The Gorge Giggin’ Guide is putting you on High Alert for Music, Music and More Music! The Grand Dalles Music Festival is here, and Music Gigs are springing up faster than Gorge Wildflowers. Get Ready to Dance, Get Ready to Sing, and Get Out There!

The Dalles is
Little Music City

Tuesday, May 26

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 26, 2026

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

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

Ruins Tuesday: The Sam Chase & The Untraditional w/ Jimbo Scott & Yesterday's Biscuits

May 26, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM

All Ruins Tuesdays shows are a $5 cover if you arrive before 7pm, and $10 cover if you arrive after that. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The shows are all-ages until 7 p.m. and then 13+ after.

Featured Non-Profit: The Next Door Inc

Food Vendor: Empanadas Maria Elba

The Sam Chase & The Untraditional hails from San Francisco, California. This juggernaut of a band blends rock n roll with folk music while maintaining the sensibilities and attitudes that come from growing up on a healthy diet of punk rock. The leader of the band is The Sam Chase himself, a natural storyteller with a voice that sounds as if it has weathered many an epic tale. With boot stomping orchestration and lyrics that have been immortalized on the tattooed skin of their fans, The Sam Chase & The Untraditional doesn’t mess around. These are the warriors we need in these troubled times.

Wednesday, May 27

Hood River Brewing Co. in Hood River features live music onstage at the taproom from local and regional acts. Open Stage, 5:30 - 8 p.m.

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, May 27, Crush Cider Cafe (Hood River), 7-9 p.m.

Thursday, May 28

Tabby’s Hole in One Clubhouse at the Hood River Golf Course presents live music with local and regional bands.

Western Swing Dance Concert

Live music for dancing with Ben Bonham, Pete Lampe, Vince ‘Red’ Brown, and James Mason. Tabby’s Hole in One, Thursday, May 28, 6-8 p.m.

Mosier Company in Mosier features live music (seasonal) from local and regional acts.

Thursday, May 28, COUNTY LINE, 6-8 p.m.

Molly Jaeger is two-steppin' it up at Mt Hood Town Hall

Events at Mt. Hood Town Hall

The Mt. Hood Town Hall is a rural community center serving the upper Hood River Valley.

Molly Jaeger is two-steppin' it up at Mt Hood Town Hall -

Two classes; Thursday, May 14 and Thursday, May 28 at 7 p.m.

Master the basic two-step pattern, partner connection, and more.

You'll also cover basic turns and how to string them together with the rhythm of the music so you feel like a pro!

Cost: $15/person or $25/couple

Friday, May 29

Grand Dalles Music Festival: Three Days of Concerts, Dances

Jamming and Outdoor Performances

MAY 29, 30 and 31

In the Heart of The Gorge. A three day Music Festival Celebrating Bluegrass /Old Time and Country music.

Celebrating the Lewis and Clark Expedition Fiddlers

Stumptown String Band

Never Come Down

Sawtooth and Sons

Ross Island Ramblers

Blackbird Cole Band

Ditch Diggers

Doc Marvel’s OldTime Music & Medicine Show

The Grand Country Band

The first annual Grand Dalles Music Festival. Featuring Northwest bands for concerts and Dances. A big country swing dance on Saturday night and a traditional square dance on Friday night. Bluegrass and original music bands at Lewis and Clark Park on Saturday afternoon. The Winding Stream Movie on Sunday about Johnny Cash and Carters. For the full schedule visit: thegranddallesmusicfestival.com

The Trout Lake Hall in Trout Lake, Washington brings live music and community events to its historic venue. https://www.troutlakehall.com/

Kendall Lujan / Lena Marie Schiffer

Indie-operatic, melodic folk rock, powerful lyrics blend with full bands

Friday, May 29

$20 Advance // $23 Day Of Show6 p.m. Doors / 7 p.m. ShowAll Ages

KENDALL LUJAN

Portland, Oregon based artist, Kendall Lujan embarks on her second full length album “My Heart Needs Love” coming 2026. A new sound after her debut record “Lucky Penny’ released February 21st, 2025. The new work shows her growth as an artist and new found more mature outlook on love and life. Songs that encapsulate heartbreak, new love, anger, light and freshness. After releasing her Debut self titled EP Spring 2023, featured on official playlist for Spotify and Apple Music. Lujan has also gaining attention from NPR’s Tiny Desk, MTV, Rolling Stone Germany, and the John Lennon Songwriting contest. Recently voted one of Portland’s ‘Willamette Weekly’ Best New Bands 2024. Sharing the stage with Amos Lee, Frazey Ford (of The Be Good Tanyas), Allie Crow Buckley, Early James, and The Magnetic Fields.

LENA MARIE SHIFFER

Lena Marie Schiffer is a folk singer-songwriter based in Livingston, Montana, known for her deeply personal lyrics and powerful storytelling. After a decade of touring nationally with her former band, Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs, she embarked on a solo career, developing a sound that blends folk, indie, and Americana influences.

Columbia Center for the Arts Announces “Big Sing” Benefit with the Low Bar Chorale - The Community is invited to sing together, give together, and donate auction items for May 29 event

The Big Sing takes place on May 29, at 6 p.m. at Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Avenue in Hood River. Led by the Low Bar Chorale, hundreds of voices will fill the theatre as one.

About The Big Sing The Big Sing is Columbia Center for the Arts' first annual benefit event, produced in partnership with Low Bar Chorale. The event raises funds to sustain CCA's year-round programming, including free gallery exhibitions, community and youth theatre, arts education, and rural school field trips. CCA's fundraising goal for the event is $40,000.

About Low Bar Chorale Low Bar Chorale transforms audiences into epic choruses — no auditions, no rehearsals, no prior experience required. Their shows combine music, comedy, and rock and roll magic to bring rooms of strangers together in three-part harmony. They have performed alongside Built to Spill, Guster, and Portugal. The Man, and toured throughout the Pacific Northwest, Australia, and Alaska.

Saturday, May 30

Balsamroot Bash

May 30, 7–10 PM

Mt. View Grange $15 admission

This year’s theme? FLOWER POWER 70s Party! Break out your bell bottoms, fringe, and flower crowns—costumes are encouraged and the vibe is pure retro joy. The Center Street Band will keep the dance floor alive with a genre-spanning set of blues, Latin, rock, and country—basically, a sonic garden where every beat blooms. After a month celebrating over 800 species of wildflowers across the Gorge, this is the moment to gather, dance, and toast to it all—hikes taken, art admired, and spring fully lived. Even better? This high-energy night supports the Mt. View Grange, a cornerstone of the community dedicated to education, culture, and sustainability in the Gorge.

Phelps Creek Vineyard in Hood River presents live music in the tasting room with local and regional bands.

Saturday, May 30, John Bunzow & Chic Preston, 5-7 p.m.

The Trout Lake Hall in Trout Lake, Washington brings live music and community events to its historic venue. https://www.troutlakehall.com/

Reb & the Good News

Funk-pop, world, soul group with positive message and genre-blending sound

Saturday, May 30

$15 Advance // $20 Day Of Show6 p.m. Doors / 7 p.m. ShowAll Ages

REB & THE GOOD NEWS

Reb & the Good News is a Portland based funk-pop, world, and soul group known for their positive message and genre-blending sound. Catchy horn lines and sultry vocals soar over grooves that you can’t help but move to. World rhythms, funky bass lines and soulful, jazzy vocals coalesce to form a sound that’s both upbeat and warm. The band is led by vocalist and guitarist Reb Conner, whose songs reach for hope in a world under pressure. Reb’s vision is to create dance music that both touches the heart and inspires a life lived in pursuit of the silver lining. She is supported by her creative partner, sax and keys player Leon Cotter, (a touring member of the California Honeydrops), as well as some of Portland’s heaviest hitters: Cyrus Nabipoor on trumpet, Milo Fultz on bass, Kirk Kalbfleisch on drums and Carmelo Torres on percussion.

Music at MoCo

Mosier Company in Mosier features live music (seasonal) from local and regional acts.

Saturday, May 30, $2 JAZZ BAND, 6-8 p.m.

ADHD listening party for Modest Mouse’s
upcoming album

Sunday, May 31

ADHD Music in Hood River is having an advanced listening party for Modest Mouse’s upcoming album “An Eraser And A Maze.”

Sunday, May 31, 6 p.m. Please join us to hear the album in its entirety before it releases on June 5. We’ll have official stickers and postcards to give away while supplies last, and one lucky attendee will walk away with an album branded tote bag.

This event is free and all ages are welcome. See you there!

The Pines Tasting Room in Hood River hosts live music featuring local and regional musicians.

Sunday, May 31, Juliet Yanko, 3-5 p.m.

Working Hands Fermentation in Hood River presents live music, trivia nights and more.

Sunday, May 31, Open Mic (all ages), 7-9:30 p.m.

United Way Benefit - Music in the Orchard

tickets at www.unitedwaycolumbiagorge.org/events

Monday, June 1

Thunder Island Events

Thunder Island Brewing in Cascade Locks

Come enjoy the Bluegrass/Old-Time Acoustic Jam the 1st Monday of every month from 5-8 p.m. and 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.

Everybody’s Brewing in White Salmon brings local and regional music to the stage. Monday, June 1, Music with Hwy 14 (Rock Duo), 6-8 p.m.

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