Jim Lauderdale returns to Bend for an 80-capacity night at Silver Moon

Six years after his last Central Oregon date, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer comes back with two new 2026 albums behind him.

Eighty people. That's how many fit in the room at Silver Moon Brewing Company, and on Nov. 17 one of them could be standing a few feet from a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer working through songs from two albums he released this year.

Jim Lauderdale plays Silver Moon Brewing Company in Bend on Tuesday, Nov. 17, with music at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale through BendTicket. The show was announced Oct. 27, and with a capacity of 80, it will not take many people to fill the room.

It is his first Bend & Central Oregon show since May 8, 2020, when JamBase has him booked at the Domino Room. A lot has happened since then, most of it in the studio.

This year alone, Lauderdale put out two records. *Country Super Hits Volume 2*, his 38th album, arrived this spring as a return to hard honky-tonk and a successor to his 2006 *Country Super Hits Volume 1*, as Music Row reported when it was announced. Close behind came *The Birds Know*, an all-bluegrass album with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, which he released at MerleFest in late April, according to Music Reporter Blog. That's a country record and a bluegrass record in roughly a month, a pace few songwriters keep up at any point in a career, let alone at album 38 and 39.

The road has been busy, too. In May he opened for Emmylou Harris on her UK and European farewell tour, Americana UK reported, and he followed that with a solo headline show at the Half Moon in Putney, London, on Aug. 31. That Eric Alper noted his Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame membership in coverage of the new album.

A country record and a bluegrass record in about a month, and an 80-capacity room to hear them in.

That spread is the point with Lauderdale. He moves between honky-tonk, bluegrass and roots rock without making a show of it, and a small room is the best way to hear how the songs hold up stripped to their bones. Silver Moon's size means the night will lean on the writing more than on volume. For updates on his touring and the new records, his own site is jimlauderdalemusic.com.

What to know before going: it's a Tuesday and the music starts at 6 p.m., earlier than most Bend shows, so plan to come straight from work and eat at the brewery. With only 80 tickets in the room, this is one to buy now rather than at the door.

Six years is a long gap between visits. Bend gets him back on a Tuesday in November, in about as close a setting as you'll find. It is the kind of night people talk about later, mostly to the friends who didn't get tickets.

Sources: Jim Lauderdale slates Country Super Hits Volume 2 for spring — Music Row (musicrow.com); Jim Lauderdale leans hard back into honky tonk — Grateful Web (gratefulweb.com); Jim Lauderdale releases latest album with The Po' Ramblin' Boys at MerleFest 2026 — Music Reporter Blog (musicreporterblog.com); Jim Lauderdale releases 38th album to coincide with Emmylou Harris supporting tour — Americana UK (americana-uk.com); Jim Lauderdale to play London Half Moon on August 31st — Rock N Load (rocknloadmag.com); Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Jim Lauderdale delivers his 38th album — That Eric Alper (thatericalper.com); JamBase show listing (jambase.com)