Someone recently asked me, “How long does it take to produce a Song of Sunset show?”

The short answer is almost a year.

What audiences experience in a few hours begins months earlier, with a story worth following, a conversation worth having, and the work of bringing those pieces together. By the time we open the doors, we’ve traveled, filmed, edited, submitted to film festivals, booked artists, and built a live production around the stories we want to share.

This fall, we’re proud to celebrate screenings of Cosmic Heirloom: Buried 400 Years and Salvaged Reverb: Inside Robert Lang Studios. Our journey will take us to Portland for the Oregon Short Film Festival, La Grande for the Eastern Oregon Film Festival, and then to Song of Sunset events in Bend and Seattle.

Meet the official musician showcases performing at Song of Sunset: UNDERGROUND on October 24 in Bend, Oregon—including Six Eyed Cat, Ghost of Brian Craig, Sho Rilla, and closing music from DJ NBT RedBear.

Go behind the scenes of Salvaged Reverb, an intimate short documentary portrait of Robert Lang and the extraordinary recording studio he constructed by hand over five decades.

Before the festivals, awards, and expanded live productions, Song of Sunset began as a documentary journey through Central Oregon’s intimate music rooms. These behind-the-scenes photographs trace the project from its first interviews and performances to the October 2025 screening at Volcanic Theatre Pub—where a film became a live-cinema experience.

Photo by Brandon Vouges

Song of Sunset was never meant to be a response to the traditional festival system. It is an opportunity to build something different.

A festival usually presents audiences with a large collection of films, performers, stages, and schedules. Song of Sunset is intentionally more focused. It brings everyone into one room and guides the audience through one carefully curated interactive journey.