FINAL RIVERSIDE PARK
CONCERT IS AUG. 19
LA GRANDE — The last perfor-
mance of this summer’s Riverside
Concert Series will feature KC
Kunkle and Madeline Ford on
Thursday, Aug. 19. The free music
begins at 6 p.m. at the pavilion.
WATCH A MOVIE UNDER
THE STARS
EASTERN OREGON — Several
towns show family-friendly films
beginning at dusk on summer
evenings. Upcoming opportunities
to watch a movie under the stars:
• Thursday, Aug. 19, “Raya &
the Last Dragon” at Baker City’s
Central Park
• Friday, Aug. 20, “Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory,” Canyon
City Park
• Friday, Aug. 20, “Doolittle” at La
Grande’s Pioneer Park
• Friday, Aug. 20, “Rudy” at
Pendleton’s Community Park
• Thursday, Aug. 26, “The
Goonies” at Baker City’s Central
Park
COURTHOUSE CONCERT
SERIES CONTINUES
ENTERPRISE — The Court-
house Concert Series presents
5
QUICK TAKES
A BRIEF LOOK AT WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN EASTERN OREGON
free concerts on Thursdays at
5:30 p.m. on the lawn of the Wal-
lowa County Courthouse. The
final three performances of this
summer will be Sons of Guns on
Aug. 19, The Wasteland Kings
on Aug. 26, and Sam Weber and
Joey Carpenter on Sept. 2.
FIRST EO COUNTRY
MUSIC FESTIVAL COMES
TO UNION
ing vocal harmonies and a unique
mix of fingerstyle guitar, octave
mandolin and clawhammer banjo.
Joining Skovlin again Aug.
27 at 5 p.m. on the deck will
be Cason along with Genavie
Thomas. Calling themselves The
Kitchenettes, they will bring toe-
tapping, hand-clapping, upbeat
Appalachian-style string band
and traditional mountain music.
AUGUST 18–25, 2021
JOIN FREE OPEN JAM
SESSION IN LA GRANDE
LA GRANDE — Direct Music
Source, 1206 Adams Ave., hosts
a free open jam session Saturday,
Aug. 21, from 4-6 p.m. All are wel-
come to play, sing or just listen.
WHEATSTOCK MUSIC
FESTIVAL IS FOR ALL AGES
HELIX — The 13th-annual
Wheatstock Music Festival of-
fers live music, free camping,
food vendors, a beer garden and
bouncy castles for the kids. Randy
Rogers Band will headline the Sat-
urday, Aug. 21, event at Quantum
9 Arena in Helix. The music goes
from 2:30-11 p.m., also featur-
ing Tylor and the Trainrobbers,
Wanderlost, Norman Baker and
the Backroads, Great American
Trainwreck and Hillfolk Noir. Gen-
eral admission is $40.
UNION — The inaugural
Eastern Oregon Country Music
Festival is set for Friday, Aug. 20,
at the Eastern Oregon Livestock
Show Grounds. The music starts
at 5 p.m., featuring Cale Moon
of Enterprise, Wade Aylett of
Irrigon, and Nashville’s Johno
Clayton and Randy Woody and
the Southbound Band. General
admission is $35.
DUO PERFORMS LIVE
AUG. 21 AT CHURCHILL
SCHOOL
LAURA SKOVLIN AND
FRIENDS ENTERTAIN ON
THE DECK
LA GRANDE HEAVY METAL
AUG. 21 IS
BAND TAKES HQ STAGE
LA GRANDE — Saturday, Aug.
STOCKGROWERS
21, La Grande heavy metal band
MEETING, RODEO AND
DINNER
Nogero will bring original songs
WALLOWA LAKE VILLAGE —
Local musicians Laura Skovlin,
Pat Cason and George Boesger
will entertain as GPL/Starry Night
on Friday, Aug. 20, from 5-7 p.m.
on the deck at Wallowa Lake
Lodge. The trio will deliver sooth-
BAKER CITY — Lauren Napier
and Vic Ruggiero will perform live
Saturday, Aug. 21, at Churchill
School, 3451 Broadway St.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the mu-
sic starts at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are
$8 in advance at www.churchill-
baker.com or $10 at the door.
and some fan-favorite covers to
HQ, 112 Depot St. Doors open
at 7 p.m. and the music begins
at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 at
the door.
ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa
County Stockgrowers celebrate
the Western ranching lifestyle
Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Wallowa
County Fairgrounds with the an-
nual meeting at 7 a.m. at Clover-
leaf Hall and a ranch rodeo at
11 a.m. A social hour, dinner and
awards begin at 6:30 p.m.
WINE AND FLOWER
ARRANGING — A CLASS
FOR GROWN-UPS
JOSEPH — Dawn Highberger
leads an evening of playing with
late-summer flowers, exploring
the connection of art and flower
design and drinking wine at a
class just for grown-ups at the
Josephy Center, 403 N. Main St.
The gathering begins at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 21. Cost is $45. For
more details and to sign up, go to
www.josephy.org or call 541-432-
0505.
LODGE HOSTS UNIQUE
EVENING WITH SETH
KINZIE AND BART BUDWIG
WALLOWA LAKE VILLAGE —
Seth Kinzie and Bart Budwig will
present a unique evening of mu-
sic at the Wallowa Lake Lodge
on Tuesday, Aug. 24, beginning
at 7 p.m. Kinzie is a modern,
impressionist piano composer
from Joseph, and Bart Budwig
is a local singer-songwriter of
psychedelic Americana.