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La Grande heavy metal band takes HQ stage

LA GRANDE — Saturday, Aug. 21, La Grande heavy metal band Nogero will bring original songs and some fan-favorite covers to HQ, 112 Depot St. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the music begins at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door.

Final Riverside Park concert is Aug. 19

LA GRANDE — The last performance of this summer’s Riverside Concert Series will feature KC Kunkle and Madeline Ford on Thursday, Aug. 19. The free music begins at 6 p.m. at the pavilion.

Watch a movie under the stars

EASTERN OREGON — Several towns show family-friendly films beginning at dusk on summer evenings. Upcoming opportunities to watch a movie under the stars:

• Thursday, Aug. 19, “Raya & the Last Dragon” at Baker City’s Central Park
• Friday, Aug. 20, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Canyon City Park
• Friday, Aug. 20, “Doolittle” at La Grande’s Pioneer Park
• Friday, Aug. 20, “Rudy” at Pendleton’s Community Park
• Thursday, Aug. 26, “The Goonies” at Baker City’s Central Park

Courthouse Concert Series continues

ENTERPRISE — The Courthouse Concert Series presents free concerts on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. on the lawn of the Wallowa County Courthouse. The final three performances of this summer will be Sons of Guns on Aug. 19, The Wasteland Kings on Aug. 26, and Sam Weber and Joey Carpenter on Sept. 2.

First EO Country Music Festival comes to Union

UNION — The inaugural Eastern Oregon Country Music Festival is set for Friday, Aug. 20, at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show Grounds. The music starts at 5 p.m., featuring Cale Moon of Enterprise, Wade Aylett of Irrigon, and Nashville’s Johno Clayton and Randy Woody and the Southbound Band. General admission is $35.

Laura Skovlin and friends entertain on the deck

WALLOWA LAKE VILLAGE — Local musicians Laura Skovlin, Pat Cason and George Boesger will entertain as GPL/Starry Night on Friday, Aug. 20, from 5-7 p.m. on the deck at Wallowa Lake Lodge. The trio will deliver soothing vocal harmonies and a unique mix of fingerstyle guitar, octave mandolin and clawhammer banjo.

Joining Skovlin again Aug. 27 at 5 p.m. on the deck will be Cason along with Genavie Thomas. Calling themselves The Kitchenettes, they will bring toe-tapping, hand-clapping, upbeat Appalachian-style string band and traditional mountain music.

Duo performs live Aug. 21 at Churchill School

BAKER CITY — Lauren Napier and Vic Ruggiero will perform live Saturday, Aug. 21, at Churchill School, 3451 Broadway St. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the music starts at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance at www.churchillbaker.com or $10 at the door.

Join free open jam session in La Grande

LA GRANDE — Direct Music Source, 1206 Adams Ave., hosts a free open jam session Saturday, Aug. 21, from 4-6 p.m. All are welcome to play, sing or just listen.

Wheatstock Music Festival is for all ages

HELIX — The 13th-annual Wheatstock Music Festival offers live music, free camping, food vendors, a beer garden and bouncy castles for the kids. Randy Rogers Band will headline the Saturday, Aug. 21, event at Quantum 9 Arena in Helix. The music goes from 2:30-11 p.m., also featuring Tylor and the Trainrobbers, Wanderlost, Norman Baker and the Backroads, Great American Trainwreck and Hillfolk Noir. General admission is $40.

Aug. 21 is Stockgrowers meeting, rodeo and dinner

ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa County Stockgrowers celebrate the Western ranching lifestyle Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Wallowa County Fairgrounds with the annual meeting at 7 a.m. at Cloverleaf Hall and a ranch rodeo at 11 a.m. A social hour, dinner and awards begin at 6:30 p.m.

Wine and flower arranging — a class for grown-ups

JOSEPH — Dawn Highberger leads an evening of playing with late-summer flowers, exploring the connection of art and flower design and drinking wine at a class just for grown-ups at the Josephy Center, 403 N. Main St. The gathering begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21. Cost is $45. For more details and to sign up, go to www.josephy.org or call 541-432-0505.

Lodge hosts unique evening with Seth Kinzie and Bart Budwig

WALLOWA LAKE VILLAGE — Seth Kinzie and Bart Budwig will present a unique evening of music at the Wallowa Lake Lodge on Tuesday, Aug. 24, beginning at 7 p.m. Kinzie is a modern, impressionist piano composer from Joseph, and Bart Budwig is a local singer-songwriter of psychedelic Americana.