All evacuation zones from the Bachelor complex fires west of Bend have been lifted. This means that residents can return home, and the forest is back open for recreating, although you should still keep an eye out for active work around the fire perimeter.

We wrote a few weeks ago about the proposed location for the future Bend Children’s Museum. In the meantime, the crew behind this endeavor is hosting pop-up events around town. This weekend’s event will be held at the Old Mill District and will be open Saturday and Sunday from 9 AM - 3 PM. It is a great chance for you to see what the future Children’s Museum will offer and for your kids to get their squiggles out with some hands-on, sciency fun. Old Mill District Suite 429

BUSINESS HAPPENINGS

🥪 A new sandwich shop at Crosscut Warming Hut

Gyro Power, the Mediterranean street food truck at the Crosscut Warming Hut food cart pod, has shut down and reopened as a sandwich truck called Eight Hands Sandos. Here, you can expect to find classic sandwiches like an Italian cold cut, BLT, and even Italian hot beef.

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LOCAL LOWDOWN

Friday

💕 Single and ready to mingle: Bend Singleites is hosting a 45+ single and mingle event at the Bend Wine Bar. There will be time for both casual mingling and a speed dating event. Swing on by and see if you can find that new special someone. 6 PM 550190 SW Industrial Way

🚃 The Last Train to Nibroc: Stop by Open Space Event Studios to catch a live showing of The Last Train to Nibroc, a play put on by the Elipse Theatre Community. This boy-meets-girl romance will also be showing on Saturday in case your Friday evening is already booked. 7 - 8:30 PM 220 NE Lafayette Ave

🦋 The journey of the monarch: The Bend Environmental Center is hosting a family-friendly event focusing on the journey of the monarch butterfly. The event will feature a film about monarchs, activities for kids, food, and more! 4 - 7:30 PM 16 NW Kansas Ave

Saturday

🐈️ Celebrate the kitties: Playful Paws Cat Cafe is celebrating their one-year anniversary with a parking lot party. In addition to food, treats, and drinks, CCREW will be there for a pet adoption event, and the cat cafe will be open to visitors of all ages to hang with the kitties. 10 AM - 1 PM 1465 SW Knoll Ave

👩‍🎨 Artist studio tour: Artists from around Bend are opening up their studios so you can see how and where they create their extraordinary pieces. This is a free, self-guided event that is kicking off for the first time in Bend. If you’re headed out to Sisters this weekend, they are hosting an artist studio tour as well! Saturday and Sunday 11 AM - 4 PM

🍻 Oktoberfest in Bend: There are Oktoberfest events taking place at breweries all over Central Oregon on Saturday and Sunday. Rather than list them all here, I’ve included a full rundown near the bottom of the newsletter.

🌼 Pick your own flower bouquet: Just because the calendar says September and Oktoberfest celebrations are in full swing doesn’t mean that you can’t still enjoy the fruits, or in this case, flowers, of summer. Firefly Fields Northwest is open all weekend for U-pick flower bouquets, so get out and get crazy with the dahlias. The weather is looking beautiful, so reservations are highly recommended. 9 AM - 7 PM (3 PM on Sunday) 3250 NW Odem Ave

Sunday

🐥 Think Wild bingo: Think Wild and Cascade Lakes Brewing are teaming up for an evening of bingo fun. You can win cash and raffle prizes and, as an added bonus, $1 from every beer sold will go to Think Wild and their efforts to help the wild animals of Central Oregon. 6 - 8 PM 21175 SE Reed Market Rd

🌊 The forgotten city of Oregon: Stop by the Bend Library to learn the tale of the ill-fated Oregon Coast resort town of Bayocean. What was supposed to be a summer getaway that rivaled Martha’s Vineyard was quickly swallowed up by the ocean and the shifting sands upon which it was built. 4 - 5 PM Downtown Bend Library

LIVE MUSIC

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Sunday

🍁 OKTOBERFESTS GALORE

Fall is here, and that means it is Oktoberfest season in Central Oregon. This weekend features half a dozen Oktoberfest events around the high desert, so put on your favorite pair of lederhosen and brush up on German beer hall songs.

Sunriver Brewing - Saturday Noon - 8 PM at their Sunriver location

Midtown Yacht Club - Saturday 1 - 6 PM at the Midtown Yacht Club

Van Henion - Saturday Noon - 9 PM at Van Henion Brewing

Wild Ride Brewing - Saturday 2 - 8:30 PM at their Redmond Tap Room

McMenamins - Saturday 1 - 9:30 PM at the Old St. Francis School

Prost! - Friday - Sunday at Prost!

THANKS!

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