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This week on Bend Don’t Break, host Aaron Switzer sits down with Crista Munro, Executive Director of SFF Presents, to talk about the rich history and evolving mission of the Sisters Folk Festival. More than just a weekend event, SFF Presents now offers year-round programming designed to bring art, music, and creativity to the Central Oregon community.

Crista shares her journey from Pagosa Springs, Colorado—where she produced dozens of festivals over two decades—to taking the reins in Sisters in 2019. With 50 festivals now under her belt, Crista reflects on what makes the Sisters Folk Festival so unique, the power of music in building community, and how the organization is fostering creativity in youth and adults alike.

Tune in for an inspiring conversation about music, community building, and what it takes to keep the arts thriving in a small town.

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This article appears in The Source Weekly April 3, 2025.

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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Crista Munro 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 10, 2025

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Crista Munro 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 10, 2025</p> <p><p data-start="104" data-end="463" class=""> <strong data-start="104" data-end="187">This week on <em data-start="119" data-end="137">Bend Don't Break</em>, host Aaron Switzer sits down with Crista Munro</strong>, Executive Director of SFF Presents, to talk about the rich history and evolving mission of the Sisters Folk Festival. More than just a weekend event, SFF Presents now offers year-round programming designed to bring art, music, and creativity to the Central Oregon community. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/crista_munro_digital_041025.png"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/crista_munro_digital_041025.png" alt="" class="wp-image-4098" /></a></figure> <p data-start="465" data-end="839" class=""> Crista shares her journey from Pagosa Springs, Colorado—where she produced dozens of festivals over two decades—to taking the reins in Sisters in 2019. With 50 festivals now under her belt, Crista reflects on what makes the Sisters Folk Festival so unique, the power of music in building community, and how the organization is fostering creativity in youth and adults alike. </p> <p data-start="841" data-end="972" class=""> Tune in for an inspiring conversation about music, community building, and what it takes to keep the arts thriving in a small town.</p> <p>LISTEN </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> </div> <p> WATCH </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/yi4r5YBKiv8 </div> </figure> <p> </p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-crista-munro-22967157/&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=4097&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/listen-bend-dont-break-with-crista-munro-22967157/&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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