Music Festival to Defeat MS
The 2026 Newberry Event is coming up this JULY 24th and 25th.
Scheduled for July 24th & 25th, 2026, the Newberry Event Music Festival to Defeat Multiple Sclerosis has become well-known as a good time for a good cause. Now in its 13th year, this 501c3 charity benefits the Oregon Chapter National Multiple Sclerosis Society. A new website and donation link will be posted soon.
It’s an intimate outdoor private party in a beautiful setting. The theme is music VARIETY; held at DiamondStone Guest Lodges, between La Pine & Sunriver. Some performers this year will be “Mountaintop Sound” and “J Brothers” from Southern Oregon. Central Oregon’s lively upbeat “Victory Swig” returns! Professional sound by Bluejay Productions.
Celebrate summer in a fun, loving and casual rural atmosphere. Live music, food vendors (breakfast too), local beers & ciders and no-host bar. Family-friendly, non-alcoholic beverages and cold treats for a summer day are served too. Enjoy running around on the big lawn and meadow. Tent camping is FREE. Children under age 13 free. RVs for a fee. You’ll find everything needed for the day or weekend.
With live music Friday 4pm – 10pm, and Saturday 10am – 10pm, you’ll join a loving community 13 years in the making. It’s private now with no advertising to the public and no tickets sold. Contacting the hosts or donating through the website (available soon) puts you on our welcome list. Family-friendly, come tent or RV camp, departing Sunday. Requested donations of $60/person funds the festival and supports local musicians. Tent camping is free, but please add $25 for RVs (boondocking). There will be a porta-potty and wash station on site.
The silent auction and merch booth always has one of a kind artstic and musical surprises.
Donations put you and your friends and family on the invitation list. Or R.S.V.P. diamond@diamondstone.com Or text Doug at 541-536-4584, or leave a message at 541-536-3600. Please text Doug with times and tasks where you might help volunteer.
If you’re wondering how last year’s festival went, it made enough money to donate $1,250 to the Oregon Chapter Multiple Sclerosis Society and still have over $4,000 left to start next year. Since 2013, the festival has donated over $16,000 to Oregon NMSS. Yeaaah!
Previous performers: Lukas Nelson and POTR, Tal Wilkenfeld, Lettuce, Andy Frasco and the U.N., Petty Thievery Petty tribute band, Craig Chaquico, Fishbone, The Shook Twins, Euforquestra, Brewer & Shipley, Riders in the Sky, Terry Robb blues master, Pigs on the Wing Pink Floyd Tribute band, Sol Seed and many more. From Bend: Eric Leadbetter, Natty Red, Broken Down Guitars, LINO, Voodoo Highway.
