Speaking of rock music, the annual Ink & Metal gathering in Bend is one day each year that’s set aside to celebrate tattoos, motorcycles, and the culture around them both, including sweet, sweet, heavy rock ’n’ roll.
This year’s Ink & Metal is set for Sunday at Maverick’s Country Bar and Grill in northeast Bend, and the lineup looks like this:
Noon — Waiting for Saturday
1 p.m. — Tuck and Roll
2 p.m. — Greyside
3 p.m. — Vial Experiment
4 p.m. — tattoo contest
5 p.m. — High Desert Hooligans
6 p.m. — A.M. Interstate
7 p.m. — Stillfear
8 p.m. — OpenFate
Also planned: tattoo artists, bikes, a bikini bike wash, good grub, drink specials, “vendors galore" and more! Cover is $5 or five books, which will be donated to Gorilla Gospel, a group that works with prison inmates.
Ink & Metal; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday; $5; Maverick’s Country Bar & Grill, 20565 Brinson Blvd., Bend; www.j.mp/inkmetal or 541-325-1886.