Gorge Giggin’ Guide Feb. 3-9
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DJ Mexi spent some of Saturday night spinning vinyl in the new DJ Booth at Spinning Wheels Brewing in Hood River. Turntables seem to be the main music source for the venue. - Jim Drake
Tuesday, Feb. 3
Little Music City was founded in The Dalles, Oregon by a group of individuals passionate about music and their community. www.littlemusiccity.com/
Tuesday, February 3
7:00 PM Reddy Black Trio at Zim’s Sports Bar & Grill
Thunder Island Community Night
Wednesday, Feb. 4
Thunder Island Events
Thunder Island Brewing in Cascade Locks presents live music, trivia nights and more.
We love our community, believe in giving back, and celebrate the organizations that bond our communities. Join us for our Community Night on the first and third Wednesday of the month. We will donate $1.00 of every beverage sold between 5pm and close to a featured non-profit organization.
This week's Launch Party and Troll Hunt Community Night will be benefiting a local non-profit, Main Street Cascade Locks! This event is open to the public and all are welcome to join.
This Launch Party and Troll Hunt (with prizes) will kick off the community-wide centennial of The Bridge of the Gods in October 2026. Main Street Cascade Locks is coordinating with businesses, government agencies, tribal governments and non-profit organizations to present a spectacular festival of events.
Tabby’s Open Mic
Live Music at Tabby’s Hole in One
Tabby’s Hole in One Clubhouse at the Hood River Golf Course presents live music with local and regional bands.
Wednesday, Feb. 4, Open Mic with Kerry Williams, 6-8 p.m.
Secret Salsa dancing
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, Feb. 4, Crush Cider Cafe (Hood River), 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 5
Little Music City was founded in The Dalles, Oregon by a group of individuals passionate about music and their community. www.littlemusiccity.com/
Thursday, February 5
6:00 PM Al Hare at Bargeway Pub
7:00 PM Jeff Minnick at Last Stop Saloon
David Ramirez
Music with David Ramirez/Sharon Silva
Live Music at Trout Lake Hall
The Trout Lake Hall in Trout Lake, Washington brings live music and community events to its historic venue. www.troutlakehall.com/
Thursday, February 5th, 2026
$19 Advance // $23 Day Of Show
6pm Doors / 7pm Show
All Ages
David Ramirez took a little time to get back to himself, and now he’s dead set on making music for himself—for the sake of the music, and nothing else. “I love all the records I’ve made in the past,” says Ramirez. “But in making them, there was always the thought in the back of my mind of where and what it could get me. I made both creative and business decisions with a goal in mind; a goal that often never came. This time it was all about just the joy of making it, about having fun with it.”
The Austin, TX-based singer-songwriter—whose career has seen six full-length studio albums, three EPs, countless collaborations, and an illustrious supergroup project in Glorietta—spent a season of rest away from his focus on writing songs. In the wake of the end of a long relationship, he wanted to prioritize processing his grief as a human, not as an artist bleeding onto the page.
Sharon Silva is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter known for her emotionally resonant lyrics and powerful, expressive voice. As a founding member of the indie-folk band The Wild Reeds, Silva helped shape their signature harmony-driven sound before stepping into her solo career.
Quick & Easy Boys
Friday, Feb. 6
The Quick & Easy Boys w/ Gold Souls
The Ruins in Hood River
Friday, Feb. 6
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
13 Railroad Street
Doors at 5:30pm. Indoor venue. All-ages.
Tickets are $15 in advance (click here,) or $20 at the door.
(Please note: Advance purchase tickets stop being available at 11:59pm the night before the show and then are only available at the door on the day-of. Pets not allowed.)
The Quick & Easy Boys are a power trio out of Portland, Oregon, who create their own blend of rock and roll. Imagine the Minutemen, the Police, and Band of Gypsy’s rolled into one.
Muddy Souls
Live Music at Trout Lake Hall
The Trout Lake Hall in Trout Lake, Washington brings live music and community events to its historic venue. www.troutlakehall.com/
Friday, February 6th, 2026
$15 Advance // $15 Day Of Show
6pm Doors / 7pm Show
All Ages
Born in the belly of Eugene, Oregon, The Muddy Souls are a progressive bluegrass band emerging from the Pacific Northwest. Formed in 2018, the band has produced four original albums and played over 300 shows across the US, Canada Europe, and beyond. Through intricately woven arrangements, meaningful lyrics, vocal harmonies, and improvisational jams, this band is sure to get you grooving on the dance floor. The Muddy Souls will take you on a musical journey, opening hearts and nourishing souls.
ORIGINAL, TRADITIONAL, MODERN
Setting roots in the high and dry Central Oregon desert, Skillethead calls forth the best of bluegrass old and new. They ground themselves firmly in the bluegrass traditions of driving fiddle tunes, layered harmonies, and single mics, all the while weaving in inspiration and originality gleaned from genres far and wide. You can expect to hear a Stanley Brothers number right alongside a stirring original or a rollicking rock cover done in Skillethead's own unique fashion. The spectrum reaches far and wide, the bluegrass universe is expanding, and Skillethead is on that ride!
SuperNova
Live Music at The Pines
The Pines Tasting Room in Hood River hosts live music featuring local and regional musicians.
Friday, Feb. 6, SuperNova (rock), 6-9 p.m.
Phish tribute band Shafty
Saturday, Feb. 7
An Evening With Shafty (Phish Tribute)
Sat, Feb 07 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Ruins in Hood River
Doors at 5:30 p.m. Indoor venue. All-ages.
Tickets are $20 in advance (click here,) or $25 at the door.
(Please note: Advance purchase tickets stop being available at 11:59pm the night before the show and then are only available at the door on the day-of. Pets not allowed.)
Shafty: What began as essentially a goof – a chance to throw down some familiar dancy beats and jam for whoever felt like listening - ultimately lit a spark under the off-the-radar powder keg of Phish fans in the Portland, Oregon music scene. More time was spent talking about the possibility of putting a Phish tribute together than actually practicing, prior to their first performance at local basement pub The Goodfoot Lounge, in February of 2012.
Gorge Roller Derby
Event by Gorge Roller Derby
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Gorge Roller Derby Presents
A GRD DOUBLE HEADER FEBRUARY 7TH
GRD ALL STARS VS. ?MYSTERYTEAM? 4PM
GRD BLOOD N GORGE VS. Emerald City Roller Derby 6PM
All ages – Wheelchair Accessible – 6 & under free
Fort Dalles Readiness Center 402 E Scenic Dr. The Dalles, OR
97058
Doors Open at 3:00PM Bout starts at 4:00PM
LIMITED Tickets are available at the door Regular $15 Students $8
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. www.littlemusiccity.com/
Saturday, February 7
6:00 PM Chic Preston at Bargeway Pub
7:00 PM Second Hand Jam at Zim’s Sports Bar & Grill
8:00 PM Al Hare at Last Stop Saloon
Black Infinity House runs through March 1 at
Columbia Center for the Arts.
Sunday, Feb. 8
Little Music City was founded in The Dalles, Oregon by a group of individuals passionate about music and their community. www.littlemusiccity.com/
Sunday, February 8
7:00 PM Rich & Blonde at Last Stop Saloon
Black Infinity House: Art Exhibit
Exhibit runs Feb 07 - March 1,
WED-SUN, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Avenue, Hood River
“The Black Infinity House art exhibit is focused on highlighting the visions, expressions, experiences and imaginations of local, black artists across multiple mediums.
The premise of the show comes from a concept I grasped when reading The Black Aesthetic II. The early pages of the book’s discussion illuminate the fact that Blackness is infinite. People may try to define what it means to be black; but it comes in all different forms, especially as we, as a people, constantly create new spaces and phenomenal forms of culture in order to to express ourselves and own our incredible power in safe environments —specifically made for us, by us.
This artists’ showcase is an experiential exhibit with three quadrants in the gallery that together are meant to demonstrate black art through the process of its creation, consumption and cultivation. Art will be displayed in three sectors called The Studio, The Living Room, and The Porch, respectively.”
There is no charge for admission.
Reb Conner
Monday, Feb. 9
Everybody’s Brewing in White Salmon brings local and regional music to the stage.
Monday, Feb. 9, Reb Conner (Soul, Country, Jazz, Pop), 6-8 p.m.
Little Music City was founded in The Dalles, Oregon by a group of individuals passionate about music and their community. www.littlemusiccity.com/
Monday, February 9
7:00 PM Al Hare at Last Stop Saloon
Tien Hsieh in concert Feb. 10
Coming Up: Tien Hsieh
Mid Columbia
Community Concert
The Dalles Civic Auditorium, 323 E 4th St, The Dalles
Tuesday, Feb 10
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Tien Hsieh is a formidable virtuoso and also a magnetic musical persona.
TICKETS:
www.midcolumbiacommunityconcerts.com/events/tien-hsieh
About The Event
As one reviewer from the San Francisco bay area recently quoted, "Serious, composed, tiny and full of music, Tien Hsieh lets her artistry on the piano express a warmth and freshness of ideas that surely none but a poet could explain". Another reviewer said she "...delivered electrifying performances of music of monumentally heroic difficulty. Works by Messiaen, Beethoven and finally Liszt's Rhapsodie Espagnole were breathtaking in their technical quality and interpretive maturity." Her Schumann Humoresque, Op. 20 was described as 'Grand, relentless, madness explained, love caught through fingertips and galloping hooves trailing off to pastoral dreams.'
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