Central Oregon’s Largest Food Festival Brings ‘Beats to the Bite’ in Downtown Bend June 19-21
The 2015 Bite of Bend is excited to announce the festival’s music stage lineup including headliners THE THERMALS (Fri. June 19 @ 8:30pm) and COMMON KINGS (Sat. June 20 @ 8:30pm). All concerts are free and open to the public.
The Thermals are a post-pop-punk trio from pre-Portlandia-Portland, Oregon. The band was formed in 2002 and has since released five records and toured 15 countries. They have toured with Death Cab for Cutie, Cursive and Ladyfinger, and Hutch and Kathy organized the first Bright Eyes show in Portland way back in 1999. The Thermals are most famous for turning down $50,000 from Hummer, discovering the elusive fourth chord in punk rock (F#m) and for soundtracking that scene in Weeds where Mary-Louise Parker jumps in the pot-filled pool in her underwear.
Common Kings recently finished performing as opener in Justin Timberlake’s critically acclaimed, sold-out international “The 20/20 Experience Tour.” The group will jet into Bend for their only Oregon performance this summer, fresh off a show with Steel Pulse at Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in Mendocino, California.
Common Kings’ style and music is a collection of inspirations orchestrated into an array of head rocking beats, feel good vibes, and emotional fever. Their crazy, fun-loving attitude compliments Common Kings’ live sound, producing phenomenal pop hits with rock, reggae, and R&B influences. The majority of Common Kings were born in the South Pacific, and raised in Orange County, California pulling early influence from Van Morrison, Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Jim Croce, Michael Jackson, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Gypsy Kings, Earth Wind and Fire, Bob Marley and more. The culmination of these musicians explains exactly who the Common Kings are.
Also taking the Bite of Bend stage will be Elektrapod, Woebegone, Franchot Tone and more for a total of 12 music performances throughout the weekend.
For the Bite of Bend full music schedule, visit http://biteofbend.com/music/
About Bite of Bend
The Bite of Bend returns June 19-21, 2015. The largest food festival in Central Oregon, the Bite of Bend celebrates the region’s unique ingredients, cuisine and culture by bringing together chefs, bartenders, brewers, food enthusiasts, home cooks, and local purveyors for a three-day food party on the streets of downtown Bend. Highlights of 2015 include an early festival opening with the new Friday night sampling of food, beer, spirits and music on Minnesota Avenue, the Mixology Showcase, the Beer Run, and Bite Week June 22-26. Learn more at www.biteofbend.com
About Lay It Out Events
Lay It Out Events is Central Oregon’s premier event company, offering the best in consultation, design and implementation. Lay It Out Events produces more than twenty festivals, races, and contract events each year, including Bend WinterFest, the Bite of Bend, Balloons Over Bend, the Deschutes Dash, the Happy Girls Run, the Little Woody and the National Beard and Moustache Championships. Committed to giving back to the community, Lay It Out Events donates a portion of each event’s proceeds to charity. More than $55,000 was donated to Central Oregon nonprofits in 2014. For more information, visit www.layitoutevents.com