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The 14th annual Bend Roots Revival is a go—but the locals’ music fest is seeing changes in this pandemic year

By Isaac Biehl

Erica Swantek Photography

News flash: Bend Roots Revival, the city’s locals' music festival, is happening this year, even amid the pandemic. While it won’t be entirely the same, the changes the popular local music showcase is making means more people just may be able to see and hear the action.

This year, people will be able to take part in Bend The Maxwell Friedman Group will be rocking as usual at this Roots Revival—happenyear’s Roots Revival. ing over Halloween weekend—in two ways: Either in-person, will look to raise money with a larger spread-out shows, or virtually, right outreach through live streaming. from the comfort of home. “The stuff we’re putting out is

As Mark Ransom, one of the festiencouraging people to take the expeval’s organizers tells me, a big part of rience in online,” says Ransom. “But the program this year will be social diseveryone is going to be able to fan out tancing. This will allow Bend Roots to and enjoy the show [if in-person].” keep things focused on the bands and This year, seven stages across mulmusicians who are offering their time tiple venues will make up Bend Roots: up to perform. Local bands performing Two each at Worthy Brewing and Silinclude This Island Earth, Helga, Pete ver Moon, one at Cosmic Depot, which Kartsounes, The Maxwell Friedman will host the singer-songwriters stage, Group and many others. Also supportand one stage each at AVID Cider and ing the festival this year is the newly Spoken Moto. formed collective of local musicians, Ransom says shows will be startthe High Desert Music Collective. ing a little later and will also be clos

“Our organization is going to do ing down a little earlier than in other everything possible. It’s a very weird years, in order to maintain compliance time. But what I’m saying is, we’ve been with hours of operation regulations doing this all summer. We’re going to during COVID-19. This means that this do more than I’ve seen in any regard year there will “only” be around 80 to when it comes to enforcing these rules 85 bands—which is about 30 fewer acts [at venues],” says Ransom. than normal. While Ransom notes the

For those venturing out to see shows, decrease is a ‘bummer,” he knows it’s there will be protocols in place to keep the right way to do things while “workfans and the bands safe. At some stages, ing with the spirit of the times.” areas close around the stage will be for “This is the soulful experience the family and friends of those performworld is craving right now. I want to ing only. Stages that need it may have show we can stay connected and creative roped-off sections to make sure that through a distance,” Ransom tells the people in attendance can be spaced Source. “If we want to have success with out properly and that there aren’t too this that’s the way we have to think.” many bodies. Some stages may even Bend Roots Revival has always been be dry—meaning no alcohol. Ransom about supporting local music and givnotes from his experiences performing platforms to bands and artists in ing over the summer that maintaining the community. This year is really no a safe space is sometimes hard to do different—it just might feel like that when alcohol is involved. for some who normally would be right

For those looking to enjoy the tunes down in the pit, dancing and enjoying back at home, livestreams will be availthe show. able on the Bend Roots website and will “It’s about celebrating the bands. be shown through YouTube. Viewers It’s not a party.” will see everything that those in-person will see, including interviews with Bend Roots Revival the bands, information and more. This Oct. 30-Nov. 1 year, fundraising will also be a big comNo cover ponent to the festival, and Bend Roots bendroots.net