The Ruins - HOOD RIVER

The woman and I live in Portland. Decided to get away a bit. We randomly chose Hood River. Great decision: We had...

This was my first visit to this place! It is a super cool outdoor music venue. It's got enough space to not feel crowded. They allowed children for the first set of music and then have them out of the venue for the later sets, maybe 8pm? I don't remember what time they disappeared exactly. The drink selection is reasonable. I can't believe they trust patrons with glasses vs. Plastic cups, but I didn't hear any shatters during the show I saw there. They had a handful of fun vendors inside that were really fun to browse. They have enough restrooms close enough to the venue. All in all, I'd love to see more shows here,

Love this place!! The sound is awesome, the setting is really cool. The bands are almost always really good. We really enjoy coming down here all summer!!

I saw Pigs on the Wings in concert and it seems the Ruins is getting worse. How can they have so few bathrooms for a bar? Then during the concert the power went out repeatedly. The band being a class act was so gracious. We missed out a great performance. I hope the band finds some place else to perform.

The Ruins hosted our wedding this year and everything went so great I wanted to give them a shout out. Communication was great leading up to the event. There’s separate getting ready areas for the wedding parties. The organization of the event and transition from ceremony to reception (which was in the same area) was all really fast. It also has a very unique look that I don’t think many venues have in Oregon. Definitely would get married here again if we could.