Gorge Giggin’ Guide - May 12-18
This week The Gorge Giggin’ Guide is bringing you Diversity - whether it’s the Community Celebrations of Maupin Daze or a chance to catch Authentic Irish Music - The Gorge is an Equal Opportunity List of Gigs you Need to Experience! Get Out There!
The Dalles is
Little Music City
Tuesday, May 12
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, May 12, 2026
Reddy Black Trio at Zim’s Sports Bar & Grill, 7 p.m.
Sweet N’ Juicy
Ruins Tuesday: Sweet N' Juicy w/ Lucky Nate & The Love Wagon
May 12, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
The Ruins, 13 Railroad Street, Hood River
All Ruins Tuesdays shows are a $5 cover if you arrive before 7 p.m., and $10 cover if you arrive after that. Tickets for these shows are only available at the door. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
The shows are all-ages until 7 p.m. and then 13+ after.
Featured Non-Profit: Hood River Adopt-A-Dog
Food Vendor: T-Quito El Hambre
Sweet is a Banana.
N' is the King of the Pineapples.
Juicy is a Strawberry.
They just want you to party.
Open Stage at Hood River Brewing
Wednesday, May 13
64 oz. Taphouse in Hood River brings live music to the stage. Wednesday, May 13, Jam Night, 7 p.m.
Hood River Brewing Co. in Hood River features live music onstage at the taproom from local and regional acts. Wednesday, May 13, Open Stage, 5:30-8 p.m.
Music at The Pines
Thursday, May 14
Mt. Hood Winery in Hood River hosts live music featuring local and regional musicians.
Our Sip and Sound May Lineup is here! Every Thursday in May from 4-6 p.m. Weather pending we’ll have music out on the patio or in our tasting room. We hope to see you all there! Thursday, May 14, Willy & Nelson, 4-6 p.m.
The Pines Tasting Room in Hood River hosts live music featuring local and regional musicians. Thursday, May 14, Larry Russ, 4-6 p.m.
Comedy Show with Daniel Simonsen
Events at Bingen Theater
The Historic Bingen Theater is a community -based performing arts center and recording studio located in Bingen, Wash.
Comedy Show with Daniel Simonsen
DANIEL SIMONSEN, a Norwegian/Chilean stand-up comedian and writer, delivers a different kind of comedy--deadpan, offbeat, and full of unexpected laughs. Daniel, named New York's Funniest at the 2022 New York Comedy Festival, made his US late-night debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and won the UK's So You Think You're Funny competition. Daniel is a Comedy Cellar regular and tours internationally.
https://www.bigbritches.org/comedy-night-with-daniel
The show features Jordan Casner, Portland's Funniest Person 2025
A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation
Friday, May 15
A Taste of Ireland at The Dalles Civic Auditorium
Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.
A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation
After premiering Off-Broadway last season, A Taste of Ireland: The Irish Music & Dance Sensation returns to stages across the USA in 2025, performing the show that has entertained thousands around the globe. Laugh, cry and jig into the night with a production that is Celtic, for this generation. Performed by former World Irish dance champions, and featuring dancers from Lord of the Dance and Riverdance, A Taste of Ireland transports the audience through the story of Ireland's tumultuous history delivered with a pint of Irish wit. Watch world-class performers blend melodic folk mash-ups, live jaw-dropping acapella tap battles and heartwarming story telling. Tickets Here
Funky Cranium tribute to Lori Nelson
Events at Hood River Elks Lodge
The Hood River Elks Lodge hosts live music, comedy and other community events.
The Funky Cranium Band presents a tribute to Lori Nelson with live sets of music along with her favorite songs.
Friday, May 15, 7-10 p.m.
Susurrus Station
Susurrus Station at Wines on Second
Susurrus Station Record Release w/ Lake Laconic
Susurrus Station will be playing a record release show on May 15 for their new album “Mythomania.” They will be joined by Lake Laconic from Astoria.
Friday, May 15, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Wines on Second, 316 East 2nd Street, The Dalles
Video for Meshes of the Afterlife, single from the new album:
Maupin's annual summer-kickoff Maupin Daze event!
Saturday, May 16
Maupin's annual summer-kickoff Maupin Daze event!
Join us at Kaiser Park and the surrounding blocks for a day filled with fun for the whole family!
Parade at 10 a.m.; 5/10K at 8 a.m. on the river roadVentriloquist at 11 a.m.; Live Entertainment from the Smock Dogs at Noon, Book Sale, Plant Sale, Petting Zoo, Vendor Market, Food & Beverages, Yard Sales, Face Painting, & More!
The Trout Lake Hall in Trout Lake, Washington brings live music and community events to its historic venue. https://www.troutlakehall.com/
Bar Jay Bar
Bar Jay Bar / Richard Gans
High-energy fiddle-sawing, original tunes, and outlaw country vibes, Americana,
Saturday, May 16
$15 Advance // $20 Day Of Show
6 p.m. Doors / 7 p.m. Show/ All Ages
Bar Jay Bar (Joey Berglund) is an adventurous touring neotraditional country, roots, and Americana musician and songwriter based between Sheridan, WY, and California. Known for high-energy live shows featuring fiddle-sawing, original tunes, and outlaw country vibes, he often performs with a trio, featuring instruments like guitar, fiddle, and upright bass.
“Gans carries on the torch of the great prophets of the American Highway, transforming two lanes and open country into the mythic realm where the soul seeks all the salvation a rumbling engine can offer. Townes Van Zandt spent his later years singing Bruce Springsteen’s Racing in the Streets - Gans worships at the same altars with an honest voice that speaks to the hardships of life and gives voice to the patient faith that is required to make the long journey back to the place that you really wanted to go.”
Phelps Creek music series
Phelps Creek Vineyard in Hood River presents live music in the tasting room with local and regional bands.
Saturday, May 16, Louis Pain & Chic Duo, 5-7 p.m.
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, May 16, 2026
Willie & Nelson at Bargeway Pub, 6 p.m.
Wasco Brothers at Zim’s Sports Bar & Grill, 7 p.m.
Roux Dio
Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River brings local and regional music to the stage.
Live Music Featuring Roux Dio
May 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Roux Dio is Luke Maddux (guitar, vocals), Andy Lade (Drums), Hunter Parmentier (Bass), Chris Stein (Keys), Will Caviness (Organ/Trumpet) and Neil Mangrum (Guitar, Vocals) Expect original funky and groovy sounds!
Tribute show honoring Buddy, Ritchie and The Bopper
Sunday, May 17
Buddy, Ritchie & The Bopper “Honoring the Day the Music Died”
Mid Columbia Community Concert at The Dalles Civic Auditorium
Sunday, May 17, 2-4 p.m.
*Special Bonus Concert Matinee Show* Honoring the Day the Music Died, this tribute pays respect to three entertainers who were taken from us way too early in their young musical careers.
Tickets:
www.midcolumbiacommunityconcerts.com/events/buddy-ritchie-the-bopper
Book of Days opens at Columbia Center for Arts
“Book of Days”
Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River
Sunday, May 17, 2-4 p.m.
In the heart of a small Missouri town, Ruth Hoch has landed the role of a lifetime: Joan of Arc in the local community theater's production of Saint Joan. But when her employer, the powerful owner of the town's cheese factory, is killed in what everyone calls a hunting accident, Ruth can't shake the feeling that something is terribly wrong. As she digs deeper, she finds a community more comfortable with comfortable lies than with dangerous truth. Neighbors close ranks. Secrets multiply. And Ruth, like the saint she's been cast to play, must decide how far she's willing to go for what she knows is right. Winner of the American Theater Critics Association Award for Best New Play, Book of Days is Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson at the height of his powers. a razor-sharp, deeply American thriller that weaves murder mystery, community drama, and moral reckoning into a single unforgettable evening.
"Lively storytelling by one of our best playwrights." — Lawrence DeVine, Detroit Free Press
Bluegrass Jam at Hood River Brewing
Monday, May 18
Live music at Hood River Brewing Co.
Hood River Brewing Co. in Hood River features live music onstage at the taproom from local and regional acts.
Monday, May 18, Bluegrass/Old Time Jam, 5:30-8 p.m.
Carson Hasher
Everybody’s Brewing in White Salmon brings local and regional music to the stage.
Monday, May 18, Carson Hasher (Country Blues), 6-8 p.m.
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