Canaan Canaan in 2014.

TODAY: Start the party right

The cool thing about the Bend Roots Revival is the variety of sounds you can hear. Throughout the weekend, there’ll be everything from folk, bluegrass and reggae to hip-hop, surf-punk and experimental rock. But tonight’s schedule — leanest in terms of number of acts — is pretty focused on acts that just know how to fuel a good time. Spend your first post-work hour or so bouncing among the four stages along Shevlin Hixon Drive; their proximity to each other means you can see bits of guitar wizard Brooks Robertson, bluesman Leif James, rockers Buck N the Digs and acoustic dude Noah Connor. Now that you’re warmed up, get to Casey’s Corner for one of Bend’s best bands, the funky, jamgrassy Americana band Moon Mountain Ramblers, who are not afraid to throw down, string-band style. When they’re done, head to the BIGS Stage — stop and check out another local party-rockin’ stalwart, Brent Alan — for World’s Finest, a Portland band whose mix of funk, reggae and folk-rock sounds quite a bit better than it reads. Then it’s up to the Mountain Room for Mexican Gunfight, a veteran Portland band that plays a throwback brand of power-pop, and festival founders Mark Ransom and Pat Pearsall’s good-times jam band, The Mostest.

SATURDAY: Something for everyone

If you scan the whole Saturday schedule, you really get a sense for the spirit of the Bend Roots Revival. The morning has several slots set aside for kids and education, including students of local music educator Joe Schulte and the Midtown Sippy Cup Orchestra, plus a bluegrass pickin’ workshop and African drum workshop. Speaking of which, the musical diversity here is impressive: Besides the African drum workshop, there’s a performance by the Fe Fanyi African drum group at 5:30 p.m., Japanese folk-pop with Canaan Canaan, late-afternoon jazz with the Jazz Bros and Rich Hurdle, evening reggae and funk with Strive Roots and The Sweat Band and hip-hop with local MC Gainon and his ever-evolving cast of characters. The morning leans toward more acoustic/bluegrassy stuff: Phil Paige, Riley’s Range Benders, Wild Rye, Blackstrap and Juniper & Gin will all whet your rootsy whistle. The evening, on the other hand, gets noisy, with local rock bands Voodoo Highway, The Rum & The Sea, All You All, The Kronkmen, Isles, Wilderness and the explosive Hobbs the Band lined up. Do you see that spot in the schedule where Helga and Smallcano close down Ramblerland? Yeah, I’m curious about that.

SUNDAY: For the hearty souls

If you’re a Bend Roots lifer, Sunday is when your legs start to ache and a cloud in the sky suddenly looks like a torrential downpour from the comfort of your couch at home. C’mon … you can’t stop now. Get out there by noon to hear what’s on the mind of fest founders Ransom and Pearsall, and detour over to watch new pop-focused acoustic combo Popcorn cover Lorde’s “Royals” among other fun nuggets. From there, snuggle into Casey’s Corner for La Jeder, a Texas duo that has spent a lot of time in Central Oregon and makes dusky, downcast folk. They’re great. Next, enter Ramblerland for a transformative performance by new-ish local band The Swing Letters, a band that plays pop-rock songs with a simmering bit of post-punk spirit. They sound like they’re from another (better) time. Later, the dinner-time chunk of schedule that features John Shipe, Sweet Harlots, Travis Ehrenstrom, Parlour, Franchot Tone, Justin Lavik and Wil Kinky is an embarrassment of singer-songwriter riches. Just wade in and get lost, but snap back out of it in time for the end-of-weekend party with Mosley Wotta, Elektrapod, FX Blues and fest faves Rising Tide. Until next year, kids …