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Bend’s biggest local music festival is offical! Occupancy permits for Bend Roots are approved and the festival will host its first shows at the renovated rubbish yard tonight.

• Event organizer Mark Ransom performing at last year’s Church of Neil at Pakit.

Here’s what’s happening tonight:
BIGS Stage
5:30-6:30 Problem Stick
7-8 The JZ Band
8:30-10 Mark Ransom & The Mostest with the Bend Guitarmy
featuring: Eric Ransom, Gabe Johnson and Hobbs

Casey’s Corner
5:30-6:30 Gotama
7-8 Badlands Boogie Band

Shakedown Stage
6:30-7 WVMS Roots Rock Band
8-8:30 Grit and Grizzle

Junkyard Stage
6:30-7 Bill Valenti
8-8:30 Prairie Rockets

Pakit Ballroom
10-11 PM Moon Mountain Ramblers
11-11:30 Flying Kites
11:30-1 Eleven Eyes

Bend Circus Center
6-7 Johnny Nash
7:30-8:30 Brooks Robertson

Over 90 local acts will preform over the three day festival. See the full schedule here and read more about the Bend Roots Revival here. Stay tuned for more coverage.

Bend Roots Revival
Sept. 27, 28, 29
Pakitt Liquidators
903 SE Armour Rd.
FREE.

This article appears in Sep 26 – Oct 2, 2013.

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Bend Roots at Pakit TONIGHT!

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 27, 2013

<h1>Bend Roots at Pakit TONIGHT!</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 27, 2013</p> <p>Bend's biggest local music festival is offical! Occupancy permits for Bend Roots are approved and the festival will host its first shows at the renovated rubbish yard tonight. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/mark-ransom-performing-at-last-years-church-of-neil-event-at-pakit/u/original/2292648/1380317633-screen_shot_2013-09-25_at_1.41.09_pm.png.jpeg" alt="Event organizer Mark Ransom performing at last years Church of Neil at Pakit." title="Mark Ransom performing at last years Church of Neil event at Pakit." width="500" height="755" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>Event organizer Mark Ransom performing at last year's Church of Neil at Pakit.</li> </ul> </div> <p>Here's what's happening tonight:<br />BIGS Stage<br />5:30-6:30 Problem Stick<br />7-8 The JZ Band<br />8:30-10 Mark Ransom &amp; The Mostest with the Bend Guitarmy<br />featuring: Eric Ransom, Gabe Johnson and Hobbs</p> <p>Casey’s Corner<br />5:30-6:30 Gotama<br />7-8 Badlands Boogie Band</p> <p>Shakedown Stage<br />6:30-7 WVMS Roots Rock Band<br />8-8:30 Grit and Grizzle</p> <p>Junkyard Stage<br />6:30-7 Bill Valenti<br />8-8:30 Prairie Rockets</p> <p>Pakit Ballroom<br />10-11 PM Moon Mountain Ramblers<br />11-11:30 Flying Kites<br />11:30-1 Eleven Eyes</p> <p>Bend Circus Center<br />6-7 Johnny Nash<br />7:30-8:30 Brooks Robertson</p> <p>Over 90 local acts will preform over the three day festival. <a href="http://riseupinternational.com/roots-festival" target="_blank">See the full schedule here </a>and <a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/before-and-after/Content?oid=2292262" target="_blank">read more about the Bend Roots Revival here</a>. Stay tuned for more coverage. </p> <p>Bend Roots Revival<br />Sept. 27, 28, 29<br />Pakitt Liquidators<br />903 SE Armour Rd.<br />FREE.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-roots-at-pakit-tonight-2292642/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=23887&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-roots-at-pakit-tonight-2292642/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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