What we’re about
Welcome to Happy Hikes around Hwy 199. The purpose of this Meetup Group is to invite locals, visitors, and tourists to interact with all that SW Oregon & NW California has to offer. This Group will also bring like minded outdoor explorers together for exciting and thrilling adventures.
We'll be wandering through the Siskiyou/Rogue River/Six Rivers/Umpqua National Forests/county and BLM lands and everything in between including the famed Kalmiopsis Wilderness. We'll take on challenging activities as well as more relaxing events that visit some very mesmerizing phenomenal places. We'll hit trails old and new and even a few that aren't on the map! Our intention is to write descriptions for calendared events that prescribe a trails difficulty ahead of time. That way you'll know what to expect.
This Meetup group is for everyone of any skill level to join and or visit. Our activities will center on hiking trails that surround Highway 199. Hwy 199 lays in a valley that stretches from Crescent City to Crater Lake, between the Applegate Valley and the Pacific coast. If there are other activities you want to do, let me know and we'll get them scheduled.
"We're having way too much fun!"
We live by the motto, "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."
And don't forget the sunscreen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy jams w/ Brookings-Harbor & Del Norte HS jazz bandsAzalea Park, Brookings, OR
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Are You Ready To Have Way Too Much FUN?! Hit it!
Get your hipster on and your wallets out, this event will help support our Band Family! Stay for the after party and visit with everyone with your best questions.End of the summer Blast!
A Fundraiser Concert on the Oregon Coast.All concert profits go DIRECTLY to the music programs at Brookings-Harbor and Del Norte Unified School Districts high school jazz bands AND will join forces for a short set to welcome Big Bad Voodoo Daddy!
## Time & Location
Sep 21, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Azalea Park - Brookings, Oregon, 640 Old County Rd, Brookings, OR 97415, USA## About the event
Together for over 32 years, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy — famously named after an autograph by blues legend Albert Collins — has appeared in concert venues across the world, sold millions of records, and had their music appear in hundreds of movies and television shows. With sold out concerts from the Hollywood Bowl to Lincoln Center, appearances with many of the country's finest symphony orchestras, and television appearances ranging from Dancing with the Stars to Superbowl XXXIII, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy continues its decades long mission to celebrate and revitalize jazz and swing music — America's original musical art form — and bring joy to audiences around the world.
## About BBVD
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing revival band from Southern California. Their notable singles include "Go Daddy-O", "You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)", and "Mr. Pinstripe Suit". The band played at the Super Bowl XXXIII halftime show in 1999.
The band was originally formed in Ventura, California, in 1989 by leader Scotty Morris (guitar and vocals). The band was named Big Bad Voodoo Daddy after Scotty Morris met blues guitar legend Albert Collinsat one of the latter's concerts. "He signed my poster 'To Scotty, the big bad voodoo daddy'," Morris explains. "I thought it was the coolest name I ever heard on one of the coolest musical nights I ever had. So when it came time to name this band, I didn't really have a choice. I felt like it was handed down to me."
Morris and drummer Kurt Sodergren are the two original members who have appeared in every incarnation of the band. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has concentrated on performing their own interpretations of swing music of the 1940s and 1950s and original songs in a similar style, regularly touring and performing worldwide.Come support your Family! See you there!
