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su m m e r gu ide Thunderegg Days & Festival, family-friendly event w/ rock & gem vendors, local arisans, live music, quilt show & more, 10am-9pm today through Saturday, July 12, 105 Main St., Nyssa. FREE. Bend Summer Festival, art & music w/Deschutes Brewery libations, 5-10pm today, 11am-10pm tomorrow & 11am-5pm Sunday, downtown Bend. FREE. SATURDAY, 7/12 Yamhill Lavender Festival & Plein Air Art Show, premium art show of original work painted in the lavender fi elds of Oregon, lavender-based cuisine & refreshment, all day today & tomorrow, Beulah City Park, Yamhill. Don. Drink Pink Rosé Festival, noon-4pm, Patton Valley Vineyard, 9449 S.W. Old Hwy. 47, Gaston. $50. Movies in the Garden: Wedding Singer, 7pm, The Oregon Garden, 879 W. Main St., Silverton. $3, $2 ages 12-17, $1 ages 5-11, ages 4 & under & mem. FREE. Portland Saturday Market, 10am-5pm today & 11am- 4:30pm tomorrow, 108 W. Burnside St., Portland. FREE. Graffi ti Weekend continues. See July 7. Graffi ti Weekend continues. See July 7. FRIDAY, 7/11 Oregon Lavender Festival, a celebration of lavender grown in the PNW, area lavender farms open their fi elds for tours, photography, painting, shopping & lectures, today through Sunday, July 13, McKenzie River Lavender Farm, 40882 McKenzie Hwy., Vida. FREE. Bend Summer Festival continues. See July 10. Oregon Bach Festival: Duke Ellington & The Harlem Jazz Craze, narrator Jamie Bernstein emcees an evening of Ellington’s music w/conductor Michael Barrett & Portland’s Art Abrams Swing Machine, 7:30-9:30pm, Newmark Theatre, Portland. $15-$54. Graffi ti Weekend continues. See July 7. Bend Summer Festival continues. See July 10. Thunderegg Days & Festival continues. See July 10. Thunderegg Days & Festival continues. See July 10. Oregon Lavender Festival continues. See July 11. SUNDAY, 7/13 Graffi ti Weekend continues. See July 7. Oregon Lavender Festival continues. See July 11. Portland Saturday Market continues. See July 12. Yamhill Lavender Festival & Plein Air Art Show continues. See July 12. TUESDAY, 7/14 Music on the Half Shell, w/The Wailers, 7-9pm, Stewart Park, Roseburg. FREE. 2 014 WEDNESDAY, 7/16 Amos Lee, 7:30pm, Britt Pavilion, 350 1st St., Jacksonville. $32-$52. seminars & more, noon-6pm today & 11am-5pm tomorrow, Ecotrust, 721 N.W. 9th Ave., Portland. FREE. Oregon High Desert Classics, “AA” rated hunter/ jumper competition w/Olympic level riders, 8am-5pm today through Sunday, July 20, J Bar J Boys Ranch, 62895 Hamby Rd., Bend, see jbarj.org/ohdc. FREE to spectators. Sherwood Robin Hood Festival, Renaissance reenactments, knighting ceremony, archery competition, castle-building contest, food, arts & crafts, parade & more, 5-11pm today & 9am-11pm tomorrow, S.W. 1st St., Sherwood. FREE. THURSDAY, 7/17 Northwest String Summit, w/Yonder Mountain Spring Band, Railroad Earth, Greensky Bluegrass, Sam Bush Band, The Motet & more, today through Sunday, July 20, Horning’s Hideout, North Plains. $150-$215. West Linn Old Time Fair, exhibitor booths, food vendors, entertainment, carnival, car show, beer garden & more, 5-10pm today, 11am-10pm tomorrow & 11am-6pm Sunday, Willamette Park, 1100 12th St., West Linn, call 503-557-4700. FREE. Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, 6:30pm, Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 S.W. Shevlin-Hixon Dr., Bend. $49-$110. Explore Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge by Canoe or Kayak, BYO kayak, 6-8pm, email Meagan_ Campbell@fws.gov or call 270-0610 to pre-reg. & for location. FREE. Movies in the Garden: Offi ce Space, 7pm, The Oregon Garden, 879 W. Main St., Silverton. $3, $2 ages 12-17, $1 ages 5-11, ages 4 & under & mem. FREE. Brittfest: Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, 8pm, Britt Pavilion, 350 1st St., Jacksonville. $32-$42. FRIDAY, 7/18 North Bend July Jubilee, parade, disc golf tournament, vendor fair & more, 11:30am-11pm today & tomorrow, 1380 Sherman Ave., North Bend. FREE. LifeWise Oregon Berry Festival, 2-day farmers market, children’s booth, cooking demos, wellness Northwest String Summit continues. See July 17. SATURDAY, 7/19 Balloons Over Bend Children’s Festival, picturesque balloon launches, bouncy houses, face painting, crafts & more, 6am-5pm today & 6am-2pm tomorrow, Riverbend Park, Bend, call 323-0964. FREE. Southern Oregon Kite Festival, see kite fl iers & kite makers perform & display their creations, all day today & tomorrow, July 20, Brookings, see southernoregonkitefestival.com. FREE. Portland’s largest music festival, MusicfestNW, will be held in Waterfront Park this year, over two days and two stages (8/16-17). The festival will bring in young, energetic bands such as Girl Talk, Phantogram, HAIM and Future Islands. There will also be multiple food carts, art galleries, a poster mart with silkscreen designs and more. Be sure to bring sunscreen and comfortable clothes! PHOTO BY TOM BEARD eugeneweekly.com • May 29, 2014 37