Underground Music Station in Hood River is bringing in the Bang Bang Experience; Bargeway Pub smokin’ with Willie & Nelson; Gorge Giggin’ Guide unseasonably hot in Spring 2025.

The First Day of Spring, March 20, is prompting more gigs and events than hillside full of balsamroot. So, come along and pick a bouquet of fantastic entertainment events that are popping up all over the Gorge and clicking like a pack a pika.

March is louder than a gaggle of Bagpipers at a St. Paddy’s Day Parade. Irish events are runnin’ on like a tap of unattended Guinness as parties pour into weekend events this year at the Bargeway. Bands will be more common than 4-leaf clover in a pasture of peat. Latch yourself onto this leprechaun of gigs and force it to give up it’s entertainment gold.

March Continues to ROAR Louder than a gaggle of Bagpipers at a St. Paddy’s Day Parade. Irish events are runnin’ on like a tap of unattended Guinness as parties pour into Weekend events this year at the Bargeway. Bands are more common than 4-leaf clover in a pasture of peat. Latch yourself onto this leprechaun of gigs and force it to give up it’s entertainment gold.

Can you hear it padding through the forest? It’s a lion of entertainment roaring into March as bold and youthful as MGMT’s Time To Pretend. A storm of options is brewing pouring down funk, punk and Led Zepagain. Bitter-sweet Irish joy and rainbows and Pride Events are all popping up like mushrooms. Check it all out right here before the lion pounces.

Local Venues keep it rollin’ this February as spring looks to descend like a mountain lion from a tree to devour the musical heart of our fleeing winter. Get yourself to the table and and sink your teeth into our local art and music scene before it thaws like an ice dream of musical notes stacked like columnar basalt that fall and roll into a hill of un-hikeable scree….ch.

Do you want to go with me? Circle one: Yes or No? It’s the love notes of entertainment tapping your love strings like an Eddie Van Halen Solo. Bargeway is bringing the honeydrip with a Valentine Date Night. This Giggin’ Guide is oozing with amor as local venues are waiting to love you to death.

Draw back your bow, dear Cupid! We’re aiming to put an arrow through Valentine’s Day! This guide is making some love. It’s The Gorge Guide that serve’s up a loving spoonful, week in and week out with all the Mid-Columbia has to offer in Local Music, Art & Happenings.

Bargeway Pub lights off a flavor bomb and backs it with a bonfire of entertainment this week as the Giggin’ Guide throws gas on the coals in this epic of all things music, art, comedy and romance in the Columbia Gorge.

Expose yourself to some culture in this Giggin’ Guide as local talents keep feet tappin’ at TD’s Bargeway and HR offerings include the swing of Mother Hips and speed dating for 65 to 70 year olds. It’s all here and more with offerings all around the Mid-Columbia

Brian Brackenbury joins the Fresh Lineup at Bargeway this week as Art Show Openings, the Best in local Music and even an Audition for “9 to 5, The Musical.” is here to take out the boss. This Giggin’ Guide distilled down to an Everclear window of entertainment.

Al Hare, Jeff Minnick and a whole host of great food and NFL playoff games charge up Bargeway Pub. Giggin’ Guide is tapped and flowin’ fast with art, film, music and foam free. Fill your solo cup up here.

It’s a one-two punch with Rich and Blonde on Friday and Zac Grooms on Saturday at the Bargeway Pub and New Year’s Eve provides a huge count down in entertainment this week. Check it all out here in your Gorge-wide Giggin’ Guide.

Victor Johnson brings a great set list of holiday music to the Bargeway Pub tonight, Dec. 19, as the Gorge counts it down to Christmas. Find all your local merry-making in this Giggin’ Guide, chock full of film, art, music and joy.

Want to put a unique spin on your holiday shopping this year? Look no further than Downtown The Dalles and the special shop owners who can give you a lock on Legos or put you in that festive scarf and hat. You can buy or make music, find the perfect outfit or cowboy boots and then sit down to a great cup of tea and feel good about the oolong day.

Zac Grooms, Bill Burke and Joe Smart bring their trio of energy and great music to the Bargeway on Friday. The entertainment bounty runneth over in this latest edition of all things entertaining.

Thirty people got this week’s trivia question right, but there could only be one winner in the search for this Bigfoot Exhibition location. Find out who won here.

Seeing the Northern Lights this well usually requires a trip to high latitudes in Alaska or Scandinavian countries, and even then might not be so well observed. This was a Bucket List item I hoped I would live long enough to see. And this was in my backyard!

Need a mouser? Spring brings a new litter. The good news is that Trap-Neuter-Return, (TNR) is a proven method to manage overpopulation of feral cats. We can alleviate suffering by assisting Sally’s Cat Fund. And these felines could really use a barn.

This comic is based on actual events at Farmer’s Insurance when Debbie Tibbets was the agent on the corner of Union and Third streets many years ago. The names of the innocent have been kept anonymous for their protection. No hotdogs were harmed during the making of this strip.