Calico Bones to play free Sunday concert in Baker City park
Calico Bones will bring folk, indie and Americana to Geiser-Pollman Park on Sunday as Baker City's free summer concert series keeps drawing people to the park.
Geiser-Pollman Park will again serve as Baker City’s summer gathering place Sunday when Calico Bones plays a free 4 p.m. concert as part of the Powder River Music Revue. Attendance is free, donations are accepted to support the series, and raffle tickets will be sold at the show for $5 apiece or five for $20.
The concert continues a weekly run that the Powder River Music Revue says stretches from mid-June into early September, with most performances beginning at 4 p.m. and ending at 6 p.m. This year’s series opened June 28 with the Inland Northwest Musicians and is scheduled to continue Sundays through Aug. 30 in the Powder River Pavilion.
Calico Bones is a sister duo from Wallowa, now based in Walla Walla, Washington. The pair blends folk, indie and Americana, and their set will add another homegrown Northwest act to a series built around accessible outdoor music rather than ticketed admissions.
The setting is part of the draw. Geiser-Pollman Park sits near downtown Baker City, with boundaries along Campbell, Grove and Madison streets, and it borders the Powder River while connecting to Leo Adler Parkway by footbridge. Baker Public Library materials describe it as Baker City’s first public park, established in 1908, a history that helps explain why the space still carries civic weight well beyond a single concert.
The park also anchors some of Baker City’s biggest shared traditions, including Miners Jubilee and the Memory Cruise Car Show. Miners Jubilee falls on the third weekend of July and has been celebrated in some form since the late 1800s, placing the Powder River Music Revue inside a broader summer calendar that has long depended on public spaces and steady turnout.
The series’ funding model reflects how cultural events survive in a smaller county. Free admission lowers the barrier to entry, while donations, raffle sales and $35 memberships help keep the concerts on the schedule. In Baker City, where the same park hosts some of the city’s most recognizable gatherings, the size of the crowd is more than a summer metric. It is the measure that keeps the music going.
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