Summer SLAM Festival

Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 at 10:00am

Bogert Park
200 Block of South Church Avenue

Come to the SLAM summer festival and enjoy a celebration of Montana made art, music, theater, dance, food, beverages, and oh, so much more! This event is free to attend and family friendly.

Start the weekend off right with a FREE community spin class Saturday beginning at 9:00am! Sunday join us for a FREE community yoga class beginning at 9:30am and then grab a Mimosa at the SLAM beer garden! While dogs are allowed, we ask that you kindly leave your furry friends at home, as the festival can be a HOT an overwhelming experience for pets.

Schedule Of Events:

Main Stage

9:30 AM - Bend Beyond Community Yoga class
11:00 AM - Bzn Municipal Band
12:00 PM - Verge
1:00 PM - Sorry I'm Olive
2:00 PM - Bozambique
3:00 PM - Hornbread
4:00 PM - BozamBIG

Demonstrations and Workshops
11:30am to 1:00PM -  - Katherine L. Wright - Plein Air Watercolor
Katherine will walk participants through a short drawing session, applying a wash (possibly with mask), followed by different ways of adding detail to a watercolor painting done on-site.
1:30PM -  to 3:30PM -  - Hannah Uhde - Acrylic Painting on Copper WORKSHOP
Hannah will lead participants in a painting of a cowboy or a trout on a copper plate. Participants will follow along as she explains how to take best advantage of a non-white and metallic background as well as adjust the palette for the colors used.  
This workshop has a $10 cover to pay for provided art supplies.  You may sign up through the button below or drop in.  Space is limited.
4:00PM -  to 5:00PM -  - Art + Science
Artist Sara Mast and local bioEngineers have come together to create a set-up that shows how water remediation and sustainable building materials are possible with ELMs (engineered living materials). We will have ‘art+sci’ objects on display made with local clays and PEM glass (vitrified glass that is transformed trash, a byproduct of waste-to-energy plasma gasification technology).

Click here to workshop Register


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