![]() Stacy: And we’ve got a lot of women coming this year. So we’re really excited to have her on the stage. Stacy: Yes, she’s amazing! She won the IBMA Guitar of the Year Award last year. Karen: Don’t you have a famous guitarist coming too? So, funk, rock, blues, North Mississippi Allstars, New Mastersounds. ![]() And People here, he’s the first time at the festival. So we’re really excited to have them headline and as well as Nahko and Medicine for the People. And they’re huge on sort of the jam grass bluegrass jam band scene. Stacy: But this year, we’re really excited. Stacy: Yes, definitely, it is about the music, and of course, three days of camping and family fun with your friends. Karen: It is! I mean we’ve talked about the kids area and other things. Stacy: Yes, it’s all about the music sort of. And we’re going to learn a little bit about the music-which bands are going to be there, right, Stacy? ![]() Karen Malanga: Hi, it’s Karen Malanga with House Talk, welcoming back Stacy, the promoter of 4 Peaks. The stage is set for another intimate musical experience for you and your friends.Stacy Totland, 2018 4 Peaks Music Festival Promoter gives Karen the scoop on the bands headlining this year! – House Talk Episode 57 Our festival strives to bring great national, regional and local acts to Central Oregon and create a community of artists and attendees that will last throughout the years. It is our small staff and volunteer army that pursue this labor of love. We had the desire to bring great music and a festival vibe to Bend, Oregon. The 4 Peaks Music Festival was born as a musical vision of four friends. ![]() The list of talented musicians to grace our stage goes on, and will keep growing with each year. We have hosted such bands as Railroad Earth, Jackie Greene, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Robben Ford, The Jeff Austin Band, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Dumpstaphunk, Carolyn Wonderland, Greensky Bluegrass, March Fourth Marching Band, The Mother Hips, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, and Fruition. It was in that year that it was truly evident that this town thrives, in part, because of a music festival of this nature.Ĥ Peaks has been a continually evolving festival and as we grow, we strive to keep the festival experience as intimate and friendly as possibly. Families and festivarians flocked back from across the region, the Western United States, and even Canada and New York, to attend 4 Peaks. By 2012, the festival grew back to its mass gathering status. I decided to keep the festival going, albeit on a smaller scale, until the economy picked up again. We took one year off to regroup, and I ended up taking over the entire festival. All of my original partners left town to pursue other careers. Festivals began closing throughout the world. The first couple of years we managed to weather the economic storm that gripped the nation. 2022 live stream the second day of the festival online from anywhere today TechRadar. Summer Solstice weekend seemed appropriate for the get together. Harmonix s Fuser is a music creation tool disguised as a game. We named it the 4 Peaks Music Festival after the towering Cascade Mountain views surround the Tumalo property. And, it was what we needed.īefore we knew it, we had 40 acres, fifteen bands, two stages, tents, food vendors, craft vendors, a kids area, hula hoops and a huge parking area with RV’s, tent cities, as well as miles of smiles to go with it all. We knew the 4 Peaks Music Festival was exactly what Bend, Oregon needed for its economy, music scene, arts scene, and families. Each had dreams – mirroring my own – of creating a larger festival on a local property that would rival any festival venue. However, the vision only stayed small for about a month, until three more music-loving partners jumped on board. I quickly let my mind wander to the future, said, “yes,” and a small scale music festival was born. “Do you have any interest in putting on a small backyard music festival at my house in Bend?” asked original 4 Peaks partner Eric Walton. 4 Peaks Music Festival June 24 YAY for Smokelore Come see them at their SOULstice booth tomorrow 6/25 to enter a Raffle (for 21+) and some fun discounts to use in-store. Who knew a seemingly innocuous query could lead to all of this? It only took a short conversation and we were well on our way.
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