The Wood Brothers will offer their soulful blend of rock, folk and more Thursday in Bend.

Behind every concert is someone or something making that concert happen — some person (or people), some company, some venue, and sometimes a combination of those three. Without these folks out there taking risks, booking shows, promoting them and so on, our music scene would be a pale imitation of itself.

So today, let’s use a little ink to shine a spotlight on 1988 Entertainment, a local concert promotion company based in Bend and owned by John Davis. 1988 has a number of local shows lined up for the Domino Room / Midtown Ballroom complex this fall, including a Halloween dance party on Oct. 28, underground hip-hop group ¡Mayday! on Nov. 3, country band Sawyer Brown Nov. 5, Beats Antique-affiliated electro-roots band Dirtwire Nov. 14 and the aptly named Greensky Bluegrass Nov. 17.

But first, 1988 will bring The Wood Brothers back to Bend. Co-founded by brothers Chris and Oliver Wood, the band specializes in a soulful, laid-back sound that seamlessly incorporates folk, rock, blues and isn’t afraid to stretch out and jam. Their newest album is the incredibly easy-on-the-ears “Kingdom in my Mind,” which follows their Grammy nominated 2018 effort “One Drop of Truth.”

Says Chris Wood (best known for his role in adventurous jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood): “The idea for this group has always been to marry our backgrounds, to imagine what might happen if Robert Johnson and Charles Mingus had started a band.” Check ’em out Thursday night and see how close they get to bringing that idea to life.

The Wood Brothers: $30; 7 p.m. Thursday; Midtown Ballroom, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend; midtownballroom.com.