Northeast: Baker City, Elgin, Enterprise, La Grande, Pendleton
Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre - Baker City
Location: 2101 Main Street #113
Why Go There? Community supported low cost live theater productions
More Information: Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre
Eltrym Theater Thursday Art Night; We Like 'Em Short Film Festival - Baker City
Last Thursday of the month
Location: 1809 First Street
Why Go There? Historic renovated movie theater offers a variety of current release films, monthly art film evening; annual three day festival of films under 20 minutes in length (August)
More Information: Eltrym
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center - Baker City
9:00am-4:00pm; Year-round events
Location: 22267 Oregon Highway 86: Leo Adler Theater
Why Go There? Exhibits, films, live performances, music related to the history of the Oregon Trail in 120 seat theater; summer evening outdoor amphitheater free concerts (August, September). Nominal entrance fees; free: children, seniors with passes.
More Information: National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Elgin Opera House - Elgin
Location: 104 North 8th Street
Why Go There? The restored historic opera house hosts performing arts, community events, movies. (Two blocks away, 831 Alder Street, the Friends of the Opera House opened the Hale Turner Theatre in 2019).
More Information: Elgin Opera House
OK Theatre - Enterprise
Location: 208 West Main Street
Why Go There? Built in 1918, one of the oldest continuously operating, purpose built theaters in the US, offers variety of music genre performances, children's theater production and community events.
More Information: The Old OK
Grand Ronde Symphony Orchestra - La Grande
Fall-Spring
Location: One University Boulevard: McKenzie Theater, Eastern Oregon University
Why Go There? Community supported symphony orchestra offers a concert series, chamber music series; concerts in other Eastern Oregon locations
More Information: Grand Ronde Symphony
Stage Door Theater - La Grande
Location: 1010 Adams Avenue: Liberty Theatre
Why Go There? Historic Liberty Theatre undergoing multi-phase restoration process; interim small black box Stage Door Theatre (30 seats) is an intimate venue for musical, stage performances
More Information: Liberty On Adams
Pendleton Center for the Arts: Blue Heron Music Series - Pendleton
Thursday - Saturday evenings, (see schedule)
Location: 214 North Main Street
Why Go There? Music series features wide variety of guest musicians and performers in an intimate setting: alt-country, bluegrass, jazz and more. Named for the Great Blue Herons living on the Umatilla River.
More Information: Pendleton Arts
Additional Resources
Churchill - Baker City
Churchill School opened 2019 as an arts, music, events hub; offers a small hostel, private apartment lodging
Powder River Music Review - Baker City
Sunday afternoon free outdoor summer concert series, Pollman-Geiser Park (June-August)
Visit Baker - Baker County
Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau events calendar
Pine Fest - Halfway
Annual weekend music festival features blues, blue grass and a bit of rock and roll (September)
Eastern Oregon University Theatre - La Grande
Theatre productions
Eastern Oregon Film Festival - La Grande
Three days of films; fundraiser event (October)
Music On The Green - Redmond
Free outdoor summer music concerts, alternate Wednesday evenings, Sam Johnson Park, variety of music genres
Wallowa Valley Music Alliance - Wallowa County
Events calendar