Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo

Dates

August

The Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is a week-long event for the whole family. Enjoy five days of carnival rides, a parade, livestock exhibits and competitions, great food vendors, a rodeo, and big name concerts. Concerts are free with ticket, but admission to the fair is not included and must be paid separately to enter. This event showcases products like organic food, home utility products made of natural product, farm work clothes and safety gear, masks and hoods, cleaning and moving apparatus, time cutting, sowing and moving machinery, building tools, fencing tools and equipment in the consumer & carnivals industry, and more.

Upcoming Events Around Town

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Bend Trails

October 24, 12:01 am - 11:59 pm

10 Barrel Gravel Solo Series

Welcome to Gravel Solo Series! The Gravel Solo Series is a low-key high-fun factor dispersed gravel bike race held over 4 weeks on the trails and roads in and around Bend, OR. Gravel Solo enables you to race how you want, when you want, against real racers on real courses for position and awesome prizes and unlockable perks. This year's series features 4 one-week long stages featuring a different course...

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Bend Trails

October 24, 12:01 am - 11:59 pm

10 Barrel Riding Solo Series

The Riding Solo Series is a low-key, high fun-factor, dispersed cross-country mountain bike race held over 4 weeks on the trails in and around Bend, OR. Riding Solo enables you to race how you want, when you want, against real racers on real courses for position and awesome prizes and unlockable perks. This year's series features 4 one-week long stages featuring a different course each week AND an option to...

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Skyliners

October 24, 12:01 am - 11:59 pm

10 Barrel Time Trial Solo Series

The Time Trial Solo Series is a low-key high-fun factor dispersed time trial race series held over 4 weeks on Skyliners in Bend, OR. Time Trial Solo enables you to race how you want, when you want, against real racers on real courses for position and awesome prizes and unlockable perks. This year's series features 4 one-week long stages featuring a different course each week. In the spirit of the...

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Bend Trails

October 24, 12:01 am - 11:59 am

10 Barrel Running Solo Series

The Running Solo Series is a low-key, high fun-factor, dispersed cross-country running event held over 4 weeks on the trails in and around Bend, OR. Running Solo enables you to race how you want, when you want, against real racers on real courses for position, awesome prizes and unlockable perks. This year's series includes 4 one-week long stages featuring a different course each week. In the spirit of the Tour...

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Bend Trails

October 24, 12:01 am - 11:59 am

10 Barrel Hiking Solo Series

The Hiking Solo Series is a low-key, high fun-factor, dispersed hiking event held over 4 weeks on the trails in and around Bend, OR. Hiking Solo enables you to race how you want, when you want, against real racers on real courses for position, awesome prizes and unlockable perks. Each stage can be hiked or ran as many times as you'd like during the week-long stage time window. The first...

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Bend High School Auditorium

October 24, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Fall Central Oregon Symphony Concert

Due to pandemic protocols, our concerts this season will be briefer affairs – an hour without intermission – but we are delighted to be performing live orchestral music in Central Oregon once again. Our first concert will feature Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” (a piece we were scheduled to perform in May 2020), the lively Tritsch-Tratsch Polka by Johann Strauss and Wagner’s sublime symphonic poem, Siegfried Idyll.

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Spider City Brewing

October 28, 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Pints for Ponies

Spider City Brewing is hosting the fundraiser “Pints for Ponies” to benefit the non profit; Heartspace Horse Sanctuary. Admission is free and a $1 from every beverage sold goes to help feed and care for these elderly horses, ponies, mules and donkeys as they live out the remainder of their lives in a safe, nurturing environment. To learn more about this great organization go to; Heartspace horse.com

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Puzzle Effect Bend

October 28, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Hoodini's Trick-or-Treat Trail

Puzzle Effect Bend presents free, all-ages fun in our first inaugural Halloween-season bash! Tour our facility and explore our five escape rooms, enter our costume contest to win cool prizes, and trick-or-treat from room to room and receive candy from our cast of characters! TRICK-OR-TREATING: Knock-Knock! HOO'S there? Make your way through our facility to collect candy from each of our themed rooms! ESCAPE ROOM TOURS: Planning a birthday party,...

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Campfire Hotel

October 28, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Campfire Unplugged

Starting September 23, Campfire Hotel, in collaboration with 4 Peaks Presents, will launch the Campfire Unplugged music series. Artists from around the country will showcase their musical repertoire while gathered around the campfire. Libations and small bites will be available for purchase. The Campfire Unplugged series kicks off Thursday, September 23 with musician Travis Ehrenstrom and runs through the month of October, offering music every Thursday from 6 to 8...

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Cascades Theatrical Company

October 29, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The cult classic follows the adventures of a young couple, Brad and Janet, who become trapped in a mysterious castle filled with eccentric characters as they travel through a town called Denton. At the heart of the castle is Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist of extraterrestrial origins who leads the mysterious Annual Transylvanian Convention. The film will screen complete with a "shadow cast," in which actors perform in front of...

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High Desert Museum

October 30, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

$20 Art Show Opening Night Party

Bend’s biggest little art show is back, presented by Bright Place Gallery. The Museum is honored to host this year’s $20 Art Show, featuring thousands of pieces of original art by over 100 local artists. Join us to celebrate with live music, food, drinks and $20 art. Costumes encouraged. Portions of the event will be held outside, rain or shine. Come dressed for the elements.

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Faith Hope and Charity Vineyard

October 30, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Live at the Vineyard: Kurt Silva & Cheyenne West

Live at the Vineyard: Kurt Silva & Cheyenne West...Excellent country duo! You will be amazed at the vocals of Cheyenne West with Kurt Silva on Guitar! Cheyenne is a country rock singer who performs classic country tunes as well as modern country tunes that you would hear on today’s radio stations as well as some rock n roll covers and originals. Kurt has been playing guitar and singing since his...