Bandon Playhouse

Louis Pearl mesmerizes audiences with his bubble-making performances. One of the world’s leading bubble-ologists, Louis began in 1980 by making, demonstrating, and selling a toy called the Bubble Trumpet on a street corner in Berkeley, California. Eventually, his toy company had 147 products with international manufacturing and distribution. But Louis found that he preferred playing […]

Open Stage presents a variety show of colorful area talent in song, poetry, spoken word and comedy. Show time is 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 28. Admission $10 This performance is part of the 2025 Bandon Fringe Festival. All performances are at the Sprague Community Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, in Bandon City Park. Tickets […]

Delightfully exuberant and wildly entertaining, the Side of the Tide Morris Dancers have enthralled audiences throughout the South Coast for the last ten years. Celebrating nature and the change of the seasons, the joy of community, and the joy of dance, they provide an enchanting glimpse of life in the English countryside hundreds of years […]

“No Apologies, Cowboy” is a short tragic queer piece following two deserters from war. Boys finding hope and life in a place determined to be devoid of it. It’s about finding divinity in what is smeared with grime and mold and shattered glass. This one act play is written by Nemo Dieterich and performed by […]

Loopy accordion grooves with Dutch / French accents. Jet Black Pearl's smartly wacky songs are a mad hatter's European party with a funky attitude. With her loop station, she records grooves and layers of flute, vocal percussion and harmonies while squeezing one hot accordion. Learn more at JetBlackPearl.com. In Reviews: "A formidable force of music, […]

“A Pirate Named Shirley” is a one act pirate comedy written and directed by Tyler Eickhoff. The story follows the infamous Captain Blackwood as he tries to hide his most guarded secret: His real name is Shirley. In order to protect this secret, which would destroy his reputation, Captain Blackwood decides to try and kill […]

A mystery from history to confuse and amuse, as characters explain what could not be, but is. Travel through time from opening curtain to the play's culmination, exploring a conundrum taught by sages through the ages from a popular manuscript's pages. "An Unauthorized Biography" is a one act play written and directed by Donna Snyder-Smith. […]

Malinka presents Eastern European Gypsy folk (Romani), Balkan, Slavic, Latin & original music, with groovy, funky beats, drum & bass breakdowns, guitar licks and hot violin, songs from many places in many languages, culminating in greater global awareness and the feeling that love is universal. Learn more at malinkamusic.com. Show time is 3 p.m. on […]

Hiding under the quilting frame while the grammas work. Being quiet, so you can listen to the moms talk. “Tales From the Kitchen Table” are the stories they didn’t let you hear, the ones they made you leave the room before they told. Laughter, sorrow, terror, lust – nine stories that will introduce you to […]