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Rally to Restore Sanity Music Lineup Leaked: The Roots, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples

The music lineup for the Rally to Restore Sanity has been leaked.
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Although plenty of enthusiasm about Comedy Central’s Rally to Restore Sanity (Saturday on the National Mall) has built up since the event’s announcement, what exactly this rally entails has been quite vague, with organizers keeping the details and guest appearances largely a secret. How exactly does one restore sanity, anyway?
Well, the Christian Science Monitor got a hold of the National Park Service and had them read off the agenda that’s listed on the event permit.

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Merry Banjos!: Tickets for Bela Fleck’s Holiday Show are on Sale

Bela Fleck returns to Bend for another holiday show on December 8.
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Banjo master Bela Fleck, who happens to be one of my top five instrumentalists (and should be in your top five, too) is coming back to Bend, this time as part of a fundraiser for KPOV, our community radio station.
The show is slated for December 8 at Mountain View High School and tickets just went on sale today.

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Rally to Restore Sanity Comes to Bend

Bend, Oregon will have its own Rally to Restore Sanity gathering.
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Well, not THE rally, but we will have our own version of the Rally to Restore Sanity here in Bend on Saturday.
If you don’t know, the Rally to Restore Sanity is Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s event (Colbert is, however, calling the event the March to Keep Fear Alive) in Washington, D.

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Wednesday’s Laura Veirs and Weinland show is the last PDXchange Program gig of the year

Laura Veirs’ show at the Tower is the last PDXchange show of 2010.
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When you look back at 2010 — which may go down as a big year for music in Bend — one of the things we have to recognize was the arrival of the PDXchange Program, the concert series that has brought big Portland indie acts into the Tower Theatre since its inception this spring.
Henry Abel, the local mastermind behind this whole enterprise, has confirmed that Wednesday’s Laura Veirs and Weinland show will be the last of 2010, meaning that there won’t be another PDXchange show for quite some time.

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Full Moon Party at the Century Center

DJs Barisone, Swett and Bpollen rock the Century Center for the full moon.
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The sky is probably going to be too cloudy to tell (stupid fall weather), but tonight is a full moon, which means that some of Bend’s most well known party purveyors want you to have some fun.
Tonight’s Full Moon Party brings to the Century Center’s spacious dance space the DJ stylings of Swett and bPollen, as well as the sounds of former Bendite DJ Barisone, who moved off to Portland but still swings over the mountains when he can with his whompy world-inspired dance grooves.

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Central Oregon’s Last Comic Standing Round 2 Tonight

The stand up comedy competition continues tonight at the Old Stone in Bend.
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After a packed opening night, Central Oregon’s Last Comic Standing continues tonight at the Old Stone Church (157 NW Franklin Ave) with the second round of qualifying performances.
Appearing tonight to perform five-minute bits in the hopes of making it on to the semi final round are Tyler Fredrickson, Johnny Delgado, Marti G, Shauna Brown, George M.

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Wild Bluegrass and Americana with The Defibulators Tonight at McMenamins

Enjoy the fiery honky tonk of The Defibulators tonight for free at McMenamins.
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You may still be recovering from last night’s White Buffalo show at the Silver Moon, but there’s another show worth checking out tonight, and this time it’s free. Brooklyn’s The Defibulators are kicking off a marathon tour at McMenamins tonight with a show that will bring you all sorts of acoustic wildness.

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The White Buffalo Tonight at the Silver Moon

The White Buffalo kicks off his tour tonight at Bend’s Silver Moon Brewing.
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Now and again, Bend finds an out-of-town musician and fully embraces him or her, repeatedly packing their shows whenever they stop off in town. That seems to be the case with The White Buffalo (aka Jake Smith), a beardy Americana road warrior known for his boozy songs about, among other things, boozing.

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Floater Returns to Bend for Two Shows

Floater comes to Bend for two shows in November at the Domino Room.
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Floater, the beloved Oregon eclectic rock band with one of the most die-hard followings in the Northwest, is coming back — once again — to Bend.
The shows, produced by Random Presents, are slated for November 12 and 13 (Friday and Saturday) at the Domino Room with an electric show the first night and an acoustic performance on Saturday.

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