Open Bluegrass & Old Time Jam
Join us on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month for our open Bluegrass and Old Time Jam. If you’re just learning your first chords, or you’ve been playing for decades, come make some noise with us! Don’t play at all? Come on down and listen to the musicians.
Secret Salsa Society
Join us every 3rd Thursday for an evening of Salsa dancing with The Secret Salsa Society. If you want to learn, or have been dancing for years, come down and get down! Music for the evening is a mix of salsa, bachata, and cumbia. If you don’t dance, come watch. The dancers like an audience!
Open Bluegrass & Old Time Jam
Join us on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month for our open Bluegrass and Old Time Jam. If you’re just learning your first chords, or you’ve been playing for decades, come make some noise with us! Don’t play at all? Come on down and listen to the musicians.
Open Bluegrass & Old Time Jam
Join us on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month for an all skills level Bluegrass and Old Time Jam. If you’re just learning your first chords or you’ve been playing for decades come make some noise with us!
Secret Salsa Society
Join us every 3rd Thursday for an evening of Salsa dancing with The Secret Salsa Society. If you want to learn, or have been dancing for years, come down and get down! Music for the evening is a mix of salsa, bachata, and cumbia.
Open Bluegrass & Old Time Jam (C
Join us on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month for an all skills level Bluegrass and Old Time Jam. If you’re just learning your first chords or you’ve been playing for decades come make some noise with us!
First Friday with Jessi O
Join us for a live performance every First Friday! Check out Downtown The Dalles on Instagram to find out what other businesses in the downtown district are up to.
Willy Vlautin w/ Gabriel Urza
We are beyond excited to be hosting musician and author Willy Vlautin along with Hood River author Gabriel Urza. Don’t miss this event! The evening will feature a mix of live music and readings by both authors.
Willy Vlautin
Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Willy Vlautin is the author of six novels and is the founder of the bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines. Vlautin started writing stories and songs at the age of eleven after receiving his first guitar. Inspired by songwriters and novelists like Paul Kelly, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, William Kennedy, Barry Gifford, and John Steinbeck, Vlautin works diligently to tell working class stories in his novels and songs.
Vlautin has been the recipient of three Oregon Book Awards, The Nevada Silver Pen Award, and was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. He was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Two of his novels, The Motel Life and Lean on Pete, have been adapted as films. His novels have been translated into fourteen languages. Vlautin teaches at Pacific University’s MFA in Writing program and lives near Portland, Oregon with his wife, dog, cats, and horses.
Gabriel Urza
Gabriel Urza received his MFA from the Ohio State University. His family is from the Basque region of Spain where he lived for several years. He is a grant recipient from the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and his short fiction and essays have been published in Riverteeth, Hobart, Erlea, The Kenyon Review, West Branch, Slate and other publications. He also has a degree in law from the University of Notre Dame and has spent several years as a public defender in Reno, Nevada.
Jess Clemons w/ Brad Parsons
We’re super excited to host these two awesome local musicians for the April First Friday show! We host live music every first Friday and try to highlight local, original, musicians.