Wide variety of music ahead at Midtown and Domino Room
Published 2:02 pm Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Country artist Bryan Martin dropped new album “Years In The Making” just a few weeks ago. (Julian Mendoza)
The calendar at the Midtown Ballroom and Domino Room complex is strong this week, with four good shows in seven nights. Below is a roundup of who’s playing when, but first I must tell you that both venues are at 51 NW Greenwood Ave. in Bend, and you can learn more about all of these at midtownballroom.com.
It’s been 15 years since Alabama rapper Yelawolf busted out with his excellent mixtape, “Trunk Muzik,” which paired window-rattling beats with the MC’s tongue-twisting rhymes and shadowy backwoods tales. Since then, he has worked with everyone from Joshua Hedley to Eminem to Travis Barker to Jelly Roll, who appears on his 2024 album “War Story.” On Thursday, Yelawolf will return to the Midtown, with J. Michael Phillips and J.T. Loux opening the show. 8 p.m., doors open 7 p.m. $38.
Bryan Martin’s been through some stuff: He worked in the oil fields, pursued bull riding, battled substance abuse, got sent home from military service and endured a near-fatal car accident. The latter led him back to music, and things have been going pretty well since, with a big hit (“We Ride”) on his resume and a new album (“Years In The Making”) out just a few weeks ago. Fans of good country music that’s both twangy and catchy would do well to check him out Friday night at the Midtown, with Johnny Sidney Davis opening the show. 8 p.m., doors open 7 p.m. $27.

The Halluci Nation is, from left, Ehren “Bear Witness” Thomas and Tim “2oolman” Hill. (Remi Theriault Creative Inc.)
I was going to use this space to tell you all about Flatland Cavalry — how they play country music with prominent fiddle, and how they’re good at it and how if you like bands like Turnpike Troubadours and Silverada, you’d like Flatland Cavalry. But perhaps you know all that already, because the band’s show at the Midtown Saturday night appears to be sold out. The Wilder Blue is good, too, and they’re opening! 7:30 p.m., doors open 6:30 p.m. SOLD OUT.
The Halluci Nation formed in 2007 (under a different name) to play a monthly club night for indigenous youth in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada, and they ran that event for nearly a decade, more or less inventing a style of dance music along the way. It’s called “powwow-step” and it blends contemporary First Nations powwow music with aggressive electronic styles like dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass. Their most recent release, “Path Of The Baby Face,” features collaborations with the Northern Cree singing group as well as wrestler Bret “The Hitman” Hart. You read that right. 7 p.m. Wednesday, doors open 6 p.m. $22.50.