The Blender

If you were one of the several thousand folks who descended on the Old Mill District for last weekend’s Bend WinterFest, you probably saw some of action below.
Friday night featured a headlining set from Bend favorites, The Gourds, making for a packed stage as the skiers jammed the rail behind the crowd.

It looks like that nasty little wet burst of stormy weather has passed and things are looking food for tonight’s kick off of WinterFest.
While many out there are heading down to the Old Mill District to watch the always insanely popular Rail Jam, others (maybe you) will be there to take in some first-class music.

I just got back from Summit High School where Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace.

After a few months of build up, tonight’s (Wednesday) Slightly Stoopid show has finally arrived and it seems there’s plenty of buzz about it.
This is the band’s third appearance in town in the last two years — a testament to the fan base they’ve secured in these parts.

With Bend WinterFest only three short days away, things are already starting to look like festival time down in the Old Mill where the crew is hard at work erecting the massive apparatus for the Rail Jam competition.
Take a look at this brief video and see where they’re at.

My friends and I had been pretty pumped since finding out Cash’d Out, a Johnny Cash tribute band, was coming to Bend and finally last night we got to enjoy the Man in Black’s tunes, live. Cash’d Out has been called the next best thing to Cash himself, and I imagine that’s pretty on par, being too young to have ever seen him live myself.