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The Dalles is
Little Music City

Tuesday, Sept. 1

Little Music City Lineup

Little Music City was founded in The Dalles, Oregon by a group of individuals passionate about music and their community. https://www.littlemusiccity.com/

Tuesday, Sept. 1

Reddy Black Trio at Zim’s Sports Bar, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 2

Sunset Music Series with Ian Joe Bailey

Thunder Island Brewing in Cascade Locks

Live Music in our Beer Garden every Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Ian Joe Bailey is a musical group based out of Portland, OR that leans towards a folky acoustic sound overall, but still explores and experiments with many different genres. With a very enjoyable laid back style, the group is influenced by a mix of Blues, Jazz, Folk era twang and busking street rock. The music radiates the sweet colorful wisp of the saxophone, trumpet, piano, or lead accompanied by a remedying rhythm guitar and drums. The impassioned vocals lead the listener through the song from start to finish, a written story in a tune.

Secret Salsa Society

The Secret Salsa Society is your place for Salsa Dancing in the Gorge! Join the weekly dance at a fun, local venue. Expect to hear Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cha Cha Cha, Timba, Cumbia, and more. Suggested donation $3 per person. All Ages event and Beginners are welcome! Beginner lessons at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 2, Crush Cider Cafe (Hood River), 7-9 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 3

Live Music at The Ruins

The Ruins in Hood River presents National and Regional touring musical acts, films, and other community events. https://www.theruins.org

Armchair Boogie w/ Wild Hare

Thursday, Sept. 3, 6-9 p.m.

Doors at 5:30 p.m. Outdoor venue. All-ages. Tickets are $20 in advance (click here,) or $25 at the door.

Jamgrass, newgrass, funkgrass, whatever you want to call it — Armchair Boogie is rapidly becoming one of the country’s hottest acts. With an unbounded sound, this Wisconsin-based quartet is known for its powerful harmonies, timeless originals, and choice covers, along with unforgettable live performances. Listed as a “Must-See Roots Artists at Bourbon & Beyond'' by The Bluegrass Situation, who wrote, “We recently caught this jammy Wisconsin outfit at EarlScruggs Music Festival, where they burnt down their late-night set. Armchair Boogie is Augie Dougherty on banjo with Ben Majeska on acoustic & electric guitars, backed by tight, driving rhythms of Eli Frieders on electric bass and Denzel Connor on drums.

Mosier Company in Mosier

Thursday, Sept. 3, Jesse Stockton Trio, 6-8 p.m.

Live Music at Phelps Creek Vineyard in Hood River

Gorge Jazz Night | Weekly Live Music with “All Jazz Considered”

Join us every Thursday from 5-7 p.m. for Gorge Jazz Night, a Columbia Gorge tradition featuring live jazz from local artists, award-winning Phelps Creek wines, and light bites.

Wanderlodge / Lewi Longmire at Trout Lake Hall

https://www.troutlakehall.com/

New West Coast country rocking gem

Thursday, Sept. 3, $15 Advance // $18 Day Of Show, 6 p.m. Doors / 7 p.m. Show, All Ages

WANDERLODGE

Wanderlodge hails from Portland and Joshua Tree but has spent most of its time on the road. The duo formed in 2016 with Matt Cadenelli and Kris Stuart combining their love of classic rock and country with their own tunes, those of other favorite local songwriters, and a taste for the sunny, country rock sounds of LA and it’s surrounding canyons. The result is a new west coast, country rocking gem.

LEWI LONGMIRE

Oregon Music Hall of Fame member Lewi Longmire has built a reputation as Portland’s multi-instrumentalist “go to guy.” In the decades since relocating to Portland from Albuquerque, New Mexico, he’s been included on shows and recordings by many of the Northwest’s finest bands and songwriters. He’s regularly played with national acts Michael Hurley, John Craigie, TK & the Holy Know Nothings, Alela Diane, Victoria Williams, Dolorean, the Minus 5, as well as local luminaries Casey Neill, the Freak Mountain Ramblers, and was an anchor member of Portland’s all-star tribute to the Allman Brothers, Brothers and Sister.

Families in the Park is back this summer! A fun community tradition coming up in August. Each Thursday evening in August at Jackson Park in Hood River at 7 p.m. This event is brought to you by Hood River Lions Club & Gorge Community Foundation. Food will be available to purchase on site. Bring your camp chairs and blankets.

Music Schedule:

Thursday, Sept. 3 added for Dance Hall Days show!
(re-scheduled from Aug. 6)

Friday, Sept. 4

Bargeway Pub Line-Up

The Bargeway Pub in The Dalles presents the best in live music and events with local and regional touring acts, community events - complete with seasonal outdoor stage. Full restaurant/catering services available.

Bonneville Power Trio - blues - 6:30 p.m.

BARN BURNER: Boot Juice at Trout Lake Hall

https://www.troutlakehall.com/

High-energy North California band blending cosmic rock, Americana, & bluegrass. BARN BURNER shows are all about the dancing! No matter who might be on the stage, you are guaranteed to groove.

Friday, Sept. 4, $20 Advance // $25 Day Of Show, 6 p.m. Doors / 7 p.m. Show, All Ages

BOOT JUICE

BOOT JUICE is a six-piece high-energy rock ‘n’ roll / Americana act from Northern California, notorious for their barn-burning live shows that get entire crowds on their feet dancing: a reputation earned from recent performances at legendary venues like The Fillmore and Dillon Amphitheater, festival sets at Treefort, High Sierra, and Golden Road Gathering, and packed club shows all across America during their many years on the road.

Porrón Cellars in Hood River

Friday, Sept. 4, Mark L. Daly (Almost Home), 7-9 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 5

The Bargeway Pub in The Dalles presents the best in live music and events with local and regional touring acts, community events - complete with seasonal outdoor stage. Full restaurant/catering services available.

Ben Rice & The PDX Hustle (Back to School Blues) - 6:30 p.m.

The Dalles is
Little Music City

Little Music City was founded in The Dalles, Oregon by a group of individuals passionate about music and their community. https://www.littlemusiccity.com/

Saturday, Sept. 5

Second Hand Jam at Zim’s Sports Bar, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 6

Little Music City was founded in The Dalles, Oregon by a group of individuals passionate about music and their community. https://www.littlemusiccity.com/

Sunday, Sept. 6

Cascade High at Bargeway, 7 p.m.

The Pines Tasting Room in Hood River

Sunday, Sept. 6, Alonzo Garbanzo & Ted Matzen, 3-5 p.m.

Mosier Company in Mosier

Sunday, Sept. 6, Mosiers' own Don Campbell with the SPORTIN LIFERS,6-8 p.m.

Sunday Serenade: Forrest VanTuyl Trio at The Trout Lake Hall

https://www.troutlakehall.com/

Sunday funday, brunch & live show! Cowboy poet Gorge local on the stage

Sunday, Sept. 6, $20 Advance // $25 Day Of Show, 11:30 a.m. Doors / 12:30 p.m. Show, All Ages, *Limited Tickets*

Sunday Serenade is Trout Lake Hall's new brunch music series. Each Sunday features an intimate, two-hour live set dedicated to a single style—jazz, Americana, groovy indie, country, folk—paired with delicious, chef-crafted brunch available for purchase. With limited tickets and cozy seating, it’s a relaxed, up-close experience—perfect for lingering over food and gentle Sunday tunes. Come in for a real Sunday Funday!

FORREST VANTUYL TRIO

Forrest VanTuyl is a songwriter, touring musician, and working cowboy from rural Washington State. His unique approach to songwriting is one equally indebted to the transcendental spareness of Emmylou Harris' Wrecking Ball as to his own experiences working with cattle and horses in the prairie and canyon country of Oregon and Washington. VanTuyl has worked as a backing musician and collaborator with critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Margo Cilker, become a regular fixture at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, shared stages with Sera Cahoone, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Corb Lund, and been featured by The New York Times, National Geographic, NPR, and KEXP.

Open Mic Night at Trout Lake Hall hosted by Lincoln Crockett

https://www.troutlakehall.com/

FREE! All Ages, Doors at 5 p.m., Sign up by 5:30 p.m.

Open Mic 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Join us in bringing the good times to the Hall every month! Historic room, great sound, supportive audience. Early and fun. Upright piano available! We want to hear you! Come be a part of it. Bring your songs or come to listen. We hear sung and instrumental originals and covers by rockers, campfire folkies, bluegrass pickers, blues hounds, country stalwarts, even had spoken word poetry that went over gangbusters. Music knows no bounds and over its 100+ years this room has heard it all.

Monday, Sept. 7

Thunder Island Brewing in Cascade Locks

Bluegrass/Old-Time Acoustic Jam, 5-8 p.m.

Share acoustic bluegrass and old-time music with friends. ACOUSTIC stringed instruments only - guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass, dobro, ukulele or other traditional acoustic instruments. Come prepared to have fun and share a song or tune with the group!

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Gorge Giggin’ Guide - Sept. 1 - 7

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