Join Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler and the City of Bend for CityFest community gathering on Thursday, August 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 9th Street Village, 911 SE Armour Road. 

CityFest creates an opportunity for City departments, staff, and Bend City Councilors to meet the community in a dynamic, family-friendly space! Bevel Craft Brewing, the awesome food trucks hosted on their property, and local ice cream extraordinaire Bonta will be onsite as our food (yes, ice cream is food!) and beverage partners. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. 

The event will feature a short message from Mayor Kebler regarding the "State of the City" (touching on goals and priorities for Bend's future), live music, family-friendly activities, police, fire, and streets vehicles, plus information and staff from various City departments regarding their programs and services. 

Bring the whole family and meet the folks who work for your City of Bend.

Family-friendly activities and demonstrations

Speech by Mayor Melanie Kebler (followed by raffle!)

Community Art Project

Mayor Melanie Kebler talking with community members.

Drop in anytime

Want to catch the Mayor’s speech?
Be there at 5:30pm! Raffle to immediately follow.

Child painting a City of Bend snowplow blade.

Wear your art shirt

You know, that one that welcomes a few more paint stains?

The DIY cave will host a community mural project.

Orange sunshade with dozens of bicycles underneath and surrounding it.

Join the Bike Bus

Bend Bikes will lead a community bike ride (all abilities/levels welcome!) from Pilot Butte State Park to CityFest. If you’d like to join the fun, please arrive at the Pilot Butte State Park Shelter at 3:30pm. The ride will depart at 3:45pm, and will stop at Bear Creek Elementary School (if you’d like to join at that point, you’re welcome to!) before arriving at 9th Street Village for CityFest. Please email Jim with Bend Bikes if you have any questions: jime@bendbikes.org

Image graphically representing Route 9 with an Orange Background

Ride the Bus (for Free!)

Cascade East Transit is running Route 9 to CityFest until 7:30pm. It’s zero cost to ride and they’ll run every 30 minutes; you can park at Alpenglow or Hawthorne, or catch the 9 anywhere along its regularly scheduled route. If you catch it from Hawthorne, arrive for departure on the hour (i.e. 4:00pm) or half-past (i.e. 4:30pm). The CET crew will be on board, chatting it up and dishing out cool free swag!