Bend Fall Festival 2023

Celebrate the Autumn season with crafts, art, music & more!

The annual tradition brings the best of the PNW culture right to the heart of downtown Bend. Enjoy a full weekend of fall fun during Central Oregon’s favorite time of year.

A Word from First Interstate Bank, The Bend Fall Festival Title Sponsor

As your trusted community bank, partner, and neighbor, we are excited to spend time with you this season at the Fall Festival.

With great food, music, art, vendors, and family fun, this amazing event celebrates where we live and the communities we serve. Although First Interstate has seen many changes during our growth and evolution the past five decades, dedication to clients and giving back to the places we call home remains our top priority.

In addition to our support of the Fall Festival, you’ve also likely seen our team at various local events, volunteering for area nonprofits, and supporting community causes and efforts.

Celebrating community through arts, crafts, culture, and cuisine is so special to us, and First Interstate is proud to serve as a long-time supporter of the Fall Festival. We honor and celebrate the small business owners and artisans who bring this annual event to life and encourage everyone to pop by to enjoy the festivities and fun.

See you there!

Cameronne Mosher - First Interstate Market President, Bend

SEPT 29

MUSIC | FOOD

Event Hours

Friday, Sep 29 5-10pm (music and food)

Saturday, Sep 30 11am-10pm

Sunday, Oct 1 11am-5pm

Learn more about everything happening this year at bendfallfestival.com

SEPT 30 & OCT 1

ART | MUSIC | FOOD

Bodhi Mojo

5:30PM - 6:30PM

Main Stage

Sonic Benders

7PM - 8PM psychedelic, jam band

TrUE Loves

8:30Pm - 10pm

bringing together undeniable grooves and classic soul sounds

cascade school of music

11:30AM-2PM

enriching lives one note at a time for over 20 years

wyelow 2:30pm - 3:30PM The Rusty Frets 4Pm - 5pm

SATURDAY Main Stage

OREGON FRYER 5:30pm - 6:30pm Spunj 8:30Pm - 10PM

Americana with a big twist of Honky-tonk & Rock ‘n Roll

far out west 7pm - 8pm

funk-infused rock and freewheeling jazz

high energy, multi-genre jam

11:30AM - 2PM

enriching lives one note at a time for over 20 years

Pete Kart Sounes 2:30pm - 3:30pm

acoustic storyteller

That 90’s Band 4pm - 5pm

nostalgic rock hits

The expansion

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Avenue is made possible by grant funding from the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund.

The Bend Cultural Tourism Fund (BCTF) is a grant program created to enhance Bend’s economy through cultural tourism. From musical productions to art exhibits to film festivals and more, the BCTF supports cultural opportunities that draw visitors to Bend.

Their support of arts and culture allowed our team to partner with Building 180 to bring two installations by artists whose work has been shown all over the world. Read more about those artists on the next page.

Learn more about how you can help by visiting www.cmcoregon.org

Lay It Out Events proudly supports local nonprofits & community organizations

Every year, a portion of proceeds from Bend Fall Festival is donated to a local nonprofit. In 2023, The Children’s Museum of Central Oregon is this year’s beneficiary!

Building a STEAM Children’s Museum

The Children’s Museum of Central Oregon (CMCO) is a nonprofit working to build a children’s science museum in Bend. We envision a Central Oregon community where all children have access to hands-on learning and play that enriches their development. We plan to achieve our vision by inspiring curiosity and creativity through hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) experiences.

We began providing STEAM-based learning experiences at summer camps and pop-up events back in 2015. We believe strongly in the need for early childhood education and play-based learning opportunities for all ages. To carry out this vision, we are currently designing a permanent home for the museum in an area of Bend that is easily accessible from other city centers in the region while also re-launching our mobile museum and programming. With the mobile museum, we can bring our STEAMbased exhibits to schools, libraries, and communities throughout Central Oregon, eliminating the travel barrier for our families and expanding access to these important resources.

Art in Action

ON BROOKS ALLEY Sept. 30 and Oct. 1

Catch artists in the act of creating on Art in Action Avenue, a gigantic art studio for you to explore. Discover your inner artists with printmakers, mask makers and pumpkin painters! Stand back as the massive steamroller prints amazing works for art, discover your inner ghoul by painting a pumpkin. Discover how mural art is done and help create a 30’ long caterpillar out of recycled materials! Fun for all ages!

Masker Aid!

Who wouldn’t appreciate a little FREE help with mask creation before the Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations. Professional artists are supplied with mask templates, feathers, paint and sparkles to help you create a festive disguise you will be proud to masquerade around Bend Fall Festival. Cartooning and art demonstrations by artists who teach or show at Layor Art + Supply complete the picture.

Sponsored by

Steamroller Prints and “Imprint Yourself!”

Stand back! Prepare to see several thousand pounds of raw machine muscle create stunning artwork right on the street, right in front of you. Some of Central Oregon finest artists will be expanding the dimensions of their typical printmaking boundaries onto massive expanses of paper. This is big art! New this year is “Imprint Yourself!” Choose artist created printing blocks and printing paper and voila! you have created your very own print!

Earth Creature Paintings

Bend based mural artist Evan Namkung captures brilliant images of nature’s creatures, transforming a blank surface into finished painting before your eyes. He is deeply inspired by the way in which art changes a place, be it a wall or a building, from the unremarkable and unseen to emotionally charged and dynamic. Using his knowledge of the structure of architecture and geometry his animals appear to reach out from the canvas.

No referrals required to see a specialist. Just another way PacificSource goes beyond what’s required to put members first.

Sometimes, you can tell a health plan is going beyond what’s required by what it doesn’t require.

NEW FOR 2023!

Collaborative installation from Joel Stockdill & Yustina Salnikova

COMMUNITY WORKSHOP

Caterpillar. Transformation and Metamorphosis. Join the artists during Bend Fall Fest to watch and help sculpt a Caterpillar. The Caterpillar symbolizes hope and a need for change around the creation & disposal of waste. With care and attention, caterpillars are known to transform.

The artists will host informal workshops throughout the day in the form of collaborative sculpting. Meet the artists and watch as we transform our waste into a beautiful caterpillar. Learn how to reuse our “trash” including single-use plastics and cardboard, as we transform it into a beautiful and large-scale sculpture.

Activity is for all ages; please note that we will be using clean trash, mostly cardboard and some tools, including glue guns, that will not be for all levels of expertise.

NEW FOR 2023!

Interactive installation from HOTTEA

HOTTEA is an Emmy award-winning artist, having worked with clients big and small – from private home installations to entities like Google and Viacom. Over the years, HOTTEA has balanced both corporate commissions while still keeping his roots in street art and graffiti. By continuing to do un-commissioned work on the streets non-destructively, HOTTEA’s commissioned pieces have been given an edge over the rest using similar materials and techniques.

Some of the cities and spaces the artist has recently worked in include- the Sydney Opera House, the beach of Barcelo Resort in Mexico, the MADE festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and NY Fashion Week. His accomplishments range from collaborations with Sesame Street to un-commissioned interventions in Santa Monica, California. HOTTEA is an artist who prides himself in the quality and concept of his artwork both on the street and in a museum.

Fine Artists Ceramics

Alan Higinbotham Pottery

Wheel thrown high-fired porcelain clay; carved, shaped. Own glaze chemistry for Reduction fired (O2-starved) vibrant Copper Reds, time-honored Celadon Greens. Emphasis on striking utilitarian forms.

Annie Chrietzberg

I make unique tableware from durable stoneware with my own notable glazes. I meticulously prototype then hand-build the pieces, composing in function, pattern, and color.

Briggs Shore Ceramics

Each piece is thrown and trimmed by hand on the potter’s wheel. Colored slip is used both as a brushed-on color, and a slip-inlay technique. Fired to cone 6 in an electric kiln.

Painting

Art By Calista

Drawing on the beauty of nature, I create unique artwork using acrylic pour backgrounds and oil painted realism to make what I call “abstracted landscapes.”

Barrett Makes Stuff

I love working in miniature, evoking the experience of a landscape or of an emotion in a few inches of acrylic + cold wax, on birch panels in frames designed and finished for each specific painting.

Breein

The majority of the work I do involves acrylic and alcohol ink on gesso boards or wood. Work displayed is finished with a commercial grade epoxy. I also focus on wood pieces and encaustic techniques.

Canyon & Cove

I illustrate and paint animals and nature using gouache paint, artist colored pencils and pastel crayon on watercolor paper. All reproductions are high quality materials.

Caprial Hope Art

Oil paintings on stretched canvas. Colors are earthy and bright and brushwork ranges from painterly to detailed. Subjects are mostly wild animals and local Central Oregon landscapes.

Cooper Art and Abode

Kristine Cooper creates artwork with soul and expression. Each painting holds a story. Intuitive marks come together using oil pastel, acrylic, spray paint, reflective gold and string to create depth.

Photography

Beautiful Oregon

Foremost, my process begins with study of the natural environment. Image capture with dSLR. Pigment giclee prints, exhibition paper & archival framing practices used throughout. ALL work done by me.

Emmisoure

My photographic prints are primarily portraiture of the natural world. I have an affinity for wildlife, bees, and birds...as well as flowers. My work is a reflection of the existing art in nature.

Garrett Skelton Photography

I plan on bringing a mix of Pacific Northwest and Bend pics! My mixed multimedia includes images printed on canvas, handmade distressed frame.

Michelle Adams Photography

A passion of dramatic color and landscapes. Many images use advance techniques of focus stacking, panoramic and night photography. She prints her work on metal and Giclée fine art paper.

Carrot Flower Creative

Carrot Flower Creative specializes in limited edition handcrafted ceramics, creating work with colorful glazes using mid-fire stoneware that is slab constructed, handbuilt, and wheel thrown.

Clay Dragon

A functional potter making everyday life a little more beautiful.

Journeyman Ceramics

Creating both fun and functional objects creates smiles in my booth. Journeyman Ceramics creates high quality clay objects with faces, cats, snarky sayings, and what ever my whim creates.

Hiker Booty

I create maps, watercolors & illustrations of Americas Nat’l Scenic Trails & Public Lands. As a local in Bend I have a large Oregon series. My products: high quality prints, postcards, stickers...etc.

Lessa Clayton Art

I am a landscape oil painter using the age old methods of thin glazes to build the colors up in my oil on stretched canvas works.

Maia Leisz Fine Arts

Using small brushes and mixing my palette from the primaries to create vibrant, complex color, I paint on a burnt sienna ground. My large format oils capture the poetry of nature in simplified form.

Megan Marie Myers Art

I create original paintings using acrylic paint on canvas. I reproduce my original designs into greeting cards, stickers, fine art prints and a variety of different items to showcase the artwork.

Paintings for Hummingbirds

I paint miniature watercolors, measuring 1”-2” in size, using 20/0 spotter brushes on hot-pressed watercolor paper.

Lee Morrison Art

I paint the background with layers of paint using brushes and spatulas. Trees are painted using brushes and palette knives. I use painters tape to isolate and add transparent paint for fractal look.

Beth Houts Photo

I use vintage items I refurbish for artist made frames. I print my images of animals on canvas and hand stretch it to the item. I back and wire it to make a complete piece ready to hang.

Scarola Photography

My minimalistic approach challenges me to look beyond the obvious for unlikely photo opportunities, and allows the viewer to give their undivided attention to the subject matter of the photo.

Wiregreyhound

Photographer and visual storyteller based in Salem, Oregon. My primary subject is historical architecture, with a focus on abandonment. Post work includes the use of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

Nicole Hummel Ceramics

I create ceramic art that invites connection, contemplation, and beauty at home. From elegant dinnerware and whimsical teaware to abstract decorative piece, my forms emanate feeling and movement.

Pottery by Yvonne

I create functional Nerikomi (layered colored clays). I carve through the pieces to create layered patterns. My art is influenced by frequent travels to Moab, Bryce, and the Grand Canyon.

Rasa Clay Works

Our work is wheel thrown, in primarily porcelain and stoneware. Our glazes focus on eutectics from spraying and are hand formulated in our studio from raw earthen materials.

Riverside Studio

Sandra Gila is a resident and hidden gem in Bend, lovingly known as Sandra. Sandra is an 85 year old artist residing in Bend for the last seven years.

Sarah Goodnough

I begin with a random array of acrylic colors and texture on canvas. I sketch in the concept then build more spontaneous and calculated layers of color with various mark making tools until complete.

Sarah Robison Art

I create abstract paintings with alcohol ink, acrylic ink, and resin on synthetic paper mounted to wood panels. I use varying temperatures of air (airbrush, heat tool etc.) to achieve my compositions.

Terrance Guardipee

(Blackfeet Tribe) is a ledger artist and painter who depicts Blackfeet culture in his artwork. He uses ledger paper dating from the 19th and 20th centuries in his artwork.

Watercolor Wednesday

I use traditional watercolors to create adventure-inspired art. After painting, I scan and edit the artwork to offer affordable prints, stationery, and stickers without compromising quality.

Xochi Fine Art

My current collections are a mix of acrylic, gouache and inks. Most painted on 140lb archival papers. Currently working on florals, abstracts and landscape. It’s all about color and texture.

Glass Art

Art to Harmony

Fused glass employing multiple techniques including drop pot, screen drop, pattern bars, mosaic to create functional art.

Beaver State Glass

Using glass components from glass sheets cast by hand, I use powdered glass, pieces, and sheets to form items for art or everyday use.

Creative Beginnings

Sand, silica and soda ash make up the glass. Precious metals are added to the glass to create the colors. Gathered on a blow pipe and blown or sculpted into desired shapes.

Jan Schultz Designs LLC

Beveled glass handcrafted vases with patented acrylic liner. Unique structure simplifies creating elegant floral displays with minimal effort. Liner makes cleaning effortless. Various sizes available.

FINE ARTISTS

Jewelry

Arianna Nicolai

Jewelry

Women owned, made in Eugene, Or. Hand fabricated by myself from sterling silver, gold, stainless steel & brass. Using melting, rolling, hammering, soldering & torch to create one of a kind pieces.

Ashes to Apples

A2A is dedicated to making jewelry that resonates with the body and connects with the mind. I fabricate everything by hand using precious stones, silver and gold. I have been a metalsmith sense 2014.

Branch+Barrel

Branch+Barrel is an artist-run jewelry company based in Bend, OR. Handmade designs use natural wood, reclaimed barrel staves accented and botanicals with hand-forged metals and hand tinted resins.

Bucket Stand

I make jewelery using real plants and mushrooms i forage myself. I make necklaces, earrings, rings, hairpins, suit cuffs, bracelets and terrariums.

Dawn Jewelry

One of a kind jewelry inspired by the cleanlines, textures, and pigments found in nature. Each piece is hand fabricated using primarily sterling silver, brass, bronze, and semiprecious gemstones.

Mixed Media

Art By Dakota Dean

As a spray paint and stencil artist, everything I create is painted using artist-grade acrylic spray paint, applied through hand-cut multilayered stencils, made from my own original illustrations.

Diane Portwood Arts

My work is created using acrylic and spray paint for the main body of the painting. I then add 3D elements such as resined silk flowers or hand made LED. All of my works are finished with resin.

Map Your Adventure

Maps of real places, created digitally. I blend mapping tools & digital drawing to delineate borders, contours & shading. Not derived from existing maps. Artist printed limited editions, canvas/paper.

Mountain Fiber Designs

Macramé and fiber art including dip dye techniques on wall hangings, plant hangings and hat hangers. I use healing crystals, leather, suede and cotton cording along with juniper and natural wood.

Woodworking

Cedar Rose Woodworking

Vases and lighted sculptures made from wood harvested by the artist, storm damaged or dead trees, turned on a lathe, finished with a variety of finishes used to enhance or hold the natural color.

Joanna Lusk Designs

Hand Crafted & Hand Burned Wood Housewares.

Pith to Bark

Traditional woodworking utilizing sustainably sourced lumber, reclaimed wood and other organic material.

Erika Honig Jewelry

Bracelets, necklaces, earrings, hair clips and rings made with reindeer hide, a metal coil made of pewter, 4%silver alloy, antler buttons and beads. I braid the coil and sew by hand onto leather.

Honey Loom Designs

Needle felted wool is a wonderful material for earrings due to its lightweight quality. My earrings are inspired by everything colorful, happy & fun! My price range is $12-$38

Jane Pellicciotto

I make urban-inspired, mixed-material jewelry using polymer clay, metal, enamel, wood, found object. Techniques include soldering, riveting, stitching, image transfer and more.

Kiera Shine Jewelry

Mixed metal artisan jewelry and Hair Pins with gemstones, minerals, and fossils created using traditional metalsmithing techniques.

Mountain Home Arts

Hand collected chrysocolla from our property in Nevada is used in our sterling silver jewelry. Glass seed beads and cotton thread are woven together to breathe life into our seed bead jewelry.

SFM Designs

I design and make original belt buckles & bolos using silver & bronze and jasper (most from Oregon) & agate cabochons. I do my own metal, lapidary and leather work (belts fitted on site).

Snake River Nets

Handmade fishing nets, fly boxes & rod cases. All out of exotic woods. Laminated and bent to create the hoops. Many Engraved and inlayed with turquoise. Other wood turned items.

Studio Les Bois

Exotic woods transformed into your favorite landscapes. Hand drawn and cut one piece at a time. Solid hardwood mosaics are flat to the touch. Backlit with remote. No stains dyes or veneers.

Wild Flowear

I am a gardener that uses my garden flowers to make hand painted wall hangings, garden tables, and clocks.

Metalwork

Anton Yakushev Designs

Metal sculptures and works of art each hand forged from steel and finished with a custom crafted patina. Works include sculptural, functional and decorative forms, unique gifts for everyday life, etc.

Elegant Garden Design

These are metal garden art pieces, inspired by real-life species of flora and fauna. We cut the metal with a plasma torch, apply a rusty patina and occasionally finish by hand-painting with an acrylic.

Hollis ArtWorks

With imagination bursting just waiting to emerge we create thru welding, forging, grinding one of a kind artwork pieces. We take discarded metal and upcycle it into art. Smiles galore on all ages.

Meltdown Metal

I create naturally inspired art by hand no CNC computers are used. I sell both wall hanging, table top and garden sculptures. I like to incorporate natural elements like wood and antlers to my pieces.

Luna B Jewelry

Luna B is a collection of handmade, laser cut, and laser engraved jewelry, featuring colorful hoop earrings in various shapes and sizes as well as delightful seasonal designs.

Sabine Schran-Collings

All our work is fabricated in sterling silver and 14k or 18k gold. Etching and roller printing techniques are used to achieve textures on the metals. A variety of stones are set in bezels to add color.

Wild by Design

I make real botanical and faux insect jewelry. Once the flowers, ferns, or fruit are pressed, I encase them in resin. I then add in materials such as silver, gold, stones, and beautiful paper insects.

Waber Ranch Creations

I am a rock hound, lapidary and metal smith and create all my pieces from stone cutting to the settings in fine and sterling silver. I use what I collect when I can.

Vicknair Arts

Color infused epoxy resin paintings on wood. Transparent and solid colored resin combine with pearl and metal powders to create one of a kind originals with depth and texture

My Art Maker LLC

My work is acrylic on canvas detailed with graphite or charcoal pencil. Each piece is sprayed with a matte fixative and framed. They are all signed, dated and wired with D-rings ready to hang.

Nzalamba Artworks

African Batik on cotton also reproduced into lithos & archival prints. Images, based on themes created by co-artist Lungala Rubadiri represent family, friendship, hope, happiness, peace and love.

Paper Cut

I am a paper artist. I roll strips of paper into segments and place them to create a desired effect.The work is framed and mounted behind glass. It has three dimensional quality.

Sitimorba

I dry, cut and sand tree rounds which then become my canvases for earth pigment, natural wood stain and plant-based paintings. All are sealed with resin-based sealant.

Textiles

De Los Angeles

Weaving

Specializes in authentic high quality weaving, uses hand looms and hand made wool. Our highly skilled textile artists transform the raw wool into one of a kind piece created to last a lifetime.

P.J. Niche

The blankets are handwoven in USA by a sixth generation weaver from Macedonia with 100% super soft merino wool in traditional early American Rosenkransen and twill patterns. They are also preshrunk.

Turning From The Wood

I’m a wood turner, making art symbolic of the equanimity we experience in life, intentionally leaving the cracks and holes and inviting you to reflect on life’s journey. Accepting both the good & bad.

Every child at Bend Fall Festival gets to leave with a perfectly painted pumpkin to take home. Select the perfect size pumpkin from our local selection and then let your imagination run wild! Paint spooky faces, fall scenes or a colorful abstract masterpieces.

All art materials are included so little ones can spend the day getting creative!

Kids Harvest Run

SATURDAY - 12pm, Troy Field

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 30th for an exciting PacificSource Kids Rock the Races event!

Kids between the ages of 3-10 will have a blast on this fun course at Troy Field (just south of the Bend Fall Festival). Each little runner will receive a pumpkin to take back to the Bend Family Play Zone’s Pumpkin Painting Station after the race.

Ages 3 to 4 — 12:00pm

Ages 5 to 7 — 12:10pm

Ages 8 to 10 — 12:20pm

Saturday, 11am-6:30pm

Sunday, 11am-5pm

Oregon between Bond and Lava

Enjoy two days of family fun from First Interstate Bank Bend Fall Festival. It will be more fun than ever. Bounce houses, kids’ activities and more!

Pumpkin Painting

Sip, Shop and Mingle

Bend Sauce

2 Angry Cats

Cutco Cutlery

541 Trading LLC

Catman Cellars

Coalition Tea

Laurel Ridge Winery

Stavoren Trading Co

Lava Terrace Cellars

Lazy Z Ranch Wines

Paradis Vineyards

Melting Pot Candy

Newk’s Hot Sauce

Ascend Mushrooms

BēRUNA Living Foods

Broadus Bees

Kook’i

Royal Juice

Cathleen Hylton Intuitive Reader and Teacher

Consciously Curly Co LLC.

Enagic

Eternal Health Chtiropractic

F45 Training

Hawaiian Moon

Manuka Mana

Mister OK’s Essentials

Portlandia Candle Co

Bahko Eyewear

Bridge City Kid

CD Orginials

Central Oregon Psychic

Fabulous Fabrics

Happy Yak

Honey I’m Home

ISoMimo

Landmarks Unlimited

MeerCatArt

Modern Games

Om Gaia Tree Designs

Orange Lily Designs

Piel Canela Peru

Rhaay Outdoors

Rawmona’s Kitchen

Sarita Star Designs

Stellar Stones

Sticks & Stones

Tate & Adele

The Golden Era of Cinema

The Roost Barber Lounge

Triumph Outpost

Wayward & Wild Wayward Saints

Za Zen

Rose Roots Design Studio

Orange Theory

Pure Polish Products

Smokey Bag Jerky

The Alchemical Rose

The Loving Fungi

Wild for Oregon

Bend Business Showcase

AirLink

BendFilm

Cascade Van

Bath Planet

Ductless Air & Heating

LeafFilter North

Lolo Tree Works

Manski Media

Mathnasium of Bend

Pro Caliber Motorsports

Purelight Power

Regency Pacific Management

Renewal by Anderson

Smile-A-Mile Painting

Summit Cleaning & Restoration

T-Mobile

Volunteers in Medicine

FOOD

Saturday & Sunday

Minnesota Ave between Bond St & Wall St

Bee Chama Honey

Cascade Winds Creations

Derive Jewelry

El Yunuque Creations

Farmhouse Pies

High Peak

Penelope’s Soaps & Such Curmuffins

Mailekai Creates

Mythical Chocolate

Mt. View Farm

lil mama megs

Tumalo Tea

Bugsidermy

Peaceful Pet Supplements

The Cokeley Collection Rio Good

Food & ink

Check out this year’s food options!

Local favorites serving up deliciousness all weekend long.

DRINK

The Bob Zorba the Greek TOTS!

Rico’s Tacos

Bend Yay!

Dump City Dumplings

Queens of Kettle Corn

Carmelita’s Authentic Mexican Food Crepe-o-holics

The Corndog Company

Dippin Dots by SubZero Products

Sunriver Rippin

Sunriver Mosquito

Sunriver Oktoberfest

Sunriver Clearview

Sunriver Rivermark

Avid Cider Blood Orange

Avid Cider Blackberry

San Juan Seltzer Huckleberry

San Juan Seltzer Wild Blackberry

Bend Wiener Dog Race & Running of the Bulldogs

SUnday, OCT.1

Day-of Registration: 11am-noon

Running of the Bulls: Noon

Wiener Dog Races: 1:00pm

Location: Troy Field in Downtown Bend

$20 registration fee per dog - to be donated to HSCO

Sign up online at bendfallfestival.com or on site!

Sponsored by Veterinary Referral Services of Central Oregon, this promises to be an unforgettable experience for the whole family. On Sunday, October 1st at Noon, festival-goers can join in the festivities at Troy Field in downtown Bend and witness the race of a lifetime.

Wiener Dog Race

Dash to Victory!

Daschunds of all sizes and colors will gather to compete in the eagerly anticipated Wiener Dog Race. Cheer on your favorite four-legged friend as they chase the title of fastest wiener dog in town!

START TIME: 1pm

Running of the Bulldogs

Bulldozing the Competition!

But that’s not all – the Bend Fall Festival is turning up the heat with the Running of the Bulldogs. Watch these robust bulldogs show off their strength and determination as they thunder down the track.

START TIME: 12PM

Saturday

Stein hold competition at 7:30pm

Stein hold competition at 7:30pm

Prize: signature growler and gift card

Prize: signature growler and gift card

German Menu

German Menu

Kobold Brewing

Kobold Brewing

The Lair: Hammerschlaggen beginning at 4pm and continuing every hour until 9pm. German Bratwurst, Pretzels and Beer Cheese special.

The Lair: Hammerschlaggen beginning at 4pm and continuing every hour until 9pm. German Bratwurst, Pretzels and Beer Cheese special.

Outside In

Outside In

Show up to the store in costume, take a photo and tag them on social media to be put in a raffle.

Show up to the store in costume, take a photo and tag them on social media to be put in a raffle.

Lark Mountain Modern Samples of Brownbag Popcorn’s Honey Mustard Pretzel while you shop.

Lark Mountain Modern Samples of Brownbag Popcorn’s Honey Mustard Pretzel while you shop.

Topa 3D

Topa 3D

Business in German decor, beer available, Bavarian photo area, German hats to the first 20 people in Oktoberfest costumes

Business in German decor, beer available, Bavarian photo area, German hats to the first 20 people in Oktoberfest costumes

Wild Petals Provisions

Wild Petals Provisions

Artisan Cheese & Fondue

Artisan Cheese & Fondue

Worthy Brewing Burgers & Beers

Worthy Brewing Burgers & Beers

Stein Hold at the top of every hour from 12-9pm. Brat & Beer Special or Pretzel & Beer Special. Special beer on tap: Hoppenwolf

Stein Hold at the top of every hour from 12-9pm. Brat & Beer Special or Pretzel & Beer Special. Special beer on tap: Hoppenwolf

The Commons

Oktoberfest beers on tap.

The Commons Oktoberfest beers on tap.

Revolvr

Revolvr

Oktoberfest Beer while you shop

Oktoberfest Beer while you shop

Bend Brewing Company

Bend Brewing Company

Live, Oktoberfest music in the beer garden, Steins for sale, German inspired beers on tap, and German food available

Live, Oktoberfest music in the beer garden, Steins for sale, German inspired beers on tap, and German food available

Desperado Boutique

Desperado Boutique

Soft pretzels available at store and a Fall Sale

Soft pretzels available at store and a Fall Sale

Downtown Bend Chicken Dance at 5pm.

Downtown Bend

Chicken Dance at 5pm.