oct 5-11 : free, live music bonanza : love trucker, boy meets club, bottles/cans, poncho luxurio, richmond fontaine

Issue No. 5 : October 5 – 11, 2009
October whips up treats. Free treats. Live treats.

05 Monday
Music Millennium presents acoustic melodies at Community Day/Songwriters Circle with Audie Darling, John Vecchiarelli, and Jack McMahon, 7 PM. All ages.

Love Trucker rocks alongside The Yardbirds' tribute The London Flush at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

New Band Night at Kelly's Olympian, 9 PM. 21 and over.

06 Tuesday
Bluegrass, string band Foghorn Duo at McMenamins Edgefield, 7 PM. 21 and over.

Steve Kerin plays piano blues at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

07 Wednesday
Portland's Richmond Fontaine album release party at Music Millennium, 6 PM. All ages.

McMenamins' Great Northwest Music Tour comes to Bend with indie folk from Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers at McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 7 PM. All ages.

Psychedelic jams from Mars Retrieval Unit and dub style with The T Club at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

08 Thursday
Funky R&B with Poncho Luxurio at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon, 8:30 PM. 21 and over.

Royal Codfish Society Orchestra featuring Johnnie Ward, Turtle VanDemarr, Tim Acott, and Big Shorty makes noise at LaurelThirst Public House, 9:30 PM. 21 and over.

09 Friday
DC rockers Bottles/Cans in the lounge at the Hawthorne Theatre, 9 PM. 21 and over.

Bluesy rock at LaurelThirst Public House from Woodbrain, 6 PM. 21 and over.

Americana with Ian McFeron at McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern, 9 PM. All ages.

Richly picked blues from Joshua Slamp at McMenamins Edgefield, 10 PM. All ages.

10 Saturday
McMenamins' Great Northwest Music Tour continues with indie folk from Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers at McMenamins Grand Lodge, 7PM. All ages.

Sky in the Road harmonizes Celtic folk at McMenamins Edgefield, 7 PM. 21 and over.

DJ's, electro-beats and hip-hop clash at Bass Boom! with Cory O, Boy Meets Club, and DJ Chase Manhattan at Branx, 10 PM. 21 and over.

11 Sunday
Afternoon powerpop/rock with Throwback Suburbia at Music Millennium, 3 PM. All ages.

Soulful blues with Mary Flower at McMenamins Edgefield, 5 PM. 21 and over.

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Rock'em, sock'em.

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