Events

Visit the many restaurants of the Old Mill District on Tuesday for select specials or highlighted menu items.  See specific restaurant specials listed below:

Allyson's Kitchen Tuscan Turkey Tuesdays!  Buy one get one of equal or lesser size for free!  Also on Tuesdays buy any breakfast pastry & coffee combo and get half off.

Anthony's Tuesday Special highlighting a featured entree each week.  Ask your server for details.

Cafe Yumm  Add chicken to any Yumm meal for $2.

Flatbread Community Oven  Tuesday Toss Up  Buy at least two pizzas and we'll toss a coin to see if one of 'em is on us! 6pm-close (of equal or lesser value).

Hola!  is offering food specials from 3:30-5:30pm Monday through Friday.

Pastini Pastaria offering small Caeser salad or Insalata for $1 on Tuesdays.  Available with purchase of full priced entree.  Not available with special offers.

Greg's Grill is offering Happy Hour menu available in the dining room from 3pm to close on Tuesdays.

Red Robin Ask server for details.  All new menu starting May 24.

The Old Mill District is a BendBroadband Wi-Fi Hot Spot. 

To get started, simply select "BendBroadband" from the network window and click "Connect".  You then have two options to access the service.

Option 1: If you are a BendBroadband Internet subscriber, Wi-Fi access is free. Just enter your BendBroadband.com (or BendCable.com) email address and password and you'll be logged into the network at no charge. If you've forgotten your email address or password, or you need to request a new address, please go to https://secure.bendbroadband.com/email/ or call BendBroadband 541.382.5551.

Option 2: If you're visiting or you're not a BendBroadband Internet subscriber, you can still access the Wi-Fi service by entering a secure credit card payment on the BendBroadband login page that you'll see when you open your web browser. Once authorized, the unlimited Wi-Fi connection is ready to use at the Old Mill District Wi-Fi Hot Spot.

Free- for current BendBroadband Internet Customers

$5.95 per day or $19.95 per week - For non-customers.

June 1 - Kayaking 101 at 6pm.  

June 3 - The Last Descent at 6pm.   The Last Descent is an award-winning documentary about a world-wide expedition to six great rivers targeted by dams and the proposed sustainable alternatives.   Movie and discussion.

June 15 - Nutrition & Physical Performance at 6pm.  Join Ann Grediagin a dietician specializing in sports nutrition.

June 19 - Family Camping and Cooking from 1-4pm.  Learn some camp cooking tips, check out new camping gear, meet with community partners to learn more about family and youth summer programs.

June 22 - Bike Maintenance 101.  Learn tips from a REI Bike Certified Tech. (Please do not bring your bike to the class.)

June 26 - GPS class  from 9am-1pm.  Cost is $25 for members and $40 for non-members.  Call or click to register in advance. 

June 29 - Cascade Wildflower Photography.  Join Camping Specialist for pointers on when and where to go to to find various wildflowers.  Enjoy a slide show of pictures and learn about local wildflower hikes. 

Visit REI Bend to register or call 541.385.0594 to sign up for these classes.

June 3 - The Last Descent at 6pm.   The Last Descent is an award-winning documentary about a world-wide expedition to six great rivers targeted by dams and the proposed sustainable alternatives.   Movie and discussion.

June 15 - Nutrition & Physical Performance at 6pm.  Join Ann Grediagin a dietician specializing in sports nutrition.

June 19 - Family Camping and Cooking from 1-4pm.  Learn some camp cooking tips, check out new camping gear, meet with community partners to learn more about family and youth summer programs.

June 22 - Bike Maintenance 101.  Learn tips from a REI Bike Certified Tech. (Please do not bring your bike to the class.)

June 26 - GPS class  from 9am-1pm.  Cost is $25 for members and $40 for non-members.  Call or click to register in advance. 

June 29 - Cascade Wildflower Photography.  Join Camping Specialist for pointers on when and where to go to to find various wildflowers.  Enjoy a slide show of pictures and learn about local wildflower hikes. 

Visit REI Bend to register or call 541.385.0594 to sign up for these classes.

The First Friday Gallery Walks are held the first Friday of every month from 5-9pm, and the scope of the event has grown every year. Now galleries in downtown Bend, Northwest Crossing, and the Old Mill District open their doors for these special monthly evenings.  Most are already open seven days a week, but First Fridays are a special gathering for art lovers.  Many participating galleries bring in live music, new exhibits, lectures, demonstrations, plus the ever-popular food and wine samplings for their First Fridays.

Take the Free Artwalk Shuttle offering a continuous loop approximately every 50-60 minutes.  Service from 5-9pm.  Station 3 is located in the Old Mill District between Lahaina Galleries and REI and picks up at 5:40pm+/- and heads to Atelier 6000 and then downtown.

Make sure to stop in at Atelier 6000, Lahaina Galleries, Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery and Tumalo Art Co. for new works of art on view.

Atelier 6000 is a studio workshop exhibiting hand-pulled prints and handmade books.

Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery highlights the extraordinary fiber art created by the Lubbesmeyer sisters.

Northwest Community Balloons Over Bend.  Hot Air Balloons launch early each morning Friday-Sunday at 6:30am +/- with over 20 balloons.  Night Glow on Saturday evening, June 5 at 8:30pm.

During the day on Saturday-Sunday, June 5-6 enjoy live performances, a children's festival area with interactive children and family activities, and various vendors (from 11-8pm on Saturday and Sunday from 11-6pm) in the West Side Parking lot across the footbridge from the Shops. There will also be Street Painting Festival on the footbridge.  Visit Balloons Over Bend for more information. 

Heaven can Wait Walk/Run for breast cancer.  Benefiting the Sara Fisher breast cancer project of St. Charles Foundation.  Visit Heaven Can Wait for more information.

Let's Pull Together on June 12 from 9am-12 noon.  A family friendly weed pull event.  Enjoy a BBQ, live music and festivities in the Old Mill District West Side lot from 12 noon-3pm after pulling weeds for all the volunteers.  Visit Let's Pull Together for locations and more information.

St. Charles Free Summer Sunday Concerts--The Lights Out & Rosa's Buds (Indie Rock) Both bands are from Portland.

The Lights Out are a mostly light hearted indie rock band that combines easy going pop rock numbers and a bit of punk for an energetic sound.

Rosa's Buds delivers Tasty Covers and Jams. The band brings the high party spirit from a song list that crosses Rock and Roll, Funk and Soul, Reggae and AltCountry.   

June 15 - Nutrition & Physical Performance at 6pm.  Join Ann Grediagin a dietician specializing in sports nutrition.

June 19 - Family Camping and Cooking from 1-4pm.  Learn some camp cooking tips, check out new camping gear, meet with community partners to learn more about family and youth summer programs.

June 22 - Bike Maintenance 101.  Learn tips from a REI Bike Certified Tech. (Please do not bring your bike to the class.)

June 26 - GPS class  from 9am-1pm.  Cost is $25 for members and $40 for non-members.  Call or click to register in advance. 

June 29 - Cascade Wildflower Photography.  Join Camping Specialist for pointers on when and where to go to to find various wildflowers.  Enjoy a slide show of pictures and learn about local wildflower hikes. 

Visit REI Bend to register or call 541.385.0594 to sign up for these classes.

Special all day Event on June 17.  We are Seeing Red and White House Black Market.  Please come in and help us celebrate our new red apparel.  Light refreshments will be served.  Hand massages available.

All-Nighter Game Night on June 18.  Kick off the Summer at CAT6 with our annual all night bash. Starts at noon on Friday and CAT6 won't stop until Saturday at 10am.  There will be mini-tournaments with prizes, pizza for everyone and much more.  Cost is $30/$20 for members.  RSVP on Facebook.

ArtTalk: “­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Printing Solar" with Barbara Mason addresses the art of Solar Printmaking. Friday, June 18, 7 – 8:30 pm

Printing Solar  Etched by sunlight and treated in water, solar plate is a unique and distinctive printmaking technique. The printmaking plate has a polymer photosensitive surface attached to a steel backing. To achieve a wide range of printed effects artists make prints by working directly onto the plate with printing inks, or create images by exposing the plate through a transparent film, or utilize opaque drawing materials, photographs or photocopies. The solar plate holds incredible detail producing images with depth. Mixed-media artists and painters who wish to explore and expand their artistry will be able to include solar etching in their work.  Workshop: Saturday, June 19, 10 am – 3 pm / Sunday, June 20, 10 am – 2 pm  All levels. $150 + $35 studio fee Instructor: Barbara Mason

Printing Solar  Etched by sunlight and treated in water, solar plate is a unique and distinctive printmaking technique. The printmaking plate has a polymer photosensitive surface attached to a steel backing. To achieve a wide range of printed effects artists make prints by working directly onto the plate with printing inks, or create images by exposing the plate through a transparent film, or utilize opaque drawing materials, photographs or photocopies. The solar plate holds incredible detail producing images with depth. Mixed-media artists and painters who wish to explore and expand their artistry will be able to include solar etching in their work.  Workshop: Sat, June 19, 10 am – 3 pm / Sun, June 20, 10 am – 2 pm  All levels. $150 + $35 studio fee Instructor: Barbara Mason

ArtTalk: “­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Printing Solar" with Barbara Mason addresses the art of Solar Printmaking. Friday, June 18, 7 – 8:30 pm

Merle Haggard ticketed concert at Les Schwab Amphitheater.  Gates 5pm and Show 6:30pm.

The Country Music Hall of Famer is embarking this Spring and Summer on a full US tour that will bring him and his backing band The Strangers to Bend. Haggard’s live set comprises of a mix of his classic hits from the  60’s and 70’s as well as newer material  from his new album I Am What I Am.  Throughout the years, Haggard's music has remained some of the most consistently interesting and inventive in country music. Not only have his recordings remained fresh, but each subsequent generation of country singers shows a great debt to his work. That fact stands as a testament to his great talent even more than his induction to the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Tickets on sale now via Ticketmaster and the Ticket Mill in the Old Mill District.

Join the Bend Volleyball Association for a drop-in game this Summer.  We've got four brand new sand courts in the Old Mill District.  For information about current court events visit facebook.com/bendbeachvolleyball.  The sand courts are available for reservation for large parties.  Contact bendbeachvb@gmail.com.

Mondays -  Womens drop in 5pm to dusk

Wednesdays - Men's drop-in from 5pm to dusk

July 31 - The Bend Volleyball Rock Star Tournament (8:30am-4pm)  Spectators are encouraged to come down and watch the games throughout the day. 

The camps are designed to help children build skills in ceramics, painting, drawing, sculpture and collage.  Each week offers four different camps from Mondays to Thursdays.  Numerous classes for adults also available on-line.

Classes are designed for ages 2-4 (with parent), 4-6, 6-8, and 8-12 with one wheel throwing class for ages 12-16.  Summer classes run June 21-September 2 from 9am-12pm or 1-4pm. 

Art Station (located across the street from the Les Schwab Amphitheater) at 313 S.W. Shevlin Hixon Drive.  Cost is $89 per camp. Register on-line at Art Station or call 617-1317 for more information.  Class Registration starts in early May!

The USA Cycling Road Racing National Championships June 22-27 in Bend.  Six days of world-class road racing will decide the national champions in road racing, time trial and criterium for elite men and women, U23 men and women, and junior men and women.  Watch one of the many races in town: Awbrey Butte, Tetherow, criteriums in NorthWest Crossing and Downtown Bend and a Skyliners time trail.

Packet pickup with happen on June 21 at the Old Mill District in in Suite 429 upstairs above Helly Hansen and each evening in the same location for the following days event.  Check out one of the many Award Ceremonies Center Plaza (by the foot bridge) in the Old Mill District.

Tumalo Creek Kayak and Canoe is offering two four-day camps, and three weekend kayak camps this summer for youth ages 8 - 16 that will progress through the basics of whitewater kayaking. Paddlers have their choice of attending the July 12 – 15 session or the August 9 – 12 session and the cost is $225. The camp runs from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day (except Thursday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.) and kids bring their own lunch and return home at night. Shorter weekend camps are also offered June 26-27, July 24-25 and August 28-29 for $175. All kayaking equipment and transportation is included for both camps and all meet at Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe each morning.

The weekend sessions are a perfect fit for those interested in the sport, who are looking for an abbreviated introduction to the above skills and experiences.

For more information contact Geoff Frank, owner, Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe at 541.317.9407 or geoff@aldercreek.com.

St. Charles Free Summer Sunday Concert--Empty Space Orchestra (Electronica/Jazz/Rock)  

The Bend based Empty Space Orchestra are an all instrumental quintet which has devoped a rapidly growing fan base in the Northwest exclusively on the weight of their highly memorable live performances. The band successfully incorporates jazz, afro-beat, electronica, and ambient sounds wrapped in a predominately rock package.

Pickin' & Paddlin' Music Series & Demo Days with music from 7-9pm:

June 30 - Blackstrap

August 25 - Moon Mountain Ramblers

September 22 - Pitchfork Revolution