Annual Events in Downtown Bend

Downtown Bend is the heart of Bend, Oregon.  With 100-year old buildings and a rich fabric of events, award-winning restaurants, and unique boutiques & galleries - Downtown Bend is the place to be.  Originally founded in 1903, you can walk the exact streets and shop in the same buildings that Bend residents and visitor have been enjoying for over 100 years. 

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Events by Month

January

• Skier Scavenger Hunt in Downtown
• Welcome Mt. Bachelor Ski Groups

February

• Dates in Downtown
• The MUSE Conference
• Welcome Mt. Bachelor Ski Groups

March

• The MUSE Conference
• Restaurant Week
• Bend Women's March
• ​Welcome Mt. Bachelor Ski Groups
• America's Mainstreet 25K Contest

April

• My Downtown Bend Contest
• Bring on Spring
• Earth Day Parade & Fair
• Bend Marathon
• America's Mainstreet 25K Contest

May

• Downtown Bend Celebration Night

June

• Bend Beer Chase
• Heaven Can Wait 5K
• Bite of Bend
• Downtown Bend Blood Drive

July

• Bend Summer Festival
• Pet Parade
• Old Fashioned 4th of July in Drake Park
• Munch & Music

August

• Classic Car Show
• Little Woody Craft Brew Fest
• Munch & Music
• Theater in the Park

September

• The Great Drake Duck Race
• Bend Oktoberfest (Raising Funds for Downtown!)

October

• Bend Fall Festival
• BendFilm Festival
• Bend Venture Conference
• Bend Design
• ​Downtown Trick-or-Treating Event

November

• Veteran's Day Parade
• Ladies Night in Downtown Bend
• Shop Small Saturday

​​December

• Santa's Village
• Community Christmas Tree Lighting
• Jingle Bell Run
• Bend Christmas Parade
• Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl (Raising Funds for Downtown!)

Weekly Happenings

Bend Farmers Market
Bend Farmers Market is blossoming into one of Oregon’s leading farm–direct marketplaces. They bring growers and producers to people like you who hunger for fresh, local, healthy foods and agricultural goods.

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First Friday Art Walk

​First Friday Art Walk is the first Friday of every month from 5pm to 9pm.  Find more information on the First Friday Facebook page or website.

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Saturday Market

​10am to 4pm every Saturday from Memorial Day through Labor Day, 520 NW Wall Street (across from the Deschutes Library). 

Enjoy shopping local with Downtown merchants and Saturday Market vendors.  

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Downtown Venues

The Tower Theatre
The Commons
Tin Pan Theater
McMenamins (Stage)
McMenamins (Theater)
Drake Park
The Capitol
Seven

The Tin Pan Theatre

Downtown Art Galleries

Mockingbird Gallery
Peterson Roth Gallery
Red Chair Gallery
Karen Bandy Studio
Jeffery Murray Studio
Mary Medrano Gallery
​At Liberty Arts Collaborative

Mockingbird Gallery on Wall Street

Muse Conference's Rainn Wilson workshop

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