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CULTURE & HERITAGE
AUG. 24-31, 2022
CELEBRATING THE HISTORY
OF EASTERN OREGON
Last few weeks to ‘get wild’ in Pendleton
By Jennifer Colton
Go! Magazine
PENDLETON — There are only two
weeks left to “Get Wild in Pendleton.”
The second-annual summer event
will run until Sept. 3, according to Cheri
Rosenberg, Pendleton Chamber of Com-
merce chief executive officer.
“It’s really successful,” she said.
“There’s a little bit of something for every-
body.”
Rosenberg said Get Wild in Pendleton
has multiple events each Saturday, from
riding horses and wagons on the Pendle-
ton Round-Up Grounds to listening to live
music on Main Street.
“Definitely make sure you do the
Round-Up tours. This is something that
is kind of unprecedented,” she said. “It’s
pretty substantial to be able to say that
you’ve been on horseback in the rodeo
arena.”
The Shamrock Saloon will be open for
those 21 and older both remaining week-
ends, offering drinks in the underground
bar with staff costumed from the early
1900s.
“The saloon there, it really takes you
back,” Rosenberg said. “It’s just a really
cool experience for people who are crav-
ing that old west authentic feel.”
Miss Alice (Carey
The Pendleton Underground Tours
are also offering tours during the events,
both traditional tours — open to those
6 and older — during the day and “after
hours” adult tours. Reservations for the
underground tours are available at www.
pendletonundergroundtours.org.
The late afternoon mule-drawn wagon
rides and the Wild West Show — a musi-
cal comedy Western called “The Ballad of
Pinky Brown” — have been popular with
children and adults.
“Kids are always welcome to come
down and listen to the music, families
seem to enjoy that,” Rosenberg said.
Rosenberg also encouraged those
attending Get Wild in Pendleton to eat
at local restaurants and visit stores and
other attractions.
She said they are planning to bring
back the Saturday events next year.
“We’ve already started talking about
next year,” she said. “It’s a really positive
thing.”
Here’s the schedule for the final two
Get Wild in Pendleton Saturdays:
block of Main Street
• Pendleton Underground Shamrock
Saloon: 4-7 p.m., 21+, 31 SW Emigrant
Ave.
• Mechanical Bull: 6-10 p.m., 400 block of
Main Street
• Live Music: Identities, 6:30-10 p.m., 400
block of Main Street
AUG. 27
SEPT. 3
• Wagon Rides: 5-8 p.m., 400 block of
Main Street
• “The Ballad of Pinky Brown”: 6 p.m., 400
• Pendleton Round Up Tours:
11 a.m.,12:30 p.m., 2 p.m.; 1330 SW
Court Ave.
Varela) confronts
Pinky Brown
(Dutch Meerdink)
in front of
Doo Dah (Andi
Jones) and Miss
Loretta (Doreen
Matteson) during
a performance
of “The Ballad
of Pinky Brown”
in downtown
Pendleton.
Jennifer Colton/
Go! Magazine
• Wagon Rides: 5-8 p.m., 300 block of
Main Street
• “The Ballad of Pinky Brown”: 6 p.m., 300
block of Main Street
• Pendleton Underground Shamrock
Saloon: 4-7 p.m., 21+, 31 SW Emigrant
Ave.
• Mechanical Bull: 6-10 p.m., 300 block of
Main Street
• Rock Wall: 6-8 p.m., 300 block of Main
Street
• Live Music: Hankers, 6:30-10 p.m., 400
block of Main Street