The Lobbyists Live
2026-07-15 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-22 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-29 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-08-05 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-08-12 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Lightwell Hotel & Spa, 201 Cascade Ave, Hood River, 97031
The Lobbyists live at Lightwell: The Lobbyists deliver the finest in instrumental Swing, Jazz, and Blues, featuring three of Hood River’s most exceptional musicians at The Lightwell.

Tim Ortlieb is a rare gem – a drummer who listens as deeply as he plays. Ronnie Ontiveros brings his infectious joy and masterful command of the upright bass.
Leading the trio, Ben Bonham draws from his rich experience both locally and in the UK, captivating audiences as a guitarist, songwriter, and entertainer.
The Lobbyists play with effortless style, deep musicality, and an undeniable passion for their craft, creating a sound that’s as refined as it is exhilarating.

All Jazz Considered
2026-07-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-23 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-30 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-08-06 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-08-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Phelps Creek Tasting Room, 301 Country Club Rd, Hood River
Locally-grown, free-range, jazz musicians gather at Phelps Tasting Room every Thursday to serve up a flight of jazz tunes in every genre. Good food and wine too.

The Lostines / Sequoia at Trout Lake Hall
2026-07-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Trout Lake Hall, 15 Guler Rd, Trout Lake, WA, 98650, United States
Friday, July 17th, 2026
$25 Advance // $30 Day Of Show6pm Doors / 7pm ShowAll Ages
THE LOSTINES
THE LOSTINES: Superimposing Everly Brothers-style harmonies atop lilting guitar and doo-wop-inspired instrumentation, Camille Wind Weatherford and Casey Jane Reece-Kaigler transmit messages of disillusionment, enduring romanticism, and tenacious hope. Named after a river in the duo’s native Oregon and cultivated in the New Orleans DIY scene where the pair met, The Lostines’ chemistry is both forward-looking and a throwback, born of seemingly disparate aesthetics — classic country, Louisiana dance hall, mid-century girl groups.
Since joining forces in 2013, the Lostines have been transporting fans with bare and ethereal lullabies, smart harmonies, and wry call-and-response, all the while tempering that sincerity with an ample dose of tongue-in-cheek goofiness.

Tyson & Gavin @ RiverTap
2026-07-17 18:30 - 21:30 | Rivertap, Rivertap
Playing this one with my brother Gavin.This will be a rare treat. I always love his vibe

Jazz Piano
2026-07-18 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-07-25 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-08-01 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-08-08 16:00 - 18:00 | The Lightwell Hotel & Spa, 201 Cascade Ave, Hood River, 97031
Catch Darryl Frank behind the piano playing soulful ballads and jazzy pop covers on Saturdays from 4-6pm at the new Lightwell Hotel in downtown Hood River. The acoustics in the lobby with the 100 year old piano are something to be heard. Food and drink available. No cover, tips appreciated.

Gorge Adult Prom Night: Reclaim the night your teenage self dreamed of
2026-07-18 18:00 - 21:30 | The Society Hotel, 405 E Franklin St, Bingen, WA, 98605, US
💃 Adult Prom is a one-night event at hosted by The GALgorithm, your Principals for the evening: https://www.tickettomato.com/event/10198
Go stag or invite a date and join us for ONE NIGHT of unapologetic prom energy at The Society Hotel Bingen.
You didn’t get to do prom right the first time. 😢 Maybe you were too nervous, too broke, too nerdy, too weird, or you just went and it was deeply mediocre. The corsage was wilted. The DJ played one slow song too many. Your date ditched you for the punch bowl, and you went home before midnight.
This time, you get a do-over on your terms. The night includes:
Dinner (throwback cafeteria food with all your teenage favorites)
A free glass of prosecco on your hall pass drink ticket (bring it to the Chem Lab!)
Prom portraits and boutonniere/corsage crafting with local flowers (Art Class!)
Comedy set with Yu Chin Tsai
High school storytelling
Detention Hall Confessions, Prom Disasters, “Would You Go to Prom With Them?”, the Yearbook Wall, and other games
Dancing to nostalgic tunes (with a DJ who takes your cheesy requests)
Hang out in the Bleacher’s Lounge or Study Hall with your friends or your date
A ton of surprises between our grown-up prom stations: The Cafeteria/Concession Stand, the Chemistry Lab, Art & History Class
Same chaperone-free chaos, better music, real drinks. If you liked the Dating Show, you’ll love this one.
Wear the prom outfit you wish you did way back then, or the one that makes you feel all the feels now.

Sunday Serenade: Blair Borax Trio / J.E. Sunde at Trout Lake Hall
2026-07-19 11:30 - 14:30 | Trout Lake Hall, 15 Guler Rd, Trout Lake, WA, 98650, United States
Sunday, July 19th, 2026
$20 Advance // $25 Day Of Show11:30am Doors / 12:30pm ShowAll Ages*Limited Tickets*
Sunday Serenade is Trout Lake Hall’s new brunch music series. Each Sunday features an intimate, two-hour live set dedicated to a single style—jazz, Americana, groovy indie, country, folk—paired with delicious, chef-crafted brunch. With limited tickets and cozy seating, it’s a relaxed, up-close experience—perfect for lingering over food and gentle Sunday tunes. Come in for a real Sunday Funday!
BLAIR BORAX
Born on the East Coast, and home to the West, Blair Borax began her relationship with music unexpectedly in 2016, when a friend gifted her a cheap guitar. Since then, Borax has become a prolific songwriter, recording artist, and performer, known for her distinctive voice, captivating melodies, and thoughtful songwriting that taps into the heart of being human. Since she quit her day job in 2022, she has released three full length albums and played over 350 shows across the country. Her third full length record, The Color Green (2025) is a collection of ten songs, searching for hope in dystopian times. Blending intimate storytelling, gorgeous melodies, and rich instrumentation, The Color Green wanders through growing up, falling in love, missing home, watching parents get old, thinking about life and death, and slowing down to savor all of it. Fans of Adrianne Lenker, Hannah Cohen, and Angie McMahon may find something to love in her music.
J.E. SUNDE
J.E. Sunde (Jonathan Edward Sunde) is a songwriter and composer based out of Minneapolis, MN. Jon studied western classical music with a vocal emphasis at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. Starting in college, Jon spent ten years making beautifully unusual music with The Daredevil Christopher Wright. He has since released three solo records with his most recent record, “9 Songs About Love,” released in November of 2020. With a love of songwriters and performers like Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, and Paul Simon, Jon writes densely poetic songs with a bent toward the philosophical. Also, his voice sounds like some sort of weird angel.

SPOOb! live
2026-07-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Ferment Brewing Company, Portway Avenue, Hood River, Oregon, 97031, United States
SPOOb! is pleased to announce that we’ll be playing the patio at Ferment Brewing Company on Sunday July 19 from 6-9 pm! We’ll be performing mostly original soulful rock music with some fun covers. Hope to see you there!!

Fiddlin' Brothers...Live
2026-07-22 16:30 - 19:30 | Hood River County Fairgrounds, 3020 Wyeast Rd, Hood River, OR, 97031, US
Get your tickets and come on by and enjoy great music

The Builders & The Butchers / Sunbathe / Nice Boat
2026-07-24 18:00 - 21:00 | Trout Lake Hall, 15 Guler Rd, Trout Lake, WA, 98650, United States
Friday, July 24th, 2026
$20 Advance // $25 Day Of Show6pm Doors / 7pm ShowAll Ages
THE BUILDERS & THE BUTCHERS
It’s been four years since Portland, Oregon’s The Builders and the Butchers released their sixth studio album, Hell & High Water.That album received rave reviews and led to sold out shows – including opening for The Dead South at 3,000 capacity venues across the U.S.Their 2026 album No Tomorrow was produced and recorded by multi-instrumentalist bandmate Ray Rude at his own Laundry Room Studio.It will be released on April 9th, 2026 via Badman Recording Co.
The Builders and the Butchers’ vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Ryan Sollee states, “it’s been an unexpected privilege to create and perform live music for over 20 years as a ramshackle band. We never could have imagined the cultural, political and social changes that have occurred in that time. Through the rapid deterioration ofhuman connection, the denial of environmental destruction, and inept greed based leadership we still find joy.We find connection through creation.For us, making and performing music is a way to bring humanity to a world bent on destroying it.”
The band has had over 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify for years now.Several of their videos have millions of views on You Tube – including “Bringin’ Home the Rain” with 19 million views.They are well known for their energized live performances and have dedicated fans that travel long distances to see them play.
“As our lives become more digital, people are sharing physical spaces less and less.The creation and performance of live music is an ever crucial, consistent, and communal space. In these spaces people can share the sounds, sights and smells of what it’s like to be moved in unison and feel connection,” says Sollee.
With glowing album and show reviews coming from Pitchfork and The Wall Street Journal, among others, their brand of folk-rock is best served live. Audiences can look forward to lively performances, where fourth wall is broken and the audience is able to participate in call and response sing-a-longs. Sometimes the band will hand out instruments for fans to play, and they’ll even get down off stage to perform right on the floor.
“The songs for No Tomorrow were written with our cultural changes and challenges in mind.The overarching message is that we can find hope in each other and still lead lives full of joy and creativity even when systems and leaders fail us.We believe we have much more that unites us, than divides us and that music is one of the best ways to create a connected shared experience for people.Live rock and roll is a church for the non-religious and religious alike. We would love to see you at a show, shake your hand, give you a hug, and talk with you.We are forever grateful to you: our strange, unique, amazing fans. We are thrilled to share this album with you and hope it brings some light into the darkness,” remarks Sollee.
“The members of The Builders And The Butchers have specialized in a kind of white-knuckle Americana: Their acoustic folk-rock sound is shot through with nervy, hellfire-and-brimstone intensity. The Portland-born band’s hometown brethren in The Decemberists provide a useful reference point — singer Ryan Sollee has a wide-open bellow and a gift for vivid imagery.” – Stephen Thompson, NPR Music
“The Builders and the Butchers make records the way the bards used to pass on stories. They’re poetic and captivating, and do to songwriting what Clint Eastwood does to movies,” and this [new record] follows the same, narrative-driven path.” – Consequence of Sound
SUNBATHE
Sunbathe is a guitar-pop band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2015 by songwriter Maggie Morris. Known for her ethereal vocals and introspective songwriting, Morris radiates the smarts and edge of Liz Phair at her anthemic best, but with delicate golden guitar and a glut of catchy harmonies that would make James Mercer shed a little tear. The live band has an exceptional lineup including Adria Ivanitsky, Tyler Figley, and Skyler Hamler. Together, the band has an energetic and joyful presence on stage and a signature sound characterized by shimmering guitars, sweeping melodies, and a deep sense of emotional resonance.
Sunbathe’s musical journey has been marked by exciting milestones, including a notable 2019 recognition as one of Portland’s “Best New Bands.” Their growing reputation led them to tour with some of the indie scene’s most respected acts, including Typhoon, Built to Spill, and Helio Sequence, garnering an exceptional response from their audiences.
In 2022, the band won the Echo Fund Grant, allowing them to continue creating and evolving their sound. As they prepare to release their highly anticipated new album, Myself To You, Sunbathe continues to push creative boundaries, capturing the essence of their dreamy, atmospheric style while experimenting with new sonic landscapes.

Kalida...live
2026-07-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Double Mountain Brewery
Kalida Live. NO COVER

Wiley Coyote...live
2026-07-25 10:00 - 12:00 | The Dalles Farmers Market, Union Street, The Dalles, Oregon, 97058, United States
Every Saturday, from June to October, the market transforms City Park with colorful stalls and the enticing aroma of freshly harvested produce. As you stroll through our market, you’ll discover a wide array of fruits and vegetables, lovingly grown by local farmers using sustainable practices. Crisp apples, juicy peaches, and heirloom tomatoes burst with flavor, while leafy greens and root vegetables offer a bounty of nutrition.

Paul Simon Tribute - One Trick Pony (trio)
2026-07-25 20:00 - 23:00 | Trillium Cafe, Trillium Cafe
Join us for an evening of Simon & Garfunkel songs, and Simon solo hits, with One Trick Pony (on tour!). Enjoy some great food and drink, and sing along to your favorites.
The Trillium Tavern207 Oak St, Hood River, OR 970318pmFree Admission / 21+
One Trick Pony (trio), is a tribute to the music of singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Covering songs from the 60’s Simon & Garfunkel days, solo hits and beyond, they draw audiences into spirited sing-alongs. Folks also enjoy humorous and insightful stories into how some of the songs came to be: “The Sound of Silence”, “Mrs. Robinson”, “Call Me Al”, “Feelin’ Groovy” and more.
Kai – Percussion/VocalsZac – Vocals/Guitar/KeyboardsMichael – Vocals/Guitar/Keyboards/Flute
https://www.reverbnation.com/onetrickponypaulsimontributehttps://www.facebook.com/onetrickponypaulsimontribute

Sunday Serenade: Matt Mitchell Music Co.
2026-07-26 11:30 - 14:30 | Trout Lake Hall, 15 Guler Rd, Trout Lake, WA, 98650, United States
Sunday, July 26th, 2026
$20 Advance // $25 Day Of Show11:30am Doors / 12:30pm ShowAll Ages*Limited Tickets*
Sunday Serenade is Trout Lake Hall’s new brunch music series. Each Sunday features an intimate, two-hour live set dedicated to a single style—jazz, Americana, groovy indie, country, folk—paired with delicious, chef-crafted brunch. With limited tickets and cozy seating, it’s a relaxed, up-close experience—perfect for lingering over food and gentle Sunday tunes. Come in for a real Sunday Funday!
MATT MITCHELL MUSIC CO.
Centered around the old-soul, observational storytelling of Matt Mitchell, who lives full time out of an imported Japanese bus, MMMC brings Mitchell’s tunes to life in solo, acoustic duo/trio and full on, electrified band configurations. Mitchell’s songs are equal parts clever, quick-witted and heartbreakingly confessional, (oftentimes all at once) translating well both in attentive listening rooms and rowdy rock halls. If ‘The Band’ took a road trip to Laurel Canyon and pulled their tour bus over to pick up John Prine hitching his way down the pacific coastline, their rolling jam sessions might sound a little like Matt Mitchell Music Co.

Matt McCravey Indie-folk Musician & Songwriter
2026-07-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Porron Cellars, 210 Oak Street, Hood River, 97031, United States
Thursday March 26th, 6-8pm Live Music with Matt McCravey
(Every last Thursday)

LowDown Brass Band
2026-08-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Trout Lake Hall, 15 Guler Rd, Trout Lake, WA, 98650, United States
Saturday, August 1st, 2026
$17 Advance // $25 Day Of Show6pm Doors / 7pm ShowAll Ages
LOWDOWN BRASS BAND
Embodying the vibrant Chicago music culture, LowDown Brass Band is a one-of-a-kind horn ensemble weaving the rhythm of the streets with conscious hip hop, reggae, and soul.Rigorously touring, LowDown has performed on the most unique stages, from the Montreal Jazz Fest to the Cotai Jazz Fest.
Despite the last four years, LowDown has stayed busy, releasing Three albums, “The Reel Sessions, LowDown Nights and $itizens of the World”, which showcase their unique sound and further push the boundaries of their genre.
Leaning on their talent and unconventional style, LowDown Brass Band continues to carve out a path, defying convention and charting their own course in the ever-evolving landscape of music.

Cruise the Gorge - Neon Cruise - Show in the Shade
2026-08-07 16:00 - 2026-08-09 14:00 | Downtown The Dalles, E 1st St, The Dalles, OR, 97058, United States
Cruise the Gorge 2026 is ON, August 7-8-9, 2026

Coming up on our 33rd year, and still going strong. Dennis Gage (“My Classic Car” TV) liked it so much he put it on his “Greatest Hits” tour in 2025. Check our webpage www.midcolumbiacarclub.org or on YouTube for the episodes featuring our 2016 and 2025 shows.

Everything kicks off with the “Neon Cruise”, Friday evening, downtown The Dalles. It’s an “open” cruise, just like back in the day, so just show up and start showing off (NO burnouts however). Cruisin’ runs from 7 to 9:45pm, and it looks like the city will turn the lights to flashing yellow this year! Yea! This is the favorite part of the weekend for many of the locals, and the sidewalks up and down 2nd and 3rd streets fill up with enthusiastic spectators. You can also pre-register for the show and/or pick up your Goodie Bag, and check out T-shirt/hat and raffle ticket sales at Burgerville on 3rd St. between 4 and 7 pm.

Then Saturday brings the “Show in the Shade”, on the grass in beautiful SOROSIS PARK, 300E Scenic Dr. Gate opens at 8am, judging until Noon, and the Parade of Champions awards ceremony beginning at 2pm. Goodie bags and dash plaques to the 1st 250 vehicles. $25 pre-entry, $30 after July 31. 40+ awesome awards, food and specialty vendors, special entertainment, oldies music and plenty of raffle prizes.

Finally, there’s the Dufur Threshing Bee Car Show, on Sunday in the Dufur Community Park, just 13 miles South of The Dalles, starting at 9am.

So, one day, two days or all three, how much fun do you want to have?

*SOLD OUT* Apocalypse, Never! Tour Nick Shoulders
2026-08-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Trout Lake Hall, 15 Guler Rd, Trout Lake, WA, 98650, United States
**Tickets Presale release Wednesday April 8 at 10am!**
Friday, August 7th, 2026
$28 Advance // $35 Day Of Show6pm Doors / 7pm ShowAll Ages
NICK SHOULDERS
Refugia Blues, the fifth album from Nick Shoulders, is a record of big ideas and small, intimate moments.
These nine songs are rooted in the stylings of Southern traditional music. Sparse, timeless, and unamplified, they’re older than the sounds Shoulders saluted on albums like 2023’s All Bad, with its loud, whooping anthems for roadhouses and sweaty dancehalls. Here, Shoulders isn’t shouting over a band. He isn’t bringing a crowd to its feet with dance-ready tempos. Rather, he’s exploring another side of his craft by stepping up to a ribbon microphone as a solo performer, delivering each song with acoustic instruments and a voice that’s equal parts country croon, Appalachian yodel, and high-lonesome field holler. As he explains it, Refugia Blues isn’t just a call to action; it’s a call to rest, too.
“This is my Nebraska,” he says, nodding to Bruce Springsteen’s lo-fi acoustic record from 1982. “Some people listen to Bruce for the E Street Band and the big radio hits, but I like the intimacy and rawness of Nebraska instead. I’d like to think of Refugia Blues as a little window into the heart, as opposed to the drumbeat of a revolution.”
Even so, Refugia Blues resolutely pushes for change. Shoulders’ interpretation of American roots music has always been more progressive and punky than the trucks-and-beers conservatism that passes for modern-day country, and he isn’t checking his activism at the door anytime soon. Refugia Blues does dive into personal territory, from “Bored Fightin'” (a self-effacing look at Shoulders’ reputation as a left-of-center radical) to the heart-on-sleeve love song “Tatum Spring,” but it balances the micro with the macro, too. Topics like climate collapse, radical anthropology, generative disruption, and southern identity run throughout the record, adding weight to Shoulders’ melodies, balancing his witty humor with topical weight. The purpose, he says, is to utilize his music as “a Trojan Horse that can be accepted by people who don’t hear anything to challenge their sense of comfort and superiority. That’s always been the goal — to say what needs to be said, but to intersperse it with joy, humor, and melody.”
It’s a balance that Shoulders has struck in the past, but never so nakedly alone as he does on the opening track, “Apocalypse Never.” He wrote the a cappella ballad in the front seat of his band’s shuttle bus, taking a hard look at each passing town, noting all the “individualized apocalypses” — houseless encampments, impoverished communities, barren cornfields — that unfolded on the other side of the windshield. “Our world has been through countless apocalypses,” he says. “The refusal to give in to the direness of our circumstances, while still acknowledging it, is key to surviving this moment in our history.”
For Shoulders, singing isn’t just a passion; it’s practically a birthright. Born to a musical family with deep roots in Arkansas, Appalachia, and Louisiana, he grew up listening to old-world folk music, black gospel, and other sounds that existed long before genres were even invented. “My vocal style is rooted as much in growing up in mountainous Arkansas and having to shout across vast distances to greet my neighbors as it is in my family’s very old way of singing,” he says. “The way I sing is older than capitalism. Being part of this tradition isn’t meant to be regressive; it’s meant to be liberating. There were time before cash registers and factories, where people sang like this when they sowed their corn, and I’m trying to embody that.”
Refugia Blues was recorded in a home studio outside of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Tracked to analog tape in two inspired days and laced with light touches of guitar, banjo, and fiddle, the album explores the slower, softer textures of Shoulders’ music without pulling any punches. On his bare-boned cover of Randy Travis’ “Diggin’ Up Bones,” he slows down the uptempo classic to a warbling waltz. On “Deux Hurry,” he taps into his inner Roger Miller, using wordplay to make light of the darkness that lives within all of us. On “Hill Folk,” he nods sympathetically to the southerners who’ve witnessed their cultural inheritance become commodified and commercialized over the past half-century. And on the brave, bold “Dixie Be Damned,” he sings about “manifest destitution” and the sickness of contemporary American consciousness, packaging everything into a three-and-a-half minute country gem that’s as tuneful as it is topical.
By bridging the gap between past and present, Shoulders speaks pointedly and poetically about today’s problems, even as he nods to styles that existed long before the 21st century. “When you listen to the origins of country music in the ’20s and ’30s, you’re hearing the voice of southern rural dissent against coal companies, repression, and depression,” he says. “The old ballad singers of the Ozarks were conduits for current events, documenting not only their own lives, but also dispossession and economic strife on a much bigger scale. Being part of that great stream of rural protest music is something I’m trying to tap into. I want to say things that feel timeless, deep, and rooted, but also touch on topics like endless war and a government collapsing into dictatorship. I want to be part of that tradition of dissent.”
At once academic and accessible, Refugia Blues isn’t just a deep dive into southernness, but also into Shoulders himself. Released during an era of big-budget country-pop smashes, it stands tall as something else entirely: a raw, resolute version of American country music, punctuated with humor and heavy insights, stacked high with songs that go down easy but linger in the minds of those willing to invest the time.

Wasco County Fair & Rodeo
2026-08-13 - 2026-08-17 | Wasco County Fair and Rodeo
Experience the enduring tradition of the Wasco County Fair and Rodeo in Tygh Valley, Oregon. This annual family-friendly event blends classic fair attractions with high-energy rodeo action.
Highlights often include:

NPRA Rodeo: Two nights of professional rodeo competition.
Demolition Derby: The grand finale on Sunday.
Family Entertainment: Livestock exhibits, 4-H displays, live music, a beer garden, and strolling entertainers like magicians and circus acts.
Special Events: Look for a Family Free Day on Thursday and a spectacular drone and laser light show after the rodeo on Friday and Saturday nights.

It’s a celebration of agriculture, youth, and community spirit in a beautiful, old-time country atmosphere!
The Wasco County Fair may be over 110 years old, but there’s always something new to enjoy.
