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Total Chaos
Fri., Sept. 25, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
The Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend
Live local sounds with assorted DJs.
Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
The Astro Lounge, 939 NW Bond St., Bend
Sisters Folk Festival
Fri., Sept. 25, 6 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Sat., Sept. 26, 12 p.m.-12:30 a.m. and Sun., Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
All the Town’s a Stage, Sisters, Sisters
Food Cart Friday Featuring Heller Highwater
Fri., Sept. 25, 5-8 p.m.
Discovery Corner Plaza, 1125 NW Ochoa Drive, Bend
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Bend Oregon SPEEDFEST 2
Fri., Sept. 25, 3-11:30 p.m.
Silvermoon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave, Bend, OR 97703, Bend
The Importance of Being Earnest
Fri., Sept. 25, 7-9:30 p.m.
Sunriver Christian Fellowship, 18139 Cottonwood Road, Sunriver
Comedy at Craft Kitchen
Fri., Sept. 25, 8-9:30 p.m.
Craft Kitchen & Brewery, 62988 Layton Ave Ste 103, (no city)
Sunriver Oktoberfest
Sat., Sept. 26, 12-5 p.m.
SHARC, 57250 Overlook Rd., Sunriver
