Mark your calendars—Food Cart Fridays have arrived at Discovery Corner! Join us on the last Friday of each month (June through September) for a fun, family-friendly evening filled with great food, live music, and community vibes.
Enjoy a rotating lineup of local musicians bringing the perfect toe-tapping soundtrack to your Friday night.
Savor delicious eats from some of Bend’s favorite food carts, including El Sancho, Dump City Dumplings, Pizza Cart, and Saute Korean Bowls.
With games for the kids, a welcoming vibe, and plenty of space to relax, it’s the perfect spot to catch up with neighbors and friends.
Limited seating is available, so bring your low-back chairs and settle in for a casual evening under the Central Oregon sky. Everyone’s welcome—see you at Discovery Corner!
June 27, join us for the energetic performance by Tony Smiley.
Tony has captured audiences with raw rhythms of all live looping. This musical savant loops his way through a unique genre of music that you won’t find anywhere else. All with a witty, engaging, and energetic stage presence. Layering all live recordings of every instrument on stage (nothing prerecorded), these melodies range from rock, hip hop, 80’s and everything in between. A dash of beatboxing, a lifetime of musical experience and a well-seasoned stage performance all have earned the loop ninja a cult-like following that repeatedly embarks on his musical journey. Creating each track with a raw and primal pulsating connection between rich rhythms and passionate lyrics, Tony Smiley will surely captivate all who witness his amazing shows.
The songs of Tony Smiley are a tantalizing ride through all live performed electro acoustic music that will cause your musical senses to rise. During the experience you can expect original soul bearing songs, improv crowd pleasers, and creative cover mixes. As he loops his way through a set, he builds the audience’s anticipation by using, keyboards, drums, guitars, tambourine, vocals and beat box sounds through Boss Loop pedals. His songs are original, groove-laden works of art. The loop ninja will “completely make you a believer.” (Andy Summers, guitar player for the Police)
In 2010, Tony joined the ranks of his fellow loop artists, winning 3rd place in the National Boss Loop Contest in Hollywood. Judges included: Paul Youngblood (Boss US Director), Frank Gambale (Guitar player for Chick Corea), Andy Summers (Guitar player for The Police), Derek Murdock (Bass player for Kevin Eubanks, Tonight Show Band), Michael Molenda (Editor of Guitar Player Magazine). He continues to work with Roland/Boss running pedal clinics and performing for international ad campaigns.
Currently, Tony Smiley can often be found lying down progressive loops with hip hop roots in the Pacific Northwest. Tony has performed opening sets for Michael Franti, Culture Club, War, Portugal the Man, Toad the wet Sprocket, Gin Blossoms, and many other amazing artists.
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