After welcoming more than 10,000 people in 2023, CityFest returns to downtown Klamath Falls ready to bring the community together once again.
Prepare for the return of Klamath CityFest — a growing event that brings together families, churches, and local organizations for a day of fun, music, and meaningful connection.
After welcoming more than 10,000 people in 2023, CityFest has already made a significant impact in the region — becoming a powerful community gathering and Gospel revival.
The Vision
"CityFest exists to foster unity among the evangelical churches of the Greater Klamath Falls area, and to provide opportunities to share the love and Gospel of Jesus."
That clarity of mission is part of what makes CityFest work — and what allows 50+ local churches to set aside denominational differences and partner together on a single community celebration.
Headlining the Evening — Ryan Stevenson
The main stage will feature a worship session and the festival's main concert at 8:30 PM.
Headlining the evening will be Ryan Stevenson — an award-winning Christian artist and Bonanza, Oregon native known for songs such as:
- "Eye of the Storm"
- His newest release, "Again"
For a Klamath Basin audience, having a Bonanza-native artist return to headline a Klamath Falls event is exactly the kind of homecoming moment that makes CityFest feel meaningfully local — not a generic touring concert dropped into the basin.
The CityFest Committee — Behind the Scenes
CityFest is the work of dozens of volunteer leaders organized into committees and teams. The 2026 Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs:
Co-Chairs of CityFest
- Doug Kirby — CF Co-Chair
- Randy Shaw — CF Co-Chair
Specialty Team Chairs
- Pastor Rick Dickinson — Chair Baptism
- Tony Nunes — Co-Chair Evangelism (E-Team)
- Justin Pearlstein — Co-Chair Evangelism (E-Team)
- Pastor Richard Pfeil — Tri-Chair Family Fun Zone
- Pastor Troy Roberts — Tri-Chair Family Fun Zone
- Pastor Kelly Hess — Tri-Chair Family Fun Zone
- Mike Romtvedt — Co-Chair Fundraising
- Bryce Madsen — Co-Chair Fundraising
- Vicki Kaber — Chair Health & Hardship
- Art Ochoa — Co-Chair Liaison
- Bethany Holmes — Co-Chair Liaison (also of Safe Families for Children)
- Pastor Ann Hall — Chair Prayer Team
- Liz Nelson — Co-Chair Social Media / Promotion
- Valeree Lane — Co-Chair Social Media / Promotion
That breadth of leadership — pastors from multiple congregations, business owners, healthcare advocates, communications specialists, and frontline-services leaders — is exactly why CityFest can be ambitious about what it tries to do for the basin.
More Than a Music Event
CityFest is more than just a music event. Multiple teams work together behind the scenes to support outreach and community impact:
Health & Hardship Team
Reaches individuals experiencing homelessness — delivering free services on event day and beyond. (For background, the 2023 Klamath Cares initiative offered free meals, mental-health assessments, counseling, employment services, foot massages, haircuts, and dental services on CityFest day.)
Evangelistic Team
Focuses on discipleship — the longer-term relationship-building work that makes a one-day festival the start of something rather than the end.
Additional Teams
Help coordinate:
- Baptisms
- Family Fun Zone
- Fundraising
- Prayer
- Communications
How to Get Involved
Organizers are currently inviting members of the community to get involved.
Opportunities include:
- Joining the Prayer Team
- Volunteering at the event — areas such as the Family Fun Zone or event operations
- Supporting the event through your local church or business
That kind of cross-vocation participation — whether you're a pastor, a small-business owner, a healthcare worker, or a stay-at-home parent — is exactly what makes CityFest the kind of community event that builds enduring relationships across the basin.
The CityFest 2023 Track Record
Looking back at CityFest 2023 helps explain why the 2026 return matters:
- 10,000+ attendees — one of the largest single-day community gatherings in Klamath Basin history
- 50+ partnering churches — denominational unity in practice
- Multi-week affinity events before the festival — gatherings for young athletes, prisoners, local men and women
- Klamath Cares day-of services for those experiencing homelessness
- CityServe ongoing initiative across homelessness, youth and family, cleanup and restoration
- Tidy Town Days — multiple cleanup events across the city
The 2026 return isn't just doing the same thing again — it's building on momentum that's been carried forward through CityServe across the past three years.
Why CityFest Matters Beyond the Music
For Klamath Falls — a town navigating poverty, housing challenges, and the complex realities every modern American community faces — having a recurring large-scale community event that's:
- Welcoming to people of all backgrounds (the gospel-revival framing doesn't gatekeep attendance)
- Free to the public
- Service-oriented — not just entertainment, but ongoing service work
- Networked across 50+ churches
- Sustained by volunteer commitment across many years
— is genuinely rare. CityFest is part of how Klamath Falls defines itself as a community that shows up for itself.
With Combination of Family Activities, Live Music, and Community Outreach
CityFest aims to continue building on the momentum of past events while bringing hope and unity to the Klamath Basin.
For families considering attending: it's a free, family-friendly day with live music, kids' programming, food, action sports, and the kind of intentional community-event atmosphere that's increasingly hard to find.
For those wondering how to plug in beyond attendance: Klamath CityServe offers year-round volunteer and giving opportunities at klamathcityfest.org/cityserve.
See You at CityFest
The full event details — date, location, ticket info — are available at klamathcityfest.org.
If you attended in 2023, you know the energy. Bring more friends this year.
If you missed 2023, don't miss 2026. This is one of those Klamath Falls events that defines the year it happens in.
See you downtown.