With Third Day and Amy Grant shows in the rearview mirror and Switchfoot on the horizon, Central Oregon is in the middle of a little surge of Christian-music concerts, it seems.

The bands gathering at Journey in Bend tonight don’t have the name recognition of the aforementioned acts, but if you’re into A) faith-focused tunes and B) irresistibly catchy pop-rock, The City Harmonic and Shawn McDonald are for you.

The City Harmonic is a Canadian band with a new album out called “Heart,” which is full of soaring, cinematic anthems that recall Switchfoot, for sure, and also bands like Coldplay and Augustana. In all seriousness, if you listen to The City Harmonic’s music, it will trigger your brain to begin automatically counting the days till these guys break through into mainstream radio.

“Heart” comes after a two-year period in which the members of The City Harmonic made a hit debut record and quit their day jobs. One guy got married, two had kids and the other was diagnosed with cancer. And so, it’s a record packed with a wide range of feelings and emotions, and lots of glorifying God and looking to him for guidance. Understandably, for a quartet of Christians!

Shawn McDonald is an Oregon guy who has sort of famously gone through some rough patches in life, but he’s on the other side of it now. His rousing, soulful folk-pop is pretty easy on the ears, too, as evidenced by his hit songs “Closer,” “Gravity” and “Take My Hand.”

Also playing is The Royal Royal, a band of brothers who fit in nicely with the other two bands on this bill.

The City Harmonic, with Shawn McDonald and The Royal Royal; 7 tonight, doors open 6 p.m.; $25 in advance at the venue or www.itickets.com, $30 at the door; Journey Church (under Liquid Lounge), 70 N.W. Newport Ave., Suite 100, Bend; www.journeyinbend.com or 541-647-2944.