Bend & Central Oregon this week: Scofield and Mdou Moctar tonight, Jeffrey Martin in Sisters on Sunday

A double-booked Wednesday, Railroad Earth at the Midtown Ballroom, The Last Revel and Stop Light Observations on Friday, and a Sunday choice between Marc Broussard and Jeffrey Martin: Central Oregon's best shows, Nov. 4–8.

Tonight, two guitarists play Bend within ninety minutes of each other. Mdou Moctar has a 6 p.m. solo set at the Volcanic Theatre Pub, and John Scofield brings his Electrospective band to the Tower Theatre at 7:30. Both rooms are small, 250 and 480, and that's the theme of the week: big names, close quarters.

Scofield's Electrospective quartet has Oteil Burbridge on bass, Larry Goldings on keys and Adam Deitch on drums. At the tour's Cincinnati opener in October, JamBase reported a set drawn from four decades of his electric catalog, from the 1980s fusion records to his work with Medeski Martin & Wood. Moctar's Bend date is one of the solo shows he has been playing across 2026, and he plays Eugene's WOW Hall the following night.

Here's the week, night by night:

Wed, Nov. 4 — Mdou Moctar (solo), Volcanic Theatre Pub, 6 p.m. Tickets

Wed, Nov. 4 — John Scofield's Electrospective with Oteil Burbridge, Larry Goldings and Adam Deitch, Tower Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets

Thu, Nov. 5 — Railroad Earth, Midtown Ballroom, 8 p.m. Tickets

Fri, Nov. 6 — The Last Revel, Domino Room, 7 p.m. Tickets

Fri, Nov. 6 — Stop Light Observations, Volcanic Theatre Pub, 7 p.m. Tickets

Sat, Nov. 7 — The Fab Four, Tower Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (doors 6:30), $44–$85. A Beatles tribute built around the music of A Hard Day's Night and the hits. Tickets

Sun, Nov. 8 — Marc Broussard, Tower Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets

Sun, Nov. 8 — Jeffrey Martin with Sam Weber, The Belfry, Sisters, 7 p.m. Tickets

The Tower Theatre has three nights this week, and they could hardly be more different: a jazz-fusion all-star band, a Beatles tribute and Marc Broussard on Sunday. The Volcanic, meanwhile, bookends the week's small-room shows with Moctar tonight and Stop Light Observations on Friday, a stop on a fall run that also takes the band to Portland and San Francisco this month.

Friday is the crowded night. The Last Revel play the Domino Room at 7, the same hour Stop Light Observations start at the Volcanic. Thursday is simpler: Railroad Earth at the Midtown Ballroom, the biggest room on this list at 1,100.

Sunday is the real decision, and it's worth the drive to Sisters. Jeffrey Martin's most recent studio album, Thank God We Left the Garden, came out in 2023, and this year he released a live record, Alive July 25, 2025, recorded at The Showdown in Portland, as God Is in the TV noted in its review of his January UK tour. He plays Unity of the Valley in Eugene the night before, and the Belfry, at 250 capacity, is the kind of room his songs ask for.

Start tonight, take Thursday off if you have to, and save Sunday for Sisters.

Sources: John Scofield, Oteil Burbridge, Adam Deitch & Larry Goldings Kick Off Electrospective Tour (JamBase) (jambase.com); John Scofield's Electrospective (Tower Theatre) (towertheatre.org); Mdou Moctar at Polaris Hall, Nov 2 2026 (JamBase) (jambase.com); Stop Light Observations tour dates (Concerts50) (concerts50.com); Live: Jeffrey Martin, York, 24.01.2026 (God Is in the TV) (godisinthetvzine.co.uk); Jeffrey Martin (Sonic PR) (sonicpr.co.uk)