Gorge Giggin’ Guide - April 21 -27
This Week the Gorge Giggin’ Guide is celebrating Cherry Festival Week!
The Cherry Stomp Dance returns, and it’s gonna be Off The Charts!
Get Out There!
The Dalles is
Little Music City
Tuesday, April 21
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 April 21
Reddy Black Trio at Zim’s Sports Bar & Grill, 7 p.m.
Bumblebee Season
Author Eileen Garvin's 'Bumblebee Season' book launch party
Book talk, book signing, and fun tunes!
Free and open to the public, but space is limited.
6-9 p.m.
The Ruins in Hood River
Indoor venue. All-ages. Free!
Please join us for the launch of Eileen Garvin's new novel, Bumblebee Season, on April 21 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Ruins. Eileen will be in conversation with Nancy Foley, author of the debut novel, I Am Agatha.
We’ll kick off the evening with some music from Lady Eight (Michelle Edwards, Nicole Keim, and Eileen) followed by a book chat. Nancy and Eileen will sign books after their conversation. (Book sales onsite with Waucoma Bookstore).
The Flat Earth Rounders (Doug Archbald, Matt Farmer, Brendan Ramey, Genavie Thomas, and Joe Wells) will play us out into the evening. T-Quito El Hambre will be onsite to serve the hungry.
6 p.m. Doors
6:30 p.m. Lady Eight
7:30 p.m. Book Talk
8 p.m. Book Signing and Music from special guests the Flat Earth Rounders!
Free and open to the public, but space is limited, so please RSVP!
Music at 64 Taphouse
Wednesday, April 22
64 oz. Taphouse in Hood River brings live music to the stage.
Wednesday, April 22, Rae Gordon, 7 p.m.
Spring Night Market at Thunder Island
Thunder Island Events
Thunder Island Brewing in Cascade Locks presents live music, trivia nights and more.
Spring Night Market 5-8 p.m. Live music from Julie and the Astronauts
Thursday, April 23
Mt. Hood Winery in Hood River hosts live music featuring local and regional musicians.
Thursday, April 23, Willy & Nelson, 4-6 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/
Thursday April 23
Jeff Carrell at Bargeway Pub, 6 p.m.
The Pines Tasting Room in Hood River hosts live music featuring local and regional musicians.
Thursday, April 23, Scot Bergeron, 4-6 p.m.
Comeday with Cansu
Events at Bingen Theater
The Historic Bingen Theater is a community -based performing arts center and recording studio located in Bingen, Wash.
Thursday April 23 - 6:30
Comedy Night at The Bingen with Cansu
Tickets:
https://bigbritches.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200517277
Cansu is a Kurdish comedian based in New York. She started out in London, where she was nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award in 2018. She has since headlined the 2023 New York Comedy Festival with her show Diversity Hire and recorded her debut comedy special in September 2025 at New York Comedy Club. She's also the creator and co-host of the podcast Psychology 1-0-dumb.
Fruition celebrates Labor of Love
Friday, April 24
The Trout Lake Hall in Trout Lake, Washington brings live music and community events to its historic venue. https://www.troutlakehall.com/
Fruition at Trout Lake Hall
Friday, April 24
$43 Advance // $45 Day Of Show6pm Doors / 7pm ShowAll Ages
Fruition - Labor of Love 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Fruition, How to Make Mistakes
Three songwriters. Five bandmates. More than 15 years together, building a grassroots audience with a combination of stacked vocal harmonies and collaborative, song-driven Americana. Fruition is proof that there's strength in numbers.
How To Make Mistakes, the band's first studio album in four years, showcases a reinvigorated group at the peak of its powers. This is American roots music at its broadest and boldest — a melting pot of rock, soul, folk, and pop. What began as a busking string band has evolved into something more eclectic, rooted not only in the unique delivery of three different singers, but also the cohesion of five friends who prefer their music to be homegrown and honest… mistakes and all.
"This is the first studio album that we've recorded entirely live," says Jay Cobb Anderson, who shares frontperson duties with fellow multi-instrumentalists Mimi Naja and Kellen Asebroek. "We recorded 17 songs in 7 days, with everybody playing together in real time, and we didn't overdub anything. The songs sound honest and real. They sound like us."
Get Down Funk Collective
The Ruins in Hood River presents National and Regional touring musical acts, films, and other community events. https://www.theruins.org
Get Down Funk Collective
Fri. 4/24/26 at The Ruins. Doors at 6:30 p.m. Indoor venue. All-ages. Show starts at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $20 in advance (click here,) or $25 at the door.
Rising from a funky curated music series founded at Portland's finest music club, The Get Down, The Get Down Funk Collective is a dynamic and energetic music ensemble with a rotating lineup made up of some of Portland's finest artists. Known for its infectious blend of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz influences. Their sound features tight rhythms, groovy bass lines, and powerful horn sections. Coming to Hood River is the most powerful lineup this collective has to offer.
Cherry Stomp Dance Returns
Saturday, April 25
Cherry Stomp Dance Returns
After years of silence, the dance floor is coming back to life
in The Dalles on Cherry Festival Weekend.
The Cherry Stomp Dance storms back into The Dalles Civic Auditorium on April 25 at 7:00 PM — bringing the music, the memories, and the magic back to The Civic for one unforgettable night.
For longtime locals, Cherry Stomp isn’t just a dance. It’s a feeling. It’s packed floors, big guitars, friends singing at the top of their lungs, and the kind of electric energy that only happens when a community comes together.
This year’s return carries special meaning. The event comes back with the blessing of Randy Haines, whose name became synonymous with unforgettable live entertainment in The Dalles and legendary nights at The Civic.
Providing the soundtrack for the night is the high-energy, live band “Icons of Rock - Tribute Show,” delivering powerhouse tributes to legends like Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Joan Jett, and Shania Twain, along with more iconic hits guaranteed to keep the dance floor moving all night long. Expect big vocals, blazing guitar riffs, fist-in-the-air anthems, and nonstop dancing.
A full bar and food will be available for purchase, setting the stage for the ultimate night out with friends. Whether you’re reliving the glory days of Cherry Stomp or experiencing it for the very first time, this is your chance to be part of a revived local tradition.
Event Details
Cherry Stomp Dance April 25, 2026 7:00 PM The Dalles Civic Auditorium
Tickets are $25 and available online or at the door if still available. Early purchase is strongly encouraged — this nostalgic, high-energy comeback is expected to draw a strong crowd.
Dust off your dancing shoes. Call your friends. Make your plans.
The Cherry Stomp is back — and it’s ready to rock.
Tickets:
Jonny Fritz
Sunday, April 26
The Trout Lake Hall in Trout Lake, Washington brings live music and community events to its historic venue. https://www.troutlakehall.com/
Sunday, April 26th, 2026
$23 Advance // $25 Day Of Show
5 p.m. Doors / 6 p.m. Show All Ages
Jonny Fritz - a veteran of 15 years as a touring musician. Born in Missoula, Montana and raised in Esmont, Virginia. A near perfect blend of country and western, yet impossible to know what to call it or do with it. Jonny calls it Dad Country; a theme park tailor made for dad's. That's his genre (so he says) and if that makes sense to you then you ought to have your head checked. The guy does it all. He is a famed leatherworker known for covering household items in handtooled leather (from microwaves and coffee grinders to telecasters). He's made guitar straps for all your favorite bands and he even co-wrote the hit song All Your Favorite Bands (with Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes). Currently residing in the foothills of Los Angeles, he hasn't toured much in the past few years since focusing on selling houses and raising his daughter. He's branded himself as L.A.'s Only Realtor™ and has become quite successful at selling multi-million dollar properties to the stars. Not to mention he's the Music Director of a boutique music venue in Sonoma County, CA called Little Saint that has garnered some major headlines for their surprise shows featuring the likes of boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers, Rufus Wainwright, Hiss Golden Messenger, Lavender Country and so many more. There’s a special freakiness Fritz brings to whatever he does. Selling real estate, running marathons, songwriting, or leather-working. It somehow all makes sense once you learn to make sense of it. Catch this delicate flower the next time you smell him coming! You won’t want to miss out on your chance to see him do his thing.
Combining mid-century pop with alt-country sensibilities, Rodeo Wilson creates hazy, technicolored songs of love and pain, drawing musical inspiration from his Southwestern roots. With one album under his belt, Rodeo Wilson is set to release his sophomore effort in the Summer of 2026. Rodeo Wilson lives and works in Portland, OR.
Open Mic at Working Hands
Working Hands Fermentation in Hood River presents live music, trivia nights and more.
Sunday, April 26, Open Mic Night (All Ages), 7-9:30 p.m.
Cody Vonier
Monday, April 27
Everybody’s Brewing in White Salmon brings local and regional music to the stage.
Monday, April 27, Cody Vonier (Folk), 6-8 p.m.
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