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THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
cover story If you go What: Bend Fall Festival When: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday (Family Harvest Area closes at 5 p.m.), 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday (Family Harvest Area closes at 4 p.m.) Where: Downtown Bend Cost: Free admission Contact: www.c3events.com or 541-389-0995
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$10 entry fee is tax-deductible and goes to the Prostate Awareness Research Foundation, and you’ll get a 10 percent discount from participating food and beverage vendors. Overall, Fall Festival is “a great way for our community to come out, en masse, one final time, to gather and say ‘goodbye’ for the event season until next year,”
Saturday 11 a.m — Lino with Brent Alan 12:30 p.m. — Fall Festival Artist Trunk Show 1 p.m. — Five Pint Mary 2:30 p.m. — JuJuba 4:30 p.m. — Katt and the Roots Revolution Band 6:30 p.m. — Hillstomp 8:30 p.m. — Supersuckers Sunday 11 a.m. — Gospel Choir of the Cascades 1 p.m. — Leaves Russell 3 p.m. — Fall Festival Artist Trunk Show 3:30 p.m. — Elliot
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nip in the smoky air. An orange tint spreading across leaves. Neighborhood kids hucking crabapples all over the place. Autumnal imagery trotted out in articles concerning the season. All telltale signs that it’s getting to be fall. Another sign: Bend Fall Festival, that yearly confection of food, shopping, music, art and fun, happening Saturday and Sunday smack in the middle of downtown Bend (see “If you go”). C3 Events’ Cameron Clark said his company has learned something in its 10th year of producing the festival. “We’ve learned that there’s a balance one has to accomplish when producing these events. It’s that people are enthusiastic about expecting some basic elements of the festivals to stay the same — pony and wagon rides, lots of hay, best baked-pie competitions, pumpkin painting contests, fine art, crafts … beers, wines, live music, and other fall-themed activities.” Make that more than 100 juried arts and crafts booths, which is
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nothing to sneeze at. But, Clark added, one can’t let things grow stale by offering the same year-to-year fall fare. To that fresh end, this year’s event will feature a Saturday harvest market, “with farmers’ market vendors selling fresh produce, meats, specialty foods, cut flowers, and baked goods,” he said. “We think it’s going to be a huge hit.” Then there’s the live music, arranged with the help of local concert promoter Random Presents. Headlining the Main Stage on Saturday will be everyone’s favorite Seattle band, Supersuckers, dosing your ears with a special blend of Ramones-meets-AC/DC rock. On the local front, Clark said, “The KPOV stage will be smokin’ with some the this area’s most exemplary talent, including the Moon Mountain Ramblers headlining on Saturday night.” (See schedule for more of this year’s acts.) Fall Festival also features the Dash for Dads Race to Cure Prostate Cancer, a one-mile family run and walk at 11 a.m. Saturday. The race begins on Galveston Avenue and ends in Drake Park, a quick walk (or run) from the fest. Your
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Clark said. “And people really get that on some deeper level, and are extra up for this event … and all of this will be there this year, with the great gifts of sunshine and perfect fall weather!” David Jasper can be reached at 541-383-0349 or djasper@ bendbulletin.com.
LOCALS ONLY STAGE Saturday 11 a.m. — Chris Beland 1 p.m. — Ampersand 3 p.m. — Boxcar Stringband 5 p.m. — Leif James 7 p.m. — Lino with Bill Kelleher and special guest Brent Alan 9 p.m. — Moon Mountain Ramblers Sunday 11 a.m. — High School Jazz Ensemble 1 p.m. — Tropicante 3 p.m. — Summit Express Jazz Band