Published 11:33 am Tuesday, October 27, 2026

One of the best new traditions on Central Oregon’s music scene — Punk-O-Ween — returns for its fifth year Saturday at Silver Moon Brewing in Bend.

Punk-O-Ween is pretty much what it sounds like: A bunch of local punk (and punk-ish) bands playing all day as a celebration of Halloween. And this year, it actually happens on Halloween, which is fun.

There’s a reason we used the term “punk (and punk-ish)” in the previous paragraph, by the way. Punk-O-Ween offers not only true punk bands, but also psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll, death metal, powerviolence, heavy sludge, funk-punk, alt-rock, black metal, hardcore and even a little “post-Americana outlaw alt-country” from a band called, appropriately, Punkwife.

The music’s gonna come fast and furious — 14 bands in about 11 hours. Here’s the full schedule:

12:30-1 p.m. — Noviom

1:15-1:45 p.m. — Street Teeth

2-2:30 p.m. — Unbecoming

2:45-3:15 p.m. — Ephixis

3:30-4 p.m. — Livid Kings

4:15-4:45 p.m.…