Very large Ranch, room for many to run play and get family fall photos. Also great place to pick…read moreup a pumpkin of any size and color....and look at the amazing views of Smith rock. Family and dog friendly.

Came down the mountain excited for a Blue Eyes burger and fries. Drove up to a dark alley and a…read moresign saying "sold out"! How does a burger joint run out of burgers and close before 7pm?!?!

Everything!! The music and variety of musical groups is impressive! The event is organized so…read morewell!! The staff and volunteers are amazing!

So many great acts. So many venues ranging from two large venues, several small venues, and a dance…read morefloor. So little time. The festival seems to be over right after you arrive.

The food here was very basic but very good. The atmosphere was very relaxed and I can't wait to get…read moreto stay here one day.

The Suttle Lodge hosts a great annual beer festival every year during winter. With dozens of…read moreparticipating breweries, plus ciders and some local spirits, it's become a must-go beer festival in the area, an area which has a lot of beer festivals. I believe it's been running maybe five or six years, taking a break during the height of covid. This was my first time attending. Running three days in late February, the price of admission gets you a cool mug (with a travel lid) with which to sample beers dispensed at six cabins set aside for the festivals. They had lots of variety too from dark lagers to IPAs to high alcohol barrel beers. Unlike some of the larger festivals, there aren't huge crowds so it's a simple matter to mosey up to a cabin and get a 3 oz pour. While enjoying the beers, you could stand around one of the many wood fire pits. Given the temperature this year (about 15F on Friday) that was almost not optional. VIP ticket holders had access to a seventh cabin that you could go inside plus an upstairs room in the lodge serving spirits. Food was available at a large, heated tent outside but you could also go into the lodge and order from their kitchen (burgers, sandwiches, etc). Unlike some of the bigger more established beer festivals in the area, such as the Bend Brewfest, the Suttle festival is an afternoon only affair, shutting down at 5PM each of the three days. The festival supports the Central Oregon Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for children. A portion of ticket proceeds and money from swag sales goes to that. Recommended if you're a beer enthusiast.

Once a year juried art show held in Bend in the grassy park adjacent to the Deschutes River at the…read moreOld Mill District. If you're in Bend with time on your hands this weekend, even if it Is a grayish cool weekend, walking through the art show to see all of the artists' work and be able to "judge for yourself" is great fun. In particular since you will have a chance to talk with the artists to learn how they create their beautiful work...from woven art, to etchings, to jewelry to ceramic art, to glass art to watercolor's, to oils, to metal work to the most amazing display of glass and metal "whirlygigs". See photos added for context. Our fav this year was a Eugene based ceramic artist's work...but we neglected to take a photo of her booth to display it here. (You can likely find more at her website: Betsy Wolfston - Woof Works Studio - www.betsywolfston.com.) Art is for sale too. We didn't make any purchases this year though...but last year we ended up with a couple of treasures to add to our home collection. Runs through 4pm Sunday (Sunday hours 10 - 4) and is open until 6p Saturday. When you're done enjoying the art wonders, walk across the footbridge to the plaza at the shops at the Old Mill where there is music from local high school bands, among others, food vendor stands and merriment. Not to mention the spectacular setting on the Deschutes River. If you missed it this year, check our the non profit's web site (at the top of the Yelp page) for next year's dates. NOTES: The event parking at the lot adjacent to the site fails both state codes and ADA minimums for accessible parking. Several folks we met at the event yesterday, using canes and on crutches, weren't feeling good about that...so if you need accessible parking, you'll want to know in advance that this site does not meet the minimum requirements of twenty year old access standards. .

I don't have much to add beyond what Michele R wrote nine years ago. Her review of Art in the High…read moreDesert is comprehensive and informative (as are pretty much all her reviews). So I'm just adding a star rating. I'll give it a 4 due to the greater array of art and craft vendors beyond what you might see at one of the many local street festivals.

Tons of food trucks. Unfortunately, of the three we tried, all supplied us with mediocre food. Bend…read moreis food truck crazy but I'm forming the opinion that very few trucks actually deliver good product. I was pleased to see Island Noodles, however. I'm a fan from my Atlanta days. Not many non-food vendors on Friday. It seemed a few more opened their tents on Saturday. Music stage at the end of Minnesota but with very few places to sit and enjoy the tunes. I was a bit disappointed there. In general, the festival has too few seats and definitely too few high-top tables (people gotta eat their food truck food somewhere). Serious lack of garbage bins on Friday. For starters, every food truck should have one in front and the festival should provide bins at each corner. By that, I mean the intersection of Minnesota and Bond should have four bins. On Saturday, I saw quite a few more bins. Dogs everywhere, despite being against city ordinance. We wanted to bring our dog but were deterred by the law. So which is it? Dogs allowed or not? Only one beer vendor (Deschutes), which just doesn't seem right for Bend. Fortunately, Deschutes Brewing makes killer beer. All in all, an OK food festival. We didn't partake in the various competition events so maybe it wasn't aimed at us. The festival shared Saturday with the Bend Beers Bands & Public Lands event in Drake park. I thought that festival, though smaller with only two food trucks, was a better experience.

Such a fun way to experience Bend and its local restaurants…read more This week was Bend's 11th Annual Food Festival and it was a nice mix of local food, drink and entertainment. Food booths stretched for several blocks down Bond Street with Minnesota Avenue housing Locavore Alley and the Top Chef Stage on one side of Bond and the NW Spirits and Mixology Show on the other side. Oregon Street housed the Main Stage with various local music acts and Food Cart Row. We caught the semi-finals of the Top Chef competition with the chefs at Black Butte Ranch triumphing over Broken Top Bottle Shop & Ale Cafe. Many food booths offered small bites for around $2 and full plates for more. A couple of Bend's nicer restaurants were represented (Zydeco), but there was plenty of street fare (foot long corn dogs and chocolate dipped bananas). I've been less than impressed by the Bite of Portland. This was just a well organized event with a week's worth of special events around town leading up to the main weekend event. A beer run was also held, so a great blend of health and abundance in Central Oregon.

How can you not like a old fashioned small town festival? Held in Pioneer Park it provides a fun…read morevenue to wander around the woods. Local community groups such as the Kiwanis Club, Boy Scout's, Sandy High ect. provide a variety of fair food everything from elephant ears to corn on the cob and BBQ. Artisans from all over the Northwest some out to show their wares. As well as bands, dance troupes and singers. In my opinion the big draw is the art booths and food vendors. However, they have a pageant featuring a princess or Queen in each age group, carnival rides for the kids, and other events throughout the week. However, if you aren't directly involved in the community of Sandy, the vendors are the big draw. It's exactly what it sounds like an old fashion community fair!

Great music, rad weekend! Nice variety of food trucks, beer taps and bands! Really loved the laid…read moreback atmosphere. Stoked to see what next year has in store.

I waited 1 hour past since when I was supposed to open. Terrible service. I waited 1 hour past…read moresince when I was supposed to open. Terrible service.

This bluegrass festival occurs over a three-day weekend in mid-August - it's been going for four…read moreyears now . Admission to the festival is $10 (for the day or for the weekend) and camping is $10 total for Friday and Saturday nights. It's my favourite BG festival - good groups (Lee Highway has headlined there each time I've been there. This year (2010) they also featured Misty Mamas, Quincy Street, Bluestone County, LeRoy Newport, Bitterbrush, and a number of other groups. The event is well-run - they keep on schedule and when the bands on the main stage are setting up and breaking down, local groups play short sets on the side stage. Some of these localmusicians are very good too; overall there's very little music I wouldn't want to listen to - not true of many festivals... There's food vendors here - four or five of them, good food, but if one doesn't want to eat here, it's not far to drive into Bend which has a plethora of restaurants. Camping is in a field and there's plenty of room for RV's (no hookups); for tent campers there's an nice area among the junipers. Lots of jamming goes on after the last set is done on stage - it's nice to drift off to sleep with the sound of distant banjos and mandolins in one's ears.

So much fun with the grands! They enjoyed the rides very much. They have rides for the really…read morelittle ones to the big kids. Everything is organized well!

Located in the heart of Deschutes County are their fairgrounds and expo center. I spent a lot of…read moretime here for a recent event, and was impressed by the grounds and how comfortable the buildings were. This is just a quick drive from the airport and downtown Bend; there are also cheap and convenient hotel options right nearby, which are walkable if a little far. The main drive leads to huge parking lots; there is also a separate entrance leading to an RV park also part of the complex. The main entrance has ticket booths and gates, which I assume are for events that take up the entire complex. Our event was confined to one building, and took up two huge rooms. One was carpeted and kept warm but not clammy and uncomfortable, plus a second tile-floored room which is where our catered meals were held. Lighting is bright, sound also muffled to keep echoes down. Restroom facilities are large and numerous, which more than we could've ever needed which can sometimes be an issue with large groups. I look forward to future events here.