Bend Fall Festival 2025

Bend Is where Fall comes to Life with Music, Food, and Art

MUSIC · FOOD

LOCAL BUSINESSES

CRAFTS · FAMILY FUN Located Downtown Bend

BEND FALL FESTIVAL 2025 FIRST INTERSTATE BANK

Celebrate the Autumn season with crafts, art, music, and more. The annual tradition brings the best of the PNW culture right to the heart of downtown Bend. Enjoy a full weekend of fall fun during Central Oregon’s favorite time of year!

A Word from First Interstate Bank, The Bend Fall Festival Title Sponsor:

As your trusted community bank, partner, and neighbor, we are excited to spend time with you this season at the Fall Festival.

With great food, music, art, vendors, and family fun, this amazing event celebrates where we live and the communities we serve. Although First Interstate has seen many changes during our growth and evolution the past ﬁve decades, dedication to clients and giving back to the places we call home remains our top priority.

In addition to our support of the Fall Festival, you’ve also likely seen our team at various local events, volunteering for area nonproﬁts, and supporting community causes and e orts.

Celebrating our community through arts, crafts, culture, and cuisine is special to us, and we are proud to serve as a long-time supporter of the Fall Festival. First Interstate honors and celebrates the small business owners and artisans who bring this annual event to life and encourage everyone to pop by to enjoy the festivities and fun.

See you there!

Cameronne Mosher

First Interstate Market President, Bend

MUSIC SCHEDULE

Stephanie Anne Johnson 8:30pm - 10:00pm

2:30pm - 3:30pm Appaloosa 4:00pm - 5:00pm

7:00pm - 8:00pm

8:30pm - 10:00pm

12:30pm - 1:30pm

3:30pm - 5:00pm Leadbetter

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Pumpkin Painting – Back by popular demand, kids can decorate their very own pumpkin just in time for fall.

Interactive Music – The School of Rock joins us with an engaging, musical experience where festival-goers can play, sing, and connect with the joy of live music.

Laurel’s Lens – Magnetize Memories! Presenting an on-site photo booth, or use your own favorite photos, to create personalized magnets within just a few minutes!

Step into creativity at Art in Action Avenue, where kids (and kids at heart!) can get hands-on with art and music all weekend long. This lively section of the festival invites families to roll up their sleeves and dive into interactive experiences:

Creative Activities with Freckles Creative Club From slime-making to designing your own custom pen at the Pen Bar, get ready for fun, imaginative projects kids will love. There will also be take-home art kits for budding artists who want to keep the creativity going.

Two Suns Art Studio – Two Suns is a creative space built for exploration, learning, and self-expression. We offer process-based art classes for young kids that foster play and discovery, alongside skill-based classes and workshops in a variety of mediums for all ages, led by in-house art educators and local artists. Whether exploring new materials, honing a skill, or simply creating for the joy of it, Two Suns is your place to play, create, and connect.

Pop-Up Performances

Keep your eyes open for surprise acts throughout the festival! Saturday, Noon – Lava City Cirque

Saturday, 2:00 PM – Lava City Cirque

Saturday, 3:00 PM – Somewhere That’s Green: The Musical (ONCE) Sunday, 2:00 PM – Beat’s Children’s Theater: Beetlejuice Jr.

FOOD AND DRINK

CHECK OUT THIS YEAR’S FOOD OPTIONS!

Local favorites serving up deliciousness all weekend long.

The Corndog Company of Central Oregon

Adamo’s Carnival Eats

Qualiserve

Sub Zero Products

Southern Accents

Wrapped

Lucky Teriyaki, Sushi, & Ramen

Queens of Kettle Corn

Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee Truck

Kristy’s Down Home Cookin’

Taco Salsa Food Truck

The Pizza Cart

Smokey Bag Jerky

DON’T FORGET THE DRINK OPTIONS!

Avid’s hard ciders

Avid Apple Pie Cider

Avid Blackberry Currant Cider

Cocktails featuring Crater Lake Spirits

Crater Lake Gin & Juice

Ginger & Crater Lake Whiskey

Wine from Copa di Vino

Best Day Brewing - Kölsch (N/A)

From Sunriver Brewing

Berry Seltzer

Cool Water Lager

Stomp IPA

FALL FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Ceramics

Paciﬁc Stone Pottery - Specializes in crafting handmade pottery for the home and table. Marbled clays and taped decorations are used for a modern take on studio pottery.

Lori Piccolo Design - I design, hand build and embellish each bell from durable high ﬁre clay and glaze, with parts of reclaimed chain and copper. My bells are suitable for outdoor gardens and/or special indoors spaces.

Kia Zora - Works in acrylic on canvas or board, starting with an exploratory process that evolves into representational images.

Dan Custer Art - I paint Northwest landscapes in oils using traditional techniques, working from my own photo images and plein air studies to capture natural light, shadow, atmosphere depth, and unique perspectives.

Little Bits Pottery - Little Bits Pottery creates handmade ceramics inspired the moon phases. Each piece is thoughtfully designed to be both functional and beautiful, bringing a quiet, celestial charm to daily life.

Little Bits Pottery - Little Bits Pottery creates handmade ceramics inspired by the moon phases. Each piece is thoughtfully designed to be both functional and beautiful, bringing a quiet, celestial charm to daily life.

Nomadic Ceramics - Functional & decorative ceramics inspired by nature, glazed in my personal formulas, & adorned with gold luster &vintage waterslide decals. I focus on simple yet elegant forms & enjoy large scale work

PDX Pots And Crafts - I wheel throw marbled ceramics using various clays (often combining 4-7 different porcelain and stoneware clays) & clear glaze only the interior. All of my sourced materials are made in Portland OR

Fiber

Los Angeles Weaving - Uses a hand loom and handmade wool to create rugs. The highly skilled textile artist transforms raw wool into one-of-a-kind works of art, using hand-spun yarn and vegetable dyes.

De Los Angeles Weaving - Uses a hand loom and handmade wool to create rugs. The highly skilled textile artist transforms raw wool into one-of-a-kind works of art, using hand-spun yarn and vegetable dyes.

art'frica - Traditional African fabrics, beads, clay, paint, and other objects are used with the applique technique. works are original and custom-framed.

art'frica - Traditional African fabrics, beads, clay, paint, and other objects are used with the applique technique. All works are original and custom-framed.

Michele Ballantyne Designs - This artist works with wool, silk, and other ﬁbers in a wet felting process to create unique art pieces, often embellishing the felted work with stitching and beads. Some pieces are framed, while others are unframed.

Erin Meyer Fine Art - Known for utilizing unusual textures, this artist uses reclaimed fabric remnants called selvage to create unique, one-of-a-kind art pieces.

Mountain Fiber Designs - Macramé and ﬁber art including leather, suede, juniper, jasper, turquoise and other natural accents. Items include wall hangings, plant hangers and hat hangers.

Fine Art

Mountain Fiber Designs - Macramé and ﬁber art including leather, suede, juniper, jasper, turquoise and other natural accents. Items include wall hangings, plant hangers and hat hangers.

Fine Art

Becca Klassy Paints - Based in and inspired by the Paciﬁc Northwest, Becca uses acrylic paints on canvas and wood, offering prints, stickers, and postcards/greeting cards.

Xochi Fine Art - The current collections include a mix of acrylic, gouache, and inks, primarily on canvas or 300lb archival papers, focusing on ﬂorals, abstracts, and landscapes with an emphasis on color and texture.

Paz Mendez Art - Hand-Carved Block Prints. Oil based ink on ﬁne art recycled paper. Each woodcut/linocut is printed by hand, one at a time. Only one limited edition set of prints per block.

Glass

Art to Harmony - This artist creates fused glass using multiple techniques, including drop pot, screen drop, pattern bars, and mosaic, to produce functional art.

GIBSON GLASS ART - Using hand-cut sheet glass, cru shed glass, and hand-pulled glass stringers, this artist creates complex patterns and designs. The glass is ﬁred several times in a kiln and cold-worked.

AD Glass & Design - Hand blown glass. Color layering and mixing. Classic and traditional styles/techniques of blown glass from Swedish engraving of imagery to Italian encalmo techniques and surface decoration.

Pneuma Glass - I use molten glass, applying water to crack its surface, then reheat and shape it to create distinctive, textured glass artworks

Boise Art Glass - applying the ancient traditions of glassblowing, ﬁre is used to heat the glass to 2100 degrees. Steel and wooden tools help me shape the glass as I breathe life into every piece.

Zetamari Mosaic Artworks - I create intricate glass mosaics using hand-shaped glass, beads, and metal, ﬁnished with colored cement grout. Blending traditional and modern techniques, I craft highly detailed, functional art.

Beaver State Glass - Kiln-formed glass or kiln casting is a glass working technique that involves melting and fusing multiple pieces of glass together in a kiln. The glass is then molded into plates, bowels, vases, etc.

Sunlit Stained Glass - I begin with a sheet of glass that I cut into pieces. I then wrap each piece in copper foil, and solder the pieces together to create fun and unique stained glass art! Perfect to liven up any space.

Soul Full Studio - Each piece is meticulously hand-carved using the lost-wax technique, then individually cast and polished to achieve either a matte or mirror ﬁnish.

Heather John Jewelry - Hand fabricated jewelry using certiﬁed recycled sterling silver and stones sourced from lapidary artists, many local. Wire and sheet are cut and soldered to create architectural and minimal settings.

Adorn to Rise - Mixed metal silver and gold jewelry handcrafted using traditional silversmithing techniques. Inspired by the desire to create high-quality wearable talismans with meaning and intention behind them.

Tyler Haas Designs - I hand fabricate silver and gold using a soldering torch, jewelers saw, hammer and anvil, as well as various burs. I cut my own cabochons from slabs of natural stone with trim saw and cabbing wheels.

Flkjewelry - I work w sterling silver, brass and karat gold, using both fabrication methods and lost wax casting. I'm interested in unusual stones and pearls and exploring what the materials can do.

Wild Moon Jewlery - Hand crafted jewelry using traditional metal smithing techniques. I source stones locally.

Nomadic Soul AdornmentsHandcrafted using African trade beads, natural stones, leather, and vintage elements, each piece blends global textures with wire wrapping, crochet, and mixed-media techniques.

Anton Yakushev DesignsHand-forged in ﬁre sculptural art jewelry.Elegant combination of disparate materials as stainless steel & gemstone in organic forms.Each piece is artist's unique wearable sculpture.Different from all

Union Studio Metals - Hand-built, genderless jewelry made from silver, gold, bronze, and hand-selected gemstones. Each piece is designed and created in the artist’s Bend, OR studio.

Branch+Barrel - An artist-run jewelry company based in Bend, OR, specializing in handmade designs that use natural wood, reclaimed barrel staves, and botanicals, accented with hand-forged metals and tinted resins.

Other Worlds - Blown glass bubbles are turned into deep rich sounding wind gongs, wind bells (tuned to speciﬁc musical notes), and glass with driftwood wind chimes which known for their bright crisp tinkly sound.

Jewelry

Other Worlds - Blown glass bubbles are turned into deep rich sounding wind gongs, wind bells (tuned to speciﬁc musical notes), and glass with driftwood wind chimes which known for their bright crisp tinkly sound.

Jewelry

Wild by Design - This artist creates botanical and faux insect jewelry. After pressing ﬂowers, ferns, or fruit, the artist encases them in resin, incorporating materials like silver, gold, stones, and paper insects.

Metal

Wild by Design - This artist creates botanical and faux insect jewelry. After pressing ﬂowers, ferns, or fruit, the artist encases them in resin, incorporating materials like silver, gold, stones, and paper insects.

Metal

Emerald Dream Designs - I utilize the lost wax casting method to create replicas of nature into silver to use with my pieces. I also incorporate gemstones and mixed metals in addition to the sterling silver jewelry.

FireSmith Copper - Copper sheets are prepped with a grinder and torch ﬂame to create colors. The artist etches through the color to create designs, which are freehand and wrapped on a handmade wood frame.

Hollis ArtWorks - Primarily works with upcycled metal, using found objects, antiques, and materials to create whimsical art. Techniques include welding, grinding, and hand plasma cutting.

FALL FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Meltdown Metal Art - Creates naturally inspired metal art by hand using copper and steel. No computer assistance is used in the process.

Elegant Garden Design/Rusty Birds - Specializes in designing metal home and garden art inspired by real-life ﬂora and fauna, ﬁnished with either a painted or rusty patina.

Lee Morrison Art - Paints abstract tree scenes using layers of paint, spatulas, and palette knives.

Elegant Garden Design/Rusty Birds - Specializes in designing metal home and garden art inspired by real-life ﬂora and fauna, ﬁnished with either a painted or rusty patina.

Burntwoods Forge - My nature inspired steel sculptures & functional art are created using new and reclaimed metals. I construct each piece using traditional methods with historical & modern tooling and techniques.

Mixed Media

Garrett Skelton Photography - This artist prints Paciﬁc Northwest images on canvas, building their own rustic wood frames to add a unique touch.

Amejko Artistry - Wood canvases are drilled with thousands of holes, with wool woven through them to create designs.

MelanieJade-Art - Layers paper, acrylic paint, ink, and crayons to capture the human experience, portraying everyday life or the world around us.

Nzalamba Artworks - African batik art on cotton, using wax and dye, representing themes of family, hope, and love. Reproduced into lithographs and archival prints.

7th Mountain Design - Propietary mix of disparate materials ( 3 grades of sand, cement, adhesive ) manipulated over rigid foam canvas. Burlap and or Mastic adds texture, powdered pigments acrylic paints for patinas.

A Bolt of Blue - My insect taxidermy work is rooted in a deep respect for the natural world and an appreciation for its smallest wonders. Each piece begins with ethically sourced specimens—often found already deceased

Painting & Drawing

Lori Agnew Fine Art - Combines pen illustration with watercolor overlays.

Lessa Clayton Art - A photo-realistic Oregon landscape painter, using old techniques of layering glazes for depth.

Watercolor Wednesday - Each watercolor piece is hand-painted and then skillfully incorporated into cards, art prints, and stickers.

Watercolor Wednesday watercolor piece is hand-painted and then skillfully incorporated into cards, art prints, and stickers.

dave fox studio - A landscape painter specializing in oils, focusing on the Paciﬁc Northwest.

Lee Morrison Art - Paints abstract tree scenes using layers of paint, spatulas, and palette knives.

Art By Calista - I create unique artwork using acrylic pour backgrounds, abundant textural elements, and oil painted realism to make what I call “abstracted landscapes.

Cooper Art and Abode - I create large-scale, soulful works crafted with acrylics, metallics, and thread—designed to shift and transform from day to night. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and tells a story.

Rosie Port Art - I create mixed-media abstract watercolor paintings with layered washes, pen, and ink. I use various tools for texture, and gold ink as a ﬁnal highlight. Nature deeply inspires my work.

CVW Watercolors - I am a watercolor artist. My subjects are ﬂorals, landscapes and still life. I paint on 100% cotton paper using traditional watercolor paints.

Patrick Campbell PhotographyImages captured with Nikon digital cameras are processed with Photoshop and other software, printed on dye-sublimation metal, canvas, and paper.

Patrick Campbell Photography Images captured with cameras are processed Photoshop and other on dye-sublimation metal, paper.

Rowan Nyman - Specializes in ﬁne art nature photography of Western landscapes, wildlife, and abstracts, presented on canvas and metal.

Rowan Nyman - Specializes nature photography of landscapes, wildlife, and presented on canvas

Tony Carnahan Photography - I photograph landscapes and wildlife in the Paciﬁc Northwest, Alaska, and around the world. I sell my images on high-quality aluminum and other materials that I print and sublimate in my studio.

Tony Carnahan Photography photograph landscapes the Paciﬁc Northwest, around the world. I sell high-quality aluminum materials that I print and my studio.

Thomas Goebel Photography - My landscape photography is printed locally on metal. In-camera techniques include long exposure and graduated ND/polarizer ﬁlters. Color and contrast corrections are made in the editing process.

Thomas Goebel Photography landscape photography locally on metal. In-camera include long exposure ND/polarizer ﬁlters. Color corrections are made process.

CVW Watercolors - I am a watercolor artist. My subjects are ﬂorals, landscapes and still life. I paint on 100% cotton paper using traditional watercolor paints.

Amanda Blake - I paint in oils on wood.

Michael Mckee Gallery - Working with soft pastels on a sanded ground, I build my compositions using bold color and shape.

Lawlor Artworks - I want my art to tell stories, I arrange photoshoots with models indoors and out in nature, create compositions in Photoshop, maybe I paint a small study, then ﬁnished painting on linen on hardboard.

Illuminating Creation Art - Realistic paintings of Oregon birds are rendered using gouache on watercolor backgrounds. All are painted on watercolor paper.

Illuminating Creation Art paintings of Oregon birds are rendered using gouache on watercolor backgrounds. All are painted on watercolor paper.

My Art Maker - I work with acrylic on canvas detailed with charcoal and graphite pencil. Each piece is sprayed with a matte ﬁxative and framed. They are all signed, dated and wired with D-rings ready to hang.

Sheila Dunn - I paint large, vibrant oil paintings using distinctive, geometric brushstrokes.

Photography

Beautiful Oregon - Digital captures of Oregon’s landscapes are printed as pigment giclée prints, with minimal post-processing.

Scarola Photography - A minimalistic approach focuses on ﬁnding unlikely photo opportunities and bringing attention to the subject matter.

Drew Campbell Photography - am a nature photographer searching for inspiring light and unusual ways to capture the beauty of the surroundings. I print on Canvas and stretch the images and then mount them in ﬂoater frames

Drew Campbell Photography nature photographer searching inspiring light and unusual capture the beauty of I print on Canvas and images and then mount frames

Dana Sharman Photography - I create bold, emotionally charged landscapes that blur reality and dream, using color, contrast, and surreal moments to explore memory, mystery, and the raw power of nature.

Dana Sharman Photography bold, emotionally charged that blur reality and dream, contrast, and surreal moments explore memory, mystery, power of nature.

Wood and Sculpture

Studio Les Bois - Natural hardwood mosaics are hand-cut and sanded to mimic landscapes, with each piece being one of a kind and backlit with a remote.

Studio Les Bois - Natural hardwood mosaics and sanded to mimic with each piece being kind and backlit with

Cedar Rose WoodworkingCreates vases and sculptures from wood harvested by the artist, using a lathe and various ﬁnishes to enhance the natural color.

Cedar Rose Woodworking Creates vases and from wood harvested using a lathe and various to enhance the natural

B Lind Woods - Produces lathe-turned decorative items and utility bowls from salvaged Northwest hardwoods, emphasizing unique grain structures.

B Lind Woods - Produces lathe-turned decorative utility bowls from salvaged Northwest hardwoods, emphasizing unique structures.

True Nature - My work is hand formed from a variety of woods sometimes enhanced with stone, shell, plants and wood burned designs.

True Nature - My work formed from a variety sometimes enhanced shell, plants and wood designs.

Erickson Wood Designs various materials (cherry, and walnut) and steam and ﬁnishing techniques one of a kind steam sculptures.

Erickson Wood Designs - I employ various materials (cherry, maple and walnut) and steam bending and ﬁnishing techniques to create one of a kind steam bent wall sculptures.

Bureau de BureauMachine-routed and hand-carved wooden panels, with high-caliber pigments and ﬁnishes.

Bureau de Bureau Machine-routed and wooden panels, ﬁnished high-caliber pigments ﬁnishes.

Finches and Friends is used to make these feathers are spaced hardware and welding We ﬁnish them with making the brilliant weather resistant.

Finches and Friends - Sheet metal is used to make these birds. Metal feathers are spaced apart using hardware and welding techniques. We ﬁnish them with enamel paint, making the brilliant artwork weather resistant.

Kids are even cuter in beanies.

Little vests, fuzzy boots, mittens, aww. Your kid is ready for the cold, but what about viruses? Stop by our booth in the Kids Zone at Fall Fest to see how to handle this year’s seasonal bugs.

FAMILY FUN

THE BEND FAMILY PLAY ZONE

PRESENTED BY

ENJOY TWO DAYS OF FAMILY FUN FROM FIRST INTERSTATE BANK BEND FALL FESTIVAL. IT WILL BE MORE FUN THAN EVER. BOUNCE HOUSES, KIDS’ ACTIVITIES AND MORE!

SATURDAY 11AM-6:30PM

SUNDAY 11AM-5PM

LOCATED: OREGON AVE. BETWEEN BOND AND LAVA

FESTIVAL FINDS: SUNNY RUSTY 3D ART, FAERY FACE ART, KONA ICE OF BEND, TEMPORARY TATTOOS, MARA CROCHETS MINIS & BLU, FRECKLES CREATIVE CLUB, POLAROIDS BY PAIZ, TWO SUNS ART STUDIO, LAUREL’S LENS, GIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON, BEAT CHILDREN’S THEATRE, US YOUTH DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION

FESTIVAL BENEFICIARY

Every year, a portion of proceeds from Bend Fall Festival is donated to a local nonprofit. In 2025, Street Dog Hero is this year’s beneficiariy! Street Dog Hero rescues dogs both locally and around the world, taking the most loving dogs from some of the most horrific situations and finding them the homes they deserve. The organization addresses the overpopulation crisis and veterinary access issues by hosting both local and international spay/neuter and wellness clinics. Street Dog Hero focuses on areas in the most dire of situations, providing these services at little to no cost. The organization is dedicated to making a lasting impact by educating every community it touches, including its own.