First Friday Art Walk | Oct 4th

It's First Friday Art Walk in Downtown Bend!  Here's what we've got going on:

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Bend Film HQ opens for First Friday

Join Bend Film At Liberty Arts, 849 NW Wall Street, for First Friday in downtown Bend! Enjoy wine by Elixir as you browse the beautiful festival guide, ask us questions about films, and watch festival trailers.

Buy your Festival passes and tickets or sign up to become a year-round BendFilm member. Now is the time to start planning the 16th Annual BendFilm Festival to watch an amazing lineup of indie films, meet filmmakers from all over the world, and more!

Holiday Race Registration at Footzone

​Visit FootZone at Downtown Bend First Friday Art Walk on 10/4, and sign up for all your favorite holiday races in one place!
Register for I Like Pie 2019, and get a tasty piece of pie, and then wander over to the Jingle Bell Run table for a candy cane with your registration!

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First Friday Cosmic Moon at Wren and Wild

Grab a friend this first Friday for an evening of cosmic Moon Juice drinks and art with Alex Drury. Let's sip and chat all about this one wild life we are all living 💙

Oregon Natural Desert Association & Merrell at Outside In

Our October Downtown Bend First Friday Art Walk will be on Friday, Oct. 4th. Local non-profit Oregon Natural Desert Association will be here and promoting the Wild & Scenic Film Festival that is showing that day. You can also searn about their programs and how you can get involved with this awesome non-profit.
Also, one of our favorite brands, Merrell will have a table with complimentary beverages, a raffle to win Merrell swag and we will be talking about our Nature Hike that will be the following morning on Oct. 5th. Proceeds from the raffle will be donated to Oregon Natural Desert Association.

Leadbetter Band at The Commons

Come on down toThe Commons for first Friday featuring Leadbetter Band! Rock n Roll and rippin vocals will surely keep you warm on this October night! ​

Art Walk at Village Interiors on Lava Ave.

Please join us for snacks and beverages in Downtown Bend for First Friday Artwalk: October 4th 5:00-8:00PM.

FF Artwalk October: Moontea x FOUND

Introducing eco-friendly art by Moontea! Small batches of hand-carved wood block prints on linen and recycled paper with water-based inks by Kristin Loganbill known as Moontea Artwork.

Official artist exhibition October 4, 2019 (5pm - 8pm)

Nicole Fontana-Campbell at Deschutes!

Come by the Pub during the Downtown Bend, Oregon First Friday Art Walk and welcome our artist of the month: Nicole Fontana-Campbell.

Nicole Fontana-Campbell has always loved the arts, especially painting. She pursued her dream by attending Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY
on a President's Scholarship, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. After graduating in 2005, she launched Fontana Painting and has been painting ever since. She now lives in Bend, OR with her rambunctious family. Her murals and artwork can be found
all around town as she enjoys making contributing to her community. ​

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First Friday at Red Chair Gallery

Please join us on this First Friday for an open reception at the Gallery. Red Chair will showcase the work of three artists in October.

Our display stands will show fused glass by Deb Borine. Her pieces include unique glass "landscapes" of our beautiful countryside, as well as plates and bowls rich in layered colors. Our walls will hold Linda Swindle's watercolors of kaleidoscope-hued animals, both wild and domestic. The garment rack will sport Swindle's hand-painted silk scarves. Also on display will be Jacqueline Newbold's watercolors of her recent travels to France and Italy.

Come in and see our special display this month.

Jenn Culp-Art Walk at Velvet

Born and raised in rural Idaho, Jenn spent countless hours outside. Her family road-tripped all around the west camping and exploring. Jenn’s parents both studied biology/botany and are avid birders. They taught her a lot about the natural world, and have always inspired her love of ecology and living creatures.
Living in this current moment/ our environment in a precarious state, humankind learning how to cope with the impact we make...her paintings have evolved into a sort of meditation, a therapy for dealing with emotional conflict concerning our environment. Grateful for the ecological systems and all the elements that compose life. ​

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First Friday tasting with C4K!

Cause-driven coffee?! Yep! Please come join us at J Dub this Friday as we welcome Bend's own Coffee4Kids as they taste out their deliciously smooth cold brew coffee... also give a shot at their CBD-infused cold brew as it swirls through a house-made one-off specialty cocktail! Pair that along with J Dub's tasty weekend food specials and you have yourself a solid start to your Fall Fest weekend!

Friday At The Blacksmith

Absolutely one of favorite places for a glass of wine, a cold brew, a hand crafted cocktail & incredible menu! Oh!... and, of course, one of our favorites places to lay down some smooth grooves. Come on down & say hello!

Save the Planet, Wear Sustainable Tour - Bend, OR

Toad&Co is on a mission to prove that living a sustainable life can be bold, badass, and COOL. The apparel industry is the 4th largest global polluter and the way we see it, you can either go nude or wear sustainable.

We're choosing to wear sustainable, and traversing the country in our '59 Shasta trailer Buffy to celebrate how your community is saving the planet - and we're coming to the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Bend, OR!

Stop by to listen to shop, check out our trailer (with an interior made from completely sustainable materials), and learn about steps you can take to live a more sustainable life.

For more on the Toad&Co Save the Planet tour, head here: https://www.toadandco.com/save-the-planet