Summerfest Guide 2024 by The Source Weekly

BEND’S CELEBRATION OF SUMMER

July 12-14th

Get ready for the ultimate summer celebration! The 2024 First Interstate Bank Bend Summer Festival is ready to fill the streets of Downtown Bend with Central Oregon’s largest art showcase, live music, open skateboarding, family fun, and more!

Free live music will be a focal point of the festival, with performances by Bandulus, Ants in The Kitchen and more. The festival ensures there’s something for everyone in the family with the Family Play Zone and the Kids Summer Sprint. Kids can engage in interactive activities, games, and entertainment designed to spark their creativity and provide endless fun. In addition to the art, music, skateboarding, and family-friendly activities, the Bend Summer Festival features the Bend Business Showcase, Oregon Lifestyle exhibits, and a Conscious Living Showcase.

MUSIC & FOOD ONLY

Music & Food Only

Welcome to the First Interstate Bank Bend Summer Festival!

This annual tradition—back for its 32nd year—is a true showcase of arts, culture, and community, and First Interstate Bank is proud to once again be its Title Sponsor. I invite you to be a kid again and enjoy three days of live music and family fun, right here in downtown Bend. Decide for yourself what the “bestest” part is—the art, play zone, live music, skateboarding, or—my personal favorite—the food!

Since 1991, the Bend Summer Festival has donated more than $93,000 to local charities. Proceeds from this year’s event will support The Giving Plate, the largest food pantry in Central Oregon Learn more about The Giving Plate by visiting bendsummerfestival.com/beneficiary/.

First Interstate has been part of the fabric of many hard-working towns and cities for over 55 years. We believe community banking is about more than accounts and transactions. It’s about taking care of the places we call home, and making our communities better places to live, work, and play. We’re so glad you’re here to join us in celebrating the things that make Bend and Central Oregon so special.

Enjoy the festivities!

Cameronne Mosher Bend Market President

EVENT

HOURS

Event Hours Presented

FRIDAY, JULY 12 4 - 10 PM All Areas Open

Friday, July 12 Saturday, July 13 Sunday, July 14 4pm - 10pm 11am - 10pm 11am - 5pm ALL AREAS

SATURDAY, JULY 13 11 AM - 10 PM

SUNDAY, JULY 14 11 AM - 5 PM

Mainstage

Friday, July 12

4 - 5 PM ERIN COLE BAKER

OREGON AVENUE BETWEEN BOND STREET & LAVA ROAD

5:30 - 6:30 PM LONG GONE WILDER

7 - 8 PM THE JACOB JOLIFF BAND Presented by Tower Theater

8:30 - 10 PM BANDULUS

Saturday, July 13

11:30 AM -12:30 PM CASCADE SCHOOL OF MUSIC

1 -2 PM CASCADE SCHOOL OF MUSIC

2:30 - 3:30 PM JOEL CHADD DUO

4 - 5 PM DESERT WHEEL HOUSE

5:30 - 6:30 PM SPEEDWAY SLEEPER

7 - 8 PM WATKINS GLEN

8:30 - 10 PM ANTS IN THE KITCHEN

Tr u s t e d s i n c e 1 9 7 7

Skateboarding Competitions

with Tactics

Tactics will host two days of skateboarding competitions, clinics and open skateboarding during Bend Summer Festival. On Saturday and Sunday, bring your board (and helmet if under 18) to skate custom features set up downtown on NW Irving Ave. There will be local Tactics skate team riders on site along with opportunities to snag stickers, prizes, and more!

Saturday

11 AM - 1 PM SKATE CLINIC

3 - 5 PM CONTESTS w/ Tactics Prizes

5 - 7 PM OPEN SKATE

Sunday

11 AM - 1 PM SKATE CLINIC

3 - 5 PM OPEN SKATE

Bend Family Play Zone

SATURDAY 11AM-8PM | SUNDAY 11AM-5PM

Summer entertainment for kids and families. Get ready for some fun in the sun! Enjoy bouncers, family activities, games, and tasty treats.

Kids Summer Sprint

A PacificSource Kids Rock the Races event

Join us on Saturday, July 13 for an exciting PacificSource Kids Rock the Races event! Kids between the ages of 3-10 will have a blast on this fun summer themed course at Troy Field. Register Here: runsignup.com/Race/Register/?raceId=153678

Saturday, July 8 | Noon | Troy Field

Ages 3 to 4 12:00 PM

Ages 5 to 7 12:10 PM

Ages 8 to 10 12:20 PM

About PacificSource Kids Rock the Races

Does your kid want to join in on the fun? Are you hoping to instill your love for running and the outdoors? Not only is this race series a chance for little ones to be a part of the “Big Kid” races, but it’s also a great way to teach children how to lead a healthy lifestyle.

The races are non-competitive — everyone receives a finishers ribbon and a punch card for earning more prizes! Run multiple races, earn more prizes!

Bouncing off the Wall

Bouncers are $20, cash only, for an unlimited day pass.

ON BOND STREET AND MINNESOTA AVENUE

Fine Artists Promenade

Ocean-inspired functional

Wheel-thrown and sculpturally altered porcelain and stoneware, highly textural, large in scale, using self-formulated high-fired

High-quality clay objects with faces, cats, snarky sayings, and whimsical

Functional pots thrown on the wheel using an assortment of stoneware clay bodies, featuring hand-carved silhouettes of local landmarks or wildlife, glazed in rich colors.

Hier Technos: Stoneware and porcelain clay with a variety of glaze and firing techniques.

Timeless Creation Ceramics: Mainly works with porcelain, combining wheel-thrown and hand-built methods, often including unique hand-painting and/or carving to convey a message or inspiration.

FIBER

Mountain Fiber Designs: Traditional and modern macramé and fiber art, including wall hangings, plant hangers, home decor, belts, bags, and earrings, often incorporating dip dyeing, natural stones, crystals, and feathers.

sam + finn: Unique home and personal accessories using found materials to create a balance of pattern, texture, and value.

Erin Meyer Fine Art: Utilizes unusual textures, using fabric remnants called selvage to produce unique, one-of-a-kind art pieces.

GLASS

Beaver State Glass: Glass components are cut and assembled by hand, then fired in a kiln to melt the glass and form it into plates or bowls.

Michael K. Originals / Gravity Glass Art: Glass wall art and sculptured slump glass, incorporating materials like gold/silver leaf, metal, copper/ aluminum wire, wood, and stone.

Art to Harmony: Fused glass using multiple techniques to create functional art.

Dasein Designs: Contemporary stained glass windows using earth elements to amplify the narrative.

Zion Warne Studios: Shaping and sculpting glass at 2000 degrees, adding color, and cooling slowly in a kiln.

Glass by Carel: Creating unique glass goblets, stemless cups, vases, pendants, earrings, straws, and sculptures using borosilicate glass and an oxygen/propane torch.

JEWELRY

MarkitaRita Jewelry: Sterling silver pieces featuring high-quality gemstones, using techniques like soldering, sawing, stamping, hammering, filing, forming, and polishing.

Dawn Jewelry: One-of-a-kind jewelry inspired by the Pacific Northwest, hand-fabricated with sterling silver, brass, bronze, and semiprecious gemstones.

Sabine Schran-Collings Contemporary Jewelry: Sterling silver combined with 14K, 18K, 22K gold, and precious stones, using etching and roller printing techniques.

Mountain Home Arts: Hand-collected stones from a mine, set in fine and sterling silver, along with seed bead jewelry made with glass seed beads and cotton thread.

Branch+Barrel: Handmade jewelry designs using natural wood, reclaimed barrel staves, botanicals, hand-forged metals, and hand-tinted resins.

Real to the Roots: Copper and brass jewelry coated with acids and detailed with a dremel, each piece unique.

Tree Myriah: Refined jewelry for modern, free-spirited women, connecting with beauty through nature and gemstones.

Wild Moon Jewelry: Traditional metalsmithing techniques with stones sourced from Oregon, inspired by the beauty of Central Oregon.

Ashes To Apples: Unique jewelry crafted with sterling silver, 14K gold, precious stones, using hand fabrication and lost wax casting.

Pestana Jewelry: Local handmade jewelry using metalsmithing techniques to create sterling silver and turquoise pieces in a Western/Bohemian style.

Jewlery by Viki: Abstract shapes seen in nature turn into airy, feminine jewelry. Each shape is hand formed from wire, then soldered, hammered and polished. Then, each piece is meticulously wire wrapped with a variety of semi-precious stones.

METAL

Sue Priest Innovations: Copper art using oxy/ propane to heat, draw, and color the copper, creating colorful oxidation patterns, finished with grinding and sealant.

Elegant Garden Design/Rusty Birds: Metal garden art crafted into the likeness of flora and fauna, cut with a plasma torch, and then rusted for patina or hand-painted.

Anton Yakushev Designs: Metal art in sculptural, functional, and decorative forms, including interior design and kitchen tools, all hand-forged from bare metal.

MIXED MEDIA

Elena Mosko Art: Acrylics, foils, rice paper, and natural pigments combined to celebrate wildlife and the human spirit.

Remix Materials Studio: Non-recyclable plastic used as a unique medium, impacting the final composition through selection and modification.

Nzalamba Artworks: African batik art on cotton, reproduced into litho and archival prints, representing themes of family, friendship, hope, happiness, peace, and love.

Muffet Designs Postage Stamp Art: Postage stamp collage art created from stamps around the world.

with layered designs set in deep frames.

Samo’s Bonsai & Gifts: Bonsai trees with carefully controlled shapes and proportions, maintained through pruning roots and tops.

PAINTING & DRAWING

Art By Calista: Acrylic pour backgrounds and oil-painted realism to create abstracted landscapes.

Lee Morrison Art: Layered paint backgrounds with trees painted using brushes and palette knives, often using painters tape for a fractal look.

Pecoff Fine Art: Oil paintings on canvas, transforming the familiar into the extraordinary with vibrant colors and exaggerated perspectives.

Todd Tebbs Art: Acrylic paintings with bold brushwork, vivid colors, and intricate layering techniques.

Megan Marie Myers Art: Original acrylic paintings professionally captured and reproduced into a variety of keepsakes and gifts.

Shirley Kay Art: Visual artist creating semi-realism portraits of animals with a nod to abstract in each piece.

Lessa Clayton Art: Photo-realistic Oregon landscape painter using glazing techniques to build color and depth.

Pail Art: Geometric bird and nature artwork merging graphic art with oil painting.

Watercolor Wednesday: Hand-painted watercolor art, scanned and incorporated into cards, art prints, and stickers.

Rachel Elise Art: High-quality watercolor paintings sold framed or matted, with prints made from high-resolution scans.

Izabella Rain Art: Symbolic works inspired by the natural and cosmic worlds, using gouache, watercolor, ink, and acrylic.

Canyon & Cove: Original artwork using gouache, color pencils, and pastels, sold as originals and reproductions.

Maija Rebecca Hand Drawn: The creative process starts with original acrylic and watercolor paintings or illustrations and then digital illustrated elements are added.

Heather Renee Fine Art: Paintings created by hand using traditional and non-traditional watercolor techniques. The end result looks like a mix of watercolor and colored pencil!

PHOTOGRAPHY

Scarola Photography: Minimalistic approach focusing on the subject matter, challenging the viewer’s perspective.

FW Photography: Medium format camera used to create large, vibrant prints.

Gary Quay Photography: Uses both film and digital capture, with archival darkroom or inkjet prints.

Kellelynne H Riley: Original photographs layered into collages and reproduced on metal with dye sublimation.

Patrick Campbell Photography: Images are captured with Nikon digital cameras and processed using Adobe Photoshop and other software. Edited images are printed on dye sublimation metal, canvas, and photographic paper.

Fennario Views: Filtered photographs shot with digital filters to create artistic renditions of our local scenery.

SCULPTURE

Meltdown Metal Art: Metal artist creating naturally inspired art using blacksmith and welding techniques, all handmade.

WOOD

Wood Creations: Self-taught woodworker creating unique gifts using the natural colors and textures of various woods.

Rushing River Design: Durable epoxy and wood products for everyday use.

Mandrake Roots: Propagation stations and shelves made from different types of wood, incorporating metal, glass, and stones.

Joe Glassford: Home wall art, segmented octagon bowls, lazy Susans, and upcycled wood and metal tables.

Erickson Wood Designs: Woodworker/furniture maker creating simple, unique, and elegant boxes, steam-bent salad servers, and wall sculptures.

Christian Murillo Photography: Minimalist landscape photography printed in black and white on metal, with smaller color prints available.

Beautiful Oregon: Digital capture with minimal post-processing, aqueous pigment giclée prints, and archival framing.

Shaun Downey Photography: Art in nature photography produced on aluminum, depicting western wildlife and landscapes.

Brandon Hoxie Photography: Digital camera artwork processed in Lightroom and Photoshop, printed on metal, canvas, or giclée paper.

Lightly Spiced: Iridescent soap bubble photography and unique nature photos.

Hudson River Inlay: Marquetry the fine art of wood inlay. Design an image; select the woods (and shells and stones) based on hues, grains & textures. Cut & inlay each piece. Glue, sand, press and finish with a lacquer.

One Man One Garage: Artfully designed, whimsical 3D miniature models made of wood. Also small to large wall pieces of street maps for over 300 cities around the world.

Fine Artists Promenade

Amejko Artistry: Wood canvases with woven wool designs.

Your health plan isn’t required to answer your call with humans.

Unless your health plan is PacificSource.

Human service. Not automated phone trees. Just another way PacificSource goes beyond what’s required to put members first.

Gourmet Food

LOCAL

FAVORITES SERVING UP DELICIOUSNESS ALL WEEKEND LONG.

• The BOB

• The Corndog Company of Central Oregon

• Dippin Dots

• Dump City Dumplings

• Island Noodles

• Rippin

• Vicious Mosquito

• Fuzztail

• Rivermark

• Bondi - Main Bar ONLY

• Qualiserve

• Ricos Tacos

• Sangers Gourmet Hamburgers

• The Pizza Cart

• Bend-Yay Beignets

• Southern Accents

• Zorba the Greek Truck

• The Village Perk

• Lulu’s Sno Shack

• Adamos Carnival Eats

• Sabor Peru

COLD BEER, DELICIOUS COCKTAILS AND MORE!

• X Squeeze Me

• Crepe-Oh-Holics

• Jia’s Asian Street Kitchen

• Northwest Wing Shop

• Pineapple Mango

• Blackberry Currant

• Vodka Sea Breeze

• Spiked Arnold Palmer with Whiskey

Beneficiary

• Sparkling White

• Sparkling Rose

EVERY YEAR, A PORTION OF PROCEEDS FROM FIRST INTERSTATE BANK BEND SUMMER FESTIVAL IS DONATED TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT. THE GIVING PLATE IS THIS YEAR’S BENEFICIARY!

The Giving Plate is a grassroots food pantry that was founded in early 2010. Our mission is – “Feeding the hungry today with compassion and hospitality”. Over the past 11 years, The Giving Plate has grown from an initial dream to serve a total of 500 families experiencing food insecurity to now being the largest food pantry in Central Oregon with three hunger-relief programs (Food Box program, Kid’s Korner, and Backpacks for Bend). Currently, we are serving well over 500 families each month in our food box program alone and about 40,000 individuals a year in all of our hunger-relief programs.

Feeding the hungry is what we do, but it is only one small part of who we are and what we want to accomplish. By living our mission, we are intentional in our efforts to remove the stigma and shame commonly associated with visiting food pantries. We work hard to create an environment for our guests that is warm, welcoming, and rich with hope.

THEGIVINGPLATE.ORG

PROUD SPONSOR OF

Oregon Lifestyle Marketplace

SATURDAY & SUNDAY | COME LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE ON MINNESOTA AVENUE!

Join us in presenting the full spectrum of the Oregon Lifestyle! From local handmade goods, specialty food products and award-winning wine. The Oregon Lifestyle area will showcase what is so unique and compelling about our little slice of heaven in the Pacific Northwest.

• Stavoren Trading Co

• Portland Caramel Company

• Yuko K Designs

• K9 Crack

• Last Chance Cafe

• Ablis CBD

• Crater Lake Spirits

• San Juan Seltzer

• Stio

• TDS

• Altitude Beverages

• Off-Piste Provisions

• AirLink CCT / AirMedcare

• Willamette Valley Vineyards

• Last Chance Cafe

• Laurel Ridge Winery

• We’re The Wurst

• Be Oregon Clothing Co.

• Catman Cellars

• Presh by Nicole Apostoli

• Lazy Z Ranch Wines

The Soul Collective

SATURDAY & SUNDAY | OREGON AVENUE

• Wild for Oregon

• Broadus Bees

• Fred Sauce

• Beardwood Beard Oil

• Brim Bar PNW

Explore clothing and accessories that exhibit the influences of rich textiles from vintage to global. Indulge your creative side and discover a source of inspiration through artfulness and good design. Escape from the everyday and fulfill your soul by embracing mindfullness and well-being.

• Bureau de Bureau

• Kyla Rae Design

• Stellar Stones

• Rhaay Outdoors

• Island Child Threads

• Feel Good Shorts Co.

• Aurora Aster Creations

• American VIP

• Custom Works

• Little Desert Rebels

• Happy Yak

• Walkabout Women’s

Clothing

• BohoMajik

• Hart Strings Art

• Fluff Hardware

• MeerCat Art

• Nailivic Studios

• Rusty Nail Heritage

• Yellowstone River Trading

• Consciously Crafted Jewelry

• CD Originals

• Bridge City Kid

• International Accents

• Gypsy Junk

• Fuzzie Dot

• Colibri Andean Fibers

• Willis Woods

• Bugsidermy

• J. Marie Jewelry

• Om Gaia Tree Designs

• Indigo Trading Post

• Sustainable for Good

• Clay and Chain

• Mountain Top Mentality

• Peruvian Arts

• Corvidopolis

• Wrenna Monet LLC

• Papilionidae Studio

• Nashelle Jewelry

• Wayward & Wild

• Soul Jour

• Flexipower Beautiful Hair

• Liv’s Boutique & Thrift Shop

• Toketee

Conscious Living Showcase

SATURDAY & SUNDAY | MINNESOTA AVENUE

Take a journey through the healing and wellness showcase and discover compassion, purpose and contribution. Be empowered to make changes in ourselves and in our daily lives to create a sustainable environment and a peaceful world.

• Central Oregon Psychic

• Hawaiian Moon

• Manuka Mana

• Cathleen Hylton Intuitive Reader & Teacher

• NW Raw

• Yeti Scrubs

• Oregon Health Insurance

• The Royal Juice Company

• The Loving Fungi

• Mill View Memory Care

• SweatHouz Bend

• One Peak Medical