The music industry took a big hit in 2020. Will it roar back in 2021? It took a decade, dozens of artists, and hundreds of volunteers to transform the Four Peaks music festival from a bootstrap local gathering into a bona fide concert destination. But it took just one rogue virus a few weeks to bring it all crashing down in late March. That s when Stacy Koff, festival founder and organizer, made the decision to cancel plans for the 2020 edition, a festival that was set to be bigger and more ambitious than any previous iteration. Gary Calicott Revelers cut the proverbial rug at Bend s Four Peaks music festival, which drew more than 2,000 fans in 2019. The festival was canceled in June and organizers expect a smaller gathering in 2021, if at all.
Help on its way for hard-hit music venues
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Renovations start at Les Schwab Amphitheater
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(Update: More on area of synthetic lawn; much of space remains real grass)
Multi-phase project begins on the eve of venue s 20th birthday
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) After a downbeat, way-too-quiet concert season like no other and never again, many hope work begins this week on a $4 million-plus, multi-phase upgrade of Bend’s popular Les Schwab Amphitheater.
The goals of the renovation, according to Monday s announcement, are to enhance accessibility for all guests, attract more talent and performers, and continue to provide economic benefits for the Central Oregon region.
The first phase of construction began Monday and is expected to be finished by next June, in time to make way for a typically robust (and 20th anniversary) concert season, if the efforts to curb COVID-19 and resume such fun activities go as planned.